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HIGH DElNITION MOVIE ENTITLED #RE ATIONˆ4HE %ARTH )S A 7ITNESS PROJECTED ON X METER APPROXIMATELY BY FOOT PANORAMIC SCREENS 4HE lLM S HISTORY BEGAN IN AS 'ERMAN !DVENTIST PHOTOGRAPHER 3TOBER FELT THE CALL TO PRODUCE A MULTIMEDIA EVENT FOCUSING UPON THE BEAUTY OF #RE ATION AND PRESENT IT IN A WAY COMPELLING ENOUGH TO MAKE AUDIENCES THINK ABOUT THE CREATION EVOLUTION QUESTION 4HE MOVIE IS A SKILLFULLY MADE

HIGHLY ENTERTAINING MIX OF SCIENTIlC EVIDENCE FOR CREATION BREATHTAKING NATURE SCENES AND STUNNINGLY BEAUTI FUL INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC WRITTEN BY !DVENTIST COMPOSER $OMINIC "UCHNER &OR MANY VIEWERS THIS WAS THEIR lRST EXPOSURE TO CREATIONISM AND THE 'OD OF #REATION 3EVERAL HUNDRED HAVE SIGNED UP FOR FURTHER "IBLE STUDY 4HOSE WISHING TO SAMPLE SOME OF THE BEAUTIFUL SHOTS AND lLM SEQUENCES

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h4HANK YOU VERY VERY MUCH FOR THE MOVIE -Y WIFE DAUGHTER AND SEVERAL OF MY COLLEAGUES AS WELL AS THEIR WIVES

WATCHED IT WITH US YESTERDAY ) NOW HAVE A GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TO THEM ABOUT MY FAITH 7E WERE ALL THRILLED BY THE MOVIE THE ,ORD IS WORKINGˆAFTER ALL (E IS THE #REATOR v !NOTHER WROTE h(I ) SAW THE lLM IN 3CHLOSSBERG HALL IN 3TARNBERG AND WANT TO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR LETTING YOURSELVES BE USED BY THE (OLY 3PIRIT TO PRODUCE SUCH A MASTERPIECE v ˆ2EPORTED BY 3IGRUN 3CHUMACHER

!3) %UROPE NEWSLETTER EDITOR TRANSLATED AND EDITED BY #HANTAL * +LINGBEIL AND !7 3TAFF !DVENTIST #HURCH 0LANS %XPANDED 0ARTNERSHIP 7ITH 7ORLD (EALTH /RGANIZATION N 3EVENTH DAY !DVENTIST #HURCH OFlCIALS VOTED !PRIL TO ACCEPT A PROPOSAL FROM THE 7ORLD (EALTH /RGANIZATION 7(/ THAT SEEKS THE DENOMINATION S PARTNERSHIP WITH THE 5NITED .ATIONS AGENCY IN A PROGRAM TO REDUCE MATERNAL AND INFANT MORTALITY 4HE APPROVAL PAVES THE WAY FOR EXPANDING THE CHURCH S mEDGLING ALLIANCE WITH THE 7(/ IN HELPING TO IMPLEMENT PUBLIC HEALTH INITIATIVES #HURCH ADMINISTRATIVE AND HEALTH LEADERS lRST EXPLORED A COLLABORATION WITH THE 7(/ LAST SUMMER DURING A HEALTH CONFERENCE IN 'ENEVA )N /CTOBER THEY RELEASED A STATEMENT POSITIONING THE DENOMINATION TO BETTER IMPROVE GLOBAL HEALTH THROUGH PARTNERSHIPS WITH ALLIED HEALTH ORGANI ZATIONS SUCH AS THE 7(/ 4HE 7(/ PROPOSAL DISCUSSED DUR ING 3PRING -EETINGS AT WORLD CHURCH HEADQUARTERS REQUESTS THAT SELECTED !DVENTIST RUN SCHOOLS OF NURSING THAT TEACH MIDWIFERY OR OBSTETRICS SERVE AS hLABORATORIES OF CHANGE v 4HERE THE 7(/ (EALTH -INISTRIES AND CHURCH

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WILL CONCENTRATE RESOURCES TO GRADUATE HIGHLY SKILLED BIRTH ATTENDANTS SAID !LLAN (ANDYSIDES DIRECTOR OF THE WORLD CHURCH S $EPARTMENT OF (EALTH -INISTRIES !N INCREASE IN BIRTH ATTENDANTS IS EXPECTED TO CURB THE NUMBER OF MATERNAL DEATHS PER BIRTHS IN MANY !FRICAN AND !SIAN COUNTRIES WHICH STANDS AT PER

