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(ER BUSINESS DONE AT THE WINDOW SHE STEPPED TOWARD THE DOOR A LITTLE STRAIGHTER IN HER STRIDE HER CRUTCH NOT QUITE SO NECESSARY ) SMILED AT THE TELLER AS HE WAITED ON ME SEARCHING HIS FACE TO SEE IF HE HAD ALSO BEEN A WITNESS TO THIS m EETING BIT OF JOY AND PRIDE "UT NO HE SEEMED WRAPPED IN THE NUMBNESS OF HIS COUNTING TASKSˆHEARING EVERYTHING BUT ACTUALLY HEARING LITTLE 7AS THIS THE REASON FOR MY DAY ) WONDERED AS ) DROVE SLOWLY HOME 7AS THIS THE CHIEF THING 'OD INTENDED ME TO ACCOMPLISH ON THIS DAYˆTO BE A WITNESS TO THE JOY OF JUST ONE HUMAN BEING !ND ON HOW MANY OTHER DAYS HAS THIS PERHAPS ALSO BEEN 'OD S PLAN FOR MEˆTO ATTEND TO THE QUIET JOYS AND HIDDEN SORROWS OF THOSE UNHEARD AND UNESTEEMED &OR ALL OUR RIGHTEOUS FOCUS ON PROCLAMATION AND PRESENTATION LET S ALSO COME TO CHERISH THE DAYS WHEN WE ARE AUDIENCE AND LISTENERS INSTEAD OF SPEAKERS ONLY 4HE EAR WE TUNE TO HEAR A NEIGHBOR S JOY OR PAIN WILL OFTEN BE MORE USEFUL THAN EITHER OUR TONGUES OR HANDS CAN EVER BE 4HIS DAY THIS WEEK THIS MONTH BE AN AUDIENCE OF ONE AND SO FULl LL THE LAW OF /NE WHO ALWAYS LISTENS WHEN WE SPEAK

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#().%3% $%,%'!4%3 3EVENTEEN #HINESE SPEAKING DELEGATES WERE AMONG THE MANY ATTENDEES AT A l RST EVER REGIONAL 3EVENTH DAY !DVENTIST #HURCH CONFERENCE ON MINISTERIAL AND THEOLOGICAL EDUCATION HELD IN !UGUST IN 3EOUL 3OUTH +OREA IN THAT PART OF THE WORLD INCLUDING ALSO A SIGNIl CANT DELEGATION FROM MAINLAND #HINA 3UPPORTED BY DIVISION LEADERSHIP THE TEAM LED BY -IGUEL ,UNA DIVISIONAL -INISTERIAL !SSOCIATION

DIRECTOR ORGANIZED A WELL DESIGNED PROGRAM FOCUSING UPON ISSUES OF BIBLICAL INTERPRETATION THE INTEGRATION OF FAITH AND LEARNING AND THE CULTURAL ADAPTATION OF THEOLOGICAL EDUCATION TO

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LOCATED IN 3EOUL 3OUTH +OREA 4HE CONFERENCE WAS COSPONSORED

BY THE "IBLICAL 2ESEARCH )NSTITUTE OF THE 'ENERAL #ONFERENCE EVIDENCED

BY THE PRESENCE OF THREE MEMBERS OF THAT TEAM INCLUDING ITS DIRECTOR

!NGEL 2ODR¤GUEZ AND TWO ASSOCIATE DIRECTORS +WABENA $ONKOR AND #LINTON 7AHLEN /THER INVITEES TO THIS EVENT INCLUDED 2AQUEL +ORNIEJCZUK

ACADEMIC DEAN OF -ONTEMORELOS 5NIVERSITY IN -EXICO 7ILLIE (UCKS

ASSOCIATE EDITOR OF -INISTRY MAGAZINE $AVID AND #AROL 4ASKER FROM THE !DVENTIST )NTERNATIONAL )NSTITUTE OF !DVANCED 3TUDIES 0HILIPPINES 'ERALD ! +LINGBEIL AN ASSOCIATE EDITOR OF THE !DVENTIST 2EVIEW AND !DVENTIST 7ORLD MAGAZINES AS WELL AS #HEK 9AT 0HOON AND 3ALLY ,AM 0HOON FROM THE .3$ $URING THE FOUR DAY EVENT PARTICIPANTS LISTENED TO AND INTERACTED WITH NUMEROUS PAPERS THAT WERE READ BY INVITED INTERNATIONAL !DVENTIST SCHOLARS AS WELL AS SCHOLARS AND PROFESSORS FROM WITHIN THE TERRITORY OF THE .3$ #RITICAL ISSUES OF BIBLICAL INTERPRETATION

ENVISIONING THE IDEAL 3EVENTH DAY !DVENTIST SEMINARY OR RELIGION DEPARTMENT OF THE FUTURE THE DELIBERATE AND SYSTEMATIC INTEGRATION OF FAITH AND LEARNING AS WELL AS MORE CONTEXTUALIZED THEOLOGICAL POSITION PAPERS PRESENTED

BY PROFESSORS FROM THE FOUR TERTIARY LEVEL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS LOCATED IN THE .3$ TERRITORY (ONG +ONG !DVENTIST #OLLEGE 3AHMYOOK 5NIVERSITY 3ANIKU 'AKUIN #OLLEGE IN *APAN AND 4AIWAN !DVENTIST #OLLEGE /NE OF THE IMPORTANT ACTIONS OF THE CONFERENCE WAS THE UNANIMOUS REQUEST TO RECOMMEND TO THE .3$ EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A REGIONAL BIBLICAL RESEARCH COMMITTEE THAT COULD BEGIN TO SYSTEMATICALLY DISCUSS EMERGING THEOLOGICAL QUESTIONS AND PREPARE

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TO HAVE *AMES BACK AFTER HIS TIME AT 2ELIGIOUS ,IBERTY !DVOCATE TO THE COMMISSION v SAID *OHN 'RAZ

2EPRESENT !DVENTISTS N ! VETERAN 3EVENTH DAY !DVENTIST 0!2, DIRECTOR h*AMES BRINGS GREAT EXPERIENCE BROAD KNOWLEDGE OF RELIGIOUS FREEDOM ADVOCATE WILL RELIGIOUS LIBERTY ISSUES AND CREDIBILITY RETURN TO EMPLOYMENT AT CHURCH HEADQUARTERS TO SERVE AS THE WORLDWIDE AMONG RELIGIOUS FREEDOM EXPERTS AND GOVERNMENT OFlCIALS v DENOMINATION S LIAISON TO THE 5NITED 3TANDISH IS WIDELY PUBLISHED HAS .ATIONS THE CHURCH S %XECUTIVE DISCUSSED RELIGIOUS FREEDOM CONCERNS #OMMITTEE ANNOUNCED IN !UGUST ON NATIONALLY BROADCAST TELEVISION AND *AMES $ 3TANDISH %SQ FORMERLY RADIO AND HAS TESTIlED ON RELIGIOUS DIRECTOR OF LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS FOR THE FREEDOM MATTERS BEFORE THE 5 3 'ENERAL #ONFERENCE OF 3EVENTH (OUSE OF 2EPRESENTATIVES DAY !DVENTISTS SPENT THE PAST YEAR %XECUTIVE #OMMITTEE MEMBERS AS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE 5NITED APPROVED 3TANDISH S APPOINTMENT 3TATES #OMMISSION ON )NTERNATIONAL DESPITE AN ONGOING HIRING FREEZE AT WORLD 2ELIGIOUS &REEDOM AN INDEPENDENT CHURCH HEADQUARTERS EXPLAINING THAT NONPARTISAN FEDERAL AGENCY ADVISING lLLING hESSENTIAL POSITIONSv IS VITAL TO THE THE 7HITE (OUSE AND #ONGRESS 7ORKING WITH THE COMMISSION GAVE CHURCH S MISSION 3TANDISH lLLS A POSITION THAT HAS BEEN VACANT FOR MORE THAN A YEAR HIM A BROADER UNDERSTANDING OF THE %NSURING THAT THE CHURCH IS AN hINNER WORKINGSv OF GOVERNMENT AND hINTEGRAL PARTv OF DISCUSSIONS ON WHAT CAN BE ACCOMPLISHED THROUGH COOPERATION AND A CANDID EXCHANGE OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS OF RELIGION AT THE 5 . IS HIS PRIMARY IDEAS 3TANDISH SAID OBJECTIVE 3TANDISH SAID h)T S A REAL PRIVILEGE TO COME BACK -AKING THE EFFORT TO COLLABORATE WITH TO WORK FOR THE !DVENTIST #HURCH v HE hKEY PLAYERSv AT THE 5 . AND PROMOTE SAID h) THINK THAT THE CHURCH HAS SO MUCH TO OFFER FROM ITS UNDERSTANDING - ! 2 + ! + % , , . % 2 ! $ 6 % . 4 ) 3 4 7 / 2 , $ OF RELIGIOUS FREEDOM TO ITS EMPHASIS ON EDUCATION AND HEALTH CARE AND ITS THOROUGH UNDERSTANDING OF THE GOSPEL 3TANDISH

WILL WORK OUT OF THE CHURCH S $EPARTMENT OF 0UBLIC !FFAIRS AND 2ELIGIOUS ,IBERTY 0!2, IN 3ILVER HELPFUL THEOLOGICAL MATERIAL FOR THE GROWING CHURCH IN THAT PART OF !SIA ˆ2EPORTED BY !7 3TAFF

5.)4%$ .!4)/.3 2%02%3%.4!4)6% *AMES 3TANDISH A VETERAN ATTORNEY AND FORMER EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE 5 3 #OUNCIL FOR )NTERNATIONAL 2ELIGIOUS &REEDOM HAS RETURNED TO SERVING THE 'ENERAL #ONFERENCE OF 3EVENTH DAY !DVENTISTS AS THE CHURCH S 5NITED .ATIONS LIAISON

3/54( !-%2)#! !USTRAL #HURCH 2EGION -OVES 4OWARD 3ELF ADMINISTRATION N 4HE !USTRAL REGION OF THE 3EVENTH DAY !DVENTIST #HURCH COVERING THE COUNTRIES OF !RGENTINA 5RUGUAY AND 0ARAGUAY IS MOVING TO SPLIT INTO THREE INDIVIDUAL SECTIONS OF CHURCH LEADERSHIP 4HE PROPOSED ARRANGEMENT WOULD ALLOW EACH OF THE THREE COUNTRIES TO BETTER REACH THEIR FULL POTENTIAL FOR GROWTH CHURCH LEADERS SAID h7HEN YOU HAVE THREE DIFFERENT COUNTRIES UNDER ONE ADMINISTRATION

ALTHOUGH YOU MAY TRY TO BE EQUALLY SUPPORTIVE TO ALL THREE IT IS DIFlCULT TO DO IT BECAUSE OF CUSTOMS AND DISTANCE v SAID -AGDIEL 0EREZ 3CHULZ

ASSISTANT TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE CHURCH IN 3OUTH !MERICA !DVENTIST CHURCH MEMBERSHIP IN !RGENTINA IS MORE THAN

0ARAGUAY HAS A LITTLE MORE THAN MEMBERS

AND 5RUGUAY HAS NEARLY

5RUGUAY HAS THE HIGHEST PERCENTAGE OF NON #ATHOLIC RELIGIONS BETWEEN THE THREE COUNTRIES AT JUST OVER PERCENT "OTH !RGENTINA AND 0ARAGUAY ARE ROUGHLY PERCENT #ATHOLIC !RGENTINA IS THE LARGEST COUNTRY FOLLOWED BY 0ARAGUAY 5RUGUAY IS THE SECOND SMALLEST COUNTRY ON THE CONTINENT JUST AHEAD OF 3URINAME AND SLIGHTLY SMALLER THAN THE 5 3 STATE OF 7ASHINGTON 4HE !USTRAL 5NION IS CURRENTLY THE

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THE CHURCH S VIEWS hSYSTEMATICALLYv WILL HELP MAKE SUCH A POSITION hDOABLE v 3TANDISH SAID 7ORKING FOR THE COMMISSION FOR THE PAST YEAR HE ADDED REINFORCED THE LEVEL OF INmUENCE NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS CAN HAVE ON DECISION MAKING h) COME BACK WITH A GREATER RESPECT FOR THE SORT OF IMPACT THAT ENTITIES LIKE THE !DVENTIST #HURCH CAN HAVE v HE SAID ˆ%LIZABETH ,ECHLEITNER !DVENTIST .EWS .ETWORK 6)$%/ -)33)/.!2)%3 !DVENTIST RUN (OPE #HANNEL AND 3OUTHERN !DVEN TIST 5NIVERSITY ARE TEAMING UP TO SEND VIDEO STUDENT MISSIONARIES TO THE !FRICAN COUNTRY OF ,ESOTHO TO lLM A DOCUMENTARY FOR ONE YEAR 4HE STUDENT MISSIONARIES FROM LEFT $EREK 4AYLOR #AROLYN 4AYLOR AND 8AVIER (AZEN

ONLY CHURCH REGION IN 3OUTH !MERICA NOT ORGANIZED BY COUNTRIES 4HE OFlCIAL REORGANIZATION WAS EXPECTED TO BE VOTED ON DURING YEAR END WORLD CHURCH BUSINESS MEETINGS IN /CTOBER AUTHORIZING THE 3OUTH !MERICAN REGION TO LAUNCH THE TWO ADDITIONAL SECTIONS CALLED UNION CONFERENCES IN *ANUARY $ELEGATES AT THE WORLD CHURCH BUSINESS MEETING IN !TLANTA 'EORGIA

WILL TAKE A lNAL VOTE TO APPROVE THE NEW ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE IN *UNE ˆ-EGAN "RAUNER !DVENTIST .EWS .ETWORK ,%3/4(/ 6IDEO -ISSIONARIES TO &ILM 2EALITY 3HOW N 4HREE STUDENTS FROM 3OUTHERN !DVENTIST 5NIVERSITY 3!5 LOCATED IN #OLLEGEDALE 4ENNESSEE ARE HEADING TO ,ESOTHOˆA LANDLOCKED NATION IN SOUTHERN !FRICAˆTO SPEND A YEAR DOCUMENTING THE LIVES OF MEDICAL MISSIONARIES 4HE VIDEO PROJECT FEATURES THE LIVES OF TWO MEDICAL MISSIONARY FAMILIES PLUS THE EXPERIENCES OF THE VIDEOGRAPHERS THEMSELVES 4HE NEW REALITY SERIES IS SPONSORED

BY THE (OPE #HANNEL THE 3EVENTH DAY !DVENTIST #HURCH S TELEVISION NETWORK

AND WILL RUN FOR EPISODES h) D LIKE TO BRING TO THE SCREEN THE THINGS 'OD IS DOING IN ,ESOTHO AND PUT A FACE ON THE REALITY OF MEDICAL MISSIONARY WORK THROUGH THE FAMILIES WE RE lLMING v SAID $EREK 4AYLOR A JUNIOR lLM PRODUCTION MAJOR AT 3!5 AND CURRENT VIDEO STUDENT MISSIONARY 4HE VIDEO STUDENT MISSIONARY PROGRAM IS A COLLABORATIVE EFFORT OF (OPE #HANNEL AND 3!5 $URING THEIR ASSIGNMENT STUDENTS WILL SHADOW MEDICAL PERSONNEL WORKING AT -ALUTI !DVENTIST (OSPITAL IN ,ESOTHO 4AYLOR AND TWO FELLOW STUDENTS

