2005 Annual Council
'Tell the World' Inspires Annual Council Delegates to Evangelism
Adventist News Network asked several delegates at the Seventh-day Adventist Church's recent business meetings how "Tell The World," a vision for world evangelism in the Seventh-day Adventist Church for the next five years, will affect the church in their area of the world. Here's what they had to say: More ...
Thursday Devotional: The Leader's Relationships - Randy Roberts
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Faith and Science Council Voted, Replaces BRI Science Commission
A 28-member Faith and Science Council that will tackle continuing issues of creation, science and the Bible has been voted by leaders of the Seventh-day Adventist world church. The action came during executive committee meetings on Oct. 12 as part of the movement's annual business meetings. More ...
Report Finds Adventist Schools Doing Well, But Lists Areas of Concern
Imagine an Adventist school with few or no Adventist teachers or students. Such a school might well have trouble maintaining an "Adventist environment," but that is the future facing several of the church's colleges and universities worldwide if they do not work to reverse current trends, an Oct. 12 report concluded. More ...
Constituency Sessions Bring Changes, Progress Reports
A new governing board will run the Adventist Television Network (ATN) operation of the Hope Channel. The Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) International is revising its bylaws and taking the responsibility for its name and logo to its board of directors. And, Home Study International is now Griggs University and International Academy. More ...
New Youth, Publishing Associate Directors Elected
Although they were not present, the lives of three Seventh-day Adventist pastors were changed during the Annual Council business meetings Oct. 12. Each was elected as an associate director of a department at the church's world headquarters. More ...
Wednesday Devotional: The Leader's Humility - Randy Roberts
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Going North, South, East and West, 'Adventist World' Gains Momentum
Just 18 months ago Pastor Jan Paulsen, president of the Seventh-day Adventist world church, approached the Adventist Review staff about a new idea to launch a world church magazine that would reach a global audience. The Adventist Review, the general church paper, has been in print since 1849 and until now primarily served North American readers. More...
Two Contributors Receive Awards
Former world church president Pastor Neal C. Wilson and retired Griggs University president Dr. Joseph Gurubatham were given special awards for their contributions to church education. The presentation was made Oct. 11 before delegates attending the church's Annual Council. More ...
There Must be a Better Way of Doing Church, But 'Turkeys Don't Vote for Christmas'
"Turkeys don't vote for Christmas and department directors won't vote themselves out of office," an Annual Council delegate from Britain, Ian Sleeman, said in response to views that would protect status quo in church structures and ministries. His comments came as part of a discussion on a recommendation to set up the Commission on Ministries, Services and Structures" that was voted by delegates Oct. 11 at the Seventh-day Adventist Church's world headquarters. More ...
Young People Join Church's Top-Level Committee
Karla Solis, Michael Pedrin and Vasilie Rotaru can't help but stand out in the group of about 200 delegates to the Seventh-day Adventist Church's autumn meeting at the church's headquarters. A quick scan of the crowd explains why. They are some of the youngest people on one of the Adventist world church's most influential committees, the General Conference Executive Committee. More ...
Growth in Mission Offerings, Tithe, Challenges Still Persist
The treasurer's report to Annual Council delegates at one of the Seventh-day Adventist Church's biannual business meetings Oct. 11 revealed growth in mission offerings worldwide during the past year; "good increases" in tithe in North America -- the Sept. 30 interim financial statement shows an 8 percent increase over last year; and the world headquarters office expenses are slightly under the 2005 budget. More...
Tuesday Devotional: The Leader's Fears - Randy Roberts
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Monday Devotional: The Leader's Hope - Randy Roberts
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World Church: Membership Growth, Retention Focus of Sunday Afternoon Session
While membership in the Seventh-day Adventist Church is growing - 2,996 people joined the church daily in the year ending June 30 - the question of keeping members in the movement also was considered during the Sunday afternoon (Oct. 9) session of the church's Annual Council. More ...
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'Tell the World' Gets Center Stage At Sunday Morning Annual Council Session
Reaching out to the growing population and world communities, as well as bringing in new members were the chief subjects of the Sunday morning (Oct. 9) Annual Council meetings of the Seventh-day Adventist Church's leadership. More ...
TELL THE WORLD -- Vision, Values and Goals Statement
Tell the World is a vision for how the gospel of Jesus will be shared by the Seventh-day Adventist Church from 2005-2010. It focuses the church on its identity as a called out community and its end time mission of proclaiming the gospel to "every nation, and kindred, and tongue, and people" (Revelation 14:6 KJV). The vision is clear: to invite every person in the world to respond to the good news about Jesus and His soon coming. More ...
Sunday Devotional: Ella Simmons
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Sabbath Sermon: Abounding Hope - Benjamin Reaves
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Paulsen, Opening Annual Council, Points to Jesus as Unique One
"The Second Coming of Christ is very good news indeed; and it is a unique event to be believed and preached," Pastor Jan Paulsen, world president of the Seventh-day Adventist Church, declared in an October 7 sermon opening the church's Annual Council. "And, Seventh-day Adventists have a specific mandate to do that," he added. More ...
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World Church: Upcoming Annual Council Focuses on Organizational Matters
More than 200 leaders of the Seventh-day Adventist Church from around the world will meet at the church's world headquarters starting Oct. 10 for an annual meeting of the movement's Executive Committee. The event comes on the heels of the quinquennial world church session in St. Louis, Missouri, in July, and will address issues raised there as well as pending administrative matters. More ...
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