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).4%2.%4 %6!.'%,)3- 4WO OF THE THREE WOMEN PICTURED HEARD THE GOSPEL MESSAGE AND WERE BAPTIZED PARTLY AS A RESULT OF VIEWING !DVEN TIST EVANGELISTIC MEETINGS ON THE )NTERNET &ROM LEFT 4ATIANA #RISTINA

AND -ARCIA -ARCIA A LONG TIME !DVENTIST INVITED HER SISTER #RISTINA TO WATCH THE MEETINGS ONLINE

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!MAZING 0ACE )N THE HALF LIGHT OF A RAINY DAWN ) BEND OVER MY GLOWING LAPTOP SCREEN EYES WELLING WITH GRATEFUL TEARS AS ) SCAN THE MESSAGES THAT CROWD MY E MAIL IN BOX h0RAYING FOR YOU TODAY x ,IFTING YOU UP BEFORE THE &ATHER x !SKING 'OD TO GIVE YOU (IS JOY AND PEACE THIS 3ABBATH v 4HE MESSAGES OF GRACE AND LOVE WERE SENT SOMETIME IN THE NIGHT BY FRIENDS IN 3OUTH !FRICA THE 0HILIPPINES .EW :EALAND THE .ETHERLANDS (ALF A WORLD AWAY AS WE USED TO MEASURE DISTANCE THEY INTERCEDED FOR A FRIEND AS THEIR KINDNESS RACED ALONG THE 7ORLD 7IDE 7EB 4HE HOPE THAT ONCE TOOK WEEKS OR MONTHS TO SHARE NOW TRAVELS AT SPEEDS APPROACHING THAT OF PRAYER !ND ) AM BLESSED IN REAL WAYS IN REAL TIME 4HE SOLIDARITY WE SHARE IN #HRIST IS DEEPENED STRENGTHENED UNDERGIRDED BY THEIR DIGITAL EXPRESSIONS OF FAITH ) KNOW THAT MY 2EDEEMER LIVES IN PART BECAUSE (E HAS SUCH CARING FOLLOWERS ON EARTH 7ERE IT NOT FOR NEW TECHNOLOGIES THAT LEAP THE CHASMS BETWEEN NATIONS RACES FAITHS AND LANGUAGES WE MIGHT

DESPAIR OF EVER GOING hINTO ALL THE WORLDv WITH THE GOSPEL 5NCOUNTED MILLIONS WILL NEVER LEARN OF *ESUS LOVE IF TELLING IT DEPENDS ONLY ON BOATS AND PLANES RADIO AND EVEN MASS DISTRIBUTION JOURNALS SUCH AS !DVENTIST 7ORLD 5NLESS WE MOVE ASSERTIVELY TOWARD NEW MEDIA THAT 'OD HAS MADE AVAILABLE A SWELLING WORLD POPULATION WILL OUTGROW OUR ABILITY TO TELL hTHE OLD OLD STORYv THAT WE HAVE LOVED SO WELL !S YOU READ THIS MONTH S COVER FEATURE PRAY FOR AN OPEN HEART AND A KEEN IMAGINATION ,ET THE UNRESTRICTED

UNBOUND 3PIRIT OF THE LIVING 'OD POINT YOU TO THE MEDIA

THE COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES BY WHICH YOU CAN SHARE YOUR FAITH WITH THOSE NEARBY AND THOSE YOU MAY NEVER PHYSICALLY SEE UNTIL THE KINGDOM 9OUR WORDS OF HOPE ONCE DIGITIZED CAN PENETRATE THE GATED COMMUNITIES THE HIGH RISE APARTMENTS WHERE YOU WILL NEVER BE ALLOWED TO GO 9OUR WITNESS VIA THE 7EB AND ITS AMAZING VARIETY OF AUDIO AND VIDEO PLATFORMS CAN CROSS DESERTS CLIMB MOUNTAINS SWIM RIVERS AND TOUCH HEARTS IN WAYS NO OTHER GENERATION OF MISSIONARIES HAS EVER BEEN ABLE TO DO

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!DVENTISTS SHOULD NOT TAKE A hDEFEATIST ATTITUDE v WORLD CHURCH PRESIDENT *AN 0AULSEN TOLD NEARLY CHURCH OFlCIALS AT THE CLOSE OF 3PRING -EETING THE WORLD CHURCH S SEMIANNUAL BUSINESS SESSION )NSTEAD

HE CHALLENGED !DVENTISTS TO BE hPOSITIVEv AND hMOVE FORWARD FOCUSED ON OUR MISSION v 0AULSEN ALSO CALLED FOR hINCLUSIVE DISCUSSIONSv AND COOPERATION AMONG CHURCH LEADERS HEADING INTO

WHICH DELEGATES DESIGNATED ON !PRIL AS THE CHURCH S h9EAR OF %VANGELISM v

7HILE MEETING AT CHURCH OWNED !NDREWS 5NIVERSITY IN "ERRIEN 3PRINGS -ICHIGAN 5NITED 3TATES

DELEGATES ALSO VOTED ON OTHER BUSINESS ITEMS INCLUDING NOMINATIONS FOR CHURCH OFlCES $ELEGATES APPOINTED 'ARY 2 #OUNCELL FORMER 5NITED 3TATES !RMY CHAPLAIN AND CURRENT ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR OF !DVENTIST #HAPLAINCY -INISTRIES

TO HEAD UP THE DEPARTMENT FOLLOWING -ARTIN 7 &ELDBUSH S RETIREMENT -ARIO #EBALLOS CURRENTLY A VICE PRESIDENT FOR +ETTERING -EDICAL #ENTER IN /HIO WILL lLL THE VACANCY LEFT AS #OUNCELL ASSUMES &ELDBUSH S ROLE

02!9%2 h(ELP US TO BE EVER SENSITIVE TO 9OUR GUIDANCE v WAS THE CLOSING PRAYER OF *AN 0AULSEN

WORLD PRESIDENT OF THE 3EVENTH DAY !DVENTIST #HURCH DURING THE 3PRING -EETINGS *UNE \ !DVENTIST 7ORLD

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$ELEGATES ALSO ELECTED 0AUL "RANTLEY DIRECTOR OF THE CHURCH S NEWLY FORMED /FlCE OF !SSESSMENT AND 0ROGRAM %FFECTIVENESS AS A GENERAL lELD SECRETARY 0AULSEN THANKED "RANTLEY FOR HIS hSKILLFUL AND EFFECTIVEv SERVICE AT THE WORLD CHURCH HEADQUARTERS "RANTLEY A FORMER CONSULTANT AT &LORIDA (OSPITAL ALSO SERVED AS DIRECTOR OF THE %DUCATION $EPARTMENT AT /AKWOOD 5NIVERSITY IN (UNTSVILLE

!LABAMA AND LAUNCHED A REFEREED RESEARCH JOURNAL ON #HRISTIAN EDUCATION WHILE A PROFESSOR AT !NDREWS 5NIVERSITY IN "ERRIEN 3PRINGS -ICHIGAN )N HIS NEW JOB

"RANTLEY IS TASKED WITH HELPING THE CHURCH ACHIEVE EXCELLENCE IN ITS OPERATIONS h-Y ROLE IS TO PROMOTE A 3PIRIT lLLED EVIDENCE BASED CULTURE OF EXCELLENCE WITHIN THE WORLD CHURCH THAT INSPIRES EACH EMPLOYEE TO SEE THE EXCITEMENT AND THE POTENTIAL AND THE JOY OF BEING PART OF THE WORLD S BEST RUN ORGANIZATION v HE SAID IN A SEPARATE INTERVIEW )N HIS CLOSING PRAYER AT THE SPRING MEETING 0AULSEN URGED CHURCH LEADERS TO BE ATTUNED TO 'OD S DIRECTION FOR THE CHURCH h)F IN SPITE OF WHAT WE HAVE DECIDED HERE 9OU HAVE A BETTER WAY HELP US TO BE EVER SENSITIVE TO 9OUR GUIDANCE v HE SAID ˆ!DVENTIST .EWS .ETWORK WITH !2 3TAFF 7/2,$ #(52#( 2EGIONAL /UTREACH 0LANS TO 4ACKLE #HURCH S 5NlNISHED -ISSION N 4O ADDRESS THE 3EVENTH DAY !DVENTIST #HURCH S UNlNISHED MISSION CHURCH OFlCIALS VOTED AT 3PRING -EETING !PRIL TO DEVELOP CREATIVE AND lNANCIALLY ACCOUNTABLE PLANS TO REACH THE UNREACHED PEOPLE GROUPS IN THEIR RESPECTIVE TERRITORIES 3PRING -EETING DELEGATES LEARNED IN AN !PRIL REPORT THE hSTAGGERINGv SCOPE OF THE WORK AWAITING THE CHURCH

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-%%4).' /& -).$3 -ICHAEL , 2YAN RIGHT A WORLD CHURCH VICE PRESIDENT AND 'ARY +RAUSE

DIRECTOR FOR THE CHURCH S /FlCE OF !DVENTIST -ISSION DISCUSS THE CHURCH S NEED TO ACCELERATE ITS WORK AMONG UNREACHED PEOPLE GROUPS 2YAN +RAUSE AND OTHER CHURCH OFlCIALS WERE CHALLENGED DURING THE 3PRING -EETING TO DEVELOP CREATIVE PLANS TO lNISH THE CHURCH S MISSION 3INCE THE CHURCH IN ESTABLISHED WHAT IS NOW KNOWN AS THE /FlCE OF !DVENTIST -ISSION !DVENTISTS ARE WORKING IN MORE COUNTRIES 9ET THE CHURCH HAS NO ORGANIZED WORK IN COUNTRIES INCLUDING !FGHANISTAN AND 3OMALIA )N WHILE THE WORLD S POPULATIONˆNOW AT BILLIONˆGREW

BY MILLION JUST MILLION PEOPLE JOINED THE !DVENTIST #HURCH !ND THERE ARE BILLION MORE UNREACHED PEOPLE IN THE WORLD TODAY THAN IN WHEN 'LOBAL -ISSION WAS ORGANIZED h/UR 'OD SPECIALIZES IN ACCOMPLISHING THE IMPOSSIBLE v SAID (OMER 4RECARTIN !DVENTIST -ISSION DIRECTOR OF PLANNING 4RECARTIN CITED DOZENS OF hENCOURAGINGv STATISTICSˆIN THE PAST TWO DECADES FOR INSTANCE THE !DVENTIST POPULATION IN #AMBODIA HAS SPRUNG FROM ZERO TO

AND ROUGHLY ONE OUT OF *AMAICANS IS AN !DVENTIST 9ET THE RATIO IN 3AUDI !RABIA IS FAR LESS ENCOURAGING 4RECARTIN SAID

SUGGESTING THAT WHILE PEOPLE WITH #HRISTIAN WORLDVIEWS HAVE HISTORICALLY FOUND !DVENTISM RELEVANT THE CHURCH

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7/2,$ 2%0/24 MUST DO A FAR BETTER JOB OF CONNECTING WITH -USLIMS *EWS "UDDHISTS

(INDUS AND OTHER FAITH GROUPS WITH DIFFERENT POINTS OF REFERENCE 0ERHAPS BEFRIENDING NEIGHBORS AND COWORKERS OF DIFFERENT FAITHS IS AS CRUCIAL AS SENDING MISSIONARIES TO LARGELY UNREACHED COUNTRIES 4RECARTIN SAID

REFERENCING STATISTICS THAT SAY ALMOST PERCENT OF (INDUS IN .ORTH !MERICA hDON T KNOW ONE #HRISTIAN THEY CAN CALL A FRIEND v 3UCH A LOCAL INITIATIVE MIGHT BE AS EFFECTIVE 4RECARTIN SAID POINTING OUT hMORE -USLIMS LIVE IN THE 5NITED +INGDOM THAN IN +UWAIT v 4RENDS HE SAID ARE COMPARABLE IN OTHER hFREEv SOCIETIES AMONG OTHER FAITH GROUPS h)F WE CAN T GET TO KNOW THEM WHERE WE LIVE HOW WILL WE EVER TAKE ;THE CHURCH S MESSAGE= TO THE COUNTRIES THEY CAME FROM v HE ASKED h7E DESPERATELY NEED TO DO MORE IN THE DIFlCULT REGIONS THE THICKETS BUT HOW CAN WE HOPE TO BE EFFECTIVE THERE IF WE RE STILL STUMBLING AROUND IN THE SAFE PLACES v #OMMUNICATION MEDIA SUCH AS !DVENTIST 7ORLD 2ADIO WHICH THE CHURCH OFTEN RELIES ON IN THE hTHICKETS v CANNOT AFFORD TO SLACKEN EFFORTS ANY MORE THAN CHURCH MEMBERS CAN CLOISTER THEMSELVES IN LARGELY #HRISTIAN CIRCLES 4RECARTIN SAID !72 PROGRAMMING IS AVAILABLE IN ONLY OF THE WORLD S

LANGUAGES /THER CHURCH RADIO OUTREACH BRINGS THE TOTAL TO

BUT hFOR PERCENT OF THE WORLD S LANGUAGES WE HAVE TO HOPE THAT THOSE WHO SPEAK THEM ALSO SPEAK OTHER LANGUAGES )F THEY DON T WE AREN T REACHING THEM v HE SAID 3TATISTICS ARE ALSO BLEAK FOR MANY OF THE WORLD S POTENTIAL "IBLE READERS .OT SO MUCH AS A hSCRAP OF 3CRIPTUREv IS TRANSLATED INTO PERCENT OF THE WORLD S LARGEST LANGUAGES 4RECARTIN SAID h)F WE ARE PEOPLE OF THE "OOK WHAT ARE WE DOING v HE ASKED h7E AREN T