#AROLYN 4AYLOR AND 8AVIER (AZEN LEFT FOR ,ESOTHO IN *ULY #AROLYN 4AYLOR IS A BIOLOGY MAJOR WHOSE TASKS SHE SAID

INCLUDE CREATING STORYLINES FOR THE EPISODES AND APPEARING ON CAMERA (AZEN A GRAPHIC DESIGN MAJOR SAID HE PLANS TO HELP WITH PRODUCTION AS WELL AS DESIGN 4HE THREE PERSON CREW PLANS TO WRAP UP THE SERIES IN SUMMER ˆ3COTT 3TEWARD (OPE #HANNEL AND -EGAN "RAUNER !DVENTIST .EWS .ETWORK

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HE ATRIUM OF THE 3EVENTH DAY !DVENTIST #HURCH S WORLD HEADQUARTERS BECAME AN ACADEMIC SANCTUARY ON 3EPTEMBER WHEN 6IETNAMESE GRADUATES FROM THE 3OUTHEAST !SIAN NATION TRAVELED TO 3ILVER 3PRING -ARYLAND TO COLLECT THEIR -ASTER OF "USINESS !DMINISTRATION DEGREES IN PERSON AT 'RIGGS 5NIVERSITY 'RIGGS )NTERNATIONAL !CADEMY THE CHURCH OWNED SCHOOL FORMERLY KNOWN AS (OME 3TUDY )NTERNATIONAL (3) h)N THIS MEMORABLE MOMENT ;MY= SINCERE WISH IS ;THAT= WE WOULD APPLY THE RESULTS OF OUR STUDIES DAILY v SAID .GUYEN 6AN (UNG AN - " ! GRADUATE AND ONE OF TWO CLASS REPRESENTATIVES WHO SPOKE AT THE EVENT ! TOTAL OF STUDENTS COMPLETED THE PROGRAM AND GRADUATED NEARLY A THIRD WERE PRESENT AT THE -ARYLAND CEREMONY TO RECEIVE THEIR DIPLOMAS (UNG A BRANCH MANAGER AT A LARGE CORPORATION IN (ANOI SAID HE HOPED HIS FELLOW GRADUATES WOULD hCONTRIBUTE TO OUR COUNTRY S DEVELOPMENT AND FURTHER

COOPERATION BETWEEN THE 5NITED 3TATES AND 6IETNAM v ,E $UC !NH THE OTHER REPRESENTATIVE SPEAKER SAID HE WAS hVERY HAPPY TODAYv AND WISHED TO hEXPRESS OUR THANKS AND GRATITUDE TO 'RIGGS 5NIVERSITY v "EGUN IN EARLY THE CLASS OF - " ! STUDENTS AT 6IETNAM .ATIONAL 5NIVERSITY IN (ANOI TOOK THEIR CLASSES IN %NGLISH TAUGHT BY LOCAL INSTRUCTORS AND USING DISTANCE EDUCATION MATERIALS PREPARED BY 'RIGGS -ORE THAN PERCENT OF THE COURSEWORK WAS DONE ONLINE THROUGH THE 'RIGGS 7EB SITE AT THE .ATIONAL 5NIVERSITY IN (ANOI 'RIGGS PRESIDENT $ONALD 3AHLY AND HIS STAFF SUPPLY THE CURRICULUM AND APPROVE THE CONTRACT TEACHING STAFF

WHICH INCLUDE THE HEAD OF A CONSULTING COMPANY WHO SPENT SIX YEARS ON THE .EW 9ORK 3TOCK %XCHANGE AS WELL AS AN !USTRALIAN LAWYER AND LECTURER WHO FREELANCES FOR THREE COLLEGES 4HE HOST UNIVERSITY PROVIDES CLASSROOM SPACE AND HIRES THE APPROVED PROFESSORS !LTHOUGH THE TEACHERS ARE NOT !DVENTIST AND 'RIGGS - " ! CLASSES AREN T TAUGHT IN A DISTINCTLY #HRISTIAN ENVIRONMENT 3AHLY SAID THAT THROUGH THE 'RIGGS CURRICULUM AND PERIODIC LECTURES BY THE 'RIGGS STAFF STUDENTS ARE EXPOSED TO THE PHILOSOPHY THAT DRIVES #HRISTIAN EDUCATION 3AHLY SAID STUDENTS ALSO LEARN TO BE MOTIVATED BY SERVICE &OR STUDENTS hRAISED ON EVOLUTION AND ATHEISM v HE SAYS SUCH CONCEPTS STIR QUESTIONS 4HE STUDENTS MAY NOT BE SIGNING UP IN DROVES FOR "IBLE CLASSES BUT EVERY QUESTION THEY ASK IS A WEDGE TO A NEW WORLDVIEW 3AHLY SAID AT THE TIME 4HE GRADUATES WHO ATTENDED THE 3ILVER 3PRING CEREMONY HEARD A REINFORCEMENT OF THAT MESSAGE FROM %LLA 3MITH 3IMMONS A VETERAN 5 3 EDUCATOR WHO IS NOW A GENERAL VICE PRESIDENT OF THE 3EVENTH DAY !DVENTIST WORLD CHURCH AND WHO ALSO CHAIRS THE 'RIGGS BOARD h+NOWLEDGE BECOMES RELEVANT ONLY WHEN IT IS TRANSLATED INTO WISE ACTIONS v 3IMMONS SAID

'ENERAL #ONFERENCE 3ESSION /FlCIAL NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE lFTY NINTH 3ESSION OF THE 'ENERAL #ONFERENCE OF 3EVENTH DAY !DVENTISTS WILL BE HELD *UNE TO *ULY

IN 'EORGIA 7ORLD #ONGRESS #ENTER IN !TLANTA 'EORGIA 4HE lRST MEETING WILL BEGIN AT HOURS *UNE

!LL DULY ACCREDITED DELEGATES ARE URGED TO BE PRESENT AT THAT TIME ˆ *AN 0AULSEN 'ENERAL #ONFERENCE PRESIDENT -ATTHEW ! "EDIAKO 'ENERAL #ONFERENCE SECRETARY

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OUTSIDE THE CAPITAL CITY OF -ONROVIA MOST OF THE COUNTRY STILL LACKS ELECTRICITY AND RUNNING WATER 4HE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE HAS BEEN AS HIGH AS PERCENT

!DVENTISTS IN ,IBERIA

4HE l RST 3EVENTH DAY !DVENTIST IN ,IBERIA WAS THE !MERICAN MISSIONARY (ANNAH -ORE WHOSE LETTERS TO THE !DVENT 2EVIEW AND 3ABBATH (ERALD DOCUMENT THAT SHE HAD ALSO TAUGHT OTHERS THE FAITH !DVENTIST PIONEER 3TEPHEN (ASKELL CONl RMED THAT SHE HELPED TO FOUND SEVERAL 3ABBATHKEEPING !DVENTIST GROUPS ON THE WEST COAST OF !FRICA BETWEEN AND WHEN SHE RETURNED TO !MERICA 7HAT BECAME OF THESE EARLY GROUPS OF BELIEVERS IS UNCLEAR THOUGH SOME CONTACT WAS SUSTAINED FOR A WHILE )N THE %UROPEAN $IVISION SENT MISSIONARIES TO ,IBERIA WHO ESTABLISHED THE l RST FORMAL MISSION CONSISTING OF A SCHOOL CHURCH AND DISPENSARY 4HE 3EVENTH DAY !DVENTIST #HURCH IN ,IBERIA NOW HAS A MEMBERSHIP OF NEARLY

WORSHIPPING IN CHURCHES AND COMPANIES )N THE CAPITAL

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STUDENTS 4HE CHURCH ALSO OPERATES #OOPER -EMORIAL (OSPITAL IN -ONROVIA "EFORE THE POLITICAL UPHEAVAL OF THE S AND S IT WAS ONE OF THE m AGSHIP HOSPITALS IN THE COUNTRY )N AN AUDIENCE WITH A 3EVENTH DAY !DVENTIST DELEGATION SOON AFTER HER INAUGURATION IN 0RESIDENT *OHNSON 3IRLEAF APPEALED TO THE CHURCH TO UPGRADE THE HOSPITAL TO THE STANDARD OF ITS FORMER DAYS 4HIS YEAR THE HOSPITAL WAS INCORPORATED INTO THE !DVENTIST (EALTH )NTERNATIONAL !() NETWORK AND WITH THIS NEW DEVELOPMENT IMPROVEMENT IN THE SERVICES AND FACILITIES IS EXPECTED 4HE EYE CLINIC CONNECTED WITH THE HOSPITAL OPENED IN AND PROVIDES SOME OF THE BEST OPHTHALMOLOGIC SERVICES IN THE COUNTRY INCLUDING CATARACT AND OTHER SURGERIES (ARD ECONOMIC TIMES IN THE COUNTRY HAVE AFFECTED THE LIFE OF THE CHURCH -ANY MEMBERS ARE WITHOUT WORK (OWEVER THINGS ARE IMPROVING AND WE ARE OF GOOD COURAGE /UR ,ORD HAS PROMISED TO BE WITH US UNTIL THE END OF TIME .OVEMBER \ !DVENTIST 7ORLD

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ENERAL #ONFERENCE PRESIDENT 0ASTOR *AN 0AULSEN #HURCH PREACHED THE 3ABBATH SERMON /CTOBER TO A CONGREGATION OF CHURCH LEADERS FROM AROUND THE WORLD ATTENDING !NNUAL #OUNCIL MEETINGS AT THE !DVENTIST WORLD HEADQUARTERS IN 3ILVER 3PRING -ARYLAND 5NITED 3TATES &OLLOWING IS AN ADAPTATION OF HIS MESSAGE

h&OR #HRIST S LOVE COMPELS US BECAUSE WE ARE CONVINCED THAT ONE DIED FOR ALL AND THEREFORE ALL DIED !ND HE DIED FOR ALL

THAT THOSE WHO LIVE SHOULD NO LONGER LIVE FOR THEMSELVES BUT FOR HIM WHO DIED FOR THEM AND WAS RAISED AGAIN h3O FROM NOW ON WE REGARD NO ONE FROM A WORLDLY POINT OF VIEW 4HOUGH WE ONCE REGARDED #HRIST IN THIS WAY WE DO SO NO LONGER 4HEREFORE IF ANYONE IS IN #HRIST HE IS A NEW CREATION THE OLD HAS GONE THE NEW HAS COME !LL THIS IS FROM 'OD

WHO RECONCILED US TO HIMSELF THROUGH #HRIST AND GAVE US THE MINISTRY OF RECONCILIATION THAT 'OD WAS RECONCILING THE WORLD TO HIMSELF IN #HRIST NOT COUNTING MEN S SINS AGAINST THEM !ND HE HAS COMMITTED TO US THE MESSAGE OF RECONCILIATION 7E ARE THEREFORE #HRIST S AMBASSADORS AS THOUGH 'OD WERE MAKING HIS APPEAL THROUGH US 7E IMPLORE YOU ON #HRIST S BEHALF "E RECONCILED TO 'ODv #OR

PROMISE WITHOUT HOPEv hHAVE BEEN BROUGHT NEAR THROUGH THE BLOOD OF #HRISTv %PH (E hRECONCILED US TO HIMSELF THROUGH #HRIST v 4HE BARRIERS ARE GONE 4HE TICKET FOR OUR HOMEWARD JOURNEY HAS BEEN BOUGHT 7E CAN COME HOME 4HEREFORE SAYS 0AUL BECAUSE 'OD HAS REPAIRED THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN HEAVEN AND HUMANITY THIS ALSO IMPACTS OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH OTHER PEOPLE 3ALVATION ALWAYS AFFECTS RELATIONSHIPS 7E SEE PEOPLE DIFFERENTLY 7E RELATE TO THEM DIFFERENTLY )N 'OD S FAMILY WE DON T VALUE PEOPLE ON THE BASIS OF WEALTH POSITION STATUS EDUCATION

RACE GENDER COLOR OF SKIN LANGUAGE CULTURE OR DIETARY HABITS 4HE CROSS OF #HRIST IS THE GREAT EQUALIZER THAT LEVELS ALL OF US 2EGARDLESS OF WHO WE ARE OR WHERE WE COME FROM WE EACH HAVE THE SAME VALUE IN 'OD S EYES AND THIS OVERRIDING REALITY SHAPES ALL OUR RELATIONSHIPS 7E ARE HERE TOGETHER AS CHURCH LEADERS FROM AROUND THE WORLD AND SO IT IS RIGHT THAT WE TAKE A FEW MOMENTS TO CONSIDER HOW THIS NEW REALITYˆTHIS RECONCILIATION REALITYˆ PLAYS OUT IN THE VARIOUS REGIONS WE REPRESENT (OW DOES YOUR RECONCILED COMMUNITY RELATE TO THE REALITY OF A SHRINKING WORLD WHERE PEOPLE BY THE MILLIONS ARE ON THE MOVE 4HEY LEAVE THEIR HOMELANDS CARRYING WITH THEM AS MUCH OF THEIR CULTURE AS IS PORTABLE (OW DO

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4HE CROSS OF #HRIST ALWAYS LOOMED LARGE IN 0AUL S THINKING WHENEVER HE SPOKE OF SALVATION THE CROSS WAS THE CENTERPIECE 3O 0AUL STARTS HIS PRESENTATION HERE IN #ORINTHIANS BY STATING THAT IN #HRIST S DEATH ON THE CROSS THE SIN PROBLEM IS ESSENTIALLY lXED 4HROUGH THE CROSS 'OD HAS DONE EVERYTHING (E CAN FOR OUR REDEMPTION ) SAY hEVERYTHING (E CAN v FOR THERE IS ALSO THE MATTER OF OUR ACCEPTANCE OF (IS OFFER THAT IS A DECISION ONLY WE CAN MAKE 7ITH THIS ONE ACT THIS DElNING MOMENT IN HISTORY 'OD BRIDGED THE GULF OF ALIENATION THAT SIN HAD CREATED 7E WERE hDEAD IN OUR TRESPASSES AND SINS v BUT NOW WE ARE hALIVE IN #HRIST v 7E WHO hWERE SEPARATE FROM #HRIST EXCLUDED FROM CITIZENSHIP IN )SRAEL AND FOREIGNERS TO THE COVENANTS OF THE

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WE RECEIVE THEM !RE WE UNCOMFORTABLE WITH THE STYLE AND CONTENT OF THEIR WORSHIP $O WE SEE THEM AS INTRUDERS /R IS THE CULTURE OF OUR LOCAL CHURCHES WARM AND ACCEPTING

WITH DOORS WIDE OPEN TO ALL WHO WOULD COME (OW DOES YOUR RECONCILED COMMUNITY USE THE GIFTS OF ITS WOMEN AND ITS YOUNG PEOPLE !RE WE ENTRUSTING THEM WITH LEADERSHIP RESPONSIBILITIES ) APPEAL TO YOU AS LEADERS TO LOOK AT THIS AGAIN 7E HAVE LARGE SEGMENTS OF OUR SPIRITUAL FAMILY THAT NEED TO BE hBROUGHT IN FROM THE COLD v ) AM SENSITIVE TO THE FACT THAT CULTURE AND LOCAL CONVENTIONS MUST BE RESPECTED AND THERE ARE GREAT DIFFERENCES IN THIS AROUND THE WORLD BUT DO WE HAVE IT RIGHT ) THINK NOT (OW DOES YOUR RECONCILED COMMUNITY RELATE TO THE SCHOLARS IN OUR INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER LEARNING 4HEY TEACH AND COUNSEL