COMPARED TO PER IN 7ESTERN COUNTRIES

(ANDYSIDES SAID 4HE RATIO REPRESENTS AN ESTIMATED MILLION PREVENTABLE MATERNAL DEATHS PER YEAR HE SAID h) WANT TO STRESS TO YOU THAT THROUGH THIS PARTNERSHIP THE IMAGE AND REPUTATION OF THE !DVENTIST #HURCH MAY BE HELD UP TO THE SCRUTINY OF THE 7(/ v (ANDYSIDES TOLD THE DELEGATES (E URGED THEM NOT ONLY TO APPROVE THE PROPOSAL BUT ALSO TO COM MIT TO h PERCENT PARTICIPATIONv AND hKEEN OVERSIGHTv BY ALL LEVELS OF CHURCH ADMINISTRATION IN IMPLEMENTING THE PROJECT PARTICULARLY IN CHURCH REGIONS WHERE THE EFFORT IS CONCENTRATED

0ATRICIA *ONES ASSOCIATE HEALTH MINISTRIES DIRECTOR FOR NURSING

REITERATED (ANDYSIDES CALL FOR FULL INVOLVEMENT *ONES ALSO A PROFESSOR OF NURSING AT THE ,OMA ,INDA 5NIVERSITY 3CHOOL OF .URSING SAID THAT IF PROB LEMS IN IMPLEMENTATION ARISE THE GOAL OF THE PARTNERSHIPˆFEWER INFANT AND MATERNAL DEATHSˆWOULD SUFFER MOST $ELEGATES SEEMED LARGELY IN FAVOR OF THE PARTNERSHIP ONE CALLING IT A hVOTE OF CONlDENCEv IN THE WORK OF THE CHURCH S (EALTH -INISTRIES $EPARTMENT (OWEVER THEY ASKED THAT POTENTIAL DOWNSIDES TO THE PARTNER SHIP BE FULLY ANALYZED BEFORE THE CHURCH MOVES FORWARD h) AM RELUCTANT TO ENTER THIS PART NERSHIPˆEVEN THOUGH THE BENElTS MAY BE TREMENDOUSˆWITHOUT A THOR OUGH PLAN TO AVOID ANY RISKS THAT MAY ARISE v SAID 0AUL 2ATSARA PRESIDENT OF THE CHURCH S 3OUTHERN !FRICA )NDIAN /CEAN $IVISION 7HILE POTENTIAL RISKS CANNOT BE ELIMINATED hTHOROUGH WORK HAS AND WILL YET BE DONEv TO hMINIMIZEv THEM

SAID 0ETER ,ANDLESS ASSOCIATE (EALTH -INISTRIES DIRECTOR ,ANDLESS CALLED FOR A hCAREFUL MEASURED PACEv AS THE CHURCH PROCEEDS WITH THE PARTNERSHIP

WHICH HE ADDED hMAY SERVE AS A VERY NEEDED INJECTION OF NEW LIFE INTO SOME OF OUR HEALTH INSTITUTIONS v 4HE PARTNERSHIP IS EXPECTED TO UPGRADE THE QUALITY OF INSTRUCTION AND INCREASE THE NUMBER OF INSTRUCTORS AT THE SELECTED NURSING SCHOOLS !LSO ANTICI PATED IS A SPIKE IN ENROLLMENT BECAUSE OF STUDENTS CONTRACTED BY THE GOVERNMENT TO RETURN TO THEIR RURAL COMMUNITIES WHERE INFANT AND MATERNAL MORTALITY IS THE HIGHEST (ANDYSIDES SAID $EVELOPING AN EXTENSIVE NETWORK OF SUCH hLABORATORIES OF CHANGEv IS EXPECTED TO COST AN ESTIMATED MIL LION HE SAID h7E WERE AT lRST APPREHENSIVE ABOUT THIS BECAUSE THE COST OF SUCH A PROJECT WOULD CERTAINLY BE BEYOND OUR

CAPABILITIES v (ANDYSIDES SAID (OW EVER THE 7(/ HAS SINCE SAID THEY ARE hVERY WILLINGv TO SECURE FUNDING FOR THE INITIATIVE HE ADDED 4HE !DVENTIST #HURCH hSHOULD EMBRACE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE A PUBLIC EXPRESSION OF OUR HEALING AND SERVING VALUES AS A GLOBAL ORGANIZA TION v SAID ,OWELL #OOPER A WORLD CHURCH VICE PRESIDENT AND ,OMA ,INDA 5NIVERSITY S BOARD CHAIR ˆ2EPORTED BY %LIZABETH ,ECHLEITNER

!DVENTIST .EWS .ETWORK *AMAICA TO "ECOME 5NION #ONFERENCE

/THER MANAGEMENT RESTRUC TURES IN ,ATIN !MERICA ACCOM MODATE CHURCH GROWTH N &OUR ADMINISTRATIVE RESTRUCTURING MOVES BY THE 3EVENTH DAY !DVENTIST #HURCH IN AND AROUND #ENTRAL !MERICA HIGHLIGHT THE CHURCH S MEMBERSHIP GROWTH IN THE REGION

