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--- en:operating_principles:dtm:publishing_church_growth_model:location [2026/08/16 09:29] – [Publishing House Location] jpauldietrich
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 ====== Publishing House Location ======
-For a more general discussion, see [[..:..:bible_sop:city_or_country|Ministry in the City or in the Country?]]
+For a wider discussion that includes ministries other than publishing, see [[..:..:bible_sop:city_or_country|Ministry in the City or in the Country?]]
-A historical evaluation of Adventist publishing house locations.
+A [[location_historical|historical evaluation]] of Adventist publishing house locations briefly shows examples of moving out of the city into the country.
 In choosing a location for a publishing house, we must consider multiple aspects. Below is a summary of the main points, followed by supporting quotations from SOP.
 ===== Property Selection =====
+Here are considerations in selecting a property:
   * Low-cost
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   * Access to transportation (near a paved road)
   * Climate/regional diseases
+  * Rainy season vs dry season: does the land flood in rainy season?
 ===== In Many Places =====
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 Implementing the concept of decentralization means establishing many smaller centers, thus expanding the reach and influence of the publishing houses.
-Establish publishing centers in many places. [[https://egwwritings.org/read?panels=p390.1038&index=0#highlight=390.1038,131:390.1038,196|PM 196.3]]
+> There is much to be done in the way of establishing centers for our work in new fields. Missionary printing offices should be established in many places. [[https://egwwritings.org/read?panels=p390.1038&index=0#highlight=390.1038,131:390.1038,196|PM 196.3]]
 ===== Outside the Cities =====
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 What are some of these temptations? (hurried lifestyle, refined/fast food, music, immorality, etc)
-What was the population of these cities in the time of EGW?
 ===== Near the Cities =====
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 > The Lord desires His people to move into the country, where they can settle on the land, and **raise their own fruit and vegetables**, and where their children can be brought in direct contact with the works of God in nature. Take your families away from the cities, is my message. LDE 99
+> Again and again the Lord has instructed that our people are to take their families away from the cities, into the country, **where they can raise their own provisions**, for in the future the problem of buying and selling will be a very serious one. We should now begin to heed the instruction given us over and over again: Get out of the cities into rural districts, **where the houses are not crowded closely together**, and where you will be free from the interference of enemies.—Selected Messages 2:141 (1904).
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