OUR YOUTH 4HEY SEEK TO DISCOVER AND CLARIFY TRUTH AND IN THEIR QUEST FOR TRUTH THEY WILL SOMETIMES ARTICULATE POSITIONS AND lNDINGS THAT AS A CHURCH WE THINK ARE MISGUIDED AND WE WILL ADDRESS THAT "UT WE WILL NOT WALK AWAY FROM THEM NOR DO ) WANT THEM TO WALK AWAY FROM THE CHURCH )F THERE ARE ASPECTS OF OUR IDENTITY THAT SHOULD BE ADJUSTEDˆlNE WE LL TALK ABOUT THAT 7E WILL TEST THEM BY 3CRIPTURE AND THE WRITINGS OF OUR PROPHET "UT WE MUST TALKˆOPENLY RESPECTFULLY AND CARINGLY 4HEN WE MUST JOURNEY FORWARD TOGETHER BONDED BY THE MINISTRY OF RECONCILIATION IN WHICH WE SHARE 4HE CROSS OF #HRIST IS THE CATALYST THAT TRANSFORMS RELATIONSHIPS THAT HELPS US SEE EACH OTHER DIFFERENTLY THAT REMOVES BARRIERS THAT DIVIDE BELIEVERS AND ARE OBSTACLES ON OUR JOURNEY 3ALVATION ALWAYS AFFECTS RELATIONSHIPS

HIMSELFˆA FOREIGNER WHOSE TRUE HOME WAS IN ANOTHER PLACE AN AMBASSADOR WITH THE HONOR OF #HRIST ON HIS SHOULDERS #OMPELLED TO 0REACH x 7HAT

4HE COMPULSION 0AUL HAD TO PREACH THE GOSPELˆTO BE OBEDIENT TO THIS AMBASSADORIAL ASSIGNMENTˆCANNOT BE OVERSTATED ,ISTEN TO HIS OWN WORDS h#HRIST DID NOT SEND ME TO BAPTIZE BUT TO PREACH THE GOSPELˆNOT WITH WORDS OF HUMAN WISDOM LEST THE CROSS OF #HRIST BE EMPTIED OF ITS POWER &OR THE MESSAGE OF THE CROSS x IS THE POWER OF 'ODv #OR h) RESOLVED TO KNOW NOTHING WHILE ) WAS WITH YOU EXCEPT *ESUS #HRIST AND HIM CRUCIlEDv AND h7HEN ) PREACH THE GOSPEL x ) AM COMPELLED TO PREACH 7OE TO ME IF ) DO NOT PREACH THE GOSPEL v #OR 7HAT THOUGHTS PASS THROUGH 0AUL S MIND AS HE REmECTS ON THIS ASSIGNMENT AS HE CONSIDERS HIS ROLE AS /UR !SSIGNMENT hAMBASSADOR v SENT OUT TO COMMUNICATE A MESSAGE OF )T IS AGAINST THIS BACKDROP THIS NEW REALITY THAT 'OD SAYS h4HEREFORE SINCE ) HAVE MADE THIS ARRANGEMENT ) HAVE RECONCILIATION 7HAT IS THE GOSPEL HE MUST PROCLAIM 7HAT ELEMENTS MUST COME OUT FORCEFULLY IN HIS PREACHING AN ASSIGNMENT FOR YOU ) WANT YOU TO BE AMBASSADORS OF 4HE ANSWERS TO THESE QUESTIONS HAVE IMPORTANCE FOR US RECONCILIATION FOR -E v SEE #OR %PH AS A CHURCH 7HAT ARE THE VALUES AND MESSAGES THAT WE AS 7HAT DOES 0AUL MEAN BY DESCRIBING HIMSELF AS AN AMBASSADORS OF 'OD MUST PREACH AMBASSADOR ,ET ME BE ABSOLUTELY CLEAR 3EVENTH DAY !DVENTISTS HAVE (E CHOOSES A WORD PRESBEUEIN WHOSE ,ATIN BEEN ENTRUSTED WITH A BROAD RANGE OF TRUTH lLLED MESSAGES COUNTERPART LEGATUS WAS WELL KNOWN IN THE 2OMAN WE WILL PROCLAIM 7E WILL PREACH THE BIBLICAL PROPHECIES OF WORLD 4HIS PERSON WAS THE 2OMAN EMPEROR S PERSONAL $ANIEL AND 2EVELATION WE WILL PREACH THE SANCTITY OF THE REPRESENTATIVE IN THE %ASTERN 0ROVINCES DIRECTLY 3ABBATH WE WILL PREACH THE HEALTH MESSAGE WE WILL PREACH COMMISSIONED BY THE EMPEROR "UT HE CARRIED ANOTHER AND PRESENT THE MORAL AND ETHICAL VALUES THAT DElNE THE INTERESTING FUNCTION 7HEN A TERRITORY WAS CONQUERED

#HRISTIAN LIFE AND YES WE WILL PREACH ABOUT #REATION THE AMBASSADOR ACCOMPANIED THE VICTORIOUS GENERAL AND "UT ) AM LED BACK TO 0AUL S DESCRIPTION OF HIS ARRANGED THE TERMS OF PEACE FOR THE VANQUISHED PEOPLE

ASSIGNMENTˆHIS KEEN AWARENESS THAT 'OD HAD COMMITTED TO HIM A SACRED MESSAGE OF RECONCILIATION !S TRUE AND LOYAL AMBASSADORS THE lRST THING WE MUST TELL THE WORLD OF UNBELIEF IS THAT 'OD HAS RECONCILED HUMANITY TO (IMSELF BY THE DEATH OF *ESUS #HRIST 7ITHOUT THIS OUR AMBASSADORIAL ASSIGNMENT HAS LOST ITS MEANING AND WE HAVE FAILED DETERMINED BOUNDARIES AND DREW UP THE CONSTITUTIONAL 4HERE ARE FOUR CORE ELEMENTS TO THIS MESSAGE OF RECON PROVISIONS )N A SENSE THE AMBASSADOR WAS RESPONSIBLE CILIATIONˆTHE hGOSPELvˆWITH WHICH WE VE BEEN ENTRUSTED FOR BRINGING PEOPLE INTO THE FAMILY OF THE 2OMAN %MPIRE 3O 0AUL THINKS OF HIMSELF AS A REPRESENTATIVE OF 'OD WHO PRESENTS THE TERMS BY WHICH PEOPLE MAY BECOME CITIZENS OF 4HERE S /NLY /NE 7AY *ESUS OF .AZARETH WAS THE -ESSIAH THE /NE PROMISED 'OD S KINGDOM AND MEMBERS OF THE ROYAL FAMILY OF 'OD

BY THE /LD 4ESTAMENT PROPHETS THE /NE FOR WHOM THEY 4HE IMPLICATIONS OF THIS ARE BREATHTAKING 'OD IS MAKING hSEARCHED INTENTLY AND WITH THE GREATEST CAREv 0ETER (IS APPEAL THROUGH US 0REACHING THE GOSPEL IS NOT TALKING (E IS THE ONE MAN hACCREDITED BY 'ODv !CTS AND WHEN ABOUT 'OD IT IS 'OD TALKING THROUGH US SAYING h#OME BE RECONCILED TO -E #OME HOME v 0REACHING THE GOSPEL IS ABOUT IT COMES TO SALVATION (E IS THE ONLY WAY !PART FROM *ESUS #HRIST 'OD HAS NO OTHER WAY OF SAVING US )N A WORLD OF MANY LETTING PEOPLE HEAR THIS INVITATION CLEARLY UNAMBIGUOUSLY RELIGIONS IS THAT EXCLUSIVE !RROGANT -AYBE BUT IT IS THE TRUTH ! #HRISTIAN LIKE AN AMBASSADOR FUNCTIONS AWAY FROM 4HIS IS THE BEGINNING OF THE GOSPEL )T MEANS THAT HOMEˆIN A SENSE IN A FOREIGN LAND 4HE HONOR OF HIS COUNTRY WITHOUT *ESUS #HRIST THERE IS NO FUTURE 4ODAY THIS IS WHAT IS IN THE AMBASSADOR S HANDS 4HAT IS ALSO HOW 0AUL SAW

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THE UNBELIEVER NEEDS TO KNOW /UR OWN YOUTH MUST HEAR THIS PREACHED STRONGLY IN OUR CHURCHES AND OUR SCHOOLS 4HEY CAN STUDY CHOOSE A PROFESSION MARRY AND START A FAMILY BUT ALAS WITHOUT *ESUS #HRIST THERE IS NO FUTURE FOR THEM h)T IS ALL CHASING THE WIND v 4HE lRST POINT OF THE GOSPEL IS SIMPLY THIS 4HE ALIENATION BETWEEN 'OD AND HUMANITY HAS BEEN RESOLVED

BY THE DEATH OF 'OD S 3ON (E DIED FOR US SO THAT WE MIGHT LIVE WITH (IM 4HESS

GIVES US ACCESS TO THE hPOWER OF (IS RESURRECTION v 4HIS IS NOT SPECULATION IT IS SIMPLY THE TRUTH 4HE DOCTRINE OF THE INTERCESSORY MINISTRY OF #HRIST WITH ALL THAT THAT ENTAILS IS VERY MUCH AT THE HEART OF THE GOSPEL AND SHOULD BE HELD HIGH AND ASSERTED BOLDLY BY ALL WHO BELIEVE 4HE #ERTAINTY OF (IS 2ETURN

#HRIST DID NOT STAY IN THE GRAVE AS WE DO (IS DEATH SIGNALED hDEATH TO DEATHv SEE #OR $O WE REALIZE THE SIGNIlCANCE OF THIS 7ITHOUT #HRIST S RESURRECTION OUR FAITH IS MEANINGLESS AND OUR PREACHING IS USELESS #OR 0AUL WRITES h) WANT TO KNOW #HRIST AND ) MEAN BY THAT TO KNOW THE POWER OF (IS RESURRECTIONv SEE 0HIL 4HE KNOWLEDGE OF WHICH 0AUL IS SPEAKING IS NOT MERELY AN INTELLECTUAL KNOWLEDGE (E IS TALKING ABOUT SOMETHING VERY PERSONAL 4HE WORD HE USES FOR hTO KNOWv INDICATES THE CLOSEST AND MOST INTIMATE KNOWLEDGE OF ANOTHER PERSON !ND TO 0AUL THE lRST AND FOREMOST EXPRESSION OF THIS PERSONAL KNOWLEDGE OF #HRIST IS TO hKNOW THE POWER OF (IS RESURRECTION v 7ITHOUT THE RESURRECTION OF *ESUS DEATH WOULD HAVE BEEN FOR EACH ONE OF US A NEVER ENDING DARKNESS (IS RESURRECTION IS THE LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL 4HE RESURRECTION OF *ESUS #HRIST IS SO MUCH A PART OF THE GOSPEL THAT WITHOUT IT THERE IS NO GOSPEL

7E CANNOT BE BELIEVERS IN THE .EW 4ESTAMENT SENSE OF THE TERM WITHOUT BELIEVING IN THE SECOND COMING OF #HRIST h-EN OF 'ALILEE 7HY DO YOU STAND GAZING INTO EMPTY SPACE (E WILL COME AGAINv SEE !CTS 7ITHOUT THE DOCTRINE OF THE SECOND COMING WE ARE ALL LEFT STANDING THERE GAZING INTO EMPTY SPACE 4HE WORDS IN 0ETER ARE FAMILIAR TO US BUT ALSO OMINOUS 4HE APOSTLE SAYS THAT BELIEF IN THE 3ECOND #OMING IS SOMETHING THAT SINCE THE lRST GENERATION OF BELIEVERS HAS BEEN THE OBJECT OF MOCKERY BY THE CYNICS 4HE CYNICS ARE HERE AMONG US %VERY GENERATION HAS THEM %VERY ELEMENT OF THE GOSPEL BELONGS TO THE WORLD OF MIRACLESˆTHEY RE DISPLAYS OF 'OD S UNFATHOMABLE CREATIVE POWER #HRIST S RESURRECTION AND ASCENSION (IS INTERCESSORY MINISTRY IN HEAVEN TODAY (IS RETURN OUR OWN RESURRECTION

THE EARTH MADE NEW "UT MIRACLES HAVE NO PLACE IN THE WORLD OF CYNICS AND SCOFFERS 4HE ONLY REALITY THEY ACCEPT IS THAT WHICH CAN BE TESTED AND FOR WHICH THERE IS A HISTORY 3COFFERS COME INTO THE CHURCH AND CAUSE UNEASINESS AMONG BELIEVERS BY APPEARING TO BE INTELLECTUALS WELL READ AND EVER SO CLEVER 0ETER SAYS THAT THE PROBLEM WITH THESE SCOFFERS IS THAT THEY hDELIBERATELY FORGETvˆIN FACT THEY CHOOSE TO DENYˆTHE ALMIGHTINESS OF THE #REATOR WHO CAUSED THE EARTH TO BE FORMED "UT SAYS 0ETER YOU MY DEAR FRIENDS hARE NOT TO FORGETv 0ETER

&AITH CANNOT BE SUSPENDED UNTIL IT HAS GAINED RESPECTABILITY &AITH ACCEPTS THE TRUTH AS IT COMES TO US FROM 3CRIPTURE &AITH DISAPPEARS THE MOMENT IT HAS TO QUALIFY ITSELF BY THAT WHICH IS PURELY INTELLECTUAL

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&URTHERMORE THE GOSPEL SAYS CONSIDER WHAT HAPPENED TO #HRIST AFTER (E ROSE FROM DEATH ,ISTEN TO 0ETER AGAIN 7E ARE SAVED BY THE hRESURRECTION OF *ESUS #HRIST WHO HAS GONE INTO HEAVEN AND IS AT 'OD S RIGHT HANDv 0ETER

!GAIN IN 0ETER S POWERFUL SERMON ON THE DAY OF 0ENTECOST h7E ARE ALL WITNESSES TO THE FACT THAT 'OD HAS RAISED (IM TO LIFE AND NOW (E IS EXALTED TO THE RIGHT HAND OF 'ODv SEE !CTS AND THERE (E IS INVOLVED IN AN ONGOING MINISTRY OF RECONCILIATION 4HIS IS THE POINT OF THE LETTER TO THE (EBREWS 7ITHOUT THIS MINISTRY WE CANNOT EFFECTIVELY BE SET FREE FROM OUR PAST OUR PRESENT OR THE IMPENDING DESTRUCTION OF THE FUTURE 4HIS MINISTRY OF RECONCILIATION