TALKING ABOUT ILLITERATE PEOPLE HERE WE RE TALKING ABOUT PEOPLE WHO READ AND WRITE BUT HAVE NOT SO MUCH AS A PIECE OF THE "IBLE IN THEIR LANGUAGE )F THEY DON T READ ANOTHER LANGUAGE WE CAN T SHARE 'OD S 7ORD WITH THEM v -ARK &INLEY A WORLD CHURCH VICE PRESIDENT SAID DESPITE SOME DISHEARTENING STATISTICS !DVENTISTS SHOULDN T CONCLUDE THAT lNISHING THE WORK OF THE CHURCH IS IMPOSSIBLE OR THINK THAT REDOUBLING EFFORTS ALONE WILL OVERCOME THE CHALLENGE h4HE lRST ;REACTION= LEADS US TO DESPAIR THE SECOND LEADS TO PHYSICAL EMOTIONAL

AND SPIRITUAL EXHAUSTION v 2ATHER THE MORNING S REPORT SHOULD SPUR hMORE CAREFUL SHARP

AND STRATEGIC THINKINGv AMONG CHURCH LEADERS &INLEY ALSO SUGGESTED A REFOCUSING ON 'OD AND MISSION WOULD LEAD CHURCH LEADERS TO hREADJUST lNANCES AND RENEW THE CHURCH S PRIORITY ON MISSION v 4HE BOTTOM LINE SAID -ICHAEL , 2YAN A WORLD CHURCH VICE PRESIDENT

hIS THAT TOMORROW WHEN WE WALK OUT OF THIS MEETING WE WILL HAVE THE WORLD

TO TELL v ˆBY %LIZABETH ,ECHLEITNER

EDITORIAL ASSISTANT !DVENTIST .EWS .ETWORK WITH !2 3TAFF

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0ERMANENT CHURCHES ENCOURAGE MEMBERSHIP RETENTION AND ACT AS hENDOWMENTS FOR THE FUTUREv OF THE CHURCH SAID 'ARWIN -C.EILUS AN !3) 7/2,$ #(52#( h/NE $AYv #HURCH MEMBER AND !DVENTIST BUSINESSMAN 0ROJECT TO (ELP !DVENTISTS +EEP 0ACE WHO HELPED DEVELOP THE ONE DAY 7ITH (OUSING -EMBERS CHURCH CONCEPT N ! CONGREGATION OF 3EVENTH DAY h%VERY TIME A CONGREGATION MOVES

!DVENTISTS IN %CUADOR ACCUSTOMED YOU LOSE ABOUT PERCENT OF THE TO MOVING FROM RENTAL TO RENTAL FOR ORIGINAL MEMBERSHIP v SAID -ARANATHA CHURCH SERVICES IS EXPECTED TO WORSHIP PRESIDENT $ON .OBLE h3O MOVING IN A PERMANENT CHURCH BUILDING BY THE THREE TIMES IN A YEAR WOULD MEAN END OF !PRIL YOU VE EFFECTIVELY LOST ALL YOUR ORIGINAL 4HEIR CHURCH ARRIVED AS READY TO MEMBERSHIP v ASSEMBLE STEEL BEAMS IN THE BACK OF A .OT ONLY DO THESE ONE DAY PICK UP TRUCK 3ET UP WILL TAKE AS LITTLE CHURCHES PROVIDE A SENSE OF STABILITY AS SIX HOURS FOR MEMBERS BUT THEY ALSO REQUIRE 4HE BUILDING IS PART OF A PROJECT MEMBERS TO hINVESTv IN THE STRUCTURE MEANT TO HELP HANDLE SOME

ITSELF -C.EILUS SAID -EMBERS SIMILAR CHURCH REQUESTS PENDING AT MUST lNISH THEIR CHURCH S WALLS WITH -ARANATHA 6OLUNTEERS )NTERNATIONAL A BRICKS BAMBOO OR ANY OTHER READILY #HRISTIAN LAY ORGANIZATION THAT BUILDS AVAILABLE DURABLE BUILDING MATERIAL CHURCHES AND SCHOOLS FOR THE !DVENTIST $ESIGNED BY STRUCTURAL ENGINEERS

#HURCH AROUND THE WORLD THE RUST RESISTANT GALVANIZED STEEL ! JOINT VENTURE OF !DVENTIST STRUCTURES CAN WITHSTAND TERMITES

,AYMEN S 3ERVICES AND )NDUSTRIES AND EARTHQUAKES #LASS HURRICANES

-ARANATHA THE hONE DAYv CHURCH AND COVER THE MOST EXPENSIVE PART PROJECT IS EXPECTED TO HELP CHURCH OF CHURCH BUILDINGˆTHE ROOF

INFRASTRUCTURE CATCH UP -C.EILUS SAID -ANY CHURCHES WITH MEMBERSHIP IN PARTIALLY CONSTRUCTED DURING SHORT REGIONS WITH SOARING TERM MISSION TRIPS ARE LEFT UNlNISHED CHURCH GROWTH !DVENTIST BECAUSE LOCAL MEMBERS DON T HAVE THE LEADERS SAID DURING THE MONEY OR THE RESOURCES TO lNISH THE WORLD CHURCH S ROOF HE EXPLAINED 3PRING -EETINGS h)N SOME OF THESE PLACES YOU DRIVE h4HIS IS THE ANSWER DOWN A ROAD AND SEE BUILDING AFTER WE HAVE BEEN WAITING BUILDING UP TO THE ROOF LEVEL AND THEY FOR v SAID 'EOFFREY JUST SIT THERE AND DETERIORATE v SAID 2OBERT -BWANA LEADER OF THE % ,EMON WORLD CHURCH TREASURER

!DVENTIST #HURCH IN SPEAKING OF HIS YEARS LIVING IN !FRICA %AST #ENTRAL !FRICA %ACH STANDARD SIZE CHURCH SEATS /.% $!9 #(52#( -ARANATHA PRESIDENT $ON h/UR RESOURCE BASE IS SO APPROXIMATELY PEOPLE BUT CAN SCARCE THAT WE HAVE NOT BE EXPANDED AND EVEN TWEAKED INTO .OBLE RIGHT EXPLAINS THE ONE DAY CHURCH S KEPT PACE IN HOUSING OUR A SCHOOL OR PASTOR S HOUSE -C.EILUS FEATURES TO "ARRY /LIVER !DVENTIST #HURCH MEMBERS v HE ADDED

SAID 7HILE !3) AND -ARANATHA LEADERS PRESIDENT IN THE 3OUTH 0ACIlC REGION 4HE CHURCH EXPLAINING THE CHALLENGES CAN T YET PROJECT THE EXACT EXPENSE MODEL WAS ON DISPLAY !PRIL AT 3PRING -EETING IN OF RAPID CHURCH GROWTH OF A ONE DAY CHURCHˆCURRENCY "ERRIEN 3PRINGS -ICHIGAN 5NITED 3TATES WHERE IN COUNTRIES SUCH AS mUCTUATIONS IMPORT DUTIES AND CHURCH DELEGATES DEDICATED THE PROJECT #ONGO SHIFTING STEEL PRICES VARY ESTIMATESˆ *UNE \ !DVENTIST 7ORLD

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PER CHURCH 7HILE !3) WILL HANDLE THE MANUFACTURE OF ONE DAY CHURCHES

-ARANATHA WILL ENSURE THE CHURCHES GET DELIVERED AND BUILT .OBLE SAID h7E WON T JUST SHIP THE CHURCH AND SAY @'OOD LUCK 4HERE LL BE SUPERVISION AT lRST "UT OUR MEMBERS ARE CREATIVE AND CAN lGURE IT OUT v ˆ"Y %LIZABETH ,ECHLEITNER !DVENTIST .EWS .ETWORK

(!009 #!-0%23 h) WANT TO TELL YOU THAT ) HAVE NEVER PARTICIPATED IN AN ACT WHERE ) COULD PERCEIVE SO MUCH HAPPINESS IN THE FACES OF ALL GATHERED v SAID $OMINICAN 2EPUBLIC PRESIDENT ,EONEL &ERNÖNDEZ TO THE HUNDREDS OF 3EVENTH DAY !DVENTISTS WHO GATHERED ON THE .AJAYO CAMP GROUNDS SOME KILOMETERS FROM THE CAPITAL CITY OF 3ANTO $OMINGO ON -ARCH DURING THE HISTORIC EVENT $OMINICAN !DVENTISTS 'AIN 3TATE ,AND N 4HE $OMINICAN 2EPUBLIC S PRESIDENT DONATED ACRES OF PUBLIC LANDˆALREADY USED BY 3EVENTH DAY !DVENTIST YOUNG PEOPLE FOR ANNUAL RETREATSˆTO THE CHURCH IN -ARCH $URING A DONATION CEREMONY

0RESIDENT ,EONEL &ERNÕNDEZ APPLAUDED THE CHURCH S WORK AND IMAGE IN THE COUNTRY

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h4HERE IS A NATURAL KINDNESS IN EACH ONE OF YOU THAT ) KNOW IS A RESULT OF HAVING 'OD AS A GUIDE IN YOUR ATTITUDES AND YOUR BEHAVIOR v &ERNÕNDEZ TOLD HUNDREDS OF CHURCH LEADERS AND MEMBERS GATHERED FOR THE CEREMONY h) WOULD LIKE THAT SAME SPIRIT TO BE EXTENDED TO THE ENTIRE $OMINICAN NATION v 4HE DONATED LANDˆPART OF A UNIVERSITY OWNED CAMPGROUND EARLIER DECREED PUBLIC BY THE $OMINICAN NATIONAL GOVERNMENTˆIS LOCATED IN THE ISLAND NATION S 3AN #RIST˜BAL PROVINCE OUTSIDE ITS CAPITAL 3ANTO $OMINGO )N THE CHURCH IN THE $OMINICAN 2EPUBLIC ESTABLISHED A PUBLIC RELATIONS CAMPAIGN TO BRING ITS MINISTRIES AND ACTIVITIES TO THE ATTENTION OF GOVERNMENT LEADERS ,ATE LAST YEAR &ERNÕNDEZ TOOK NOTE OF THE

MEMBER CHURCH S MISSION IN THE NATION OF MILLION ITS POSITIVE IMPACT IN THE COMMUNITY AND THE INVOLVEMENT OF ITS YOUNG PEOPLE

CHURCH OFlCIALS SAID 4HE CHURCH WILL BUILD NEW FACILITIES TO HOUSE THOUSANDS OF !DVENTIST YOUNG PEOPLE WHO ALREADY USE THE LAND DURING ANNUAL RETREATS

SAID 3ILVESTRE 'ONZALEZ !DVENTIST #HURCH SPOKESMAN IN THE $OMINICAN 2EPUBLIC 'ONZALEZ ALSO SAID FOR A NATIONAL LEADER TO RECOGNIZE A NON #ATHOLIC DENOMINATION WAS UNUSUAL AND THE CHURCH WAS GRATEFUL 4HE !DVENTIST #HURCH IN THE $OMINICAN 2EPUBLIC OPERATES SIX REGIONAL OFlCES MORE THAN

CONGREGATIONS NEARLY ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS ONE UNIVERSITY

ONE HOSPITAL AND EIGHT RADIO STATIONS 4HE NATION OCCUPIES ONE HALF OF THE #ARIBBEAN ISLAND OF (ISPANIOLA THE 2EPUBLIC OF (AITI OCCUPIES THE OTHER HALF ˆ,IBNA 3TEVENS )NTER !MERICAN $IVISION !..

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%XTRAORDINARY !DVENTIST "Y %LIZABETH ,ECHLEITNER

EDITORIAL ASSISTANT !DVENTIST .EWS .ETWORK

REPORTING FROM "ERRIEN 3PRINGS -ICHIGAN

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ESPITE THE TURBULENT WORLD ECONOMY THE 3EVENTH DAY !DVENTIST #HURCH CONTINUES TO GROW lNANCIALLY WORLD CHURCH TREASURER 2OBERT % ,EMON REPORTED TO CHURCH LEADERS RECENTLY h.OT ONLY HAVE TITHES AND OFFERINGS INCREASED v ,EMON SAID hBUT THE CHURCH WAS BLESSED TO RECEIVE A MULTIMILLION DOLLAR @EXTRAORDINARY TITHE v ,EMON S !PRIL lNANCIAL REPORT AT THE CHURCH S SPRING BUSINESS MEETING REmECTED ABOUT HALF OF THAT EXTRAORDINARY TITHE

WHICH WAS lRST ANNOUNCED AT THE CHURCH S FALL BUSINESS MEETING 4HIS TITHE WHICH CAME FROM A SINGLE FAMILY ON THE PROCEEDS FROM THE SALE OF ITS BUSINESS WAS GIVEN TO THE WORLD CHURCH BECAUSE IT WAS DETERMINED THAT PROCESSING THROUGH A LOCAL CONFERENCE WOULD GROSSLY DISTORT THE GIFT S BEST POTENTIAL USE 7ORLD CHURCH PRESIDENT *AN 0AULSEN DESCRIBED THE EXTRAORDINARY TITHE AS A hPRIVILEGEv TO HANDLE AND SAID IT WOULD ALLOW THE CHURCH TO WORK IN WAYS NOT OTHERWISE POSSIBLE 3OME OF THE EXTRAORDINARY TITHE IS CURRENTLY ALLOCATED TO SPECIlC AREAS OF MINISTRY WORLD CHURCH UNDERTREASURER *UAN 0RESTOL REPORTED 4O HELP THEM

'IVING

4ITHE 'ROWS #HURCH S "UDGET 53 BILLION IN TITHE RECEIVED LAST lSCAL YEAR CHURCH TAKING hCAUTIOUS CONSERVATIVEv APPROACH AMID ECONOMIC JITTERS

&).!.#)!, 50$!4% !DVENTIST WORLD CHURCH TREASURER 2OBERT % ,EMON DELIVERS THE CHURCH S lNANCIAL REPORT TO CHURCH LEADERS !PRIL AT !NDREWS 5NIVERSITY IN "ERRIEN 3PRINGS -ICHIGAN 5NITED 3TATES ,EMON SAID TITHING AND OTHER GIVING AMOUNTS ARE UP THIS YEAR DESPITE mUCTUATING GLOBAL ECONOMIES 2 ! * - 5 . $ $ ! " 2 / 7 3 + ) ! . .

