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Who Are We?

Message gets the attention of your friends and family members by addressing their greatest concerns. It talks about violence, racism, education, money, and marriage. Message addresses the hot issues of today from an ethnic perspective, and shares a Bible-based way to face these issues. It also shares tasty recipes for healthy living.

FUN FACT: Message Magazine, as one of the oldest, black and Christian magazines in the country has roots that extend to 1898, and we’ve published under the name Message continuously since 1934. We are Black History!

Some Of Our Past Editors

Robert Bruce Thurber

Editor 1934-1936

James Shultz

Editor 1936-1942

Frank A. Coffin

Acting Editor, 1942-1943

R. L. Odom

Editor 1943-1945

Louis B. Reynolds

Editor 1945-1959; 1978-1980

James E. Dykes

Editor 1959-1967

Garland J. Millet

Editor 1968-1970

W. R. Robinson

Editor 1970-1978