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June 30th, 2007

Third Way

According to the leader column in Third Way magazine (spotted by Tractorgirl) the magazine is to become part of GJ Palmer and Sons, the company that publishes the Church Times (and therefore my cartoons). GJ Palmer is one of the subsidiaries of Hymns Ancient and Modern, others being SCM-Canterbury Press (who publish my book) and the Church House bookshop.

I like Third Way, though I’m afraid I’m an occasional purchaser rather than a regular subscriber. This does look like a good way for it to survive though, so that is good.

Tractor Girl also notes that Faithworks now have a magazine too. It is published by CCP Ltd, the people who do Christianity magazine, Youthwork magazine and Christian Marketplace magazine.

It sems to me that the Christian magazine marketplace is becoming a bit crowded, especially the Evangelical bit. Titles like Inspire and Christian Today have a strong internet presence already, and one might think that could be where the future lies. Can all these magazines survive? I don’t know.

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5 Responses to “Third Way”


  1. Pop Wuping says:

    Procrastination and the Internet…

    So true. The Cartoon Blog by Dave Walker Via Swissmiss…….

    June 30th, 2007 at 4:55 pm
  2. Karin says:

    I haven’t read Third Way in a while. I’d like to be able to buy it occascionally, but I don’t know anywhere round here that stocks it.

    June 30th, 2007 at 7:10 pm
  3. Nicola says:

    What about Grace, the new mainstream magazine for girls aged 11-16, from a Christian publisher?

    July 1st, 2007 at 10:18 am
  4. Peter Kirk says:

    Somehow it doesn’t seem right that Third Way, which is supposed to be all about new directions, is now under Hymns Ancient and More Ancient. But maybe, despite the page you linked to, that company is not still wedded to mid 19th century ways of doing church.

    July 2nd, 2007 at 11:42 am
  5. Simon says:

    Unfortunately I know rather more about this than I should. The main CCP title, Christianity, has had a long and mixed history. It started life as Buzz! magazine, became Alpha, then it was the catchy 21st Century Christian magazine, before settling on Christianity. In this guise it has eaten Wholeness magazine and Renewal, thereby reducing the number of mags in what was a market where a great number of Christian mags found that the economice did not allow them to survive.

    Essay over

    July 8th, 2007 at 11:36 pm