HOME TO NEARLY MILLION MEMBERS 4HE ACTION APPROVED !PRIL

BY THE WORLD CHURCH S %XECUTIVE #OMMITTEE CREATES NEW MANAGEMENT REGIONS IN THE #ARIBBEAN #OLOMBIA

%L 3ALVADOR (ONDURAS AND 6ENEZUELA #HURCH LEADERS SAID THE ADJUSTMENTS

REmECT THE GROWTH AND MATURITY OF THE CHURCH IN THOSE REGIONS 4HE !DVENTIST #HURCH IN THE ISLAND NATION OF *AMAICA WILL BECOME ITS OWN *AMAICA 5NION #ONFERENCE THEREBY SPLITTING THE CURRENT 7EST )NDIES 5NION #ONFERENCE *AMAICA HAS NEARLY

MEMBERS AND IS HOME TO ONE OF THE HIGHEST RATIOS OF !DVENTIST #HURCH MEMBERS TO POPULATION .EARLY OUT OF PEOPLE IN *AMAICA IS A MEMBER OF THE !DVENTIST #HURCH ONE OF THE LARGEST DENOMINATIONS ON THE ISLAND 4HE REMAINING AREAS OF THE FORMER 7EST )NDIES 5NIONˆ"AHAMAS #AY MAN )SLANDS AND THE 4URKS #AICOS )SLANDSˆWILL BECOME PART OF A NEWLY FORMED !TLANTIC #ARIBBEAN 5NION -ISSION WITH ABOUT MEMBERS ! UNION IS MADE UP OF SEVERAL LOCAL ADMINISTRATIVE lELDS ! UNION WITH THE hCONFERENCEv DESIGNATION IS lNANCIALLY SELF SUPPORTING WHILE A UNION WITH A hMISSIONv STATUS IS STILL RELIANT ON ITS PARENT MANAGEMENT STRUCTURE A hDIVI SION v FOR SUPPORT AND OVERSIGHT 4HE COMMITTEE ACTION ALSO DOUBLES THE ADMINISTRATIVE STRUCTURE FOR #OLOMBIA !DVENTIST CHURCHES IN THE 3OUTH !MERICAN NATION ARE CURRENTLY MANAGED BY ONE UNION CONFERENCE FOR #ONTINUED NEXT PAGE

-!+).' #(!.'%3 'ENERAL #ONFERENCE ASSOCIATE SECRETARY !GUSTIN 'ALICIA PROPOSES ADMINISTRATIVE CHANGES IN THE #ARIBBEAN AND #ENTRAL !MERICA 4HE )NTER !MERICAN $IVISION REQUIRED lNAL APPROVAL FROM THE WORLD CHURCH S %XECUTIVE #OMMITTEE BEFORE RESTRUCTURING MANAGEMENT IN FOUR OF ITS UNIONS

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SOME MEMBERS 4HE NEWLY CREATED .ORTH #OLOMBIAN #ONFERENCE AND 3OUTH #OLOMBIAN 5NION -ISSION WILL SOON SHARE THESE DUTIES !LSO A NEWLY FORMED %AST 6ENEZUELA 5NION -ISSION WILL BE ADDED REPLACING AN EASTERN SECTION OF THE 6ENEZUELA !NTILLES 5NION -ISSION

WHICH NOW SERVES MEMBERS )N ADDITION THE COUNTRIES OF (ON DURAS AND %L 3ALVADOR NOW OPERATED

BY THE -ID #ENTRAL !MERICAN 5NION -ISSION WILL EACH HAVE THEIR OWN UNION MISSIONS (ONDURAS CURRENTLY HAS ABOUT MEMBERS WHILE %L 3ALVADOR HAS ABOUT

4HE MOVE AFFECTING (ONDURAS AND %L 3ALVADOR TAKES EFFECT *ANUARY

4HE OTHER CHANGES WILL GO INTO EFFECT FOL LOWING THIS SUMMER S !DVENTIST #HURCH lFTY NINTH 'ENERAL #ONFERENCE SESSION IN !TLANTA 'EORGIA 5NITED 3TATES h7E WANT TO MAKE THESE CHANGES IN RECOGNITION OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE MISSION OF THE CHURCH IN THOSE TERRITO RIES v SAID !GUSTIN 'ALICIA AN ASSOCIATE SECRETARY OF THE !DVENTIST WORLD CHURCH h4AKE 6ENEZUELA THEY HAD lVE LOCAL lELDS WHEN THEY REORGANIZED THE TERRITORY IN v 'ALICIA SAID h.OW THERE ARE v /NCE THE CHANGES ARE IMPLE MENTED THE CHURCH S )NTER !MERICAN $IVISION WILL COMPRISE OF UNIONS

