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President's Keynote
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. More...
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June 30 Photo Gallery
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Adventist World News - June 30
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The Nominating Committee and the Long Walk
The rows of tables seat 288 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. More...
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. More...
New Administrive 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. More...
June 30 Afternoon Devotional
Jo Ann Davidson - Andrews University
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Welcome from Carol Moody, President of St. Louis Convention and Visitor's Commission
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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. More...
The Daily Source is a limited-print newsletter for session attendees. The publication contains announcements, event notices, special events, and more. Copies will be handed out each evening at the dome entrances.
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June 30 Morning Devotional
Rosa Banks, Associate Secretary and Director of Human Relation, North American Division. Rosa's devotional was entitled The Call to Relationship.
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