Evangelica was a magazine started in 1980 following the controversial dismissal

Glacier View controversy

In the Seventh-day Adventist Church, the Sanctuary Review Committee was a group of biblical scholars and administrators which met to decide the church's response to theologian Desmond Ford, who had challenged details of the church's "investigative judgment" teaching...

 of Seventh-day Adventist

Seventh-day Adventist Church

The Seventh-day Adventist Church is a Protestant Christian denomination distinguished by its observance of Saturday, the original seventh day of the Judeo-Christian week, as the Sabbath, and by its emphasis on the imminent second coming of Jesus Christ...

 theologian Desmond Ford

Desmond Ford

Desmond "Des" Ford is an evangelical Christian and an Australian theologian. He is the father of pornography gossip columnist Luke Ford....

. It was published until 1987, and had an "Evangelical Adventist" perspective.

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History

Evangelica was established in 1980 following Desmond Ford's dismissal from ministerial and teaching positions over his criticisms of the Adventist church's investigative judgment

Investigative judgment

The investigative judgment is a unique Seventh-day Adventist doctrine, which asserts that a divine judgment of professed Christians has been in progress since 1844. It is intimately related to the history of the Seventh-day Adventist Church and was described by the church's prophet and pioneer...

 teaching. Ford soon formed his own non-denominational

Non-denominational Christianity

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 gospel

Gospel

A gospel is an account, often written, that describes the life of Jesus of Nazareth. In a more general sense the term "gospel" may refer to the good news message of the New Testament. It is primarily used in reference to the four canonical gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John...

 ministry Good News Unlimited.

The "dissident bimonthly" Evangelica based in Napa

Napa, California

-History:The name Napa was probably derived from the name given to a southern Nappan village whose people shared the area with elk, deer, grizzlies and cougars for many centuries, according to Napa historian Kami Santiago. At the time of the first recorded exploration into Napa Valley in 1823, the...

, California

California

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 was founded in reaction. Evangelica promoted the cause of evangelical Adventism. One author describes it as "wholly dedicated to the Fordian view on righteousness by faith, and the first issue gave a blow-by-blow description of the sacking of Ford." It was published alternately with Evangelica update (library number ). Evangelica update was apparently published from 1982 till 1998, and also in 1993. Evangelica ceased publication in 1987.

In popular culture

A horse named after the magazine competed in the 1997 Grand National

1997 Grand National

The 1997 Grand National was the 150th official renewal of the world-famous Grand National steeplechase held at Aintree near Liverpool, England...

 steeplechase

Steeplechase

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finishing last of seventeen to complete the course.