THE MOST OF ANY OF THE CHURCH S WORLD DIVISIONS ˆ2EPORTED BY !NSEL /LIVER

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*OHN !RTHUR OF %NGLAND HAS RECENTLY MADE HIS lFTY lRST VISIT TO THE NATION

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ITS CAPITAL 4IRANA AND RURAL AREAS h4HE CAPITAL CITY 4IRANA IS LIKE A MINI $UBAI WITH BUILDINGS SHOOTING UP AT A PHENOMENAL RATE v !RTHUR REPORTED h/UT IN THE RURAL VILLAGES HOWEVER THE SITUATION IS STILL THE SAME )T S LIKE MOV ING BACKWARDS INTO THE 6ICTORIAN ERA v !RTHUR CONTINUES h4HIS IS WHERE !$2! IS MAKING ITS MARK &ORTY SCHOOL BUILDINGS AND HEALTH CLINICS HAVE BEEN RECONSTRUCTED DURING THE PAST YEARS MAINLY UNDER THE LEADER SHIP OF ,AMAR 0HILLIPS THE CURRENT NATIONAL DIRECTOR OF THE !DVENTIST $EVELOPMENT AND 2ELIEF !GENCY !$2! 6OLUNTEERS FROM MANY COUN TRIES HAVE ALSO PLAYED AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN THIS MODERNIZATION PROGRAM v ! HEALTH CENTER ON !$2! S COMPOUND IN +OMBINATˆONE OF THE MORE DEPRIVED AREAS OF 4IRANAˆWAS OPENED BY ,IRI "ERISHA DIRECTOR OF THE !LBANIAN #HILDREN S &OUNDATION AND WIFE OF THE PRIME MINISTER 4HIS EVENT WAS COVERED IN THE MAIN NEWS BULLETIN OF 4/0 #HANNELˆ!LBANIA S MOST POPULAR 46 STATION !N ESTIMATED 3EVENTH DAY !DVENTIST #HURCH MEMBERS AND FRIENDS FROM ALL PARTS OF THE COUNTRY ASSEMBLED FOR AN !$2! 2ALLY AT THE CENTRAL CHURCH ON -ARCH 2ETIRED ""# 46 JOURNALIST "ILL (AMILTON GAVE AN INSPIRING TALK ENTITLED h,OVE OF 'OD v BASED ON 2OMANS !RTHUR PRESENTED LECTURES ENTITLED h#ELEBRAT ING !LBANIA S 0ROGRESSv AND h!N %VEN "ETTER $AY )S #OMING v 4HE PURPOSE OF THE VISIT WAS TO TRY TO RESOLVE SOME ISSUES RELATING TO !$2! S HECTARE SITE IN 4IRANA

WHICH WAS MADE AVAILABLE TO THE AGEN CY ON A YEAR LEASE IN 3EVERAL KEY PLAYERS WERE CONTACTED INCLUDING THE PRIME MINISTER 3ALI "ERISHA !

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,EADERS %6!.'%,)3- ,%!$%2 !DVENTIST EVANGELIST -ARK &INLEY DURING THE 3PRING -EETING OF CHURCH LEADERS IN 3ILVER 3PRING -ARYLAND 5NITED 3TATES &INLEY SPOKE ON ISSUES SURROUNDING EVANGELISM DURING A TWO DAY #OUNCIL ON %VANGELISM AND 7ITNESS GATHERING

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NOT AN EVENT 3EVENTH DAY !DVENTIST WORLD CHURCH LEADERS SAID DURING A RECENT REVIEW OF GLOBAL OUTREACH EFFORTS 7HILE TRADITIONAL CHURCH OUTREACH OFTEN INVOLVED WEEKLONG PREACH ING EVENTS WITH LITTLE FOLLOW UP

PUBLIC EVANGELISM S EFFECTIVENESS TODAY DEPENDS ON COMMITTED INVOLVED LOCAL CHURCH MEMBERS WHO WILL BEFRIEND AND DISCIPLE NEW BELIEVERS DELEGATES OF THE LAST #OUNCIL ON %VANGELISM AND 7ITNESS #%7 MEETING BEFORE THE lFTY NINTH 'ENERAL #ONFERENCE SESSION SAID #HURCH PASTORS EVANGELISTS AND OTHER LEADERS SHOULD FOSTER A hCULTURE OF INVOLVEMENTv AMONG MEMBERS