4HIS IS THE GOSPEL OF #HRIST 4HIS IS THE MESSAGE OF RECONCILIATION WE VE BEEN CALLED TO PREACH #OMMUNICATING THIS GOSPEL MUST BE THE lRST PRIORITY OF EVERY 3EVENTH DAY !DVENTIST CONGREGATION AND EVERY BELIEVER 7HAT PLACE DOES THE GOSPEL HAVE ON YOUR PERSONAL AGENDA )S IT STILL IMPORTANT TO YOU )S IT THE HEARTBEAT OF YOUR #HRISTIAN LIFE ) DON T CARE WHAT ACCOLADE OR HONOR THEY BESTOW ON ME

h7OE UNTO ME IF ) DO NOT PREACH THE GOSPEL v FOR THAT IS MY AMBASSADORIAL ASSIGNMENT

7HAT PLACE DOES THE GOSPEL HAVE ON YOUR PERSONAL AGENDA $EATH TO $EATH

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SOME ASPECTS MAY HAVE CHANGED "UT HERE IS OUR UPDATE AS OF PRESS TIME 4HE ( . m U VIRUS IS A FORM OF INm UENZA THAT INFECTED PIGS BUT UNDERWENT A SLIGHT CHANGE MAKING IT CAPABLE OF INFECTING HUMANS 4HE LETTERS ( AND . ARE CODES FOR ANTIGENIC MARKERS ON THE VIRUS AND ( . INDICATES SUBCATEGORIES 3OME PREVIOUS EPIDEMICS HAVE HAD EITHER AN ( OR AN . COMPONENT SO OLDER PEOPLE ARE MORE LIKELY TO HAVE MET THESE MARKERS BEFORE AND HAVE SOME ELEMENTS OF IMMUNITY 4HE CURRENT STRAIN SEEMS TO HAVE CAUSED MORE PROBLEMS FOR YOUNGER PEOPLE AND ESPECIALLY PREGNANT WOMEN

4HE SEVERITY OF THE DISEASE CAUSED BY ( . APPEARS TO BE LESS THAN THAT OF THE PANDEMIC AND MORE OF THE ORDER OF THE OUTBREAK 4HE MAJOR FACTOR IN CONTROLLING A PANDEMIC IS THE DEVELOPMENT OF A VACCINE 4HE METHODOLOGY UTILIZED WILL LIKELY BE THE SAME AS THAT IN PRODUCING SEASONAL INm UENZA VACCINES THOUGH NEWER TECHNOLOGIES ARE BEING STUDIED 4HE 7ORLD (EALTH /RGANIZATION 7(/ NOTED THAT A VACCINE WILL PROBABLY NOT BE READY FOR GENERAL DISTRIBUTION UNTIL SOMETIME THIS FALL 7E HAVE SEEN A PROLIFERATION IN THE EMOTIONAL RHETORIC OF THE ANTIVACCINE LOBBY EVEN ONE PAPER SUGGESTING THE 7(/ WAS GOING TO MAKE THE VACCINE MANDATORY IN COUNTRIES AT hGUNPOINT v 3UCH TALK IS RIDICULOUS

4HE AVAILABILITY MAY BE SUCH THAT IT WILL BE DIFl CULT TO OBTAIN THE VACCINATION

EVEN SHOULD YOU WISH TO GET IT )N THE MEANTIME WE WOULD DO WELL TO FOLLOW BASIC PREVENTIVE MEASURES

SUCH AS 3TAY HOME IF YOU HAVE A RESPIRATORY INFECTION 7ASH YOUR HANDS FREQUENTLY

ESPECIALLY AFTER SNEEZING OR COUGHING INTO THEM #AREFULLY DISPOSE OF TISSUES USED TO SMOTHER A SNEEZE OR COUGH 2EDUCE KISSING HUGGING AND CLOSE CONTACT WITH OTHERS IN CROWDED SETTINGS !ND AGAIN USE HAND SANITATION FREQUENTLY 4HESE SIMPLE MEASURES WILL HELP TO PROTECT YOU AND REDUCE THE RISKS OF TRANSMISSION

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ANY FACTORS INm UENCE THE USE OF DIFFERENT FOODSTUFFS 3UCH FACTORS TRANSCEND MERE STATEMENTS AS TO RELATIVE BENEl TS 4HE DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH EXTEND INTO AN INDIVIDUAL S BACKGROUND THE COMMUNITY AND REGION WHERE THEY LIVE AND PERCEPTIONS !N INTERESTING STUDY IN .ORTH #AROLINA 5NITED 3TATES THAT SURVEYED MORE THAN ADULTSˆMANY OF WHOM WERE OVERWEIGHTˆFOUND A COMPLEX WEB OF UNDERPINNING BELIEFS AND BEHAVIORS "ARRIERS TO EATING FRUITS AND VEGETABLES INCLUDE FOOD PREFERENCES PERHAPS BUILT UP IN CHILDHOOD FATIGUE OF TASTE BUDS FOR CERTAIN FOODS STRESS AND A LACK

OF MEAL PLANNING ! PERSON S HEALTH STATUS AGE OR l NANCIAL CAPABILITY ALSO MAY AFFECT THE DAILY IDEAL CONSUMPTION OF l VE OR MORE FRUITS AND VEGETABLES A DAY )T HELPS IF HOME GARDENS OR LOW COST FOODS AT FARM STANDS ARE AVAILABLE

AND CHILDHOOD EXPOSURE TO FRUITS AND VEGETABLES IS VERY IMPORTANT )F YOU l ND IT DIFl CULT TO INm UENCE YOUR DAUGHTER IN LAW BE AWARE THAT THE RESISTANCE ALSO COULD BE A RESULT OF YOUR EFFORTS TO CHANGE HER HABITS OR A PERCEPTION OF hINTERFERENCE v )NSTEAD

WHEN THE GRANDCHILDREN COME TO YOUR HOUSE MAKE hFANTASTICv FRUIT DELIGHTS IN ORDER TO ENTICE THEM TO EAT DELICIOUS

BERRIES FRUITS AND VEGGIES !LWAYS BUY GOOD QUALITY PRODUCE AND MAKE THE DISHES PALATABLE %XAMPLE RATHER THAN PROMOTION IS MORE PERSUASIVE

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h4HE ,ORD ON HIGH IS MIGHTIER THAN THE NOISE OF MANY WATERS YEA THAN THE MIGHTY WAVES OF THE SEAv 0S

h-AYBE NO ONE SHOULD BE OUT THERE IN SURGE THAT IS AS HIGH AS AN EIGHT STORY BUILDING AND BREAKS EVERY SECONDS WITH A FORCE OF A 5NION 0ACIlC TRAINx "IG WAVE SURlNG IS NOT ABOUT PLAYING SAFE )T S ABOUT THE THRILL OF TAMING THAT KILLER WAVE v 4HIS STATEMENT FROM 4ERRY -C#ARTHY A SURFER IN 7AIKIKI (AWAII

5 3 ! REMINDS ME OF MY LONG AND HAPPY CAREER AS AN EVANGELIST WHEN MY WIFE AND ) HELD MORE THAN CAMPAIGNS AND SAW MANY BAPTIZED

PLEDGING TO EMBARK ON THE THRILLING ADVENTURE OF hTAMING THAT KILLER WAVEv OF SIN TO FOLLOW #HRIST ! COMMITMENT TO *ESUS #HRIST INVOLVES THE CONSTANT THREAT OF DANGER

BUT BELIEVERS EMBRACE THE CHALLENGE

KNOWING THAT THEY ARE NEVER BEYOND THE CARE OF A LOVING HEAVENLY &ATHER 4HE WAVES WILL NOT OVERWHELM LIFE S SURFER

0ETE #ABRINHA A YEAR OLD EXPERIENCED SURFER HAD RIDDEN KILLER WAVES BEFORE BUT THIS TIME AS HE SURFED DOWN THE FACE OF A GIANT SWELL ROLLING IN OVER THE NOTORIOUS *AWS 2EEF OFF -AUI THAT *ANUARY DAY HE COULDN T lND THE BOTTOM 4HE WAVE hWAS GROWING IN FRONT OF ME AND GROWING BEHIND ME SO IT FELT LIKE ) WASN T GETTING ANYWHERE v HE RECALLS (E HAD ALREADY SEEN HORRIlC WIPEOUTS THAT MORNING 4HEN AS #ABRINHA GAINED SPEED GOING DOWN

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ANOTHER SURFER TOLD HIM IT WAS THE BIGGEST WAVE HE HAD EVER SEEN !FTER THE PHOTOS OF THE RIDE BECAME AVAILABLE THEY SHOWED A WAVE OF FEET THE HIGHEST EVER MEASURED ) AM TOLD SURFERS HAVE SET A GOAL TO lND AND RIDE A FOOT WAVE ,IVING ON THE %DGE

)N "ILLABONG AN !USTRALIAN SURlNG COMPANY SET UP THE "ILLABONG /DYSSEY A FUND TO PAY FOR SURFERS TO TRAVEL ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD IN PURSUIT OF A FOOT WAVE "ILLABONG WILL AWARD TO THE lRST SURFER WHO CONQUERS ONE h'ENERATED

BY A PERFECT STORM FAR OUT TO SEA v SAYS -C#ARTHY hTRAVELING FASTER THAN MPH AND BREAKING WITH

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MY WIFE 2OSE LET ME BORROW THE NEEDED FOR THE LESSONS -Y lRST SOLO TRIP WAS THE NEAREST THING IN MY LIFE TO hLIVING ON THE EDGE v 9EARS LATER ) TOOK UP DOWNHILL SKIING AT THE AGE OF CONQUERED THE BUNNY HILL AND LATER MORE CHALLENGING SLOPES &ROM TIME TO TIME ) EXPERIENCED SPILLS %VERY FALL TAUGHT ME A LESSON ABOUT HOW TO SKI BETTER ) SKIED FOR YEARS UNTIL MY DOCTOR SUGGESTED ) STOP FOR HEALTH REASONS 3ADLY THIS ENDED ANOTHER ERA OF ADVENTURE 4HERE IS A RUSH DESCENDING THE MOUNTAIN WITH SNOW mYING AND THE WIND IN YOUR FACE 4HE #HRISTIAN LIFE TOO IS lLLED WITH ADVENTURE AND THE LURE TO EXPERIENCE hMORE OF 4HEE / 'OD v 4HERE IS A THRILLING EXCITEMENT IN A DAILY COMMITMENT TO *ESUS #HRIST A DAILY RENEWAL OF THE NEW BIRTH AND LIFETIME WORK OF SANCTIlCATION 7E ALL

LIFE ALSO INCLUDES SPILLS )N MY YOUTH ) WENT OVER hFOOL S HILL v AND LATER WHILE A PASTOR IN MY EARLY THIRTIES MY PAST TROUBLED ME ON OCCASION ) WENT SO FAR AS TO REQUEST A QUIET REBAPTISM IN A LAKE BY MY ASSOCIATE !S ) LOOK BACK

) WONDER IF THAT WAS THE RIGHT THING TO DO AS REBAPTISM CAN BECOME LIKE A DOOR SWINGING ON A PAIR OF HINGES ) M SURE ) WILL TAKE MORE SPILLS BEFORE ) REACH HEAVEN 7E ALL WILL 4HE WORLD CHALLENGES OUR FAITH WITH ITS VERSION OF THE FOOT WAVE AS WE LIVE ON THE EDGE WITH #HRIST 7E CAN EXPECT TO FACE UNPRECEDENTED WAVES AS WE NEAR THE SHORES OF GLORY 3ITUATIONS WILL ARISE TO CHALLENGE OUR TRUST COMMITMENT BUT WITH *ESUS AND (IS (OLY 3PIRIT WORKING IN US WE WILL STAY ON TOP 4HE CLOSE OF PROBATION "RING ON THAT MIGHTY WAVE 7HY 4HEN WE SHALL BE SAFE IN #HRIST 4HE CLOSE OF PROBATION IS NOT SOMETHING MADE UP TO FRIGHTEN

! COMMITMENT TO *ESUS #HRIST INVOLVES THE CONSTANT THREAT OF DANGER BUT BELIEVERS EMBRACE THE CHALLENGE KNOWING THAT THEY ARE NEVER BEYOND THE CARE OF A LOVING HEAVENLY &ATHER AN EARTHSHAKING FORCE THAT WOULD BE HEARD SEVERAL MILES BACK FROM THE BEACH A FOOT WAVE WOULD PROBABLY KILL ANYONE WHO FELL OFF IT v )T AMAZES ME THAT PEOPLE WOULD ATTACK SUCH A PONDEROUS GOAL FOR THE SPORT OF IT (OW IS THIS LIKE THE #HRISTIAN LIFE ) M NOT ENCOURAGING 'OD S CHILDREN TO TAKE UP DANGEROUS SPORTS BUT ) CAN UNDERSTAND THE ATTRACTION FOR ADVENTUROUS HOBBIES %VEN FORMER 5 3 PRESIDENT 'EORGE ( 7 "USH CELEBRATED HIS TH BIRTHDAY

BY JUMPING OUT OF AN AIRPLANE ) REMEMBER MY MOTHER WOULD NOT PERMIT ME TO TAKE mYING LESSONS THAT ) WANTED SO MUCH 4HEN LATER WHEN * 5 3 4 9 . ! & 5 2 - ! . # : 9 +

GO THROUGH FAITH ADVENTURES WHERE WE THINK WE ARE LIVING ON THE EDGE AND HAVE THE THRILL OF KNOWING *ESUS IS THERE TO HELP AND KEEP US SAFE 4HRILLS AND 3PILLS

) HAVE FOUND THE #HRISTIAN LIFE

WITH A HEAVEN TO GAIN AND HELL TO SHUN THE GREATEST ADVENTURE KNOWN TO HUMANS "UT DEFEAT WAS NEVER IN MY THINKING BECAUSE WITH *ESUS WE ARE WINNERS EVERY TIME !FTER BEING OUT OF THE LIMELIGHT OF PUBLIC EVANGELISM FOR MORE THAN YEARS ) STILL HEAR FROM PEOPLE WHO WERE PART OF THAT ADVENTURE 4HE ADVENTURE OF THE #HRISTIAN

NAUGHTY CHILDREN 9ES 'OD S PEOPLE WILL BE TESTED BUT THEN TRANSLATED AND REUNITED WITH LOVED ONES 'OD SAYS

h4HEY SHALL BE MINE x IN THAT DAY WHEN ) MAKE UP MY JEWELS AND ) WILL SPARE THEM AS A MAN SPARETH HIS OWN SON THAT SERVETH HIMv -AL "LESS THAT DAY

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AND HEADED STRAIGHT FOR US /UR OWN DRIVER TRIED TO SWERVE OFF THE ROAD TO AVOID IT BUT IT WAS TOO LATE 4HE SEEMINGLY IMPOSSIBLE HAPPENED 7HEN THE DUST SETTLED EVERYTHING HAD CHANGED #UTS

BRUISES AND BROKEN BONES WERE EVERYWHERE !ND THERE WAS $ELE LYING THERE LOOKING AT ME !BOUT MINUTES EARLIER

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SHE HAD REMINDED ME TO FASTEN MY SEATBELT ) WAS SITTING AT THE FRONT OF THE BUS NEXT TO THE DRIVER 4HERE WERE NO SEATBELTS WHERE THE OTHERS WERE SITTING ) HAD DONE AS $ELE SUGGESTED "ECAUSE OF THAT THOUGHTFUL REMINDER INSTEAD OF ALMOST CERTAINLY BEING KILLED BECAUSE OF WHERE ) WAS SITTING

) ESCAPED ANY SERIOUS INJURY !PART FROM A COUPLE OF MINOR BRUISES THE ONLY MARK ) HAD WAS ON MY NECK IT WAS THE MARK OF THE SEATBELT WHICH HAD STOPPED ME FROM m YING THROUGH THE WINDOW ) TOUCHED $ELE S HAND SHE SAID SHE DIDN T FEEL A THING h4HERE S NO LIFE IN ME v SHE SAID 7E TOLD HER TO STOP TALKING LIKE THAT h"E POSITIVE v WE CHORUSED h9OU SHALL NOT DIE BUT LIVEˆTHAT S WHAT THE "IBLE SAYS v 3HE BELIEVED US AND STARTED PRAYING 3HE ASKED 'OD TO SPARE HER LIFE h,ORD