ALLOCATE THE ADDITIONAL TITHE DELEGATES AGREED ON A LIST OF GUIDELINES FOR EVALUATING POTENTIAL INITIATIVES 0AULSEN SAID THE CHURCH WOULD AWAIT REVISED PROPOSALS FROM EACH CHURCH REGION AND THEN MOVE hBRISKLYv TO DISTRIBUTE FUNDS h4HE CHURCH IS MAKING CAREFUL AND EXPEDITIOUS PLANS TO USE THESE FUNDS FOR MISSION PARTICULARLY IN UNENTERED AREAS v 0AULSEN SAID &OR THE GLOBAL CHURCH TITHE RECEIVED CLIMBED PERCENT DURING TO REACH 53 BILLION

COMPARED TO 53 BILLION IN

,EMON REPORTED &OR THE lRST TIME

TITHE RETURNED IN THE CHURCH S WORLD REGIONS NEARLY MATCHED SUMS RECEIVED IN ITS .ORTH !MERICAN REGION 7HILE CURRENCY EXCHANGE RATES COUPLED WITH THE WEAKENED 5 3 DOLLAR ACCOUNT FOR PART OF THE UPSWING ,EMON SAID THE CHURCH DID POST UNEQUIVOCAL INCREASES IN LOCAL CURRENCY TITHE RETURNS %VEN THOUGH THE WEAKENED 5 3 DOLLAR SEEMINGLY BOLSTERS THE CHURCH S lNANCIAL STATEMENTS IT STYMIES WHAT CAN ACTUALLY BE ACCOMPLISHED WITH FUNDS IN MISSION TERRITORIES ,EMON SAID ,EMON ALSO MENTIONED THE hVERY

ENCOURAGINGv PERCENT GROWTH OF MISSION OFFERINGS IN THE CHURCH S .ORTH !MERICAN REGION FOR THE PAST FOUR YEARS &OR THE lSCAL YEAR AMOUNTS TOTALED 53 MILLION IN .ORTH !MERICA AND 53 MILLION IN THE CHURCH S OTHER REGIONS 4OTAL MISSION OFFERINGS HAVE INCREASED PERCENT IN REGIONS OUTSIDE .ORTH !MERICA IN THE PAST YEARS 0AULSEN CALLED THE INCREASES A hTESTAMENTv TO THE CHURCH S EMPHASIS ON OUTREACH h)F OUR MEMBERS SEE THAT WE STAY FOCUSED ON MISSION THEY WILL WANT TO SUPPORT US v HE SAID ,EMON SAID THE GROWTH OF MISSION OFFERINGS AND TITHE ALONG WITH FRUGALITY AT CHURCH HEADQUARTERS NEAR 7ASHINGTON $ # 5NITED 3TATES

MEAN THE CHURCH ENDS THE lSCAL YEAR WITH A 53 MILLION INCREASE IN TOTAL NET ASSETSˆNOT COUNTING THE EXTRAORDINARY TITHE 3OME OF THESE FUNDS ARE RESTRICTED OR ALLOCATED FUNDS DESIGNATED FOR SPECIAL PURPOSES BUT THE BALANCE WILL NOT BE KEPT AT WORLD CHURCH HEADQUARTERS &INANCE OFlCERS ALSO ADDRESSED THE CHURCH S INVESTMENTS IN LIGHT OF THE mUCTUATING MARKET #OMMENTING SPECIlCALLY ON THE CHURCH S RETIREMENT

FUNDS 'ENERAL #ONFERENCE ASSOCIATE TREASURER 2OY 2YAN SAID BECAUSE THE CHURCH S HOLDINGS ARE LONG TERM

DIVERSIlED AND CONSERVATIVE RISKS ARE hMANAGEABLE v 'IVEN THE VOLATILE MARKETS hNO ONE IS EXPECTING A ROBUST lNANCIAL YEAR IN

v 2YAN ADDED hBUT THE STRENGTH OF INTERNATIONAL AND EMERGING MARKETS IS ENCOURAGING TO 5NITED 3TATES BASED INVESTORS v 7RAPPING UP THE lNANCIAL REPORTS

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ARL 7EISS WAS A #HICAGO GANGSTER WITH A REPUTATION FOR BRUTALITY AND A PASSION FOR lNE LIVING $URING THE S HE BRIBED BEAT

AND MURDERED HIS WAY TO THE TOP RANKS OF #HICAGO S CRIMINAL UNDERWORLD OF GAMBLING

RACKETEERING AND VIOLENCE 7EISS REPEATEDLY TRIED TO ASSASSINATE RIVAL GANG LEADER !L #APONE (E NOTORIOUSLY COINED THE PHRASE hA ONE WAY RIDEv AFTER MURDERING AN ADVERSARY IN COLD BLOOD "UT WHAT COMPLETED THE %ARL 7EISS LEGEND WAS HIS APPETITE FOR WHAT HE CALLED hBIG LIVINGvˆFOR ALL THE hlNERv THINGS IN LIFE WOMEN FOOD FAST CARS AND ENTERTAINMENT !T YEARS OF AGE %ARL 7EISS WAS DEAD HIS BODY RIDDLED WITH MACHINE GUN lRE ADMINISTERED BY ONE OF !L #APONE S HIT MEN (E D TAKEN HIS OWN ONE WAY RIDE 7HAT -OTIVATES 5S

4HERE COMES A POINT WHERE EACH OF US MUST DElNE FOR OURSELVES WHAT IT MEANS TO hLIVE BIG v 7HAT ARE OUR DREAMS

OUR VALUES 7HAT DRIVES US 7HAT CONSUMES OUR TIME OUR THOUGHTS OUR ENERGY 7HOM DO WE HOPE TO BECOME !ND AT THE END OF OUR LIVES WHAT ACCOUNTING WILL WE GIVE FOR THE WAYS WE USED THE OPPORTUNITIES WE HAD .OT LONG AGO 3EVENTH DAY !DVENTISTS IDENTIlED THREE KEY VALUES THAT HELP DElNE WHO WE ARE AS A WORLDWIDE MOVEMENT UNITY GROWTH AND QUALITY OF LIFE 4HESE VALUES DESCRIBE OUR COLLECTIVE IDENTITY AND THEY HELP SHAPE OUR PLANS AND OUR USE OF RESOURCESˆBOTH AT THE LOCAL CHURCH LEVEL AND INTERNATIONALLY 5NITY WE ARE ONE FAMILY BOUND CLOSELY BY OUR FAITH IN 'OD OUR LOVE FOR (IS TRUTH AND OUR HOPE IN (IS SOON COMING 'ROWTH WE ARE COMMITTED TO SHARING WITH OTHERS THE JOY AND SECURITY WE HAVE FOUND "UT WHAT DO WE MEAN BY hQUALITY OF LIFEv /F THESE THREE CONCEPTS THIS IS THE ONE THAT PERHAPS REQUIRES THE MOST

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G " DElNITION )T S CERTAINLY NOT MEANT IN THE USUAL hCONSUMERv SENSEˆOF ACCUMULATING THE NEWEST AND BEST OF BEING hCOMFORTABLEv IN A MATERIAL SENSE .OR IS IT EXCLUSIVELY CONCERNED WITH HOW WE FEELˆOUR HEALTH EDUCATION OR PERSONAL SENSE OF WELL BEING &OR A 3EVENTH DAY !DVENTIST PURSUING QUALITY OF LIFEˆ hLIVING BIGvˆMEANS SOMETHING UNIQUE )T HAS ITS ROOTS IN THE FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES THAT SHAPE OUR LIVESˆTHOSE INBUILT OFTEN UNCONSCIOUS GUIDES FOR HOW WE LIVE WHICH DRIVE BOTH THE LARGE AND SMALL DECISIONS WE MAKE EVERY WAKING MOMENT &OR AN !DVENTIST QUALITY OF LIFE MEANS LIVING WITH AN EYE TOWARD THE BIG PICTURE THAT COSMIC DRAMA BETWEEN GOOD AND EVIL IN WHICH WE ARE ALL PLAYERS 4HE PROPHET -ICAH DESCRIBES 'OD S DElNITION OF hLIVING BIG v h7ITH WHAT SHALL ) COME BEFORE THE ,ORD AND BOW MYSELF BEFORE THE (IGH 'OD 3HALL ) COME BEFORE (IM WITH BURNT OFFERINGS WITH CALVES A YEAR OLD 7ILL THE ,ORD BE PLEASED WITH THOUSANDS OF RAMS OR TEN THOUSAND RIVERS OF OIL 3HALL ) GIVE MY lRSTBORN FOR MY TRANSGRESSION THE FRUIT OF MY BODY FOR THE SIN OF MY SOUL (E HAS SHOWN YOU / MAN WHAT IS GOOD AND WHAT DOES THE ,ORD REQUIRE OF YOU

BUT TO DO JUSTLY TO LOVE MERCY AND TO WALK HUMBLY WITH YOUR 'OD v -ICAH ,IVING BIGˆPURSUING QUALITY OF LIFEˆAT ITS MOST BASIC LEVEL MEANS A LIFE OF SERVICE )T MEANS THINKING OF OTHERS lRST AND PUTTING THEIR NEEDS ABOVE OUR OWN )T MEANS LOOKING AROUND US WITH COMPASSION BECOMING A PARTICIPANT IN THE MOST BASIC CONCERNS OF OUR COMMUNITIES -OST IMPORTANT LIVING BIG MEANS PLACING OUR HEARTS AND LIVES IN 'OD S HANDS ! 0RACTICAL %XAMPLE

*ESUS TOLD MANY STORIES ABOUT LIVING BIG /NE OF MY FAVORITES IS FOUND IN ,UKE ˆTHE STORY OF THE GOOD 3AMARITAN )T S A STORY WITH WHICH WE RE FAMILIAR A MAN TRAVELING FROM *ERUSALEM TO *ERICHO IS ATTACKED BY THIEVES AND LEFT FOR DEAD AT THE SIDE OF THE ROAD "OTH A PRIEST AND A ,EVITE PASS BY WITHOUT OFFERING HELP 4HEN A 3AMARITANˆA SUPPOSED hENEMYvˆSTOPS AND BINDS UP THE MAN S WOUNDS (E TAKES THE MAN TO AN INN AND PAYS FOR HIM TO RECEIVE MEDICINE AND CARE 4HROUGH THIS STORY *ESUS GIVES US A VIVID AND PRACTICAL EXAMPLE OF hLIVING BIG v ) OFTEN WONDER THOUGH ABOUT THE PRIEST AND ,EVITE WHO PASSED BY 7HAT TOOK THEM TO *ERICHO 7HY DID THEY FEEL THEIR AGENDA WAS SO IMPORTANT THAT IT COULD NOT BE INTERRUPTED 4HESE WERE NOT hBADv MEN THEY WERE PILLARS OF THE COMMUNITY IMPORTANT SPIRITUAL LEADERS 0ERHAPS THE PRIEST HAD BEEN CALLED ON AN URGENT MISSION TO MINISTER TO SOMEONE S SPIRITUAL NEEDS 0ERHAPS THE ,EVITE WAS ON HIS WAY TO FULlLL SOME IMPORTANT TASK ASSOCIATED WITH HIS 4EMPLE SERVICE "UT WHATEVER IT WAS THAT TOOK THEM ON THE *ERICHO ROAD THEY EACH HAD PRIORITIES THAT KEPT THEM HURRYING FORWARD PAST THE BLEEDING DYING MAN 4HEY WALKED PAST RATIONALIZING THEIR ACTIONS REMINDING THEMSELVES WHY THEIR MISSION WAS SO IMPORTANT )T S POSSIBLE TO BE A #HRISTIAN TO BE A SCRUPULOUSLY OBSERVANT 3EVENTH DAY !DVENTIST #HURCH MEMBER AND YET FAIL TO FULLY UNDERSTAND #HRIST S PLAN FOR hLIVING BIG v 4HE LAST FEW VERSES OF -ATTHEW FROM %UGENE 0ETERSON S "IBLE PARAPHRASE 4HE -ESSAGE READ h)F ALL YOU DO IS LOVE THE LOVEABLE DO YOU EXPECT A BONUS !NYBODY CAN DO THAT )F YOU SIMPLY SAY HELLO TO THOSE WHO GREET YOU DO YOU EXPECT A MEDAL !NY RUN OF THE MILL SINNER DOES THAT )N A WORD WHAT ) M SAYING IS 'ROW UP 9OU RE KINGDOM SUBJECTS .OW LIVE LIKE IT ,IVE OUT YOUR 'OD CREATED