-ICHAEL , 2YAN A WORLD CHURCH VICE PRESIDENT TOLD DELEGATES GATHERED AT WORLD CHURCH HEADQUARTERS FOR THE !PRIL

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h)T S EASY TO MAKE BUDGET APPROPRIATIONS HIRE AN EVANGELIST AND ARRANGE A MEETING BUT WHAT WOULD WE DO IF WE DIDN T HAVE A CENT TO SPEND ON EVANGELISM v EVANGELIST "OB &OLKENBERG *R WHO IS ALSO PRESIDENT OF THE 5PPER #OLUMBIA #ONFERENCE

ASKED THE DELEGATES ADDING THAT LAYPEOPLEˆhACTIVE MEMBERS WITH A LIFESTYLE OF EVANGELISMvˆARE THE ANSWER hWHETHER YOU RE IN -ANILA OR -ANHATTAN v %VANGELIST "RUCE "AUER REMINDED THE DELEGATES TO KEEP *ESUS STYLE OF OUTREACH IN THE .EW 4ESTAMENT IN MINDˆMEETING NEEDS AND BUILDING TRUST BEFORE SHARING BELIEFS "AUER ALSO DISMISSED THE CONCEPT OF A ONE SIZE lTS ALL APPROACH TO EVANGELISM h.O ONE OUTREACH EFFORT IS GOING TO REACH EVERYONE v HE SAID ADDING THAT OUTREACH SHOULD NOT BE DONE HAPHAZARDLY BUT WITH DEMOGRAPHIC RESEARCH IN MIND ,ATER

2YAN REITERATED THE POINT CALLING FOR hCONTEXTUALIZED OUTREACH v

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LARGELY AS A RESULT OF hDELIBERATE EVANGELISM v SUCH AS CHURCH GROUPS MEETING AT THE CITY S MAJOR METRO STATIONS &INLEY SAID $URING A QUESTION AND ANSWER PERIOD DIVIDING THE MORNING AND AFTERNOON SESSIONS *AIRYONG ,EE

PRESIDENT OF THE CHURCH S .ORTHERN !SIA 0ACIlC $IVISION APPLAUDED THE EMPHASIS ON LAY EVANGELISM BUT SAID PRACTICAL IDEAS ON HOW BEST TO MOTIVATE A CONGREGATION WERE NEEDED h/FTEN WE JUST TELL OUR MEMBERS

@'O OUT AND GET INVOLVED BUT WE RARELY RECOGNIZE THEIR WORK ) THINK IF WE DID IT WOULD ENCOURAGE THEM TO CONTINUE TO EVANGELIZE v ,EE SAID !LSO NEEDED IS A CHANGE IN hCHURCH

CULTURE v SAID "ERTIL 7IKLANDER PRESI DENT FOR THE CHURCH S 4RANS %UROPEAN $IVISION h4HERE IS SOMETHING VERY mAWED ABOUT A CHURCH WHERE MEMBERS JUST ATTEND MEETINGS LISTEN TO SERMONS

AND GIVE TITHES AND OFFERINGS v HE SAID ADDING THAT SOME CHURCHES STRESS INTELLECTUALISM OVER SPIRITUAL ITY DOCTRINE OVER RELATIONSHIPS AND HAVE GROWN hTOO HOLY v EMPHASIZING hEXCLUSIVENESS AT THE EXPENSE OF COMPASSION v 7HILE SOME CHURCH LEADERS SPECU LATE THAT REGIONS SUCH AS 4RANS %UROPE ARE NOT RECEPTIVE TO TRADITIONAL OUT REACH 3OUTH 0ACIlC $IVISION LEADERS "ARRY /LIVER AND 'ARY 7EBSTER SAID EVEN SO CALLED hPOSTMODERNv CULTURES CAN BE REACHED THROUGH PUBLIC EVANGELISM 4HE CHURCH RUN )NSTITUTE FOR 0UB LIC %VANGELISM TRAINS AND MENTORS YOUNG EVANGELISTS THEN PLACES THEM IN AREAS WITH LITTLE STRONG LEADERSHIP )N SOME REGIONS CHURCH MEMBERSHIP HAS TRIPLED AS A RESULT AN INSTITUTE REPORT SAID 3OUTH !MERICAN $IVISION PRESI DENT %RTON +šHLER SHARED HIS AREA S EMPHASIS ON LARGE SCALE EVANGELISM PROJECTS DESIGNED TO UNIFY MEMBERS AND MOTIVATE ONGOING EVANGELISM +šHLER SAID THE DIVISION S MOST SUCCESSFUL PROJECTS ARE hSIMPLE AND RELEVANT v SUCH AS A CURRENT EFFORT TO ENCOURAGE 3ABBATHKEEPING

BY EMPHASIZING THAT PEOPLE ARE HARDWIRED FOR A WEEKLY BREAK FROM EVERYDAY STRESS ,ATER DELEGATES HEARD A REPORT FROM "ULGARIA 4HERE A #%7 FUNDED PROJECT IS RAISING AWARENESS AGAINST CHILD MARRIAGE AMONG THE COUNTRY S LARGE -USLIM 2OMA COMMUNITY