MY CHILDREN ARE SO YOUNG v SHE PRAYED "UT BY -ONDAY MORNING SHE WAS DEAD -ERCIES OF 'OD

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WHICH SHE AND ANOTHER WOMAN WERE COORDINATING ) CAN STILL SEE HER STANDING BEFORE US 3HE FELT INSPIRED TO TALK TO US ABOUT FORGIVENESS 3HE MADE HER OWN CONFESSION AND USED IT TO ADMONISH US 3HE ADMITTED THAT SHE HAD AN UNCLE WHOM SHE HAD NEVER BEEN ABLE TO FORGIVE BECAUSE OF THE TERRIBLE THINGS HE HAD DONE TO HER FATHER 3HE SAID SHE EVEN HAD VOWED NOT TO ATTEND HIS FUNERAL "UT THE ,ORD CONVICTED HER HEART AND AS SHE WAS STANDING BEFORE US SHE FORGAVE HIM (ER TESTIMONY TOUCHED US 4WO OR THREE OTHER ! . ) 3 3 ! 4 ( / - 0 3 / . $ ) ' ) 4 ! , ,9 - / $ ) & ) % $

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!DVENTIST WORLD PRESIDENT STANDS WITH SEVERAL CHIEFS OF )LISHAN 2ENAO WHERE "ABCOCK 5NIVERSITY IS LOCATED % 9 % ! 2 $ 3 , , ) 3 ! "

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"ABCOCK WHO HAD WORKED IN 3IERRA ,EONE SINCE ARRIVED IN ,AGOS (E WAS ACCOMPANIED BY TWO 3IERRA ,EONE WORKERS 2 0 $AUPHIN AND 3 -ORGUE ,EAVING HIS FAMILY AT ,AGOS HE MADE A TOUR NORTHWARD AS FAR AS *EBBA ON THE .IGER 2IVER ABOUT KILOMETERS MILES FROM THE COAST "ABCOCK SELECTED A MISSION SITE AT %RUNMU KILOMETERS MILES NORTH OF )BADAN CAPITAL OF THE 7ESTERN 2EGION /NE OF THE YOUNG MEN WHO HAD COME WITH "ABCOCK FROM 3IERRA ,EONE LEARNED THE 9ORUBA LANGUAGE SO QUICKLY THAT WITHIN l VE MONTHS HE

INCLUDES A SON ALSO NAMED $AVID #ALDWELL "ABCOCK WHO AS AN INFANT SURVIVED THAT INFAMOUS BOAT TRIP

AND ALSO GREW UP TO BE A RENOWNED ORGANIST AND MUSICIAN A SUCCESSFUL INSURANCE EXECUTIVE AND A FAITHFUL 3EVENTH DAY !DVENTIST THROUGHOUT HIS LIFE /NE OF THE YOUNGER $AVID "ABCOCK S DAUGHTERS "ARBARA HAS SERVED IN CHILDREN S MINISTRIES FOR THE .ORTH !MERICAN $IVISION AND TODAY IS THE 0ACIl C 5NION COORDINATOR FOR !DVENTIST 3INGLE !DULT -INISTRIES

REACHING ONE OF THE CHURCH S LARGEST

OPENED A SCHOOL NEAR ,ALUPON 4HE MISSIONARIES LANGUAGE INSTRUCTOR SON OF A LOCAL CHIEF SOON BEGAN TO KEEP THE 3ABBATH "EFORE THE END OF THREE SCHOOLS WERE IN OPERATION AND SEVEN CONVERTS WERE REPORTED h)N "ABCOCK STRICKEN WITH ILL HEALTH WAS COMPELLED TO LEAVE FOR %NGLAND WITH HIS FAMILY /N THE WAY THEY NARROWLY ESCAPED DEATH WHEN THEIR SHIP WAS TORPEDOED AND SUNK v

GROWING MEMBERSHIP SEGMENTS /H AND THERE S THE MATTER OF THIS CHURCH OWNED TERTIARY INSTITUTION .IGERIA S "ABCOCK 5NIVERSITY FOUNDED IN AS !DVENTIST #OLLEGE OF 7EST !FRICA !#7!

LATER DUBBED THE !DVENTIST 3EMINARY OF 7EST !FRICA 4HE SCHOOL BOASTS SOME FAMOUS ALUMNI WORLD

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HE ENTRY IN THE 3EVENTH DAY !DVENTIST %NCYCLOPEDIA IS OF NECESSITY CONCISE h"ABCOCK $AVID #ALDWELL #ONFERENCE ADMINISTRATOR AND MISSIONARY (E WAS EDUCATED AT "ATTLE #REEK #OLLEGE AND WAS PRESIDENT OF THE 7EST 6IRGINIA #ONFERENCE AND THE 6IRGINIA #ONFERENCE (E DIRECTED THE "RITISH 'UIANA -ISSION AND THE "RITISH 7EST !FRICAN -ISSION HE OPENED UP 3EVENTH DAY !DVENTIST WORK IN .IGERIA

)N WHILE EN ROUTE TO %NGLAND SEEKING TREATMENT FOR SLEEPING SICKNESS

HE WAS RESCUED ;AFTER= THE SHIP WAS TORPEDOED )N HE WAS SENT TO THE 6IRGIN )SLANDS FOR MINISTERIAL WORK AND AGAIN TO "RITISH 'UIANA AS PRESIDENT OF THE CONFERENCE 4WO YEARS LATER ILL HEALTH FORCED HIS RETURN TO !MERICA v /F COURSE THE WORDS DON T TELL THE WHOLE STORY PROBING FURTHER WITHIN THE %NCYCLOPEDIA S DEPTHS ONE l NDS THIS ABOUT "ABCOCK S PIONEERING WORK IN .IGERIA h3EVENTH DAY !DVENTIST MISSIONS IN .IGERIA BEGAN IN WHEN $ #

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"UT STILL NOT EVEN THIS TELLS THE COMPLETE STORY "ABCOCK S LEGACY

-ARK ! +ELLNER IS NEWS EDITOR FOR !DVENTIST 7ORLD

.OVEMBER \ !DVENTIST 7ORLD

CHURCH EXECUTIVE SECRETARY -ATTHEW "EDIAKO IS A GRADUATE AND *AN 0AULSEN

THE 'ENERAL #ONFERENCE S PRESIDENT WAS A ONETIME PRINCIPAL THERE !CCORDING TO "ARBARA "ABCOCK

!DVENTIST #HURCH LEADERS IN .IGERIA FORMED A COMMITTEE TO PONDER THE NAME FOR THE NEWLY RECOGNIZED UNIVERSITY ,OCAL LEADERS hFORMED A COMMITTEE ABOUT YEARS AGO WHEN THEY WERE BECOMING A UNIVERSITY v "ARBARA "ABCOCK WHO LIVES IN ,OMA ,INDA

#ALIFORNIA SAID IN AN INTERVIEW h4HEY ALL SAT AROUND LOOKED AT EACH OTHER

AND SAID @7HY ARE WE EVEN DISCUSSING

IN v -AKINDE EXPLAINED IN AN INTERVIEW WITH !DVENTIST 7ORLD DURING A RECENT VISIT TO 3ILVER 3PRING -ARYLAND !CCORDING TO -AKINDE h WAS VERY SIGNIl CANT FOR .IGERIA BECAUSE WAS THE VERY YEAR THAT THE NAME .IGERIA CAME INTO EXISTENCE 4HERE WAS NO COUNTRY CALLED .IGERIA BEFORE 4HAT IS WHEN THE "RITISH BROUGHT TWO DIFFERENT TERRITORIES THAT THEY RULED TOGETHER AND FORMED .IGERIA SO WE ALWAYS TELL THE STORY THAT IF YOU WANT TO KNOW WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO .IGERIA THEN COMES "ABCOCK "ECAUSE IN $AVID "ABCOCK ARRIVED AND .IGERIA WAS BORN v

DID THINGS LIKE #HRIST DID HE MADE A DIFFERENCE IN PEOPLE S LIVES v -AKING A $IFFERENCE

!ND MAKING A DIFFERENCE IN THE LIVES OF PEOPLE SEEMS TO BE A HALLMARK FOR THE NAMESAKE OF $AVID #ALDWELL "ABCOCK THE STUDENT SCHOOL IS HAVING AN IMPACT IN 7EST !FRICA "ABCOCK 5NIVERSITY IS ONE OF THE LARGER 3EVENTH DAY !DVENTIST CAMPUSES IN THE WORLD RIVALING SIMILAR LARGE ENROLLMENTS AT 3AHMYOOK 5NIVERSITY IN +OREA AND .ORTHERN #ARIBBEAN 5NIVERSITY IN *AMAICA 4HE

,EFT TO RIGHT '2!$5!4)/. %8%2#)3%3 0ASTOR *AN 0AULSEN SPEAKS AT THE BACCALAUREATE SERVICE AT "ABCOCK 5NIVERSITY 5NIVERSITY ADMINISTRATORS AND THEIR GUESTS PROCESS TO COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES 0 ( / 4 / 3 " 9 2 !9 $ ! " 2 / 7 3 + )

THIS /NE PERSON WAS PIVOTAL AND THAT WAS $AVID #ALDWELL "ABCOCK v * ! +AYODE -AKINDE CURRENT PRESIDENT AND VICE CHANCELLOR OF "ABCOCK 5NIVERSITY CONl RMS THE FAMILY S ACCOUNT h4HE CHURCH LEADERS WERE SEARCHING TO CAPTURE A TITLE A NAME FOR THE UNIVERSITY WHICH WOULD ACTUALLY PERSONIFY THE SPIRIT OF ADVENTURE THE SPIRIT OF SELF SACRIl CE THE SPIRIT OF TOTAL COMMITMENT TO MISSION AND ALMOST UNANIMOUSLY EVERYONE SAID @,OOK HERE $AVID #ALDWELL "ABCOCK WAS THE MISSIONARY THAT CAME TO 7EST !FRICA

!DVENTIST 7ORLD \ .OVEMBER

)RONICALLY "ARBARA "ABCOCK SAID

IT S NOT LIKELY HER GRANDFATHER WOULD HAVE WELCOMED THE ATTENTION "ARBARA NEVER MET HIMnHER GRANDFATHER DIED WHEN HER LATE FATHER WAS ONLY YEARS OLDย BUT SHE AND HER OLDER SISTER DID TALK WITH HER GRANDMOTHER "ABCOCK S THIRD WIFE HIS PREVIOUS WIVES HAD PASSED AWAY IN THE MISSION l ELD !ND

FROM WHAT SHE HEARD THE ELDER "ABCOCK WAS NOT ONE WHO SOUGHT ATTENTION h(E WOULD NOT WANT TO HAVE HIS NAME ASSOCIATED WITH ALL THESE THINGS

BUT HE WAS JUST DEDICATED TO MAKING A DIFFERENCE FOR 'OD v "ABCOCK SAID h(E

#ENTRAL !DVENTIST 5NIVERSITY OF 3รกO 0AULO "RAZIL HAS APPROXIMATELY

STUDENTS IN ITS COLLEGE LEVEL PROGRAMS

AND ANOTHER IN ELEMENTARY AND ACADEMY SCHOOLS SPREAD ACROSS THREE REGIONAL CAMPUSES "ABCOCK HAS AN ADDITIONAL STUDENTS IN PRECOLLEGE CLASSROOMS -AKINDE SAID h) DON T KNOW HOW TO DESCRIBE IT EXCEPT TO SAY THIS IS 'OD AT WORK v -AKINDE SAID h4HE MISSION OF "ABCOCK 5NIVERSITY IS REALLY NOT JUST TO SET A STANDARD IT IS TO BE THE STANDARD 3OMEONE ELSE CAN ;CLAIM= THE STANDARD BUT ;WE AIM= TO BECOME

THE STANDARD BY WHICH EXCELLENCE IS DElNED IN EVERY SPHERE OF HUMANKIND DEVELOPMENT THAT WE ENGAGE IN !ND THAT IS NOT JUST AN EMPTY SLOGAN 2IGHT NOW IN EVERY AREA IN WHICH THE COUNTRY HAS GIVEN UP IN FAILURE

"ABCOCK HAS ESTABLISHED A RECORD v -AKINDE ADDED h!T THE LAST GRADUATION WHICH WAS THE TENTH OF THE UNIVERSITY ITSELF WE HAD 0ASTOR 0AULSEN IN ATTENDANCE AND WE HAD TO INVITE THE PRESIDENT OF THE COUNTRY THE PAST PRESIDENT OF THE COUNTRY OUR OWN CHAIRMAN OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE THE CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR WAS THERE AND THE IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT OF THE CENTRAL BANK AND MINISTER OF HEALTH WAS THERE

AND WE HAD OUR ;'ENERAL #ONFERENCE= PRESIDENT VISIT WITH THE PRESIDENCY IN .IGERIA v 4O READ ABOUT 0AULSEN S VISIT

SEE h.)'%2)! 0AULSEN 2ETURNS TO &ORMER !PPOINTMENT /BSERVES 3CHOOL 'ROWTH v !DVENTIST 7ORLD !UGUST 4HE UNIVERSITY PRESIDENT NOTED h%VEN THE PAST PRESIDENT OF .IGERIA HAD HIS SON COME TO "ABCOCK 4HAT S THE LEVEL THE RICH THE POOR THE POWERFUL

THE PEASANTSˆEVERYBODY MEETS AT "ABCOCK )T S ACTUALLY A MELTING POT 7E TRY AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE TO PREVENT IT FROM BEING A BOILING POT v !LONG WITH NATIONAL RECOGNITION

"ABCOCK 5NIVERSITY IS DRAWING THOUSANDS OF NON !DVENTIST STUDENTS

SOME OF WHOM LEAVE THE SCHOOL WITH MORE THAN A DEGREE )N THIS WAY

"ABCOCK IS IN SYNC WITH A SIMILAR OUTREACH PROGRAM AT CHURCH OWNED 3AHMYOOK 5NIVERSITY IN 3EOUL 2EPUBLIC OF +OREA WHERE NON !DVENTIST STUDENTS ARE ALSO MINISTERED TO AND MANY ARE EVANGELIZED SEE h&ISHING FOR 3OULS v !DVENTIST 7ORLD -ARCH h7E DON T REQUIRE YOU TO BE A 3EVENTH DAY !DVENTIST TO BE ADMITTED INTO "ABCOCK 5NIVERSITY BUT WHEN YOU COME IN YOU NEED TO BE COMFORTABLE WITH THE ENVIRONMENT ON CAMPUS

WITH THE STANDARDS AND POLICIES AND QUALITIES AND EVERYTHING THAT IS IN THERE v -AKINDE EXPLAINED h9OU NEED TO SHOW THAT YOU WILL BENElT FROM WHAT WE HAVE TO OFFER v -AKINDE ADDED h!T THE END OF THIS

