ROBERT E. KYTE President

Pacific Press has just completed 125 years of publishing the good news of Jesus’ love. During these years of service, millions of pieces of literature in numerous languages have reached out to touch the lives of people around the world. Today the message and mission of Pacific Press remains unchanged from its message and mission when it began operation more than 125 years ago—to provide resources for the church’s nurture and outreach.

Operating from its efficient plant in Nampa, Idaho, Pacific Press has an annual income for the publishing house activities exceeding $20 million annually. In addition, through its management of Adventist Book Centers and literature evangelism programs for numerous conferences, the publishing house’s corporate revenues now exceed $32 million. Pacific Press is debt-free and has consistently produced a modest operating profit each year for more than a decade.

Pacific Press’s financial stability has allowed it to continue to keep up with printing technology, including the recent acquisition of computer-to-plate prepress processes. While technology has allowed for a decreased work force in recent years, the employees of Pacific Press are highly trained in new technologies.

The huge volume of products, which makes Pacific Press the state of Idaho’s single largest mailer and one of its heaviest shippers, continues to make a profound impact on human lives.

Church Periodicals
Signs of the Times remains the flagship periodical published at Pacific Press. Editor Marvin Moore is an experienced Adventist pastor, editor, and journalist well known to most Adventists through the many books he has written. He is committed to continuing to make Signs a powerful soul-winning force for the church.

Pacific Press is also home to the primary Spanish sharing journal for the church in North America, El Centinela, and its French counterpart, La Sentinelle, both ably edited by Miguel Valdivia.

Other vital periodicals produced at the press include the children’s magazines edited by Aileen Andres Sox—Our Little Friend and Primary Treasure—both of which minister each Sabbath to tens of thousands of boys and girls around the world.

Among the most widely used products printed at the press is the quarterly Adult Sabbath School Bible Study Guide in four editions—standard, teacher’s, large-print, and Easy Reading—in both English and Spanish. The quarterly release of Ellen White Notes is published as an adjunct study guide to the Adult Bible Study Guide. The Collegiate Quarterly is also printed at the publishing house. In addition, Pacific Press produces or distributes a quarterly Bible Study Guide for many other language groups.

Book Publishing
In addition to its magazines, Pacific Press is a major publisher of books and educational materials for the church and is also home to Chapel Music, which features a variety of Christian music by Adventist artists.

Vital also in the product line at Pacific Press are the textbooks and other educational materials published for elementary, secondary, and college-level schools across North America and throughout the world.

Book Distribution
Pacific Press has continued to invest in the future of publishing in North America and around the world. Over the past several years Pacific Press has taken on the management of Adventist Book Centers in 13 conferences with 18 retail outlets. While the face of literature evangelism is changing in North America, Pacific Press continues to serve traditional programs while operating an independent distributor program for a large number of conferences in the southwestern, midwestern, and western United States, as well as Canada. Under these programs, literature evangelists carry on the traditional role of providing literature to the general public, but do so under the freedom of being independent distributors.

Pacific Press has also entered into the Internet world and e-commerce. With a corporate Web site at www.pacificpress.com, its products are readily available on the World Wide Web at www.adventistbookcenter.com.

Pacific Press began more than 125 years ago as a result of a commitment to the Adventist mission and the need to provide materials for the church’s outreach and nurture. That continues to be its mission today. Pacific Press is committed to being a viable publishing house that shares the Seventh-day Adventist message of God’s love and His truth with the church and the world.