WHERE CHILDREN ARE REGULARLY FORCED INTO ARRANGED MARRIAGES BY AGE OR

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AND TRAINING HOLDS WITH MINISTRY OF THE 7ORD PREACHING TEACHING BAPTIZING

AND DISCIPLING 4HUS HEALTH CARE AND OTHER SERVICE BASED PROGRAMS ARE SEEN AS INSTRUMENTAL OR SECONDARY TO THE MAIN WORK OF THE CHURCHˆTHAT OF PROCLAIM ING THE GOSPEL AND PREPARING PEOPLE FOR THE SOON COMING OF *ESUS #HRIST 4HESE TERMS CAN CREATE A CARICATURE THAT ROBS #HRISTIAN WITNESS OF WHOLE NESS ESPECIALLY IF THEY RESULT IN RANKING

THE VALUE AND PRIORITY OF DIFFERENT FORMS OF MINISTRY 4HE LANGUAGE OF PRIORITY QUICKLY TENDS TO IMPLY THAT ALL ELSE IS SECONDARY AT BEST ! DIFFERENT PICTURE IS SEEN WHEN THE MINISTRY OF THE HAND AND THE MINISTRY OF THE 7ORD BOTH ORIGINATE AS A MINISTRY OF THE HEART )T WAS SO IN THE LIFE OF *ESUS )T WAS SO IN THE PROPHETIC THEMES OF THE /LD 4ESTAMENT 4HE PROPHET *EREMIAH CONTRASTS THE UNGODLY AND WICKED KING *EHOAHAZ WITH HIS ILLUSTRIOUS FATHER *OSIAH /F *OSIAH HE WRITES h@$ID NOT YOUR FATHER HAVE FOOD AND DRINK (E DID WHAT WAS RIGHT AND JUST SO ALL WENT WELL WITH HIM (E DEFENDED THE CAUSE OF THE POOR AND NEEDY AND SO ALL WENT WELL )S THAT NOT WHAT IT MEANS TO KNOW ME DECLARES THE ,ORD v +NOWLEDGE OF 'OD IS HERE INSEPARABLE FROM SERVING THE

NEEDS OF INDIVIDUALS 4HE OVERWHELMING PICTURE THAT EMERGES FROM THE .EW 4ESTAMENT 'OSPELS IS THAT *ESUS WAS DEEPLY INTER ESTED IN EVERY ASPECT OF HUMAN LIFE (IS MINISTRY EMBRACED AND ADDRESSED ALL OF HUMAN EXPERIENCE THOUGHTS

RELATIONSHIPS DISEASE POVERTY

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WORSHIP MOTIVES LAWSUITS PROPERTY

HOPES FEARS AND FAILURES 7HATEVER ELSE CAN BE SAID ABOUT HIS ROLE IN HIS TORY AND IN SALVATION (E VALUED THE LEAST THE LOST AND THE LOWEST 4HE CONTRAST BETWEEN *ESUS AND THE CROWD BETWEEN *ESUS AND (IS DISCIPLES

IS HIGHLIGHTED IN THE STORY ABOUT THE HEALING OF BLIND "ARTIMAEUS 4HIS IS THE SECOND TO LAST HEALING MIRACLE RECORDED IN THE 'OSPELS )T OCCURS WHEN *ESUS AND (IS DISCIPLES ARE ON THEIR WAY TO *ERUSA LEM (IS MINISTRY IS COMING TO A CLIMAX !LL THE STRANDS OF (IS TEACHING THE GREAT FOCUS OF PROPHECY ARE ABOUT TO BE REVEALED "IG THINGS ARE AT STAKE 9ET THE -ASTER STOPS FOR A ROADSIDE MINISTRY THAT WOULD REALLY MAKE NO DIFFERENCE TO THE GREAT END (E HAD IN VIEW 4HE CROWDS THAT FOLLOWED *ESUS

EVEN (IS DISCIPLES HAD BUILT A WALL OF DISTINCTION BETWEEN RELIGION AND RELIEF -ANY OF THE BURNING ISSUES OF THE DAY WERE THEOLOGICAL 7HO IS THE #HRIST (AVE YOU KEPT THE 3ABBATH (OW DID YOU CALCULATE YOUR TITHE !ND THE CRY ING NEED OF HUMANITY WAS RELEGATED TO THE PERIPHERY OF LIFE *ESUS SHOWS THAT THEOLOGY AND SERVICE BELONG TOGETHER !NY ATTEMPT TO SEGREGATE THE TWO DIMINISHES BOTH *ESUS RESPONSE TO THE CRY OF "ARTI MAEUS SHOWS THAT POVERTY SUFFERING

