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East-Central Africa Division Report
Healing and Growth in East-Central Africa. The "East-Central Africa Division" is the newest of the Seventh-day Adventist church's thirteen world administrative regions. More...
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South Pacific Division Report
South Pacific: More Fish Than People, 'But We're Fishers of Men'. South Pacific: More Fish Than People, 'But We're Fishers of Men' More ...
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July 4 Photo Gallery
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Evening Devotional - The Compassion of Jesus
Anthony Kent
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Adventist World News - July 4
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Church's Mission is to Reach Out to the Community
The global Seventh-day Adventist Church cannot fulfill its mission without interacting with society, a leader says. More ...
World Church: Reversing Decline in Finland
What does a church leader do when he faces a secular and disinterested population, discouraged and disillusioned members, and depressed ministers? What if this church is part of the Seventh-day Adventist world church where growth, optimism and enthusiasm are the norm? More ...
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World Church: "Growing in Christ," New Fundamental Belief, Voted
For a movement that is drawing new members from societies where beliefs in "evil spirits" continue to play a part, the Seventh-day Adventist Church's 58th General Conference Session adopted, on July 4, a new fundamental belief statement declaring God's power to help believers live a sanctified life. More ...
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World Church: Treasurers Coordinate Offering at Session
Yen, rupees, euro, rand, dinars, pesos, schillings, francs, shekels -- these are a few of the currencies the treasury department at the Seventh-day Adventist Church's 58th General Conference Session has to process following each offering collected at the worship services. More ...
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Oldest Delegate's Life Reflects Commitment to Service
He may not look it, but 88 year-old Dr. Roscoe Lowry is the oldest official delegate at the Adventist Church's quinquennial world session. More ...
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Lebanon and Sudan: The Adventist Church in hard places
Mention Sudan, Afghanistan, Iraq, or a myriad of other places and the media image is one of war and suffering. Yet the Gospel must also be heard in these lands. More...
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World Church: Regional Officer Elections Firmly Establish Future Direction
Early on the afternoon of July 4, the Seventh-day Adventist Church set out the direction it will be heading in over the next five years. In less than an hour, delegates at the church's business meetings in St. Louis had voted in a total of 26 administrators, completing a selection process that began on Friday with the re-election of church world leader Jan Paulsen. The afternoon vote finalized the top level of the 13 administrative teams that will lead the church's worldwide regional offices. More ...
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Commentary: Church's Children Surpassing the Parents?
In the midst of the July 4th firework display, she turned to me and asked, "Do you celebrate Independence Day there in England?" More ...
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Step in the Right Direction, Simmons Tells Church Press
"Pray that I will always hear God's voice and no others," Dr. Ella Simmons, the first woman vice president of the Seventh-day Adventist world church, asked church members at a press conference today. "Pray that I will always reflect and do the will of God." More ...
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World Church: Diversity Increasing as New Leaders Elected
An organization the size of the Seventh-day Adventist Church needs a vast infrastructure to keep the wheels turning smoothly. More ...
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A Lack of Integrity? Church Deals With Issue
A lack of integrity may not be something one would think to formally discuss at the Seventh-day Adventist church business meetings. But, though a Christian organization, it's not immune to such issues. More...
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Voted General Conference Undersecretary
- Larry Evans
Voted General Conference Associate Secretaries
- Douglas Clayville
- Augustin Galicia
- Vernon B. Parmenter
- Claude Sabot
General Conference Undertreasurer
- Steven G. Rose
General Conference Associate Treasurers
- Jose R. Lizardo
- Juan R. Prestol
- Roy E. Ryan
- Daisy Jane F. Orion
- George O. Egwakhe
Voted Protocol Statement on Additions or Revisions to the Statement of Fundamental Beliefs
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Adventists Aim to Make Poverty History
The Seventh-day Adventist Church is playing its part in raising the issues of world hunger in anticipation of next week's G8 summit at Gleneagles, Scotland. More ...
Adventist Church: Growing Fast, But Not Everywhere
When people think of the Seventh-day Adventist Church they often think of its explosive growth rate. 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. Read (pdf)
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Holding up the Hands of Moses
Step onto American soil and you step into a technological wonderland. For those of us born into the world of typewriters, carbon copies and liquid paper, the explosion of gadgets and gizmos can be positively mind-blowing. More ...
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Morning Devotional - Transformed through His Grace
Roberto Badenas
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