Latest News from 2007 Annual Council
Tuesday, October 16, 2007
Church structure to be flexible, reflect local needs
Church structure lacks merit unless it acts as an "instrument of mission," members of the Seventh-day Adventist Church's Commission on Ministries, Services and Structures told the church's executive committee October 15. The two-part report, presented by commission members, called for...October 16
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Guidelines anticipate potential tension of church mission, social legislation
Seventh-day Adventist Church leaders took action October 15 in offering guidelines for instances when the church's beliefs are at odds with social legislation, particularly with hiring practices at church institutions. Meeting at the church's headquarters near Washington, D.C., the world...October 16
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Church approves full ownership of Web software
Last year the Seventh-day Adventist Church agreed to accept a software package that would connect Adventist communities globally over the Internet. On October 16, delegates to the church's Annual Council voted to accept full ownership of the netAdventist software. The...October 16
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No 'pendulum swing' for Adventist health practices
Seventh-day Adventist health institutions around the world will continue to practice evidence-based medical treatments that don't contradict the Bible or the writings of early church pioneer Ellen G. White, leaders of the global Protestant denomination agreed during an October 16...October 16
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Monday, October 15, 2007
Church posts gains in tithes, mission offerings
In large and small ways, members of the Seventh-day Adventist Church are giving more now than they gave last year. An increase in ordinary tithes and offerings lifted the Adventist Church's financial bottom line by $10 million as of September...October 15
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Sunday, October 14, 2007
Church reports largest membership growth rate since 2002 audit
Every Seventh-day Adventist -- worshipping from Azerbaijan to New Zealand -- is now in the company of 15,435,470 like-minded members of the global Protestant denomination, world church secretary Matthew A. Bediako told some 300 Annual Council delegates gathered at world...October 14
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Saturday, October 13, 2007
Adventist Church president: leaders share responsibility, trust
Church leaders should focus on their own responsibilities and trust leaders in other areas of the world to do the same, the Seventh-day Adventist world church president told leaders of the global Protestant denomination Saturday.During Sabbath worship, church president Pastor...October 13
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Thursday, October 11, 2007
Church's fall business meetings set for launch
Some 300 leaders of the Seventh-day Adventist Church will spend the next six days chiseling out grounds for agreement on issues ranging from tithe distribution to mission funding while gathered at world church headquarters in Silver Spring, Maryland for Annual...October 11
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