UNEMPLOYMENT SICKNESS AND HUNGER ARE ALSO RELIGIOUS QUESTIONS FOR ALL HUMAN NEED IS (IS BUSINESS AND ALL ARE CREATED IN (IS IMAGE 4HE GOSPEL COMMISSION RECORDED IN -ATTHEW IS WIDELY REGARDED AS THE FOUNDATION FOR OUR MISSION IN

THIS WORLD *ESUS TEACHING REGARDING SERVICE SEE -ATT ENLARGES THE FRAMEWORK FROM WHICH #HRISTIANS ARE TO VIEW THEIR SERVICE TO 'OD *ESUS MAKES IT CLEAR THAT SERVICE TO THOSE IN NEED IS SERVICE TO (IM %LLEN 7HITE PROVIDED MUCH IN THE WAY OF VISION FOR 3EVENTH DAY !DVENTIST #HURCH ENGAGEMENT IN HEALTH EDUCATION HEALING AND PRACTICAL SERVICE 3HE POINTED TO *ESUS AS THE MODEL TO FOLLOW h#HRIST STANDS BEFORE US AS THE PATTERN -AN THE GREAT -EDICAL -ISSIONARYˆAN EXAMPLE FOR ALL WHO SHOULD COME AFTER (IS LOVE

PURE AND HOLY BLESSED ALL WHO CAME WITHIN THE SPHERE OF ITS INmUENCEx 7HAT THEN IS THE EXAMPLE THAT WE ARE TO SET TO THE WORLD 7E ARE TO DO THE SAME WORK THAT THE GREAT -EDICAL -ISSIONARY UNDERTOOK IN OUR BEHALF v 3EVENTH DAY !DVENTISTS ARE ENGAGED IN HEALTH EDUCATION AND HEALTH CARE IN DISASTER RELIEF AND DEVELOPMENT BECAUSE THESE ACTIVITIES REmECT THE MINISTRY OF *ESUS (E WANTED PEOPLE TO EXPERIENCE THE FULLNESS OF 'OD S WILL FOR THEM (E MINISTERED TO THEM AT THE POINT OF THEIR PRESSING NEED (IS INTEREST IN THEM ENCOMPASSED THEIR PHYSICAL AND SPIRITUAL NEEDS YET (E DID NOT HEAL THEM AS A PRETEXT FOR GAINING THEIR DISCIPLESHIP -INISTRY TO OTHERS WHATEVER THAT SPECIlC MINISTRY MAY BE CAN BE USED BY 'OD TO AWAKEN NEW HUNGERS IN THE SOUL 4HE GOSPEL MESSAGE MUST BE SEEN IN ITS WHOLENESS %VERY ASPECT OF LIFE IS ADDRESSED %VERY MINISTRY THAT ADDS QUALITY AND DEPTH TO LIFE lNDS ITS PLACE WITHIN THE WILL AND PURPOSES OF 'OD .O MINISTRY SHOULD BE JUDGED INFER IOR OR INCOMPLETE SIMPLY BECAUSE IT DOES NOT YIELD VISIBLE COMMITMENT TO 'OD AND (IS WORK ON THE EARTH )NORDINATE ATTENTION TO MEASURES OF SUCCESS THAT IS

BAPTISMS CAN LEAD TO A PREOCCUPATION WITH SHORT TERM GOALS AND THE hSUCCESSv OF PROGRAMMING RATHER THAN THE QUALITY OF SERVICE IN THE NAME OF *ESUS

h$ISINTERESTEDv SERVICE IS MINISTRY THAT SEEKS TO ADDRESS A PERSON S PRESENT NEEDS WITHOUT REQUIRING THAT SERVICE TO BE A DISGUISE FOR ANOTHER AGENDA 3ERVING THE WORLD IN THE NAME OF *ESUS INVOLVES A MULTIFACETED ARRAY OF MINISTRIES /NE FORM OF MINISTRY MAY TOUCH A CERTAIN FACET OF LIFE WHILE ANOTHER FORM OF MINISTRY ADDRESSES A WHOLLY DIFFERENT ASPECT %ACH MINISTRY HAS ITS PART %ACH SHOULD BE EVALUATED BY THE DEGREE IT REPRESENTS A TRUE REmECTION OF THE HEART OF *ESUS %VANGELISM ALONE CANNOT RELEASE US FROM OBEDIENCE TO THE "IBLE S TEACHING ABOUT OUR SOCIAL RESPONSIBIL ITY IN THE WORLD 3OCIAL SERVICE ALONE CANNOT CARRY THE WEIGHT OF OUR OBLIGA TION TO EVANGELIZE 4HE GOSPEL IS FOR THE WHOLE PERSON 5LTIMATELY IT TAKES THE WHOLE CHURCH TO GIVE THE WHOLE GOSPEL TO THE WHOLE WORLD 0RACTICAL -INISTRY

