An anniversary edition of Messenger<\/em>, the journal of the Adventist Church in the UK and Ireland, brought to the forefront the history of Stanborough Press, which in 2024 is celebrating its 140th anniversary. Likewise, a high-quality booklet<\/a> shared the history of the publishing house, emphasising its \u201c140 Years of Service\u201d to the world church. The 54-page booklet was distributed among church leaders and members who attended the 8 September Open House and anniversary celebrations at the publishing house, located in Grantham, Lincolnshire, England.<\/p>\n The special edition of Messenger<\/em><\/a>, dated 6 September, highlighted not only the history of the press but especially the significance of its mission of sharing the gospel and supporting the evangelistic, nurturing, and inspirational needs of the church in the UK and beyond. In that issue, several past leaders who served in the publishing ministry of Stanborough Press shared their thoughts on the publishing house\u2019s 140th anniversary.<\/p>\n \u201cThe desire to heed the Master\u2019s call to spread the everlasting gospel to all the world is the spark that keeps the work [of Stanborough Press] going,\u201d said Cecil Perry, president of the British Union Conference (BUC) from 1991 to 2006. \u201cOnly in heaven will we know the true influence of the work of Stanborough Press over these 140 years.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cI have built a lifetime around this conviction,\u201d said David Marshall, Stanborough Press editor for more than 30 years (1979 to 2010). \u201cWe are what we read.\u201d Against that background, Marshall celebrated the mission-focused work of Stanborough Press, which, quoting Vance Havner, calls us not to look \u201cfor something to happen\u201d but \u201cfor Someone to come.\u201d<\/p>\n Likewise, Julian Hibbert, Stanborough Press editor from 2010 to 2019, called on church leaders and members to thank God for publishing houses. \u201cWell-written Adventist books change our relationships, beliefs, attitudes, and actions,\u201d he wrote. \u201cLet\u2019s thank God that books change lives, while taking time to reflect on how they have changed yours.\u201d<\/p>\n Former BUC president Don McFarlane (2006-2011) concurred. Quoting Adventist Church co-founder Ellen G. White, he reminded church leaders and members that \u201cthere are many places in which the voice of the minister cannot be heard, places which can be reached only by publications\u2026 Our literature is to be distributed everywhere\u201d (Southern Watchman<\/em>, 5 January 1904).<\/p>\n In that context, Stanborough Press continues to fulfil its mission, current editor Dusanka Rancic emphasised. \u201cStanborough Press still influences people with its publications, guiding them towards God and inspiring them to grow spiritually,\u201d she wrote. \u201cWe firmly believe in God\u2019s cause, follow His lead, and regularly witness the transformative power of His word.\u201d<\/p>\n Similarly, current general manager Elisabeth Sanguesa emphasised, \u201cEvangelism and nurture are our mission, and the fact that we are still here 140 years on \u2026 convinces me even more that our contribution to the mission of the church is still very much necessary, and that God has not finished with the publishing ministry yet \u2014 and with our publishing house in particular.\u201d<\/p>\n While Sanguesa, who has led Stanborough Press since 2015, acknowledged that \u201cthe key to our survival and the key to our success will be our ability to innovate and be more agile,\u201d she emphasised that the mission of Stanborough Press is certainly part of the larger mission of the Adventist Church. \u201cThat is why we need not only to continue to exist, but to thrive, and to focus on mission even more,\u201d she wrote.<\/p>\n What would eventually become The Stanborough Press Limited opened in 1884 in Grimsby, Lincolnshire, about 18 years before the formal organisation of the British Union Conference. The operation was later moved to a suburb of London, beginning full production at Stanborough Park in Watford, Hertfordshire, in 1909.<\/p>\n On 3 January 1964, a massive fire destroyed most of the Stanborough Press facilities. After the fire, leaders voted to move the publishing house north to its current location in Grantham, where it has been operating since 1966.<\/p>\n Throughout the decades, Stanborough Press has faced numerous challenges brought by changes in regional and world markets, the loss or retirement of key editors and other workers, and instability caused by global events. At the same time, Stanborough Press eventually managed to expand in the export market, reaching previously untapped territories, Sanguesa emphasised. Additionally, the publishing house began to publish and distribute titles in languages other than English, reaching markets abroad and catering to the growing multicultural membership in the UK and Ireland.<\/p>\n In recent years, Stanborough Press has strengthened its partnerships with other Adventist publishing houses, introduced an online store, and continues to focus on producing printed and digital resources for church members, families, and leadership training, Sanguesa said.<\/p>\n \u201cWe remain committed to using all the means of [Stanborough Press] \u2026 to develop, produce, and distribute books, periodicals, electronic media, and any other products that will introduce people to Jesus and affirm the Seventh-day Adventist faith,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The\u00a0<\/em>original version<\/em><\/a>\u00a0of this story was posted on the Adventist Review <\/em>news site<\/em><\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The UK-based publishing house continues to spread God\u2019s message across the world<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":20535,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,1577,1588],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20526","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-organisational-updates","category-united-kingdom-ireland"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20526","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20526"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20526\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20592,"href":"https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20526\/revisions\/20592"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20535"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20526"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20526"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20526"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-09-16-at-08.23.49_4022b693-600x0-c-default.jpg\")
<\/a>An Ongoing Mission<\/h3>\n
Still an Influence for Good<\/h3>\n
About Stanborough Press<\/h3>\n
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