What Is the State of Adventist Publishing — Are Denominational Publishing Houses Financially Sustainable?

Executive summary

The state of Adventist publishing in North America is a tale of consolidation born from crisis. The Review and Herald Publishing Association, the denomination's oldest publishing house (founded 1861), ceased operations as a creative entity in 2014 after accumulating a $2.4 million shortfall and facing a "perfect storm" of declining book center sales, collapsing literature evangelism programs, and structural market challenges. Pacific Press Publishing Association survived through aggressive restr...