;PAST= SCHOOL YEAR WE BAPTIZED ABOUT

STUDENTS x OUR STRATEGY GOAL IS TO COME IN WITH PERCENT ENROLLED !DVENTISTS AND PERCENT NON !DVENTISTS AND TO GRADUATE PERCENT !DVENTISTS AS OPPOSED TO PERCENT v 3UCH EVANGELISM STRATEGIESn RECENTLY !DVENTIST TELEVANGELIST -ARK &INLEY CONDUCTED A CAMPAIGN ON THE "ABCOCK CAMPUSnMIGHT LEAD TO ISSUES WITH THE NON !DVENTIST PARENTS OF STUDENTS WHO ARE NEWLY MINTED CHURCH MEMBERS $O PROBLEMS ARISE FROM THESE BAPTISMS h9ES v -AKINDE REPLIED h4HE MAJOR ISSUE THAT IT CREATES IS THAT MOST OF THE TIME THE PARENTS NOTICE A TRANSFORMATION IN THE BEHAVIOR OF THEIR CHILDRENˆTHEIR CHARACTER AND EVERYTHING 0ARENTS COME CALLING @7HAT HAVE YOU DONE TO MY CHILD (OW DID YOU GET HIM TO DO THIS ) HAVE TRIED AND TRIED 4HERE ISN T ANYTHING ) HAVEN T TRIED )T JUST NEVER WORKED (OW DID YOU DO IT v (E CONTINUED h3OME OF THE PARENTS ARE COMING IN TO BE BAPTIZED 3O DOES IT CREATE ISSUES 9ES IT CREATES ISSUES BUT NOT NEGATIVE ISSUES 7E HAVE NEVER HAD A SINGLE INSTANCE OF A PARENT COMING TO THE CAMPUS TO PROTEST .OT ONE v !N )NTERNATIONAL 2EPUTATION

"UT THE BUSINESS OF "ABCOCK REMAINS EDUCATION ITS IMPACT LIKE THAT OF ITS MISSIONARY NAMESAKE IS BEING FELT THROUGHOUT .IGERIA *AN 0AULSEN A ONETIME PRINCIPAL TOOK NOTE OF THE SCHOOL S ACCOMPLISHMENTS DURING AN !UGUST

FORUM WITH EDUCATORS AT CHURCH OWNED !NDREWS 5NIVERSITY IN "ERRIEN 3PRINGS -ICHIGAN h"ABCOCK 5NIVERSITY HAS GONE THROUGH A PHENOMENAL GROWTH OVER THE LAST YEARS FROM A FEW HUNDRED TO x PLUS AND IT S BECOME IF YOU HAVE NOT BEEN ON THE CAMPUS IN THE LAST YEAR OR TWO IT S ALMOST A CITY

BY ITSELF v 0AULSEN NOTED 4HIS IN TURN HAS LED TO EXPECTATIONS FROM THE NATIONAL GOVERNMENT THE COMMUNITY AND AREA !DVENTISTS THAT THE SCHOOL WILL GROW AND EXPAND ITS PROGRAMS

h4HEY BUILT A NEW HOSPITAL ON CAMPUS WITH ABOUT BEDS AND THAT IS TO BE EXPANDED BECAUSE THEY HAVE APPROACHED BOTH THE GOVERNMENT AND THE 'ENERAL #ONFERENCE ABOUT SETTING UP A NEW SCHOOL OF HEALTH SCIENCES ON THE CAMPUS THE CENTERPIECE OF WHICH WILL BE A NEW SCHOOL OF MEDICINE TO TRAIN DOCTORS v 0AULSEN SAID h"OTH THE GOVERNMENT AND THE 'ENERAL #ONFERENCE HAVE SAID YES /+ THAT IS A WORTHY OBJECTIVE v 4HE PROPOSAL IS EXPECTED TO UNDERGO THE REGULAR REVIEW PROCESS OF THE WORLD CHURCH S )NTERNATIONAL "OARD OF %DUCATION AND THE !DVENTIST !CCREDITING !SSOCIATION BEFORE THOSE OBJECTIVES ARE REALIZED !CCORDING TO -AKINDE "ABCOCK hIS GOING TO TAKE OFF WITH THREE SCHOOLS A SCHOOL OF MEDICINE A SCHOOL OF NURSING

AND A SCHOOL OF PUBLIC AND ALLIED HEALTH !ND THEN AS WE ARE DEVELOPING MORE WE WILL ADD A PHARMACY AND DENTISTRY 7E LAST YEAR LAUNCHED A MILLION ;CAPITAL= CAMPAIGN AND WE ARE DOING VERY WELL 7E HAVE ALREADY GOTTEN MORE THAN PERCENT )N TERMS OF GRANTS AND DONATIONS AND COMMITMENTS AND OVER A FOUR YEAR PERIOD WHICH IS TO REALLY FUND THIS PROJECT AND CREATE AN ENDOWMENT FOR US THAT WILL MAKE THIS PROJECT SUSTAINABLE v (E ADDED h*ESUS WENT TEACHING

PREACHING AND HEALING AND IF EVER THERE IS A CONTINENT !FRICA IS A CONTINENT THAT NEEDS A LOT OF HEALING 4HE GOSPEL COMMISSION IS NOT EFFECTIVE UNLESS IT COMES WITH THE HEALING BALM FROM 'ILEAD HERE FOR THE CHURCH v )N A WAY -AKINDE S COMMENTS BRING THE STORY OF $AVID #ALDWELL "ABCOCK FULL CIRCLE A MAN WHO CAME TO HELP SERVE AND YES HEAL THOSE IN NEED 4HOUGH HIS TIME IN !FRICA WAS SHORT 0ASTOR "ABCOCK S WORK MADE AN IMPRESSION THAT RESONATED MORE THAN YEARS LATER WHEN THE UNIVERSITY WAS NAMED IN HIS HONOR &ROM ONE FAMILY S DETERMINATION TO SERVE A NATIONˆAND AN ENTIRE REGIONˆIS BEING REACHED

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HURCH WAS A GOOD PLACE FOR ME AS A CHILD MAYBE A LITTLE BORING AT TIMES BUT ESSENTIALLY GOOD 4HEN MY GREATLY ADMIRED JUNIOR 3ABBATH SCHOOL TEACHER RAN OFF WITH ANOTHER MAN AFTER HAVING TAUGHT ALL THAT GOOD STUFF ABOUT HAPPY MARRIAGES /VER THE YEARS ) BECAME CYNICAL 4HE CHURCH WAS NOT WHAT IT SHOULD BE 4HE CHURCH WAS FULL OF HYPOCRITES 4HE CHURCHˆWAIT A MINUTE 7HO OR WHAT IS THIS NAMELESS CHURCH 4HE 3EVENTH DAY !DVENTIST #HURCH CONSISTS OF MILLIONS OF INDIVIDUAL FACES 4HE CHURCH CONSISTS OF BORED ACTIVE LOVING SELl SH SINCERE HYPOCRITICAL GIVING

HURTING CONFUSED WISE WORN OUT FRAGILE INSENSITIVE LAZY

HARDWORKING TACTFUL HOPEFUL ABUSED CRITICAL HUMBLE INDIVIDUALS 0EOPLE EVERY BIT AS HUMAN AS ) AM %VERY BIT AS HUMAN AS YOU ARE 7E ARE THE CHURCH 'OD S -IRACLE 4HROUGHOUT (ISTORY

3O WHAT HOLDS TOGETHER MILLIONS OF INDIVIDUALS WITH DIFFERENT SKIN COLORS DIFFERENT LIFE EXPECTATIONS DIFFERENT LANGUAGES DIFFERENT IDEAS DIFFERENT CULTURES .OTHING SHORT OF A MIRACLE 4HE MIRACLE HAS A NAMEˆ*ESUS 4HE CHURCH IS THE COMMUNITY OF BELIEVERS WHO CONFESS *ESUS #HRIST AS ,ORD AND 3AVIOR 'OD HAS ALWAYS SPECIALIZED IN THE IMPOSSIBLE -ATT 7E CAN TRACE OUR SPIRITUAL ROOTS BACK TO AN IMPOSSIBLE PROMISE GIVEN TO A CHILDLESS OLD MAN 'EN

#HANTAL * +LINGBEIL IS A HOMESCHOOL TEACHER

HOMEMAKER AND AUTHOR LIVING IN 3ILVER 3PRING

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'OD MADE THE IMPOSSIBLE POSSIBLE AND GAVE !BRAHAM PLENTY OF DESCENDENTS (E THEN BROUGHT THE WHOLE MOTLEY BUNCH OUT OF SLAVERY 4HE hCHURCH IN THE WILDERNESSv !CTS HAD THE 3EA OF 2ED OPEN FOR THEM

BREAKFAST ARRIVE IN FRONT OF THEIR TENTS WATER FOUNTAINS COME FROM ROCKS 4HEY WEREN T PERFECT THEY HAD MOANERS

IDOLATERS THIEVES GLUTTONS AND LEADER BASHERS AMONG THEM "UT 'OD QUIETLY SET ABOUT PURIFYING AND CLEANSINGˆ INDIVIDUALLY AND CORPORATELY 'OD WAS CALLING (IS CHURCH TO EXPERIENCE (IS SALVATION PERSONALLY AND EXTEND THE INVITATION TO OTHERS )SA 3OME RESPONDED POSITIVELY 3OME WERE ALWAYS TALKING BACK TO 'OD 'OD HAD THE l NAL 7ORDˆ(E WAS CALLED *ESUS *OHN )N *ESUS 'OD BEGAN ANOTHER IMPOSSIBLE TASK *ESUS BEGAN TRAINING A HANDFUL OF BICKERING DISCIPLES 4WELVE MEN TURNED THE THEN KNOWN WORLD UPSIDE DOWN FOR 'OD 3ATAN TRIED TO STAMP OUT THE m EDGLING CHURCH WITH PERSECUTION 'OD DID THE IMPOSSIBLE 4HE CHURCH WENT GLOBAL .EXT 3ATAN TRIED SMOTHERING #HRIST S VITAL LIFEBLOOD WITHIN THE CHURCH BY INTRODUCING HUMAN TEACHINGS 4HE WILDl RE OF THE 2EFORMATION CALLED THE CHURCH BACK TO HER TRUE (EAD "UT COMPLACENCY SOON RESURFACED !ND ONCE AGAIN 'OD DID THE IMPOSSIBLE (E CALLED A SMALL GROUP OF YOUNG PEOPLE PRACTICALLY ALL UNDER THE AGE OF (E HELPED THEM REDISCOVER SPECIAL TRUTHS AND GAVE THEM GIFTS AND A BIG JOB !ND THAT S WHERE YOU AND ) AND MILLIONS OF OTHER 3EVENTH DAY !DVENTISTS COME IN 7E ARE PART OF THE MIRACLE 'OD PERFORMED THROUGH OUR PIONEERS

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'OD HAS ALWAYS HAD (IS IDEALS FOR (IS CHURCH 4HE /LD AND .EW 4ESTAMENTS PAINT THESE IDEALS IN METAPHORIC

LANGUAGE (ERE ARE FOUR OF MY FAVORITES JUST TO WHET OUR SPIRITUAL APPETITES 4HE l RST IS THE RATHER OBVIOUS METAPHOR OF THE CHURCH AS A BODY #OR ) l ND IT PARTICULARLY RELEVANT SEEING THAT EACH OF US HAS INVARIABLY CAUGHT A l NGER IN A DOOR AND FELT OUR STOMACHS KNOT AS WE HELD THE INJURED l NGER CLOSE AND HOWLED IN PAIN !S PART OF THE BODY OF #HRIST ) AM INTRICATELY CONNECTED TO YOU 9OUR PAIN AND LOSS IS DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY MY PAIN AND LOSS ) NEED TO BE MORE SENSITIVE TOWARD YOU 7E NEED TO STICK TOGETHER FOR WITHOUT YOU ) WON T BE GOING ANYWHERE

BRIDE #OR ANY PLAIN *ANE BECOMES A BEAUTY ARRAYED IN WHITE AND GLOWING WITH HAPPINESS )N 'OD S EYES THIS CHURCH WITH ALL ITS FAULTS IS NO PLAIN *ANE 9OU AND ) BECOME RADIANTLY BEAUTIFUL AS WE FALL IN LOVE WITH *ESUS AND GET WRAPPED UP IN THE PURITY OF WHAT (E HAS DONE FOR US

4HE &AMILY

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) DON T THINK ) COULD CLASS BEING A FAMILY AS A METAPHOR 4HE CHURCH ISN T LIKE A FAMILY TO ME IT IS MY FAMILY /VER THE PAST TWO DECADES MOST OF MY BLOOD FAMILY HAS ALWAYS BEEN FAR AWAY BUT ) HAVE ALWAYS HAD FAMILY 0EOPLE WHO -ETAPHOR 4HE "UILDING MOTIVATED ME 0EOPLE WHO WERE EXCITED WITH ME OVER MY ) VE OFTEN THOUGHT OF CHURCHES AS BEING FAIRLY STATIC

LITTLE GIRL S l RST WORDS 0EOPLE WHO MOURNED WITH US OVER STATIONARY BUILDINGS WHICH PERHAPS GET REFURBISHED EVERY THE LOSS OF OUR l RST CHILDˆNOT CROWDS OF PEOPLE JUST A YEARS 0AUL HOWEVER SPEAKS OF THE CHURCH AS BEING A TEMPLE FEWˆJUST MY FAMILY MADE UP OF LIVING STONES #OR )N SOME PARTS OF 3OME YEARS AGO MY PARENTS HAD A SHORT LAYOVER IN THE WORLD ) VE CAUGHT A GLIMPSE OF hLIVINGv TEMPLES (ERE THE 2OME AND IT BEING 3ABBATH DECIDED TO GO TO CHURCH !

