World (magazine)

"WORLD Magazine" is a biweeklycite web | url=http://www.worldmag.com/articles/13637 | title=A changing WORLD|work=WORLD Magazine|author=Nick Eicher|date=January 12, 2008|accessdate=2008-07-02] Christian news magazine, published in the United States of America, and based in Asheville, North Carolina.cite web | url=http://www.worldmag.com/world_contact_us.cfm | title=How to reach us | work=WORLDMag.com|accessdate=2008-07-02]

"WORLD" differs from most other news magazines in that its declared perspective is one of conservative evangelical Protestantism.cite web | url=http://www.worldmag.com/world_about_us.cfm | title=WORLD tries to be salt, not sugar.|work=WORLDMag.com | author=Marvin Olasky | accessdate=2008-07-02] Its mission statement is "To report, interpret, and illustrate the news in a timely, accurate, enjoyable, and arresting fashion from a perspective committed to the Bible as the inerrant Word of God."

Each issue features both US and international news, cultural analysis, editorials and commentary, as well as book, music and movie reviews. In addition to this, "WORLD" also publishes an end of the year issue that covers the top stories from the previous year, obituaries, and statistics. [cite web | url=http://www.worldmag.com/world_about_us.cfm | title=About us|work=WORLDMag.com|author=Marvin Olasky|accessdate=2008-04-04]

Launched by Joel Belz in 1986, the magazine started small, initially requesting donations in every issue to stay afloat. It has grown ever since, and its publishers express hope of reaching the circulation level of the nation's top secular newsweeklies.cite web | url=http://www.worldmag.com/articles/5151 | title=Shifting gears|work=WORLD Magazine|author=Joel Belz|date=July 7, 2001|accessdate=2006-09-20] As of April 2008, it had reached a circulation of about 123,000.

Currently, Nickolas S. Eicher is the magazine's publisher and Marvin Olasky is its editor in chief, with Mindy Belz as editor, Timothy Lamer as managing editor, Lynn Vincent as features editor, and Janie B. Cheaney, Susan Olasky, John Piper, Edward E. Plowman, Andrée Seu, Cal Thomas, and Gene Edward Veith as senior writers. Other contributors include Megan Basham, Mark Bergin, Anthony Bradley, Jamie Dean, Alisa Harris, Vern S. Poythress and Tony Woodlief. The magazine's art director is David K. Freeland, with Robert L. Patete serving as associate art director.

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External links

* [http://www.worldmag.com/ Official website]
* [http://www.worldontheweb.com/cat/worldmagblog/ WORLDMagBlog]
* [http://www.worldontheweb.com/ WORLD's Daily Webzine]