IDENTITY ,IVE GENEROUSLY AND GRACIOUSLY TOWARD OTHERS

THE WAY 'OD LIVES TOWARD YOU v 7HAT A PRESCRIPTION FOR LIVING BIG 4HE PIONEERS OF OUR CHURCH UNDERSTOOD THIS APPROACH TO LIFE THEIR STORIES ARE MARKED BY SACRIlCE AND SERVICE ) THINK OF PEOPLE SUCH AS *ORGE 2IFFEL PIONEER LAY MISSIONARY TO !RGENTINA AND !BRAM ,A2UE ANOTHER LAY MEMBER WHO WAS OUR lRST MISSIONARY TO !SIA !ND TODAY THROUGHOUT THE WORLD 'LOBAL -ISSION PIONEERS

MISSIONARIES AND VOLUNTEERS CONTINUE TO ILLUSTRATE LIVES THAT ARE FOCUSED OUTWARD RATHER THAN INWARD 7HEN WE MEET SOMEONE hLIVING BIGv FOR #HRIST IT MAKES AN IMPACT /N #HRISTMAS %VE MY FATHER WAS A PRISONER OF WAR IN A *APANESE INTERNMENT CAMP !S HE AND HIS FRIENDS SAT TOGETHER LONGING FOR HOME THE DOOR OPENED AND ONE OF THE GUARDS ENTERED 4HE PRISONERS lRST INSTINCT WAS FEAR A VISIT TO THE BARRACKS DURING THE EVENING WAS UNPRECEDENTED 4HE GUARD STOOD FOR A MOMENT AND BEGAN SINGING IN %NGLISH h3ILENT NIGHT

HOLY NIGHT ALL IS CALM ALL IS BRIGHT xv !T THE END OF THE SONG HE SAID h) AM A #HRISTIAN -ERRY #HRISTMAS v (E LAID A SMALL BAG OF HARD CANDY ON THE STEP AND WALKED OUT THE DOOR -Y FATHER NEVER FORGOT THE KINDNESS OF THIS MAN WHO AT TERRIBLE PERSONAL RISK HAD TRIED TO BRING COMFORT TO THOSE WHO WERE HIS ENEMIES 4ODAY IT S NOT %ARL 7EISS S DElNITION OF BIG LIVING THAT COUNTS )T S NOT EVEN ABOUT HOW OUR CHURCH DElNES QUALITY OF LIFE )T S NOT ABOUT THE PERSON WHO SITS IN THE SAME PEW AS ) EACH 3ABBATH %ACH OF US INDIVIDUALLY

MUST DElNE hQUALITY OF LIFEv FOR OURSELVES 7E MUST DECIDE HOW WE WILL USE OUR TIME AND RESOURCES AND HOW WE LL RESPOND TO THE NEEDS OF PEOPLE AROUND US 7ILL WE CHOOSE TO LIVE BIG ONLY FOR OURSELVES UNTIL WE lNALLY TAKE THAT INEVITABLE hONE WAY RIDEv /R WILL WE CHOOSE TO LIVE BIG FOR #HRIST FOR ETERNITY

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ANDWICHED BETWEEN "RAZIL TO THE NORTH AND !RGENTINA TO THE SOUTH 5RUGUAY IS THE SECOND SMALLEST INDEPENDENT COUNTRY IN 3OUTH !MERICA LARGER ONLY THAN 3URINAME /F ITS POPULATION OF MORE THAN MILLION PEOPLE

MILLION LIVE IN AND AROUND THE CAPITAL CITY OF -ONTEVIDEO .INETY PERCENT OF 5RUGUAY S POPULATION IS OF %UROPEAN DESCENT CHIEmY 3PANISH AND )TALIAN 3PANISH EXPLORER *UAN $¤AZ DE 3OL¤S WAS THE lRST %UROPEAN TO SET FOOT ON WHAT IS NOW 5RUGUAY IN ,ATER THAT SAME YEAR 3OL¤S AND HIS LANDING PARTY WERE KILLED BY THE INDIGENOUS #HARR¢AS .O SERIOUS ATTEMPT WAS MADE TO COLONIZE THE REGION UNTIL

WHEN 3PANISH *ESUIT AND &RANCISCAN MISSIONARIES ESTABLISHED MISSIONS IN THE AREA &OR THE NEXT YEARS THE REGION WAS THE SUBJECT OF A SERIES OF DISPUTES BETWEEN 3PAIN AND 0ORTUGAL WITH THE RESULT lNALLY BEING RESOLVED IN FAVOR OF 3PAIN IN -ONTEVIDEO WAS FOUNDED BY THE 3PANISH AS A MILITARY STRONGHOLD IN THE EARLY EIGHTEENTH CENTURY 5RUGUAY S STRUGGLE FOR INDEPENDENCE BEGAN IN

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ALMOST ONE FOURTH DESCRIBES ITSELF AS hBELIEVING IN 'OD BUT WITHOUT RELIGION v !ND NEARLY ONE lFTH OF THE POPULATION IDENTIlES ITSELF AS ATHEIST OR AGNOSTIC 4HE MAJORITY OF 5RUGUAYANS DO NOT ACTIVELY PRACTICE RELIGION !DVENTISTS IN 5RUGUAY

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THE lRST 3EVENTH DAY !DVENTIST IN 5RUGUAY WAS -RS *UAN 2IVOIR WHO

FOUR YEARS BEFORE IMMIGRATING TO THE COUNTRY IN HEARD %LLEN 7HITE PREACH IN 0IEDMONT )TALY )N THE lRST !DVENTIST COLPORTEURS ! " 3TAUFFER % 7 3NYDER AND # ! .OWLEN CAME TO -ONTEVIDEO BRIEmY BEFORE GOING ON TO "UENOS !IRES )N 3TAUFFER AND 3NYDER RETURNED WITH A YOUNG %NGLISHMAN NAMED

,IONEL "ROOKING 3TAUFFER BEGAN WORKING AMONG THE 'ERMAN SPEAKING POPULATION 3NYDER WITH %NGLISH SPEAKING IMMIGRANTS AND "ROOKING WITH &RENCH SPEAKING COLONISTS /NE OF THE lRST INDIVIDUALS IN 5RUGUAY TO RESPOND TO THE !DVENTIST MESSAGE WAS *OHN -C#ARTHY

SUPERINTENDENT OF THE h3EAMEN S -ISSIONv IN -ONTEVIDEO /THER EARLY !DVENTIST MISSIONARIES TO THE AREA INCLUDED ,UCY 0OST *EAN 6UILLEUMIER AND & ( 7ESTPHAL )N THE 3OUTH !MERICAN -ISSION RECOMMENDED THAT 5RUGUAY BE ORGANIZED AS A MISSION !T THE TIME THE CHURCH IN 5RUGUAY HAD MEMBERS *OHN -C#ARTHY WAS APPOINTED SUPERINTENDENT OF THE NEW MISSION 4HE lRST !DVENTIST SCHOOL WAS ORGANIZED IN IN THE HOME OF *ULIO %RNST WITH /TTO (EYDEKER AS TEACHER 5RUGUAY !DVENTIST !CADEMY WAS FOUNDED IN )N TWO NURSES -EDA +ERR AND &RANCISCA "ROCKMAN CAME TO 5RUGUAY FROM THE 5NITED 3TATES 4HEY WERE JOINED

BY TWO NURSES FROM !RGENTINA !RMANDO (AMMERLY AND HIS WIFE 4OGETHER THE FOUR WORKED TO BREAK DOWN PREJUDICE AMONG THE POPULATION BY PROVIDING MEDICAL SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY 4HE lRST !DVENTIST RADIO PROGRAMS WERE BROADCAST BY ! 2 3HERMAN IN 4ODAY ,A 6OZ DE LA %SPERANZA 5RUGUAY 6OICE OF (OPE 5RUGUAY IS BROADCAST FROM -ONTEVIDEO 4ODAY THE NEARLY

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(OW MUCH OF A PROBLEM IS CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE TO THOSE NOT LIVING IN 7ESTERN COUNTRIES OUR QUESTION IS VERY RELEVANT

BECAUSE CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE HAS OFTEN BEEN DESCRIBED AS A DISEASE FOUND IN DEVELOPED OR 7ESTERN SOCIETIES 5NFORTUNATELY BAD HABITS SEEM TO BE LEARNED MUCH MORE QUICKLY THAN GOOD ONES AND CONSEQUENTLY WE ARE NOW SEEING AN INCREASING NUMBER OF CARDIOVASCULAR DEATHS IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES 4HIS INCREASE IS TAKING PLACE WHILE THE MORTALITY RATE FOR CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE HAS ACTUALLY DECLINED SLIGHTLY IN THE 5NITED 3TATES ,IFESTYLE FACTORS ARE CLEARLY AND OVERWHELMINGLY IMPORTANT -ANY STUDIES SHOW THAT THE TO PERCENT OF INDIVIDUALS WHO EAT A VEGETARIAN DIET THAT INCLUDES NUTS

WHOLE GRAINS FRUITS AND VEGETABLES

AND WHO EXERCISE REGULARLY HAVE VERY FEW CARDIOVASCULAR DEATHS "UT THERE IS INCREASING EVIDENCE THAT THE CHOLESTEROL STORY WE HAVE BOTH TAUGHT AND LEARNED IS NOT AS STRAIGHTFORWARD AS WAS THOUGHT 0REDICTORS OTHER THAN CHOLESTEROL

SUCH AS VITAMIN $ LEVELS AND INmAMMATION INDICATORS SUCH AS # REACTIVE PROTEIN MAY HAVE AS MUCH SIGNIlCANCE FOR PROGNOSIS AS CHOLESTEROL LEVELS /F CONCERN IS THE INCREASING RATE OF CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE IN WOMEN #ARDIOVASCULAR

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DISEASE ON A GLOBAL BASIS IS ACTUALLY MUCH MORE OF A SERIOUS PROBLEM THAN IS ()6 INFECTION #HINA HAS ONE OF THE HIGHEST STROKE RATES AND MUCH OF THIS CAN BE RELATED TO SMOKING 7E OFTEN THINK THE 5NITED 3TATES MUST HAVE THE HIGHEST CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE RATES I E STROKES AND HEART ATTACKS 4HIS IS NOT TRUE HOWEVER -ANY OTHER COUNTRIES HAVE HIGHER MORTALITY RATES FROM CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE )NDIA

#HINA !RGENTINA AND 3COTLAND HAVE HIGH RATES $IET IS CLEARLY A FACTOR BUT BY NO MEANS THE ONLY FACTOR "Y

TOBACCO WILL BE THE SINGLE GREATEST HEALTH HAZARD WORLDWIDE 7HILE THERE HAS BEEN A DECLINE IN SMOKING IN THE 7ESTERN WORLD IT IS SKYROCKETING IN THE WORLD AT LARGE %XERCISE IS A WONDER WORKER EVEN IN OBESE PERSONS /BESE INDIVIDUALS WHO EXERCISE EXPERIENCE HALF THE CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE OF THOSE WHO ARE INACTIVE )T MAKES LITTLE SENSE TO BE A DIETARY FANATIC AS A COUCH POTATO 4HIS DOES NOT MEAN EXERCISE COMPENSATES FOR OBESITY BECAUSE BOTH AN UNHEALTHFUL DIET AND LACK OF EXERCISE ARE INDEPENDENT RISK FACTORS FOR CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE &RUITS AND VEGETABLES MARKEDLY INCREASE ONE S CHANCE OF AVOIDING CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE AS DOES THE CONSUMPTION OF AN OUNCE OF NUTS AT LEAST A FEW TIMES A WEEK 7HILE SOME PEOPLE PROMOTE lSH

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HE VOLCANIC ERUPTION THE TSUNAMI THE ACCIDENTAL DEATH OF A LOVED ONE THE STORM THE WHIRLWIND

THE HURRICANE THE EARTHQUAKEˆALL UNFORESEEN IN MANY INSTANCESˆCAUSE MANY TO WONDER WHETHER A CARING 'OD SITS ON THE THRONE OF THE UNIVERSE OR WHETHER THE UNIVERSE HAS GOTTEN OUT OF HAND ,ARGE NUMBERS OF PEOPLE

CONFRONTED WITH PARALYZING SORROW FAMILY BEREAVEMENT

AND OTHER PERSONAL CALAMITY LIFT UP THEIR HANDS IN ANGUISH

CRYING h)S 'OD OMNIPOTENT v h)S 'OD IN CONTROL v 4HE CHIEF PRIESTS SCRIBES AND ELDERS WERE CAUGHT UP IN THIS SAME SITUATION DURING *ESUS CRUCIlXION 7E HEAR THEIR WORDS IN -ATTHEW h(E SAVED OTHERS (IMSELF (E CANNOT SAVE )F (E IS THE +ING OF )SRAEL LET (IM NOW COME DOWN FROM THE CROSS AND WE WILL BELIEVE (IM (E TRUSTED IN 'OD LET (IM DELIVER (IM xv 4HEY WERE AMAZED THAT 'OD A "EING WITH ALL POWER IN (IS HANDS SHOULD BE SLOW TO LAY BARE (IS ARM AND SAVE (IS 3ON WITH THE FORCE OF LIGHTNING IF NEED BE !ND WHY WAS THAT SO