MEMBERSHIP GREATLY OUTGROWS THE BUILDINGS OR THE AVAILABLE WOMAN WHO SPOKE %NGLISH CAME AND TRANSLATED THE SERVICE FUNDS /N l RST VISITING A CHURCH YOU MAY l ND MEMBERS AND THEN INSISTED ON TAKING MY PARENTS HOME FOR LUNCH AND WORSHIPPING ON A DIRT m OOR WITH WOODEN PLANKS FOR PEWS SHOWING THEM AROUND IN THE AFTERNOON 4HE HOSPITALITY AND REED MATS FOR WALLS AND ROOF 7ITHIN SIX MONTHS THE DIDN T END THERE 4HE WOMAN AND HER HUSBAND VACATED FOUNDATIONS HAVE BEEN DUG AND THE MEMBERSHIP HAS GROWN THEIR BEDROOM SO MY PARENTS COULD HAVE THEIR BED !T THE TO 4HREE MONTHS LATER TWO WALLS ARE UP AND A CEMENT AIRPORT MY MOTHER OVERWHELMED BY THE KINDNESS TRIED TO EXPRESS HER THANKS 4HE WOMAN SAID WITH A SMILE h)T IS m OOR HAS BEEN LAID AND THE MEMBERSHIP IS UP TO 3IX THE LEAST ONE CAN DO FOR FAMILY v &AMILY 9ES YOU AND ) ARE MONTHS LATER THE BAPTISTERY IS IN THE OTHER TWO WALLS ARE PROBABLY COMPLETE STRANGERS AND YET FAMILY %PH UP AND THE MEMBERSHIP IS UP TO ! YEAR LATER THE ROOF !S ) LOOK AT THE ENORMOUS MISSION THIS CHURCH FACES IN IS ON THERE ARE WOODEN BENCHES AND MEMBERSHIP HAS TAKING THIS GOSPEL OF THE KINGDOM TO ALL THE WORLD ) COULD REACHED &INER l NISHINGS WILL HAVE TO WAIT HOWEVER AS FEEL OVERWHELMED !S ) LOOK INTO THE CHURCH ) SEE US OFTEN THE CHURCH HAS BY NOW STARTED A COMPANY THAT WORSHIPS PULLING IN DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS ) COULD FEEL DISILLUSIONED !S ON A DIRT m OOR WITH REED MATS FOR WALLS AND EXTRA BUILDING FUNDS WILL HAVE TO GO INTO HELPING THE NEW COMPANY ) THINK ) LOOK INTO MY OWN LIFE ) SEE BROKEN PROMISES AND TWISTING CONTRADICTIONS ) COULD FEEL HOPELESS "UT *ESUS HAS PROMISED 0AUL IS REFERRING TO THESE TEMPLES ON THE MOVE EACH WALL hTO PRESENT THE CHURCH TO HIMSELF IN SPLENDOR WITHOUT A SUPPORTING THE OTHER 9OU AND ) AS LIVING STONES IN THIS CHURCH CAN BECOME A DYNAMIC LANDMARK FOR #HRIST SPOT OR WRINKLE OR ANYTHING OF THE KIND x HOLY AND WITHOUT BLEMISHv %PH .236 ) WANT TO STAY A PART OF 'OD S -ETAPHOR 4HE "RIDE CHURCH ) WANT TO BE A PART OF 'OD S MIRACLE 4HE THIRD METAPHOR INVOLVES A PERSONAL CONFESSION ) LOVE WEDDINGS 4HERE IS JUST SOMETHING SO APPEALING ABOUT

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FOR SERVICE TO ALL MANKIND AND FOR THE WORLDWIDE PROCLAMATION OF THE GOSPEL 4HE CHURCH DERIVES ITS AUTHORITY FROM #HRIST WHO IS THE INCARNATE 7ORD AND FROM THE 3CRIPTURES WHICH ARE THE WRITTEN 7ORD 4HE CHURCH IS 'OD S FAMILY ADOPTED BY (IM AS CHILDREN ITS MEMBERS LIVE ON THE BASIS OF THE NEW COVENANT 4HE CHURCH IS THE BODY OF #HRIST A COMMUNITY OF FAITH

OF WHICH #HRIST (IMSELF IS THE (EAD 4HE CHURCH IS THE BRIDE FOR WHOM #HRIST DIED THAT (E MIGHT SANCTIFY AND CLEANSE HER !T (IS RETURN IN TRIUMPH (E WILL PRESENT HER TO (IMSELF A GLORIOUS CHURCH THE FAITHFUL OF ALL THE AGES THE PURCHASE OF (IS BLOOD

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HAT ARE WE TO MAKE OF A WRITER WHO ADVISED WOMEN TO SHORTEN THEIR DRESSES EIGHT INCHES IN A WORLD IN WHICH MANY WEAR THEM TOO SHORT ALREADY OR WHO COUNSELED THAT !DVENTIST SCHOOLS SHOULD TEACH GIRLS TO HARNESS AND DRIVE A HORSE WHEN MOST OF THEM WILL NEVER NEED THAT INFORMATION 0ART OF THE PROBLEM IS THAT THE WORLD HAS RADICALLY CHANGED SINCE %LLEN 7HITE S LIFETIME "UT THAT IS NOT THE ONLY ISSUE THAT TWENTY l RST CENTURY READERS NEED TO CONSIDER WHEN THEY READ AND SEEK TO APPLY THE COUNSELS OF A PROPHET LIVING IN A DIFFERENT TIME AND PLACE "ELOW ARE GUIDELINES THAT WILL MAKE OUR READING OF %LLEN 7HITE MORE PROl TABLE AND BALANCED

CERTAIN PROPHETIC POINTS THAT SHE BELIEVED WERE OF MINOR IMPORTANCE

%LLEN 7HITE WROTE THAT hTHE ENEMY OF OUR WORK IS PLEASED WHEN A SUBJECT OF MINOR IMPORTANCE CAN BE USED TO DIVERT THE MINDS OF OUR BRETHREN FROM THE GREAT QUESTIONS THAT SHOULD BE THE BURDEN OF OUR MESSAGEv 3ELECTED -ESSAGES BOOK PP

3TUDY ALL AVAILABLE INFORMATION ON A TOPIC %LLEN 7HITE S GRANDSON AND BIOGRAPHER !RTHUR 7HITE HIGHLIGHTED

%MPHASIZE THE IMPORTANT )N THE EARLY TWENTIETH CENTURY WHEN SOME CHURCH LEADERS WERE USING HER WRITINGS COMBATIVELY TO SUBSTANTIATE

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!VOID EXTREME INTERPRETATIONS "Y NOT FOLLOWING THE ADVICE %LLEN

%LLEN 7HITE IN THE

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&OCUS ON THE CENTRAL ISSUES !

PERSON CAN READ %LLEN 7HITE S WRITINGS IN AT LEAST TWO WAYS /NE IS TO LOOK FOR HER CENTRAL THEMES THE OTHER IS TO SEARCH FOR THOSE THINGS THAT ARE NEW AND DIFFERENT 4HE l RST WAY LEADS TOWARD AN ACCURATE UNDERSTANDING

WHILE THE SECOND LEADS TOWARD DISTORTION OF THE AUTHOR S MEANING AND OFTEN TOWARD EXTREMES THAT %LLEN 7HITE DETESTED 3HE HERSELF ADVOCATED IN "IBLE STUDY THAT READERS SEEK TO hGAIN A KNOWLEDGEv OF THE "IBLE S hGRAND CENTRAL THEME v &OR HER THAT THEME WAS THE PLAN OF REDEMPTION AND THE GREAT CONTROVERSY BETWEEN GOOD AND EVIL h6IEWED IN THE LIGHTv OF THE GREAT CENTRAL THEME OF THE "IBLE hEVERY TOPIC HAS A NEW SIGNIl CANCEv %DUCATION PP

)N SHORT HER COUNSEL WAS TO READ FOR AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE BIG PICTURE 4HE BIG PICTURE THEN PROVIDES THE CONTEXT FOR INTERPRETING ALL OTHER ISSUES IN TERMS OF BOTH MEANING AND IMPORTANCE 4HAT PRINCIPLE APPLIES EQUALLY TO THE "IBLE AND %LLEN 7HITE S WRITINGS

THIS ISSUE WHEN HE WROTE THAT hMANY HAVE ERRED IN INTERPRETING THE MEANING OF THE TESTIMONIES BY TAKING ISOLATED STATEMENTS OR STATEMENTS OUT OF THEIR CONTEXT AS A BASIS FOR BELIEF 3OME DO THIS EVEN THOUGH THERE ARE OTHER PASSAGES WHICH IF CAREFULLY CONSIDERED WOULD SHOW THE POSITION TAKEN ON THE BASIS OF THE ISOLATED STATEMENT TO BE UNTENABLE v

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4EN IMPORTANT PRINCIPLES TO KEEP IN MIND

2ECOGNIZE %LLEN 7HITE S UNDERSTANDINGS OF THE IDEAL AND THE REAL %LLEN 7HITE OFTEN PROVIDED COUNSEL ON THE SAME TOPIC ON TWO LEVELS 4HE l RST CAN BE THOUGHT OF AS THE IDEAL !T THIS LEVEL WE l ND STATEMENTS THAT ALLOW FOR NO EXCEPTIONS !N EXAMPLE OF THIS l RST LEVEL IS HER COUNSEL RELATING TO THE IDEAL THAT PARENTS SHOULD BE THE hONLY TEACHERS OF THEIR CHILDREN UNTIL THEY HAVE REACHED EIGHT OR TEN YEARS OF AGEv 4ESTIMONIES FOR THE #HURCH VOL P /N THE OTHER HAND WHEN SHE DEALT WITH SITUATIONS IN THE EVERYDAY WORLD SHE OFTEN MODERATED HER COUNSEL TO 4AKE TIME AND PLACE INTO l T THE NEEDS OF REAL PEOPLE WITH REAL CONSIDERATION "ECAUSE OF CHANGE LIMITATIONS 4HUS SHE MODERATED HER ACROSS TIME AND SPACE IT IS IMPORTANT COUNSEL ON PARENTS BEING THE hONLYv TO UNDERSTAND THE HISTORICAL CONTEXT TEACHERS BY NOTING THAT THAT IDEAL COULD OF MANY OF %LLEN 7HITE S COUNSELS HOLD hIFv PARENTS WERE BOTH ABLE AND /NE ONLY HAS TO THINK OF HER COUNSEL WILLING TO DO THE JOB )F NOT YOUNG TO MID NINETEENTH CENTURY WOMEN CHILDREN SHOULD BE SENT TO SCHOOL TO SHORTEN THEIR DRESSES EIGHT INCHES 3ELECTED -ESSAGES BOOK PP /NE COULD HARDLY USE THAT QUOTATION %LLEN 7HITE NEVER LOST HER SENSE OF AS IF SHE HAD WRITTEN IT IN THE ERA OF THE THE IDEAL BUT SHE WAS READY TO MODERATE MINISKIRT h2EGARDING THE TESTIMONIES v HER COUNSEL TO MEET SITUATIONS IN THE %LLEN 7HITE WROTE hNOTHING IS REAL WORLD /NE OF THE PLAGUES OF HER IGNORED NOTHING IS CAST ASIDE BUT LIFE WERE THOSE WHO COLLECTED ONLY TIME AND PLACE MUST BE CONSIDEREDv THE IDEAL STATEMENTS AND THEN SOUGHT 3ELECTED -ESSAGES BOOK P 3HE TO hDRIVE THEM UPON EVERY ONE AND WOULD REPEATEDLY OFFER THAT COUNSEL DISGUST RATHER THAN WIN SOULSv 3ELECTED THROUGHOUT HER MINISTRY -ESSAGES BOOK PP 7HITE GAVE DURING HER LIFETIME SOME INDIVIDUALS RE CREATE HER IN THEIR OWN EXTREMIST IMAGE )N HER OWN LIFE SHE TENDED TOWARD A MODERATION THAT IS SADLY LACKING IN SOME WHO CLAIM TO BE HER FAITHFUL FOLLOWERS &OR EXAMPLE

SOME UTILIZE A STATEMENT WHERE %LLEN 7HITE FROWNED UPON BALL PLAYING TO CONDEMN ALL SUCH GAMES WHEREAS SHE HERSELF WROTE THAT h) DO NOT CONDEMN THE SIMPLE EXERCISE OF PLAYING BALL BUT THIS EVEN IN ITS SIMPLICITY MAY BE OVERDONEv !DVENTIST (OME P !S IN SO MANY SITUATIONS %LLEN 7HITE WAS A MODERATE RATHER THAN AN EXTREMIST

3TUDY EACH STATEMENT IN ITS LITERARY CONTEXT 0EOPLE HAVE TOO OFTEN BASED THEIR UNDERSTANDINGS OF %LLEN 7HITE S TEACHINGS UPON A FRAGMENT OF A PARAGRAPH OR AN ISOLATED STATEMENT ENTIRELY REMOVED FROM ITS SETTING 3PEAKING OF THE MISUSE OF HER WRITINGS

BY SOME SHE WROTE THAT hTHEY QUOTE HALF A SENTENCE v THEY LEAVE hOUT THE OTHER HALF WHICH IF QUOTED WOULD SHOW THEIR REASONING TO BE FALSEv 3ELECTED -ESSAGES BOOK P !GAIN SHE COMMENTS ABOUT THOSE WHO BY hSEPARATING x STATEMENTS FROM THEIR CONNECTION AND PLACING THEM BESIDE HUMAN REASONINGS MAKE IT APPEAR THAT MY WRITINGS UPHOLD THAT WHICH THEY CONDEMNv ,ETTER

5SE COMMON SENSE 1UOTATIONS FROM %LLEN 7HITE DO NOT SOLVE EVERY PROBLEM 3OMETIMES THEY JUST DON T l T 7HEN PROBLEMS CAME UP BECAUSE SOME PEOPLE PUSHED HER STATEMENT ABOUT PARENTS BEING THE ONLY TEACHERS OF THEIR CHILDREN UNTIL OR YEARS OF AGE

SHE RESPONDED BY CLAIMING THAT h'OD DESIRES US TO DEAL WITH THESE PROBLEMS SENSIBLY v 3HE WENT ON TO NOTE THAT SHE WAS STIRRED UP BY THOSE WHO TOOK THE ATTITUDE THAT h@3ISTER 7HITE HAS SAID SO AND SO AND 3ISTER 7HITE HAS SAID SO AND SO AND THEREFORE WE ARE GOING RIGHT UP TO IT v (ER RESPONSE TO SUCH PEOPLE WAS THAT h'OD WANTS US ALL TO HAVE COMMON SENSE AND (E WANTS US TO REASON FROM COMMON SENSE

#IRCUMSTANCES ALTER CONDITIONS #IRCUMSTANCES CHANGE THE RELATION OF THINGSv 3ELECTED -ESSAGES BOOK

PP (ER ADVICE WAS THAT HER READERS NEEDED TO USE COMMON SENSE EVEN THOUGH THEY MIGHT HAVE A QUOTATION FROM HER ON THE TOPIC

$ISCOVER THE UNDERLYING PRINCIPLES !T THE TURN OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY %LLEN 7HITE WROTE THAT IT WOULD BE WELL hIF GIRLS x COULD LEARN TO HARNESS AND DRIVE A HORSEv %DUCATION PP

4HAT WAS PRACTICED IN HER DAY BUT IS OF NOT MUCH USE TODAY (OWEVER THE PRINCIPLE UNDERGIRDING THAT COUNSEL IS VERY IMPORTANT TODAY 4HAT IS

YOUNG WOMEN SHOULD BE SUFl CIENT IN TRANSPORTATION 4HUS IN OUR DAY THEY SHOULD BE ABLE TO DRIVE A CAR AND CHANGE A TIRE 4HE EXACT SPECIl CATION OF A COUNSEL MAY CHANGE BUT THE UNDERLYING PRINCIPLES HAVE LASTING VALUE

-AKE SURE %LLEN 7HITE SAID IT -ANY STATEMENTS ARE ATTRIBUTED TO %LLEN 7HITE THAT SHE NEVER MADE 4HE ONLY SAFE COURSE IS TO UTILIZE THOSE STATEMENTS THAT CAN BE FOUND IN HER PUBLISHED WORKS OR STATEMENTS FROM HER UNPUBLISHED WRITINGS THAT CAN BE VALIDATED THROUGH ONE OF THE %LLEN 7HITE RESEARCH OFl CES -ANY HAVE BEEN LED ASTRAY BY STATEMENTS ATTRIBUTED TO HER THAT SHE NEVER MADE %LLEN 7HITE S WRITINGS HAVE BEEN A BLESSING TO READERS AROUND THE WORLD 4HEY WILL BE EVEN MORE FRUITFUL IF THEY ARE READ WITH THE ABOVE GUIDELINES IN MIND

! MORE DETAILED DISCUSSION OF THIS TOPIC CAN BE FOUND IN 'EORGE 2 +NIGHT 2EADING %LLEN 7HITE (OW TO 5NDERSTAND AND !PPLY (ER 7RITINGS (AGERSTOWN -D 2EVIEW AND (ERALD 0UBLISHING !SSN

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M TH 3 &ORTIl ED FAITH HEAVENLY HOPE LIFE OF LOVE

/H 3HED NOT A TEAR O ER THE SPOT WHERE ) SLEEP &OR THE LIVING AND NOT FOR THE DEAD YE MAY WEEP 4HEY MOURN FOR THE WEARY WHO SWEETLY REPOSE

&REE IN THE GRAVE FROM LIFE S BURDEN AND WOES ) LONG NOW TO REST IN THE LONE QUIET TOMB

&OR THE FOOTSTEPS OF *ESUS HAVE LIGHTENED THE GLOOM ) DIE IN THE HOPE OF SOON MEETING AGAIN 4HE FRIENDS THAT ) LOVE WITH (IM EVER TO REIGN

