Latest News from 2006 Annual Council
Friday, October 13, 2006
World Church: Ministries, Structures Commission Continues Work, Council Told
The impact of changes and flexibility within the structure of the Seventh-day Adventist world church was presented during the 2006 Annual Council by Lowell C. Cooper, a general vice president of the world church and vice chair of the 102-member...October 13
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Tuesday, October 10, 2006
World Church: Tenured Faculty and Board Members at Adventist Institutions Must Be Church Members, Leaders Decide
Tenured faculty and board members at all Seventh-day Adventist-owned educational institutions must now be Adventist church members in "good and regular standing," church leaders agreed today during an Annual Council meeting at world church headquarters.In support of the motion limiting...October 10
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World Church: Annual Council Votes Church-wide Web site Guidelines
Leaders of the Seventh-day Adventist world church voted official guidelines for the construction and content of church-related Internet Web sites during a meeting of the church's Annual Council on Oct. 10. Delegates voted unanimously to accept the guidelines."This is a...October 10
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World Church: 'His Hands' Project to Rally Members Around Church's Vision for Mission
"When a person works for God, he [or she] must continually ask, 'Am I doing all that I can?'" That's a question Vernon Parmenter, director of Adventist Volunteer Center, posed at the beginning of a DVD outlining 'His Hands,' a...October 10
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World Church: San Antonio, Texas Selected As 2015 GC Session Site
One of the world's largest religious conventions, the 60th business session of the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, will be in San Antonio, Texas, United States for 11 days in July 2015, leaders of the 15-million member denomination decided on...October 10
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Monday, October 9, 2006
World Church: Leaders Pray in Wake of Apparent North Korea Nuke Test
Leaders of the Seventh-day Adventist world church united in prayer on Monday, October 9, in response to an apparent test of nuclear weapons by the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, more widely known as North Korea.The United States Geological Survey,...October 09
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World Church: Adventist Church Strongest When It Shares, Treasurer Reports
"Our church is strongest when we share," said Seventh-day Adventist world church treasurer Bob Lemon while delivering the 2006 Treasurer's Report to Annual Council delegates gathered at world church headquarters this morning. Lemon added that such a generous spirit is...October 09
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Sunday, October 8, 2006
World Church: Bill Knott, Historian and Editor, Elected Adventist Review and Adventist World Editor
Bill Knott, a nine-year veteran associate editor of Adventist Review and Adventist World has been elected Editor and Executive Publisher of both publications.The 170-69 vote came during a morning session of the Seventh-day Adventist world church's 2006 Annual Council, a...October 08
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World Church: Adventists Add One Million New Members Fourth Year in a Row, Secretary Reports
The Seventh-day Adventist Church, worldwide, added 1,093,089 new members in the year ending June 30, 2006, Pastor Matthew A. Bediako, executive secretary of the world church, reported to the group's Annual Council on Oct. 8.On average, 2,993 people joined the...October 08
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World Church: 'Tell the World' Guiding Principle of Church, Leaders Agree
"We talk of telling the world [about the gospel], but sometimes we can't even summon the enthusiasm to tell the person sitting next to us on the plane," said Gary Krause, Adventist Mission director for the Seventh-day Adventist world church,...October 08
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Saturday, October 7, 2006
World Church: Paulsen Calls For Christ-Centered Attitude in Annual Council Sermon
"Who defines our attitudes? Clearly Jesus Christ alone does it -- He who never sought favors and never became politically indebted to anyone! That is how it must be in our church."With those words, Pastor Jan Paulsen, world president of...October 07
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Friday, October 6, 2006
World Church: Adventist Leaders Commence 2006 Annual Council
Nearly 300 global leaders of the Seventh-day Adventist Church are gathered in Silver Spring, Maryland, to begin the 2006 Annual Council of the church's Executive Committee.This year's six-day event will hear presentations on the progress of the Tell the World...October 06
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World Church: Annual Council Opens With Lay Ministry Focus
Nearly 300 registered delegates to the Seventh-day Adventist world church's fall Annual Council were given vivid reminders of the important contributions of lay ministries to the outreach work of Adventists around the world.In a Friday evening devotional service, delegates heard...October 06
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