The adventist.fm news service is written by Seventh-day Adventists from anywhere in the world.

• All news items for this news service should be about the Seventh-day Adventist Church.
• Stories should generally be no more than 100 words long.
• Try to keep all sentences to 20 words or less.
• Try to summarise the story in the first sentence.
• Select stories that will interest people over a wide area. People from a dozen countries may read your story. So stories here need to be of interest to more than just your local church.
• We do not run stories critical of the Seventh-day Adventist Church, its members, or its administrators. Similarly, we do not carry news stories critical of other denominations.
• Avoid giving your opinion in your article. Give the facts and let the very facts themselves be what forms your readers' opinions.
• If you are in doubt about a particular detail, leave it out of your story. It's better to have a shorter story that's accurate than a longer story that may contain a mistake.
• Do not type all capital letters. It is too hard to read.
• Articles should be in English, but you can use the spelling common in your part of the world.
• Keep your headline less than 30 letters long. Type it in lower case. And type it last -- because that usually makes it easier to write a good headline.
• If you make minor variations from these guidelines, we will still generally run your story. However, we reserve the right to withhold any story from public display.
• If you are in doubt about your writing ability or whether a news story is suitable, you could email it to us so we can edit it for you. We will then display it here on your behalf.

If you know of people in church publicity positions, please ask them to report significant news stories at adventist.fm.