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OUR SIN OUR SUFFERING )T WOULD BE EASY FOR (IM TO RUSH ONTO THE lELD AND PLAY THE GAME FOR US BUT THAT WOULD BE WEAKNESS )T WOULD CONTRAVENE THE RULES OF THE GAME 3O (E WATCHES AS RED AND YELLOW hPENALTY CARDSv ARE THROWN AT US (IS PLAYERS -Y SON DIES MY WIFE IS IN AGONY MY BROTHER S HOUSE BURNS DOWN OTHER CALAMITIES ARISE 3OME OUT OF OUR OWN FOLLY OTHERS NOT OF OUR DOING "UT THROUGH IT ALL 'OD COMES TO USˆHELPING COUNSELING GUIDING 4O RUSH ONTO THE lELD WOULD BE A CONFESSION OF FAILURE ON THE PART OF THE COACHˆAN ADMISSION THAT HIS PLAN FOR THE MATCH AS CONCEIVED IN THE BEGINNING WAS INADEQUATE /UR 'OD IS NOT A CARELESS CAPRICIOUS INTERFERER (E HELPS US PLAY ACCORDING TO THE RULES WITH (IS INlNITE WISDOM "UT AS AN EXPRESSION OF (IS OMNIPOTENCE (E HAS IMPOSED A LIMITATION ON (IMSELF BY GIVING US FREE WILL SOMETHING (E D NEVER TAKE BACK AND THERE ARE SOME THINGS (E SIMPLY WILL NOT DO WITHOUT OUR COOPERATION

(UMAN !GENTS

7HEN 'OD WANTS SOMETHING IMPORTANT DONE IN THE WORLD (E DOES NOT MOBILIZE (IS ANGELS )NSTEAD (E BRINGS TOGETHER TWO PEOPLE NOT BY FORCE BUT BY THE WINSOMENESS OF LOVE 4HEY HAVE A BABY WHO BECOMES A $AVID OR A 3AMSON AN !BRAHAM OR A .OAH (E WANTS TO BUILD A TEMPLE (E GIVES THE DIRECTION TO A 3OLOMON !ND WHEN (E DESIRES TO BUILD A FREE WORLD (E CRIES OUT IN (IS SELF IMPOSED LIMITATION h7HOM SHALL ) SEND AND WHO WILL GO FOR US v !ND UNTIL WE SAY h(ERE AM ) SEND ME v THIS OMNIPOTENT 'OD IS SO TO SPEAK HELPLESS TO REVEAL (IS NATURE FULLY OR TO ACCOMPLISH (IS PURPOSE SO DEEPLY HAS (E CONDESCENDED TO COOPERATE WITH US (E CAN EXPRESS (IS TERRIlC POWER IN THE RUSHING WATERFALL

THE TEARING WIND THE ANGRY WAVE THE FURIOUS STORM THE mASHING LIGHTNING (E CAN PROVIDE ENOUGH WATER TO MEET THE NEEDS OF HUMANITY "UT (E WILL STOP SHORT OF USING (IS TREMENDOUS POWER TO BLOCK US FROM POLLUTING THE WATER (UMAN FREE WILL AND FOLLY THUS BECOMES A SELF IMPOSED

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GOOD OF SOCIETY AND THE UPLIFTING OF HUMANITY !RE WE NOT OURSELVES SHUTTING OUT A PERFECT WORLD #AN WE IN THE SILENCE OF THE SOUL EVEN IF WE RE SUFFERING REmECT ON WHERE WE WENT WRONG INSTEAD OF WHERE 'OD WENT WRONG v ,ET US THEN ASK #HRIST TO PUT (IS lNGER ON THAT PLACE IN OUR LIVES WHERE OUR OWN HEARTS ARE RESISTING (IS POWER

OUR SIN POLLUTING THE RIVER OUR IGNORANCE BUILDING A STONE STRUCTURE IN AN EARTHQUAKE PRONE AREA )F ONLY WE STOP RESISTING (IM (E WILL LET GO (IS POWER AS MIGHTY AS ON THE DAY OF 0ENTECOST WHEN hSUDDENLY THERE CAME A SOUND FROM HEAVEN AS OF A RUSHING MIGHTY WINDv !CTS )F WE CAN DO THAT THEN NOT ONLY WILL THE lNAL RESULT BE A COMPLETE VICTORY FOR 'OD AND A DISPLAY OF (IS OMNIPOTENCE BUT THE STEPS UP TO IT WHICH NOW SEEM LIKE DEFEAT WILL THEMSELVES BE TRANSFORMED INTO VICTORY )NDEED

THE BIGGEST HUMILIATION OF #HRISTˆTHE CROSSˆIS NOW THE BIGGEST SIGN OF VICTORY FOR #HRISTIANITY 4HE HAPPENINGS WE NOW LABEL hDISASTERSv WILL WITH OUR

(UMAN FREE WILL AND FOLLY HAS BECOME A SELF IMPOSED OBSTACLE TO AN OMNIPOTENT 'OD

OF 'OD

OBSTACLE TO AN OMNIPOTENT 'OD 4HERE S A SENSE IN WHICH 'OD IS HELPLESS TO MAKE A COLLEGE STUDENT BECOME A MEDICAL DOCTOR

IF BY MISUSE OF THEIR FREE WILL THE STUDENT CONTINUALLY REFUSES TO LEARN %VERY DECISION IS OUR DECISION EVERY CHOICE IS OUR CHOICE 'OD S REFUSAL TO INTERFERE IN HUMAN FREEDOM COST (IM #ALVARY (IS POWER EXPRESSED AS WE WOULD HAVE IT WOULD BRING TO AN END OUR HUMAN RESOURCEFULNESS WHICH IN TURN WOULD DEFEAT 'OD S PLAN TO EDUCATE US TO HAVE US DEVELOP CHARACTER 7HAT THEN IS THE PURPOSE OF 'OD #AN WE HAVE A WORLD WITHOUT POVERTY WITHOUT SICKNESS WITHOUT UGLINESS

WITHOUT DEATH #AN WE HAVE A TOTAL OUTWARD CONDITION OF HAPPINESS AND PROSPERITY &ROM 'OD S 0ERSPECTIVE

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-OST 0ACIlC NATIONS CONSIST OF VAST TRACTS OF OCEAN DOTTED WITH TINY ISLANDS 3O WHEN THE STUDY GUIDES ARRIVE AT THE NATIONAL UNION OR MISSION HEADQUARTERS THE SHIPMENTS MUST BE BROKEN DOWN INTO ISLAND LOTS TO BE FORWARDED TO THEIR NEXT DESTINATIONˆ THE LOCAL MISSION STATIONSˆBY INTERISLAND BARGE OR TRADING VESSEL "Y THE TIME THEY ARRIVE AS MANY AS TWO OR THREE MONTHS MAY HAVE PASSED SINCE THE !DULT "IBLE 3TUDY 'UIDE WAS PRINTED "UT THAT S ONLY THE BEGINNING OF THE DISBURSEMENT PROCESS .OW WORD GOES OUT BY 5(& RADIO AND RADIOTELEPHONE TO DISTRICT DIRECTORS AND PASTORS OF THE SCORES OF HILLTOP CHURCHES AND ATOLL OUTPOSTS IN THEIR CARE THEIR SUPPLY OF PRECIOUS LESSON GUIDES HAS ARRIVED ,OCAL MISSIONARIES PASTORS AND CHURCH ELDERS THEN MAKE THE JOURNEY TO THE MISSION OR DISTRICT HEADQUARTERS TO PICK UP THEIR STUDY GUIDES &OR THOSE IN THE 0.' HIGHLANDS WHERE ROADS DON T CONNECT WITH MOST VILLAGES THAT MIGHT MEAN A TWO OR THREE DAY TREKˆ ONE WAY /F COURSE IF THEY RE LUCKY A MISSION PLANE MAY DELIVER THE STUDY GUIDES TO AN AIRSTRIP JUST ACROSS THE VALLEY 4HAT S ONLY A ONE OR TWO DAY HIKE IN PRECIPITOUS 0APUA .EW 'UINEA

AND ALTHOUGH YOU COULD ALMOST SHOOT AN ARROW ACROSS THE VALLEY THE DESCENT AND ASCENT IN EACH DIRECTION IS A REAL hKILLER v &OR THE ISLAND CHURCHES ON THE ATOLLS OF THE HUGE -AROVO ,AGOON IN THE 3OLOMON )SLANDS FOR EXAMPLE IT COULD MEAN PADDLING A CANOE FROM ISLAND TO ISLAND FOR A NUMBER OF DAYS !LTHOUGH POWERED CANOES ARE AVAILABLE PETROL GASOLINE IS LARGELY UNAFFORDABLE EVEN IF OBTAINABLE 7HILE THE !DVENTIST CHURCH MOST

REMOTE FROM ITS HEADQUARTERS IN THE 3OUTH 0ACIlC IS 0ITCAIRN )SLAND THE 2EPUBLIC OF +IRIBATI WHICH CONSISTS OF ISLANDS DISPERSED OVER MILLION SQUARE KILOMETERS MILLION SQUARE MILES IS PROBABLY THE BEST EXAMPLE OF REMOTENESS BOTH IN DISTANCE AND ACCESS )TS NEAREST ISLAND TO UNION MISSION HEADQUARTERS IN &IJI IS STILL MILES

KILOMETERS DISTANT WHILE ITS MOST DISTANT IS ABOUT MILES

KILOMETERS AWAY !DDING TO DISTANCE IS ACCESS AS VERY FEW BOATS PLY ITS OUTER ISLANDS ON A REGULAR TIMETABLE SO GETTING THOSE STUDY GUIDES OUT REQUIRES INGENUITY AND PATIENCE "UT IT S WORTH IT 4HE "READ AND "UTTER OF "IBLE 3TUDY

0IUKI 4ASA !DVENTIST "OOK #ENTER !"# DIRECTOR OF THE 0APUA .EW 'UINEA 5NION -ISSION SAYS THE !DULT "IBLE 3TUDY 'UIDE IS THE BREAD AND BUTTER OF "IBLE STUDY AND DAILY FAMILY WORSHIP IN THAT lELD (E S LIVED AND WORKED IN BOTH 0.'

AND THE 3OLOMON )SLANDS AS A PASTOR AND AN !"# MANAGER SO HE KNOWS THIS IS TRUE (E SAYS THAT WHEN THE STUDY GUIDES DON T REACH THE OUTLYING COMMUNITIES UNTIL THE FOURTH OR lFTH WEEK OF THE QUARTER THEY RE GREATLY MISSED (E DESCRIBES THE !DULT "IBLE 3TUDY 'UIDE AS A hGREAT BLESSINGv TO THE CHURCH MEMBERS IN HIS REGION AND SAYS THE MEMBERS JUST LOVE TO STUDY IT h4HE STUDY OF THE 3ABBATH SCHOOL QUARTERLY BRINGS SPIRITUAL STRENGTH AND INSIGHT TO THE 3ABBATH SCHOOL MEMBERS v 4ASA SAYS (E ADDS THAT THE STUDY GUIDE HAS A WAY OF lNDING ITS WAY INTO ALL MANNER OF SURPRISING PLACES -EMBERS OF MANY DENOMINATIONS REGULARLY PURCHASE THE STUDY GUIDES ON SALE IN THE !"#S AS THEY LIKE THEIR !DVENTIST FRIENDS HAVE LITTLE ELSE IN THE WAY OF SPIRITUAL PUBLICATIONS THEY CAN BOTH AFFORD AND READ WITH UNDERSTANDING 3TUDY 'UIDES #OME TO THE 2ESCUE

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BY A SELLING OUTREACH 4HEY HAD WALKED FOR THREE DAYS THROUGH THE JUNGLE CROSSING mOODED CROCODILE INFESTED RIVERS FROM THEIR HOME VILLAGE TO ATTEND THE SEMINAR AND NEEDED MONEY TO GET HOME "UT THEY SOON RAN OUT OF TRADE BOOKS TO SELL 4HEN SOMEONE REMEMBERED SEEING STACKS OF OUT OF DATE STUDY GUIDES IN THE STOREROOM OF THE LOCAL !"# 4HE STUDY GUIDES HAD ARRIVED TOO LATE FOR THE QUARTER S LESSON STUDIES AND HAD BEEN ABANDONED !RMED WITH THESE THE MEN AGAIN WENT DOOR TO DOOR SELLING THE PAMPHLETS TO EAGER PURCHASERS WHO IGNORED THEIR DATED AND SOMEWHAT SHABBY APPEARANCE 4HE TWO MEN LEFT FOR HOME SELLING MORE STUDY GUIDES IN VILLAGES ALONG THE WAY ) VE HEARD OTHER SUCH MISSION STORIES TOOˆOF PEOPLE WHO VE USED THE !DULT "IBLE 3TUDY 'UIDE TO ROLL CIGARETTES

TEARING OUT THE PAGES ONE SMOKE AT A TIME UNTIL THEY BEGAN READING THE REMNANTS AND EVENTUALLY FOUND THEIR WAY INTO THE CHURCH AS A RESULT 4HE %ND OF THE *OURNEYˆOR .OT

7E VALUE MOST THOSE THINGS THAT COST US THE MOST 3O FOR THE 0ACIlC ISLAND lSHERMEN AND 0.' HIGHLANDS GARDENERS WHO KNOW WHAT THE !DULT "IBLE 3TUDY 'UIDE COSTS IN TERMS OF TIME AND EFFORT TO REACH THEM IT IS OFTEN THEIR MOST PRIZED POSSESSION 4HEIR STUDY GUIDE ISN T DISCARDED AT THE END OF THE QUARTER 2ATHER THEY BECOME THE LIBRARY OF THEIR OWNER AND CONTINUE TO BE THUMBED THROUGH AND SHARED UNTIL THEY BECOME SO GRUBBY WORN AND TORN THAT READING THEM IS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE 4HERE IS NO END TO THIS JOURNEY

