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Quick Facts About the It Is Written Telecast

  • It Is Written is viewed in approximately 7,000 cities in the United States and 700 cities in Canada. The telecast's reach extends to at least 140 countries.
  • An average of 1.5 million people view the North American telecast each week.
  • It Is Written airs in eight of the top 10 Nielsen markets and consistently ranks as one of the top 10 religious programs in the United States.
  • Recent surveys indicate that 18 percent of all United States residents and 33 percent of all Canadians are familiar with the telecast.
  • The telecast regularly airs on six networks: TBN, Family Net, Safe TV, Loma Linda Broadcasting, the Hope Channel, and 3ABN/Sky Angel (which includes more than 100 low-power stations in the United States.)
  • It Is Written is produced in 11 languages: Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Spanish, Norwegian, Swedish and Ukrainian.
  • It Is Written has an inventory of over 1,100 recorded programs, with at least 36 new broadcasts produced each year.
  • Average of yearly phone responses: 85,000.
  • More than 200,000 pieces of Christ-centered literature, books and videotapes are distributed from It Is Written's California offices annually.

Awards

  • It Is Written has received 30 Angel Awards from the Excellence in Media organization for promoting high moral values to the public, with two Gold Angels presented to Pastor George Vandeman.
  • Since 2002, the Telly Awards organization has awarded the ministry with nine statuettes—including its top honor, the Silver Telly, in 2006.
  • The Aurora Awards presented the ministry with a 2002 Aurora Award in recognition of the ministry's "New Beginnings" DVD series. In 2005 and 2006, two It Is Written telecasts were also recognized with Aurora Awards.

History/Milestones

  • It Is Written is a donor-supported ministry of the Seventh-day Adventist Christian Church. Click here to view the fundamental beliefs of the church, and visit this website to find the church near you.
  • The program initially aired in March 1956 on 13 stations with founder Pastor George Vandeman as speaker.
  • It Is Written was the first religious telecast to air in color.
  • Pastor Mark Finley became speaker/director of It Is Written in 1991. In January 2005, Pastor Finley placed the speaker/director mantle on Pastor Shawn Boonstra.
  • Pastor Boonstra and It Is Written's other international speakers reach millions of people in 140 countries every week.
  • It Is Written was the first major ministry to use satellite uplink technology to spread its evangelism messages. During the ministry's 10-country, three-year "ACTS 2000" effort, more than 3 million people attended at least one downlink location.
  • It Is Written became one of the first Christian television programs to broadcast free video podcasts via iTunes in 2006.