World Magazine
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| Editor in Chief | Marvin Olasky |
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| Categories | news, religion, culture, politics |
| Frequency | Biweekly |
| Circulation | 100,000 |
| Founder | Joel Belz |
| First issue | 1986 |
| Company | World News Group/God's World Publications |
| Country | United States |
| Based in | Asheville, North Carolina |
| Language | English |
| Website | www |
| ISSN | 0888-157X |
World (often written in all-caps as WORLD) is a biweeklyChristian news magazine, published in the United States by God's World Publications, a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization based in Asheville, North Carolina.World's declared perspective is one of Christian evangelical Protestantism.
Each issue features both U.S. and international news, cultural analysis, editorials and commentary, as well as book, music and movie reviews. World's end of the year issue covers the top stories from the previous year, obituaries, and statistics.
Launched by Joel Belz in 1986 as a replacement for The Presbyterian Journal, at that time a 44-year-old publication that had been founded specifically "to challenge the assumptions and activities of the liberals and to return the [Southern Presbyterian] denomination to its biblical moorings", World was intended to serve "an educational rather than an ecclesiastical task—a vision focused on the importance of a biblical worldview for all of life". It started small, with only about 5,000 initial subscribers and only 12,000 after three years. The publishers initially requested donations in every issue to stay afloat. It has grown in the years since, and as a non-profit organization it continues to accept donations. In 2008, Kevin Martin became CEO, replacing the retiring Joel Belz. In 2012, World began referring to itself as World News Group, which includes its print, digital, and broadcast properties.
The corporate heads are Kevin Martin, CEO, and Nick Eicher, Chief Content Officer.
World News Group's editorially group is led by Marvin Olasky, editor in chief, and Mindy Belz, Senior Editor. Timothy Lamer is Editor of World Magazine, Jamie Dean is news editor, Daniel James Devine is Managing Editor, and Janie B. Cheaney, Susan Olasky, Andrée Seu Peterson, John Piper, Edward E. Plowman, Cal Thomas, and Lynn Vincent are contributors. The reporting staff comprises Emily Belz, J.C. Derrick, Sophia Lee, and Angela Lu. Other contributors include Megan Basham, Julie Borg, Anthony Bradley, Andrew Branch, Tim Challies, Michael Cochrane, Kiley Crosslan, John Dawson, Amy Henry, Mary Jackson, Michael Leaser, Jill Nelson, Arsenio Orteza, Stephanie Perrault, and Emily Whitten. The magazine's art director is David K. Freeland, Robert L. Patete is associate art director, and Rachel Beatty is a graphic designer.
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