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"RAZIL ,U¤S 'ON½ALVES AN EVANGELIST WAS PREACHING ON THE MESSAGE OF 2EVELATION CHAPTER AT THE LOCAL !DVENTIST CHURCH 4HE MESSAGES WERE CAPTURED BY TELEVISION CAMERAS AND hSTREAMED v OR SHOWN LIVE VIA THE )NTERNET 4HIS WAS DONE TO ATTRACT RESIDENTS OF "RAS WHICH HAS THE LARGEST -USLIM COMMUNITY IN "RAZIL WHO MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN THE EVANGELISTIC SERIES BUT WERE TOO BUSY OR TOO TIRED AT THE END OF A DAY TO COME OUT TO AN EVENT !T THE END OF HIS SERMON 'ON½ALVES MADE AN APPEAL TO THE AUDIENCE LOOKING DIRECTLY INTO THE TELEVISION CAMERA AND ESPECIALLY ASKING THOSE WATCHING TO RESPOND !N AUDIENCE MEMBER IN THE CHURCH #RISTINA ROSE FROM HER SEAT AND CAME FORWARD 7HEN HE SAW HER 'ON½ALVES BROUGHT THE MICROPHONE TO HER AND ASKED h7HERE IS YOUR HUSBAND v %DMILSON #RISTINA S SPOUSE WASN T AT HER SIDE #RISTINA S ON CAMERA RESPONSE h) CAME ALONE v

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!FTER A MOMENT %DMILSON DEEPLY MOVED BY THE (OLY 3PIRIT DECIDED TO GIVE HIS HEART TO *ESUS 4EARS CAME TO #RISTINA S EYES 4HE CONGREGATION REJOICED AND CLAPPED WITH HAPPINESS AND ENTHUSIASM #RISTINA HAD BEEN PRAYING FOR THAT DECISION FOR A LONG TIME .OW HER HUSBAND WAS GEOGRAPHICALLY REMOVED FROM THE CHURCH BUILDING BUT CLOSE TO 'OD S FAMILY %DMILSON WAS DEEPLY AFFECTED BY SEEING EVERYTHING AT HOME ON HIS COMPUTER SCREEN )T WAS A BLESSED COMBINATION OF PERSONAL MINISTRY AND TECHNOLOGY TO REACH ONE MAN THROUGH THE )NTERNET AND A MOBILE PHONE 4HE 0ERSONAL 4OUCH

4HE WHOLE PROCESS BEGAN THOUGH IN A hLOW TECHv FASHION -ARCIA A FAITHFUL 3EVENTH DAY !DVENTIST IN "AHIA NEARLY MILES AWAY FROM THE 3áO 0AULO AREA

TELEPHONED HER SISTER #RISTINA -ARCIA INVITED HER NON !DVENTIST SISTER TO ATTEND A NIGHT EVANGELISTIC SERIES THAT 'ON½ALVES HAD TITLED h2EVELATION THE !NSWER v "RAS WHERE #RISTINA LIVES MIGHT HAVE SEEMED TO SOME AN UNUSUAL PLACE FOR AN !DVENTIST OUTREACH ,OCAL CHURCH LEADERS DECIDED TO BUILD A CHURCH BUILDING IN AN AREA WITHOUT A 3EVENTH DAY !DVENTIST PRESENCE "RAS HAS A STRONG BUSINESS CLIMATE AS WELL AS MANY IMMIGRANTS ALONG WITH THE LARGE -USLIM COMMUNITY +OREANS )TALIANS "OLIVIANS

AND MANY OTHERS MAKE "RAS THEIR HOME 4HE EVANGELISTIC SERIES WAS PLANNED TO hKICK OFFv THE OPENING OF THE CHURCH 3áO 0AULO WITH MORE THAN MILLION INHABITANTS

HAS ALL THE ELEMENTS NECESSARY TO MOTIVATE PEOPLE TO STAY AT HOME IN THE EVENING TRAFlC POLLUTION AND SECURITY CONCERNS !FTER A DAY WORKING AND COMMUTING IN A LARGE METROPOLIS MANY PEOPLE ARE SIMPLY EXHAUSTED 4HAT IS WHY 'ON½ALVES WAS DETERMINED TO MAKE THE SERIES AVAILABLE ON THE )NTERNET )F PEOPLE CAN T OR WON T COME TO CHURCH WE LL

MAKE THE MESSAGE AVAILABLE TO THEM AT HOME HE REASONED #RISTINA AND %DMILSON LIVE FAR FROM THE CHURCH BUT THEY ACCEPTED -ARCIA S INVITATION AND BEGAN WATCHING ONLINE 4HE COUPLE KNEW OF 'ON½ALVES FROM WATCHING A $6$ "IBLE STUDY SERIES 4ATIANE ANOTHER OF #RISTINA S SISTERS DECIDED TO VIEW THE PROGRAMS ONLINEˆAND THERE WAS A DElNITE EFFECT ON HER LIFE /N !UGUST ONE WEEK BEFORE THE END OF THE SERIES

4ATIANE DECIDED TO BE BAPTIZED 3HE INVITED #RISTINA TO GO TO THE CHURCH WITH HER %DMILSON ALSO WAS INVITED BUT HE REFUSED !FTER 4ATIANE SIGNED HER BAPTISMAL FORM SHE AND #RISTINA DECIDED TO STAY FOR THE PROGRAM IN THE EVENING /N THAT DAY 'ON½ALVES PREACHED ABOUT 'OD S GRACE !ND

ON THAT DAY %DMILSON MADE WHAT MAY HAVE BEEN THE MOST IMPORTANT TELEPHONE CALL OF HIS LIFE 4HREE DAYS LATER %DMILSON HIS WIFE #HRISTINA AND SISTER IN LAW 4ATIANE WERE BAPTIZED AT THE "RAS CHURCH ! #OLLABORATIVE %FFORT

!S A RESULT OF THIS REMARKABLE COMBINATION OF PREACHING AT THIS ONE LOCATION AND LIVE TRANSMISSION ON THE 7EB

PEOPLE RECEIVED "IBLE STUDIES AT THE END OF THE OUTREACH SERIES /F THAT NUMBER DECIDED TO BE BAPTIZED HAVE BEEN ALREADY BAPTIZED 4HE "RAS CHURCH HAS SEATS BUT MANY EVENINGS MORE THAN PEOPLE CROWDED IN !PPROXIMATELY PEOPLE ATTENDED THE BAPTISMAL CEREMONY AT THE END OF THE SERIES 7HILE MANY EVANGELISTIC SERIES HAVE BEEN TRANSMITTED LIVE OVER THE )NTERNET THE DIFFERENCE IN THIS ONE WAS THAT 'ON½ALVES hINCLUDEDv THE PEOPLE VIEWING ONLINE 7HEN HE MENTIONED A "IBLE TEXT 'ON½ALVES TURNED TO THE CAMERA AND ASKED h(AVE YOU FOUND IT v OR HE D SAY h) WILL WAIT FOR YOU !RE YOU READY v 4HIS CREATED A BOND BETWEEN THE PREACHER AND THE VIEWERS !T THE END ONLINE DATA INDICATED THAT THE SERIES HAD TOUCHED PEOPLE THROUGH THE )NTERNET .OãMIA -ENDES A LAWYER ALSO MADE A DECISION TO BE BAPTIZED WHILE WATCHING THE SERIES IN "RAS CHURCH VIA THE

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GENERATING THIS REACTION h/H 0ARIS IS BEAUTIFUL HAS BEAUTIFUL GARDENS BUT THERE IS A PROBLEM THE TRAFlC IS SO INTENSE WE CAN T MOVE v "UT YOU CAN ALSO ARRIVE IN 0ARIS BY PLANE AND THE IMPRESSION WILL BE ENTIRELY DIFFERENT h0ARIS IS BRIGHT

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*ESUS GIVES US THE PRIVILEGE OF SHARING OUR PERSONAL TESTIMONY WITH ALL OUR hNEIGHBORSvˆALL BILLION RESIDENTS OF 0LANET %ARTH 7E WILL KNOW NO HIGHER JOY IN THIS LIFE THAN hBRINGINGv THOSE WE MAY NEVER PHYSICALLY MEET TO THE FEET OF *ESUS THROUGH THE MEANS (E HAS GIVEN US %LLEN 7HITE UNDERSTOOD THE IMPERATIVE OF SHARING THE GOOD NEWS h4AKE HOLD WHEREVER YOU SEE THAT THERE IS WORK TO BE DONE 7HETHER YOU ARE RICH OR POOR GREAT OR HUMBLE

'OD CALLS YOU INTO ACTIVE SERVICE FOR (IM v .OTE THIS WONDERFUL PROMISE h)N WORKING FOR PERISHING SOULS YOU HAVE THE COMPANIONSHIP OF ANGELS 4HOUSANDS UPON THOUSANDS AND TEN THOUSAND TIMES TEN THOUSAND ANGELS ARE WAITING TO COOPERATE WITH MEMBERS OF OUR CHURCHES IN COMMUNICATING THE LIGHT THAT 'OD HAS GENEROUSLY GIVEN v

-ORE THAN A CENTURY AGO 'OD S MESSENGER WROTE THESE INSPIRING WORDS h4HERE IS MISSIONARY WORK TO BE DONE IN MANY UNPROMISING PLACES 4HE MISSIONARY SPIRIT NEEDS TO TAKE HOLD OF OUR SOULS INSPIRING US TO REACH CLASSES FOR WHOM WE HAD NOT PLANNED TO LABOR AND IN WAYS AND PLACES THAT WE HAD NO IDEA OF WORKING 4HE ,ORD HAS (IS PLAN FOR THE SOWING OF THE GOSPEL SEED )N SOWING ACCORDING TO (IS WILL WE SHALL SO MULTIPLY THE SEED THAT (IS WORD MAY REACH THOUSANDS WHO HAVE NEVER HEARD THE TRUTH v 4HE )NTERNET IS GIVING US THE OPPORTUNITY TO ACCESS hWAYS AND PLACES THAT WE HAD NO IDEA OF WORKING v ) AM SURE hTHE ,ORD HAS (IS PLAN FOR THE SOWING OF THE GOSPEL SEED v 7E NEED TO SOW hACCORDING TO (IS WILL v AND (IS 7ORD WILL REACH NOT ONLY hTHOUSANDSv BUT BILLIONS OF PEOPLE ON THE WAY OF SALVATION 0OWERFUL AS IT IS THE )NTERNET WILL NEVER REPLACE THE IMPORTANCE OF PERSONAL CONTACT 4HE PLAN OF SALVATION IS BEST COMMUNICATED THROUGH PERSONAL TESTIMONY ,ET S USE THE )NTERNET CORRECTLY AS A MEDIUMˆAS A TOOLˆNOT AS AN ULTIMATE SOLUTION 4HERE IS ENORMOUS POTENTIAL FOR hDOING EVANGELISMv THROUGH WISE USE OF 9OU4UBE 'OOGLE E MAIL

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/N A GRANDER SCALE ,UCIFER PICKED A lGHT WITH 'OD BECAUSE HE WAS JEALOUS OF THE 3ON S POWER AND AUTHORITY (E SLANDERED 'OD S CHARACTER OF LOVE BY CLAIMING THAT 'OD S LAWS WERE UNFAIR #HRIST PROVED BY (IS DEATH ON THE CROSS AND SINLESS LIFE THAT 'OD S LAW WAS UNCHANGEABLE AND COULD BE KEPT 7HEN #HRIST S DEATH AND RESURRECTION MADE ETERNAL LIFE POSSIBLE DEMONSTRATING THAT 'OD REALLY DID LOVE EVERYONE 'OD KICKED 3ATAN OUT OF HEAVEN FOR GOOD "UT (E STILL DID NOT DESTROY THE REBEL BECAUSE IT WOULD HAVE RESULTED IN PEOPLE SERVING (IM FROM FEAR RATHER THAN FROM LOVE NOURISHED IN FREEDOM !ND SO WE WAIT FOR 3ATAN S CHARGES hTO BE SEEN IN THEIR TRUE LIGHT v !ND WE WAIT FOR 'OD S CHARACTER OF LOVE TO BE APPRECIATED AND (IS GOVERNMENT OF JUSTICE TO BE VINDICATED 3EE %LLEN ' 7HITE

4HE 'REAT #ONTROVERSY PP "UT IS WAITING AND WATCHING ALL WE CAN DO ) ONCE BECAME SO DISENCHANTED WITH A CHURCH EMPLOYEE THAT ) OPPOSED HIM AT EVERY OPPORTUNITY ! MANAGEMENT DISAGREEMENT HAD TURNED INTO A mAME THAT WAS DESTROYING

7E GO FORTH IN 'OD S ARMOR ACCOMPANIED BY THE 3PIRIT ON OUR KNEES

PRAYING AND WATCHING ON BEHALF OF ONE ANOTHER NOT ONLY MY RELATIONSHIP WITH MY BROTHER BUT MY OWN #HRISTIAN EXPERIENCE $ESPERATE ) SEARCHED THE "IBLE FOR A SOLUTION ) FOUND IT IN 0SALM h"E STILL BEFORE THE ,ORD AND WAIT PATIENTLY FOR HIM DO NOT FRET WHEN MEN SUCCEED IN THEIR WAYS WHEN THEY CARRY OUT THEIR WICKED SCHEMES 2EFRAIN FROM ANGER AND TURN FROM WRATH DO NOT FRETˆIT LEADS ONLY TO EVIL x 7AIT FOR THE ,ORD AND KEEP HIS WAY (E WILL EXALT YOU TO INHERIT THE LAND WHEN THE WICKED ARE CUT OFF YOU WILL SEE ITv 0S

h&OR WE WRESTLE NOT AGAINST mESH AND BLOOD BUT AGAINST PRINCIPALITIES AGAINST POWERS AGAINST THE RULERS OF THE DARKNESS OF THIS WORLD AGAINST SPIRITUAL WICKEDNESS IN HIGH PLACESv %PH +*6 7E ARE NOT TO lGHT WITH HUMAN BEINGS BUT WITH 3ATAN AND HIS DEMONS 0AUL SAYS 7E ARE TO LOVE OUR FELLOWS TREATING ALL WITH KINDNESS AND RESPECT 7E GO FORTH IN 'OD S ARMOR ACCOMPANIED BY THE 3PIRIT ON OUR KNEES PRAYING AND WATCHING ON BEHALF OF ONE ANOTHER %PH *ESUS HAS PROVEN (E IS STRONGER THAN (IS SPIRITUAL ADVERSARIES AND (E WILL lGHT THEM FOR US 0RACTICING +INDNESS

