(1924– ; 1927–1962 as Inter-American Division Messenger; monthly until 1970; quarterly since then, supplemented by the fortnightly, two-page Inter-American Messenger Flashes ; file in GC ). Official organ of the Inter-American Division. The first issue, a 12-page magazine bearing the date April 1924, was published to be a “channel of inspiration and blessing to the workers” of the newly organized Inter-American Division.
The Inter-American Messenger reported the activities, growth, and plans for future development of the work of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in the territory of the Inter-American Division and carried articles of an inspirational and instructional nature. The magazine was sent to church members in the English-speaking areas of the division and to a few readers in other divisions who have ties with Inter-America.
The Messenger was printed first at the Pacific Press Branch in the Canal Zone, from 1948 to 1953, at the Antillian Junior College in Cuba, then at the Caribbean Union College in Port of Spain, Trinidad. The periodical is edited at the Inter-American Division headquarters, which are situated in Miami, Florida.
A Spanish edition, Mensajero Inter-Americano, was issued monthly, and then quarterly, for Spanish-speaking members until replaced by the Spanish edition of the world Review and Herald, and a French edition, Messager de la Division Inter-Americaine, at the same frequency for French-speaking members. The Inter-American News Flashes appears in Spanish ( Chispazos de Interamerica ) and French ( Eclair D’Inter-Amerique ).