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World Church: Ghanaian Delegates and Guests Arrival Delayed

About 38 of the 60 delegates and guests from the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Ghana will be late arriving at the church's quinquennial meetings in St. Louis, Missouri. The small band was to be a part of the 2,000 member delegation charged with voting on items affecting the future of the church. However, the private plane that they chartered was not there when the group arrived at the airport, said Jean Emannuel Nlo Nlo, communication director of the Adventist church in West Africa.

St. Louis, Missouri, United States

Jun 30, 2005

Dedicated Worship Integral to Business of the Adventist Church

They will attend to business -- lots of it. The 10-day meeting of the worldwide Adventist Church, which happens once every five years, covers a multitude of tasks, including choosing who will lead the church in the coming five years. But, that task aside, there is something more important for this worldwide denomination. As the group congregated June 29 for a worship service before the Session officially kicks off, they were challenged to examine the act of worship.

St. Louis, Missouri, United States

Jun 30, 2005

New Administrative Regions Reflect Growing Church

The first major item of business conducted at the 58th Session of the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists on Thursday afternoon June 30 was the acceptance of three new divisions, or world church regions, all of which are in Africa, into the Adventist Church.

St. Louis, Missouri, United States

Jun 30, 2005

World Church: Business Session Opens with Welcome, Remembrance

An auditorium of delegates commenced the 58th General Conference Session of the Seventh-day Adventist Church on the afternoon of June 30, praying for God's guidance, remembering fallen colleagues, as well as recognizing and recording establishment or reorganization of the church's several regional organizational units internationally, including three regions in a rapidly growing faith community in Africa.

St. Louis, Missouri, United States

Jun 30, 2005

World Church: Paulsen Emphasizes Member Ownership of Church, Youth Involvement

"Do not define the church as something other than yourselves; that would be a mistake," Pastor Jan Paulsen declared to the opening-night assembly of the Seventh-day Adventist Church's 58th General Conference Session. The quinquennial business meeting began today in St. Louis, Missouri, some 59 years after it was supposed to open here.

St. Louis, Missouri, United States

Jun 30, 2005

The Nominating Committee and the Long Walk

The rows of tables seat 196 committee members. There are electronic voting pads. There are video projectors and big screens. Technology abounds in a room that will be busy for the next 10 days. This is where the Nominating Committee for the Seventh-day Adventist world church will meet starting Thursday evening. Their purpose: to elect leaders to the world church for the next five years.

St. Louis, Missouri, United States

Jun 30, 2005

World Church: Session A Celebration of Faith, Diversity, Paulsen Says

"It's important that we have time to worship together and to celebrate the incredible diversity of the church," Pastor Jan Paulsen, president of the Seventh-day Adventist world church, told local media at a June 29 news conference kicking off the church's 58th General Conference Session.

St. Louis, Missouri, United States

Jun 29, 2005

World Session: Adventists Challenge the World to Stop Devastating Poverty

It takes more than words to make a difference in the lives of the 840 million people who go to bed hungry each night. It takes action, it takes protest. And that is just what the Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA), a humanitarian organization, is doing with its new poverty-fighting initiative. "Protesting Global Poverty" is the theme of their exhibit at the Adventist Church's 58th General Conference Session in St Louis, Missouri.

St. Louis, Missouri, United States

Jun 29, 2005

World Session: Adventist Church Prays for God's Guidance

It should come as no surprise that the Seventh-day Adventist Church, a Christian organization, consults the Lord before it makes any decision. But today as the group prepared to spend 10 days making decisions that range from electing church officers to revising church doctrine, it has set aside 24 hours before its business meetings to spend in prayer.

St. Louis, Missouri, United States

Jun 29, 2005

Record Number of British Adventists to Attend GC Session

Seeking fellowship, networking opportunities and a glimpse of how the world church works, a record number of Seventh-day Adventists from Britain, will join thousands of other members at the church's quinquennial business meetings in St. Louis, Missouri this week.

St. Louis, Missouri, United States

Jun 29, 2005