"UT WHEN WE ENCOUNTER EVIL WITHIN HUMAN BEINGS

HOW CAN WE AVOID lGHTING THEM 7E CAN LEARN FROM THE 35,!$3 BROTHERHOOD FROM -OUNTAIN 6IEW #OLLEGE IN THE 0HILIPPINES 4HESE STUDENT MISSIONARIES REACH OUT TO THE -ONOBO AND 4ALAANDIG PEOPLES AND HELP THEM WITH HEALTH

AGRICULTURE AND LITERACY NEEDS "UT TRIBAL WARRIORS AND OTHERS THREATEN THEIR WELFARE AND

BY EXTENSION THE 35,!$3 WHO ARE WORKING WITH THEM /N ONE +NOWING THE %NEMY OCCASION SOME 35,!$3 MET ONE OF THESE hPIRATESv mOUNDERING )S IT POSSIBLE THAT THE GREAT CONTROVERSY REALLY IS BETWEEN IN THE SEA AFTER HIS BOAT HAD SUNK (E COULDN T BELIEVE IT WHEN #HRIST AND 3ATAN AND NOT BETWEEN "ROTHER *ONES AND "ROTHER THEY RESCUED HIM INSTEAD OF LETTING HIM DIE 4HIS INCIDENT 3MITH .EITHER IS IT BETWEEN GENUINE #HRISTIANS AND ATHEISTS OPENED THE DOOR TO ESTABLISHING A SCHOOL IN HIS AREA $URING WORLD RELIGIONISTS AND APOSTATES !RE WE PARTICIPANTS OR THE SUMMER OF ONE OF THE 35,!$3 WAS TRAGICALLY SHOT SPECTATORS )N EFFECT 0SALM SAYS h7AIT AND SEE WHAT 'OD AND KILLED BUT NOW ACCORDING TO THE 35,!$3 7EB SITE WORD WILL DO v "UT THE APOSTLE 0AUL SAYS h)F x POSSIBLE x LIVE AT HAS GOTTEN OUT THAT THE KILLER HAS BEEN FORGIVEN PEACE WITH EVERYONE $O NOT TAKE REVENGE MY FRIENDS BUT 5NBELIEVABLE BUT TRUE 4HE 35,!$3 DO NOT lGHT WITH LEAVE ROOM FOR 'OD S WRATH FOR IT IS WRITTEN @)T IS MINE TO 2ANGER !RM TO !RM +NUCKLE +NIVES BUT PRACTICE KINDNESS AVENGE ) WILL REPAY SAYS THE ,ORDv 2OM

AND LOVE )N THEIR OWN WAY THEY ARE WRESTLING WITH THE 3O WE MAY PARTICIPATE BY LIVING AT PEACE WITH POWERS OF EVIL THROUGH THEIR DAILY DEPENDENCE UPON 'OD FOR FRIEND AND FOE hSPEAKING THE TRUTH IN LOVEv %PH

STRENGTHˆAND BY DEMONSTRATING THROUGH ACTS OF MERCY AND DEMONSTRATING 'OD S CHARACTER OF LOVE THROUGH KINDNESS FORGIVENESS THAT THE ESSENCE OF 'OD S CHARACTER IS LOVE AND FORGIVENESS AND WHEN POSSIBLE TURNING FOES INTO

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AND (IS SOVEREIGNTY OVER THE UNIVERSE 4HIS CONmICT ORIGINATED IN HEAVEN WHEN A CREATED BEING ENDOWED WITH FREEDOM OF CHOICE IN SELF EXALTATION BECAME 3ATAN

'OD S ADVERSARY AND LED INTO REBELLION A PORTION OF THE ANGELS (E INTRODUCED THE SPIRIT OF REBELLION INTO THIS WORLD WHEN HE LED !DAM AND %VE INTO SIN 4HIS HUMAN SIN RESULTED IN THE DISTORTION OF THE IMAGE OF 'OD IN HUMANITY THE DISORDERING OF THE CREATED WORLD AND ITS EVENTUAL DEVASTATION

AT THE TIME OF THE WORLDWIDE mOOD /BSERVED BY THE WHOLE CREATION THIS WORLD BECAME THE ARENA OF THE UNIVERSAL CONmICT

OUT OF WHICH THE 'OD OF LOVE WILL ULTIMATELY BE VINDICATED 4O ASSIST (IS PEOPLE IN THIS CONTROVERSY #HRIST SENDS THE (OLY 3PIRIT AND THE LOYAL ANGELS TO GUIDE PROTECT AND SUSTAIN THEM IN THE WAY OF SALVATION 2EV )SA %ZE 'EN 2OM 'EN n 0ETER #OR (EB

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h! NEW COMMANDMENT ) GIVE UNTO YOU 4HAT YE LOVE ONE ANOTHER AS ) HAVE LOVED YOU x "Y THIS SHALL ALL MEN KNOW THAT YE ARE MY DISCIPLES xv 4HESE WORDS ARE NOT THE WORDS OF MAN BUT THE WORDS OF OUR 2EDEEMER AND HOW IMPORTANT IT IS THAT WE FULlLL THE INSTRUCTION THAT (E HAS GIVEN 4HERE IS NOTHING THAT CAN SO WEAKEN THE INmUENCE OF THE CHURCH AS THE LACK OF LOVE #HRIST SAYS h"EHOLD ) SEND YOU FORTH AS SHEEP IN THE MIDST OF WOLVES BE YE THEREFORE WISE AS SERPENTS AND HARMLESS AS DOVES v )F WE ARE TO MEET OPPOSITION FROM OUR ENEMIES WHO ARE REPRESENTED AS WOLVES LET US BE CAREFUL THAT WE DO NOT MANIFEST THE SAME SPIRIT AMONG OURSELVES 4HE ENEMY WELL KNOWS THAT IF WE DO NOT HAVE LOVE ONE FOR ANOTHER HE CAN GAIN HIS OBJECT AND WOUND AND WEAKEN THE CHURCH

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(OW CAREFUL WE SHOULD BE THAT OUR WORDS AND ACTIONS ARE ALL IN HARMONY WITH THE SACRED TRUTH THAT 'OD HAS COMMITTED TO US 4HE PEOPLE OF THE WORLD ARE LOOKING TO US TO SEE WHAT OUR FAITH IS DOING FOR OUR CHARACTERS AND LIVES 4HEY ARE WATCHING TO SEE IF IT IS HAVING A SANCTIFYING EFFECT ON OUR HEARTS IF WE ARE BECOMING CHANGED INTO THE LIKENESS OF #HRIST 4HEY ARE READY TO DISCOVER EVERY DEFECT IN OUR LIVES

EVERY INCONSISTENCY IN OUR ACTIONS ,ET US GIVE THEM NO OCCASION TO REPROACH OUR FAITH )T IS NOT THE OPPOSITION OF THE WORLD THAT WILL MOST ENDANGER US IT IS THE EVIL CHERISHED RIGHT IN OUR MIDST THAT WORKS OUR MOST GRIEVOUS DISASTER )T IS THE UNCONSECRATED LIVES OF HALF HEARTED PROFESSORS THAT RETARD THE WORK OF THE TRUTH AND BRING DARKNESS UPON THE CHURCH OF 'OD x

'OD WOULD HAVE US INDIVIDUALLY COME INTO THAT POSITION WHERE (E CAN BESTOW (IS LOVE UPON US (E HAS PLACED A HIGH VALUE UPON MAN AND HAS REDEEMED US BY THE SACRIlCE OF (IS ONLY BEGOTTEN 3ON AND WE ARE TO SEE IN OUR FELLOW MAN THE PURCHASE OF THE BLOOD OF #HRIST )F WE HAVE THIS LOVE ONE FOR ANOTHER WE SHALL BE GROWING IN LOVE FOR 'OD AND THE TRUTH x ,OVE IS A PLANT OF HEAVENLY ORIGIN AND IF WE WOULD HAVE IT mOURISH IN OUR HEARTS

WE MUST CULTIVATE IT DAILY -ILDNESS

GENTLENESS LONG SUFFERING NOT BEING EASILY PROVOKED BEARING ALL THINGS

ENDURING ALL THINGS ˆTHESE ARE THE FRUITS UPON THE PRECIOUS TREE OF LOVE 7HEN YOU ARE ASSOCIATED TOGETHER

BE GUARDED IN YOUR WORDS ,ET YOUR CONVERSATION BE OF SUCH A NATURE THAT YOU WILL HAVE NO NEED OF REPENTANCE x )F THE LOVE OF THE TRUTH IS IN YOUR HEART YOU WILL TALK OF THE

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MAND TRUTH 9OU WILL TALK OF THE BLESSED HOPE THAT YOU HAVE IN *ESUS )F YOU HAVE LOVE IN YOUR HEART YOU WILL SEEK TO ESTABLISH AND BUILD UP YOUR BROTHER IN THE MOST HOLY FAITH )F A WORD IS DROPPED THAT IS DETRIMENTAL TO THE CHARACTER OF YOUR FRIEND OR BROTHER DO NOT ENCOURAGE THIS EVIL SPEAKING )T IS THE WORK OF THE ENEMY +INDLY REMIND THE SPEAKER THAT THE 7ORD OF 'OD FORBIDS THAT KIND OF CONVERSATION 7E ARE TO EMPTY THE HEART OF EVERYTHING THAT DElLES THE SOUL TEMPLE THAT #HRIST MAY DWELL WITHIN x )T IS THE UNITY IN THE CHURCH THAT ENABLES IT TO EXERT A CONSCIOUS INmUENCE UPON UNBELIEVERS AND WORLDLINGS ,IVING FOR #HRIST THE #HIEF #ORNERSTONE

4HE CHURCH OF #HRIST IS SPOKEN OF AS A HOLY TEMPLE 3AYS THE APOSTLE h.OW THEREFORE YE ARE NO MORE STRANGERS AND FOREIGNERS BUT

FELLOWCITIZENS WITH THE SAINTS AND OF THE HOUSEHOLD OF 'OD AND ARE BUILT UPON THE FOUNDATION OF THE APOSTLES AND PROPHETS *ESUS #HRIST HIMSELF BEING THE CHIEF CORNER STONE xv !LL THE FOLLOWERS OF #HRIST ARE REPRESENTED AS STONES IN THE TEMPLE OF 'OD %VERY STONE LARGE OR SMALL MUST BE A LIVING STONE EMITTING LIGHT AND lTTING INTO THE PLACE ASSIGNED IT IN THE BUILDING OF 'OD (OW THANKFUL WE SHOULD BE THAT A WAY HAS BEEN OPENED WHEREBY WE MAY EACH HAVE A PLACE IN THE SPIRITUAL TEMPLE 7ILL YOU MY BRETHREN AND SISTERS THINK OF THESE THINGS STUDY THEM TALK OF THEM )T IS JUST IN PROPORTION AS WE APPRECIATE THESE THINGS THAT WE WILL BECOME STRONG IN THE SERVICE OF 'OD x AND x DOERS OF THE WORDS OF #HRIST x 4HE WORK OF BUILDING ONE ANOTHER UP IN THE MOST HOLY FAITH IS A BLESSED WORK BUT THE WORK OF TEARING DOWN IS A WORK FULL OF BITTERNESS AND

SORROW #HRIST IDENTIlES (IMSELF WITH (IS SUFFERING CHILDREN FOR (E SAYS h)NASMUCH AS YE HAVE DONE IT UNTO ONE OF THE LEAST OF THESE MY BRETHREN YE HAVE DONE IT UNTO ME v )F ALL WOULD CARRY OUT THE INSTRUCTION GIVEN BY #HRIST WHAT LOVE AND UNITY WOULD EXIST AMONG (IS FOLLOWERS %VERY HEART HAS ITS OWN SORROWS AND DISAPPOINTMENTS AND WE SHOULD SEEK TO LIGHTEN ONE ANOTHER S BURDENS BY MANIFESTING THE LOVE OF *ESUS TO THOSE AROUND US x )NSTEAD OF lNDING FAULT WITH OTHERS LET US BE CRITICAL WITH OURSELVES 4HE QUESTION WITH EACH ONE OF US SHOULD BE )S MY HEART RIGHT BEFORE 'OD 7ILL THIS COURSE OF ACTION GLORIFY MY &ATHER WHICH IS IN HEAVEN x ,IVING TO ,OVE

#HRIST IS OUR EXAMPLE (E WENT ABOUT DOING GOOD (E LIVED TO BLESS OTHERS ,OVE BEAUTIlED AND ENNOBLED ALL (IS ACTIONS AND WE ARE COMMANDED TO FOLLOW IN (IS STEPS ,ET US REMEMBER THAT 'OD SENT (IS ONLY BEGOTTEN 3ON TO THIS WORLD OF SORROW