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HESE WORDS POWERFUL AND BRAVE WERE WRITTEN BY A DYING YOUNG WOMAN IN (ER SHORT LIFE WAS A TESTIMONY OF SACRIl CE FOR FAITH AND HER CREATIVE AND ARTISTIC ABILITIES HAVE HAD AN ENDURING INm UENCE IN OUR CHURCH AS WORDS OF HOPE !NNIE 2EBEKAH 3MITH WAS A PIONEER OF THE !DVENTIST FAITH %ARLY 0ROMISE

"ORN IN IN 7EST 7ILTON .EW (AMPSHIRE !NNIE WAS BAPTIZED INTO THE "APTIST CHURCH AT AGE !NNIE AND

%RICA 2ICHARDS IS A SENIOR AT 3OUTHERN !DVENTIST 5NIVERSITY #OLLEGEDALE 4ENNESSEE

5 3 ! 3HE WORKED AS A SUMMER INTERN AT THE !DVENTIST 7ORLD WHEN SHE WROTE THIS ARTICLE

!DVENTIST 7ORLD \ .OVEMBER

HER FAMILY LEFT THE "APTIST FAITH HOWEVER TO JOIN THE -ILLERITE MOVEMENT IN 7HEN DISAPPOINTMENT STRUCK ON /CTOBER OF THAT YEAR !NNIE DECIDED TO POUR HER ENERGIES INTO A LITERARY AND ARTISTIC CAREER !NNIE SPENT SIX YEARS ATTENDING SEVEN DIFFERENT DISTRICT SCHOOLS 3IX TERMS WERE SPENT AT THE #HARLESTOWN 3EMINARY IN -ASSACHUSETTS .ONDENOMINATIONAL IN NATURE THE SEMINARY HELD WEEKLY "IBLE LESSONS AND THE STUDENTS WERE REQUIRED TO ATTEND CHURCH TWICE EACH 3UNDAY $URING THESE YEARS !NNIE S MOTHER BECAME WORRIED FOR HER AND SHARED HER CONCERNS WITH PIONEER *OSEPH "ATES WHEN HE VISITED THE 3MITH HOME "ATES URGED -RS 3MITH TO TELL !NNIE HE WOULD BE SPEAKING IN "OSTON AND TO ASK HER TO ATTEND 4HAT SAME NIGHT !NNIE 3MITH AND *OSEPH "ATES HAD A SIMILAR DREAM EVERY SEAT IN THE ROOM "ATES WAS TO PREACH IN EVERY SINGLE SEAT WAS l LLED BUT ONE *UST AS HE WAS OPENING HIS "IBLE TO PREACH THE DOOR OPENED AND A GIRL !NNIE TOOK THE LAST SEAT 4HE FOLLOWING NIGHT ON HER WAY TO THE MEETING !NNIE GOT LOST ALONG THE WAY AND THE DREAM BECAME A REALITY AS SHE TOOK THE LAST SEAT IN THE ROOM 7HEN THE DREAMS WERE RECOUNTED SHE FOUND HERSELF DEEPLY MOVED BY THE EVENT 3HORTLY AFTER !NNIE COMMITTED TO THE !DVENT FAITH /N 3EPTEMBER

JUST WEEKS AFTER "ATES S MEETINGS !NNIE S POEM h&EAR .OT ,ITTLE &LOCKv WAS PUBLISHED IN THE 2EVIEW AND (ERALD )MPRESSED EDITOR

*AMES 7HITE INSISTED THAT !NNIE COME TO .EW 9ORK AND WORK FOR THE 2EVIEW IN COPYEDITING !NNIE HESITATED TO ACCEPT THE OFFER EXPLAINING TO 7HITE THAT HER EYE TROUBLE PREVENTED HER FROM DOING SUCH WORK 7HILE IN SEMINARY STUDYING ART !NNIE HAD STRAINED HER EYES AND FOR EIGHT MONTHS AFTER WORKING ON A SKETCH OF "OSTON REPORTED THAT SHE COULD BARELY SEE %VENTUALLY THOUGH SHE DECIDED TO GIVE UP HER DREAM OF ARTISTIC SUCCESS

ACCEPTED 7HITE S OFFER AND MOVED TO 2OCHESTER ! .EW 2EALITY

INTO THE PAST OF A MOVEMENT THAT WAS DRIVEN BY MOSTLY YOUNG PEOPLE DAYS OF HARDSHIP SACRIl CE AND COMMITMENT TO A CAUSE GREATER THAN SELF %VEN IN HER SORROW OVER A BROKEN HEART SHE CONTINUED TO WORK FOR GOOD (ER LIFE IS A SHINING EXAMPLE OF ONE WHO WENT BEFORE IN SERVICE PAVING THE WAY SO THAT WE COULD CARRY ON THE MISSION TO TELL OTHERS ABOUT #HRIST AND PREPARE TO JOURNEY HOME .OT FAR FROM HOME / BLESSED THOUGHT 4HE TRAVELER S LONELY HEART TO CHEER 7HICH OFT A HEALING BALM HAS BROUGHT

!ND DRIED THE MOURNER S TEAR 4HEN WEEP NO MORE SINCE WE SHALL MEET 7HERE WEARY FOOTSTEPS NEVER ROAMˆ /UR TRIALS PAST OUR JOYS COMPLETE

3AFE IN OUR &ATHER S HOME

4HE WORK WAS NOT ALWAYS EASY 4HE ECONOMIC TIMES WERE HARD AND THE !DVENT MOVEMENT WAS OFTEN RIDICULED AND CRITICIZED &OR THE NEXT THREE YEARS !NNIE WORKED DILIGENTLY FOR THE 2EVIEW AND WAS EVENTUALLY GIVEN FULL RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE PAPER WHILE THE 7HITES WERE AWAY 3HE CONTINUED TO USE HER CREATIVE ABILITIES TO PUBLISH

4HE FOLLOWING STUDIES CONTRIBUTED GREATLY TO THE PRODUCTION OF THIS ARTICLE 2ONALD 'RAYBILL

PIECES CONSISTING OF HYMNS AND POEMS THREE OF WHICH h!NNIE 3MITH (ER ,IFE AND ,OVE v 2EVIEW AND (ERALD VOL !PR

PP *UDITH 0 .EMBHARD h!NNIE 3MITH S (YMNS OF THE "LESSED (OPE v 2EVIEW AND (ERALD VOL !UG

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PP AND *AMES 2 .IX h!NNIE 3MITH 0IONEER 0OET v 2EVIEW AND (ERALD VOL 3AW /NE 7EARY v AND h,ONG 5PON THE -OUNTAINS v $EC

P 3OME PIECES OF !NNIE 3MITH S STORY ARE STILL SKETCHY AND WHILE PROBABLE NOT ENTIRELY CLEAR 7HILE HER DEDICATION TO THE !DVENT MOVEMENT WAS STRONG !NNIE S PERSONAL DEVOTION TO *OHN .EVINS !NDREWS ENDED IN BITTER DISAPPOINTMENT !NDREWS LIVED IN 2OCHESTER DURING THE TIME THAT !NNIE WAS WORKING FOR THE 2EVIEW AND SOME INDICATORS SUGGEST THAT THERE WERE HOPES OF A FUTURE TOGETHER 5NEXPLAINABLY

!NDREWS TURNED HIS AFFECTIONS TOWARD !NGELINE 3TEVENS INSTEAD AND LEFT !NNIE WITH A BROKEN HEART h!NNIE S DISAPPOINTMENT COST HER HER LIFE v WROTE %LLEN ' 7HITE IN A LETTER TO !NDREWS )N .OVEMBER !NNIE RETURNED HOME SUFFERING FROM TUBERCULOSIS (OPE CAME IN THE FORM OF WATER TREATMENT IN A NEARBY HEALTH RESORT BUT WAS SOON LOST WHEN HER SYMPTOMS WORSENED 7HEN IT BECAME CLEAR THAT LIFE WAS NOT TO LAST LONG !NNIE SET HER SIGHTS ON A l NAL GOAL TO COMPILE A BOOK OF HER POETRY (ER BROTHER 5RIAH 3MITH

BY THEN ALSO A 2EVIEW AND (ERALD EDITOR RETURNED HOME TO HELP HER WITH PUBLICATION 3HE LIVED MORE DAYS FOLLOWING THE COMPLETION OF THE WORK !S A TRIBUTE TO HIS SISTER 5RIAH SKETCHED AND ENGRAVED HER FAVORITE m OWER A PEONY ON THE TITLE PAGE OF THE BOOK /PPOSITE PAGE 3%,& %8 !NNIE S MOTHER RELATED HER DAUGHTER S DEATH IN A 02%33)/. !NNIE 3MITH S JOURNAL DESCRIBING THE PEACEFUL !NNIE AS SHE BRAVELY LOOKED PAINTING OF (AMLET S /PH DEATH IN THE EYE UNAFRAID h(EAVEN IS OPENED v !NNIE ELIA BELIEVED TO BE A SELF EXCLAIMED h) SHALL COME FORTH AT THE l RST RESURRECTION v PORTRAIT ,EFT 4HE COVER OF ,ASTING )MPRESSIONS THE COLLECTION OF POEMS THAT !T !NNIE 3MITH HAD LIVED A LIFE OF QUIET BUT GENUINE WAS POSTHUMOUSLY PUB DEDICATION TO HER FAITH (ER POEMS AND HYMNS HAVE LISHED BY !NNIE S MOTHER ENDURED THROUGH THE YEARS AND PROVIDE US WITH A WINDOW 0 ( / 4 / 3 # / 5 2 4 % 3 9 / & % , , % . ' 7 ( ) 4 % % 3 4!4 %

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HE MARRIAGE OF (OSEA IS PROBLEMATIC FOR SOME WHO VALUES THE (EBREW NOUN ZONAH COULD REFER TO ADULTERY

lND IT DIFlCULT TO ACCEPT THAT 'OD WOULD ORDER (OSEA FORNICATION OR PROSTITUTION TO MARRY A PROSTITUTE 7HETHER THAT WAS THE CASE OR NOT (OSEA MARRIED 'OMER AND HAD THREE CHILDREN WITH REMAINS TO BE SEEN BUT THE TRUTH IS THAT HIS EXPERIENCE HER TWO OF WHICH MAY NOT HAVE BEEN HIS 4HE AS A PROPHET WAS RATHER UNUSUAL 7E NEED TO PLACE (OSEA CHILDREN S NAMES ILLUSTRATED 'OD S PLANS FOR (IS PEOPLE WITHIN HIS TIME AND CONTEXT IN ORDER TO GAIN A BETTER !T SOME POINT IN THE MARRIAGE 'OMER COMMITTED UNDERSTANDING OF HIS MINISTRY ADULTERY AND ABANDONED HER FAMILY 4HE PROPHET S ANGUISH (ISTORICAL "ACKGROUND (OSEA MINISTERED PRIMARILY TO IS VIVIDLY PORTRAYED IN CHAPTER (E THREATENED HER WITH THE NORTHERN KINGDOM TOWARD THE END OF THE DIVIDED MONARCHY DIVORCE WENT THROUGH FEELINGS OF REJECTION PROJECTED ON 4HE SUPERSCRIPTION OF THE HIS CHILDREN AND lNALLY BOOK PROVIDES THE TIME FOR RECONCILED HIMSELF WITH THE HIS MINISTRY DURING THE REJECTION 4HEN THE ,ORD REIGN OF *EROBOAM )) OF ORDERED HIM TO GO AND )SRAEL " # (OSEA SHOW HIS LOVE TO HIS WIFE WAS ACTIVE UNTIL SHORTLY AND BRING HER HOME BEFORE THE DESTRUCTION OF (E DID 3AMARIA THE CAPITAL OF THE %XPERIENCE OF THE NORTHERN KINGDOM IN ,ORD 4HE DEEP PAIN IN " # )N ORDER TO PRESERVE 'OD S HEART DUE TO THE THE POLITICAL UNITY OF THE SPIRITUAL ADULTERY OF (IS NORTHERN KINGDOM TWO PEOPLE AS WELL AS TO THE 15%34)/.

SANCTUARIES WERE BUILT ONE MORAL DEPRAVATION OF THEIR 7HY DID 'OD ORDER IN "ETHEL AND ANOTHER IN NEW SYNCRETISTIC RELIGION

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'OD WAS IN PAIN AND (E PERHAPS AS SUBSTITUTES FOR WANTED (IS PEOPLE TO KNOW "Y THE CHERUBS ON THE ARK OF IT !FTER ORDERING (OSEA TO !NGEL -ANUEL THE COVENANT LOCATED IN THE BRING BACK HIS ADULTEROUS 2ODR¤GUEZ TEMPLE OF *ERUSALEM IN THE WIFE (E ADDED h,OVE HER AS SOUTHERN KINGDOM OF *UDAH THE ,ORD LOVES THE )SRAELITES

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)N 2EVELATION h"ABYLONv IS A SYMBOL OF RELIGIOUS CONFUSION OR REBELLION AGAINST THE TRUE 'OD (OW DOES 2EVELATION DESCRIBE THE CONDITION OF "ABYLON h!ND ANOTHER ANGEL FOLLOWED SAYING @"ABYLON IS FALLEN IS FALLEN THAT GREAT CITY BECAUSE SHE HAS MADE ALL NATIONS DRINK OF THE WINE OF THE WRATH OF HER FORNICATION v "ABYLON IS

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7HAT APPEAL DOES 'OD MAKE TO (IS PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN MISLED BY THE FALSE DOCTRINES OF "ABYLON THE SYMBOL OF RELIGIOUS CONFUSION h!ND ) HEARD ANOTHER VOICE FROM HEAVEN SAYING @#OME OUT OF HER MY PEOPLE LEST YOU SHARE IN HER SINS

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THE "IBLE MONTH AND STEP ON PERSONAL WITNESSING 'OOD PERSONAL TESTIMONIES CAN BE HEARD HERE FROM THOSE WHO HAVE ACCEPTED OUR ,ORD *ESUS #HRISTˆHOW (E HELPED THEM ENDURE THEIR LONG SENTENCES THAT MAY BRING SUFFERING AND DESPAIR 9ONAH 0ERLAS -UNTINLUPA 0HILIPPINES #OMMENTS ON 1UESTIONS

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4 ( % 0 , ! # % / & 0 2 !9 % 2 4HANKS FOR PRAYING FOR ME ) BELIEVE 'OD ANSWERS OUR PRAYERS AND THAT IS WHY ) REQUESTED YOU TO PRAY FOR ME 2IGHT NOW ) HAVE STARTED SEEING SOME HOPE THOUGH THE REALIZATION MAY STILL BE A BIT FAR AWAY 4HEMBO 5GANDA ) AM A FOURTH YEAR STUDENT WITH A MOUNTAIN OF lNANCIAL PROBLEMS 0LEASE PRAY FOR ME THAT THE ,ORD COULD HELP ME .IONY -ADAGASCAR ) WAS IN COURT FOR MY JUDGMENT AND LOST MY APPEAL 4HIS IS HARD FOR ME BUT ) AM NOT SHAKEN OR DISTURBED IN MY FAITHˆ'OD IS IN CONTROL AND ) BELIEVE (E ALLOWED ME TO CONTINUE PREACHING IN PRISON 0LEASE PRAY FOR ME "ERNARD :AMBIA

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