TO hREDEEM US FROM ALL INIQUITY AND PURIFY UNTO HIMSELF A PECULIAR PEOPLE

ZEALOUS OF GOOD WORKS v ,ET US SEEK TO COMPLY WITH THE REQUIREMENT OF 'OD AND FULlLL (IS LAW h,OVE IS THE FULlLLING OF THE LAW v AND (E WHO DIED THAT WE MIGHT LIVE HAS GIVEN US THIS COMMANDMENT THAT WE SHOULD LOVE ONE ANOTHER AS (E HAS LOVED US AND THE WORLD WILL KNOW THAT WE ARE (IS DISCIPLES x

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HOW IMPURE !ND WHEN WE LOOK AT *ESUS WE ARE ASHAMED TO LOOK UP AND TO LOOK AT EACH OTHER x 'IVE US A NEW HEART A HEART OF mESH THAT REACHES OUT FOR THE SALVATION OF THE WHOLE WORLD / ,ORD HOW CAN WE SEE NATIONS GOING DOWN IN BLOOD AND TERROR AND MILLIONS CONCERNED AND WONDERING AND PERPLEXED (OW CAN WE x LET THIS GO ON WITHOUT MORE HEART YEARNINGS AND TEARS x 7E READ THAT *ESUS LOOKED DOWN AT THAT BEAUTIFUL CITY OF *ERUSALEM AND THAT TEARS RAN DOWN (IS FACE x (OW CAN WE LOOK AT 3AN &RANCISCO ,OS !NGELES ,ONDON 0ARIS 3HANGHAI

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)N THE -ARCH EDITION OF !DVENTIST 7ORLD 'ENERAL #ONFERENCE PRESIDENT *AN 0AULSEN SHARED HIS CONCERNS ABOUT 3EVENTH DAY !DVENTISTS AND MILITARY SERVICE !DVENTIST 7ORLD HAS RECEIVED DOZENS OF LETTERS FROM READERS INCLUDING THIS SELECTION $O WE DENY OR LIMIT 'OD S ABILITY TO DELIVER BY ARMING OURSELVES 3INCE WE LIVE IN A WORLD WHERE THERE IS EVIL WHAT ARE OUR MORAL OBLIGATIONS IN SITUATIONS LIKE THIS 7HAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SHOOTING A RABID DOG THAT IS ABOUT TO BITE YOU OR YOUR SON AND SHOOTING A ROBBER POSSIBLY INTENT ON KILLING YOU )S THERE A MORAL DIFFERENCE BETWEEN OWNING A MACHETE AND OWNING A GUN &OR SEVERAL OTHERS AND MYSELF THIS ISSUE IS NOT ACADEMIC %RMEKA 5KEGBU 6IA THE .IGERIAN !DVENTIST &ORUM ) HOPE *AN 0AULSEN S ARTICLE h#LEAR 4HINKING !BOUT -ILITARY 3ERVICE v ON PAGE OF THE -ARCH ISSUE DOES STIMULATE RENEWED DISCUSSION OF THE CHURCH S ATTITUDE TOWARD OUR MEMBERS WHO CHOOSE THAT CAREER ) WAS PERSUADED

BY OUR CHURCH S TEACHINGS TO DECLARE MYSELF A hCONSCIENTIOUS COOPERATORv IN THE S WHEN ) WAS A NEW !DVENTIST ) REMEMBER WRITING ESSAYS IN COLLEGE SOMETIME LATER DEFENDING OUR TRADITIONAL NONCOMBATANT POSITION ) DON T THINK ) WOULD NECESSARILY WRITE THE SAME WAY TODAY x 4IMES AND CIRCUMSTANCES DO CHANGE 7E HAVE JUSTIlED OTHER REVISIONS OF OUR BELIEFS AND PRACTICES SINCE THE !MERICAN #IVIL 7AR 4OO OFTEN ESPECIALLY IN CONSERVATIVE CHURCHES OUR MILITARY MEMBERS ARE MADE TO APPEAR AS IF THEIR CHOICE MAKES THEM SECOND CLASS #HRISTIANS

4HAT NEEDS TO CHANGE TOO $ENNIS -URPHY 7EST 6IRGINIA 5NITED 3TATES 4HANK YOU FOR THE VERY THOUGHTFUL ARTICLE ON THE ISSUE OF NONCOMBATANCY 4HIS IS AN ISSUE THAT ) HAVE BEEN PARTICULARLY CONCERNED ABOUT SINCE "EING A FATHER OF TWO YOUNG BOYS TWINS WHO WILL SOON BE REQUIRED TO REGISTER UPON THEIR TH BIRTHDAY REALLY CAUSES ONE TO PUT THE WHOLE CONCEPT INTO SHARP FOCUS )T IS SOMETHING THAT VERY FEW OF OUR YOUNG PEOPLE HAVE TAKEN SERIOUSLY 4HE FACT IS OUR SOCIETY IS BECOMING MORE AND MORE MILITARIZED WITH EACH PASSING DAY (OLLYWOOD IS GLORIFYING WAR AS IF IT WERE OF A GREAT HUMAN ENDEAVOR 7ITH THE DRAMATIC RISE IN MILITARY SPENDING AND RELIGIO ETHNIC VIOLENCE THERE CAN BE NO DOUBT THAT CONSCRIPTION IS NOT TOO FAR FROM US 7E HAVE TO LET OUR YOUNG PEOPLE KNOW ABOUT THE TEACHING OF #HRISTˆTO PUT AWAY THE SWORD /URS IS NOT OF THIS WORLD "ARRY "USSEY /SHAWA #ANADA ) AM CONCERNED WHEN ) READ THAT MILITARY !DVENTISTS HAVE MADE hx POOR CHOICES OR WRONG TURNS xv ) AM GLAD THAT *AN 0AULSEN ADVOCATES THAT WE OFFER UNDERSTANDING ACCEPTANCE TO MILITARY !DVENTISTS hREGARDLESS OF POOR CHOICES OR WRONG TURNS v BUT THE USE OF hREGARDLESSv MARKS MILITARY !DVENTISTS AS SECOND CLASS CHURCH MEMBERS 4HIS IS AN ASSERTION THAT ) HAVE FOUND INACCURATE -Y EXPERIENCE NEARLY YEARS OF ACTIVE DUTY AS AN !RMY #HAPLAIN AND YEARS AS THE MILITARY ENDORSER AND DIRECTOR OF !DVENTIST #HAPLAINCY -INISTRIES AT THE '# HAS BEEN THAT WHERE THERE IS A LOCAL !DVENTIST CHURCH NEAR A MILITARY INSTALLATION MANY OF THE MILITARY

MEMBERS AND THEIR FAMILIES ARE VERY ACTIVELY INVOLVED IN VARIOUS LEVELS OF LEADERSHIP ESSENTIALLY BECOMING THE hBACKBONEv OF THAT CONGREGATION hREGARDLESS xv -ILITARY SERVICE FOR ANY BELIEVER IS A COMPLEX ISSUE 4HERE IS NO DOUBT ABOUT IT #HRISTIANS HAVE STRUGGLED WITH THE ISSUE SINCE THE lRST CENTURY "UT WE ALL NEED TO REMEMBER THAT THERE WAS ONLY ONE VOICE ON #ALVARY THAT RECOGNIZED *ESUS AS THE 3ON OF 'OD )T WAS NOT A RELIGIOUS LEADER NOT A RELIGIOUS FOLLOWER WHO GAVE BOLD TESTIMONY TO *ESUS )T WAS THE VOICE OF A MILITARY MAN 4HE VOICE OF A SOLDIER

WHO CRIED OUT THAT THIS DYING lGURE ON THE CROSS WAS THE 3ON OF 'OD 7E NEED TO ALSO REMEMBER THAT THE lRST RECORDED CHURCH OF NON *EWISH ORIGIN WAS FORMED IN THE HOUSE OF #ORNELIUSˆANOTHER SOLDIER 7HILE WE AS A CHURCH AND AS INDIVIDUAL MEMBERS SHOULD ALWAYS STUDY CONSIDER PRAY ABOUT AND WORK ON COGENT APPLICATIONS OF FAITH IN DAILY LIFE ) BELIEVE WE SHOULD ALSO HONOR THOSE WHO PUT THEIR LIFE ON THE LINE TO GUARANTEE US THE RIGHT AND THE FREEDOM TO DO ALL OF THAT 2 / 3TENBAKKEN #OLORADO 5NITED 3TATES ) WAS PLEASED TO READ *AN 0AULSEN S 7ORLD 6ISTA COLUMN h#LEAR 4HINKING !BOUT -ILITARY 3ERVICE v )T IS CLEAR

COMPASSIONATE AND IT STRONGLY CONNECTS US WITH OUR OWN TRADITION

THAT OF NONCOMBATANCY !S THE CHILD OF A YEAR 5 3 !RMY VETERAN OF THREE WARS ) AM DEEPLY PATRIOTIC AND APPRECIATIVE OF THE SERVICE OUR MILITARY OFFERS US 9ET ) AM ALSO NOW A 3EVENTH DAY !DVENTIST #HRISTIAN )T IS IMPORTANT FOR US TO KNOW THAT THE HISTORICAL AND AUTHENTIC POSITION OF OUR CHURCH TOWARD

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AT OUR "IBLICAL 2ESEARCH )NSTITUTE HAS ALSO WRITTEN A VERY HELPFUL POSITION PAPER ON NONCOMBATANCY WWW ADVE NTISTBIBLICALRESEARCH ORG DOCUMENTS NONCOMBATANCY HTM 4HE 'ENERAL #ONFERENCE 7EB SITE HAS THREE STATEMENTS ON PEACE AND HOW WE DO WELL TO SUPPORT AND ENCOURAGE PEACEMAKING WWW ADVENTIST ORG BELIEFS STATEMENTS INDEX HTML 7ITH NATIONAL PRIDE BEING AS STRONG AND WIDESPREAD AS IT IS AROUND THE WORLD 0AULSEN S WORDS ARE PARTICULARLY TIMELY (IS LEADERSHIP ON THIS TOPIC IS SO VERY IMPORTANT AND TIMELY 4HANKS TO HIM FOR WRITING AND YOU FOR PUBLISHING THIS ARTICLE -ARK & #ARR #ALIFORNIA 5NITED 3TATES 4HIS ARTICLE ;BY 0ASTOR 0AULSEN= IS LONG OVERDUE ) SUGGEST THAT WE REEMPHASIZE NOT ONLY OUR NONCOMBATANT POSITION IN OUR CHURCH WORLDWIDE BUT ALSO OUR UNDERSTANDING IN REGARD TO

NATIONALITY ETHNIC ISSUES ETC x )F WE DON T TAKE A CLEAR POSITION IN REGARD TO NONCOMBATANCY AND THE PRIORITY OF #HRISTIAN CONFESSION OVER NATIONAL BELONGING SOMEDAY WE MIGHT lND OURSELVES IN A SITUATION WHERE !DVENTISTS lGHT AND KILL EACH OTHER (ERBERT "ODENMANN 7INTERTHUR 3WITZERLAND ) WISH TO AFlRM *AN 0AULSEN FOR A CLEAR THOUGHTFUL STATEMENT ON !DVENTIST TRADITION AND ON WIDER #HRISTIAN PRINCIPLES ) AM PLEASED TO SEE THE HISTORIC POSITION OF !DVENTISM REGARDING PEACE REAFlRMED WITH SIMPLICITY AND CLARITY )T WAS A RIGHT AND PROPER MOVE THE CHURCH TOOK IN THE S WHEN WE AFlRMED THAT COUNSELING AND SUPPORT WERE TO BE AVAILABLE TO ALL !DVENTIST YOUNG PEOPLE DOING MILITARY OR ALTERNATIVE SERVICE

WHETHER THEY WERE CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTORS hCONSCIENTIOUS COOPERATORSv AS WE CALLED THE MILITARY MEDICS OF THE TIME OR ARMS BEARING SOLDIERS 4HAT SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN CONFUSED

HOWEVER WITH A POSITION THAT

APPROVED OF ARMS BEARING MILITARY SERVICE /UR '# PRESIDENT DOES WELL TO REMIND US OF OUR ROOT PRINCIPLES ! 'REGORY 3CHNEIDER #ALIFORNIA 5NITED 3TATES !T LAST 4HANKS TO THE (OLY 3PIRIT WHO INSPIRED *AN 0AULSEN FOR THE ARTICLE ON MILITARY SERVICE IN THE -ARCH RELEASE OF !DVENTIST 7ORLD 4HIS IS SO MUCH MORE OF THE LONG AWAITED (OLY 3PIRIT FRESH WATERS 4HE AMBIGUOUS LOCALLY POLITICALLY CORRECT LANGUAGE USED ON THIS SUBJECT MATTER FOR YEARS HAD LEFT THE DOOR OPEN TO THE GREAT DECEIVER

CAUSING A TRAGIC CONFUSION IN SO MANY CONGREGATIONS 4HIS GAP IN THE OFlCIAL STANCE OF THE CHURCH HAD BEEN HARMFUL TO THE CHURCH IDENTITY AND TO THE POWER OF THE !DVENTIST MESSAGE 7ELCOME BACK TO THE GOSPEL TRUTH 3T£PHANE !UGSBURGER &RANCE ,ETTERS 0OLICY 0LEASE SEND YOUR LETTERS TO THE EDITOR TO LETTERS ADVENTISTWORLD ORG ,ETTERS MUST BE CLEARLY WRITTEN AND TO THE POINT WORD MAXIMUM "E SURE TO INCLUDE THE NAME OF THE ARTICLE THE DATE OF PUBLICATION AND PAGE NUMBER WITH YOUR LETTER !LSO INCLUDE YOUR NAME THE TOWN CITY STATE AND COUNTRY FROM WHICH YOU ARE WRITING ,ETTERS WILL BE EDITED FOR SPACE AND CLARITY .OT ALL LETTERS SUBMITTED WILL BE PUBLISHED

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