4HOSE WHO PERFORM HEALING MINISTRY AND THOSE WHO WORK IN COM MUNITY DEVELOPMENT HAVE ENORMOUS OPPORTUNITIES TO SERVE IN THE NAME OF *ESUS AND THUS SET PEOPLE ON PATHWAYS TO A BETTER LIFEˆEVEN PATHWAYS THAT LEAD TO DISCIPLESHIP 4HE MINISTRY ITSELF IS A NECESSARY PART OF #HRISTIAN SERVICE IN THIS WORLD 4HE MEASURE OF ITS EFFECTIVENESS MUST BE VIEWED FROM MULTIPLE PERSPECTIVES

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"ERMUDA ENJOYS THE THIRD HIGHEST PER CAPITA INCOME IN THE WORLD DUE IN PART TO ITS OTHER PRIMARY SOURCE OF INCOME INTERNATIONAL lNANCIAL SERVIC ES ! NUMBER OF INSURANCE COMPANIES HAVE RELOCATED TO THE ISLAND FROM THE 5NITED 3TATES FOLLOWING THE TERRORIST ATTACKS OF 3EPTEMBER

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THAT DOES NOT REQUIRE RAW MATERIALS 7E CAN CREATE IN OUR MINDS /UR IMAGINATION IS NOT RESTRICTED BY THE LIMITATIONS THAT COME WITH THE NEED FOR MATERIALS 7E CAN IMAGINE ANYTHING EVEN THINGS THAT WE COULD NEVER ACTUALLY BUILD 0ERHAPS IN THIS WAY WE ARE CLOSEST TO THE IMAGE OF 'OD -ORE 4HAN )NTELLECTUAL

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PRESIDENT OF THE 3EVENTH DAY !DVENTIST #HURCH OFFERS A PRAYER OF DEDICATION AFTER EDITOR 7ILLIAM ' *OHNSSON UNVEILS THE COVER OF THE lRST ISSUE OF !D VENTIST 7ORLD TO THOSE ATTENDING THE 'ENERAL #ONFERENCE SESSION "ELOW 0,!..).'

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COMMUNICATION 02 AND RELIGIOUS LIBERTY DIRECTOR FOR THE #ENTRAL !FRICAN 5NION -ISSION IN #AMEROON "AKARI WENT TO +ELO 2EPUBLIC OF #HAD TO CON DUCT AN EVANGELISTIC CAMPAIGN IN !PRIL (E CARRIED HUNDREDS OF COPIES OF THE MAGAZINE TO DISTRIBUTE TO hTHE MOST DESERVING PARTICIPANTS THOSE WHO WERE PRESENT DAY AFTER DAY DURING THE lRST WEEK AND LAST WEEK v EXPLAINS "AKARI 4HE PLACE IS RENOWNED FOR BEING HOSTILE TOWARD THE !DVENTIST MESSAGE BECAUSE OF A STRONG ESTABLISHED 0ROTESTANT COMMUNITY "UT WHEN THE ATTENDEES RECEIVED THEIR COPIES OF !DVENTIST 7ORLD

THEY WERE IMPRESSED h4HE QUALITY OF THE MAGAZINE ATTRACTED THEIR ATTENTION v "AKARI SAYS hAND THE NEGATIVE IMAGE OF A POOR !DVENTIST #HURCH VANISHED AND GAVE WAY TO QUESTIONS v 4HE READERS DISCOVERED A TOTALLY DIFFERENT CHURCH 4HEY WERE AMAZED

ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY READ THE COVER STORY h4HE "OUNTY AND THE "IBLE v BY (ERBERT &ORD AND 7ILONA +ARIMABADI *ANUARY !T THE END OF THE EVANGELISTIC SERIES PEOPLE WERE BAPTIZED AND MORE THAN ENROLLED FOR DEEPER "IBLE STUDIES "UT WAITˆTHERE S MORE )N !UGUST THE &- RADIO STATION 2ADIO h)L %ST ›CRITv BROADCASTING IN 9AOUNDE

#AMEROON ORGANIZED A VISIT TO THE #ENTRAL 0RISON OF +ONDENGUI ONE OF THE BIGGEST PRISONS IN THE COUNTRY "AKARI AND A GROUP OF !DVENTISTS BROUGHT AND DISTRIBUTED TO PRISONERS COPIES OF !DVENTIST 7ORLD ALONG WITH SOME FOOD STUFF AND CLOTHES 3OME OF THEM WROTE LATER TO THANK THE !DVENTISTS AND ASK THEM TO ORGANIZE A PRAYER GROUP INSIDE THE PRISON 3AYS "AKARI h!ND BEFORE WE EVEN RESPONDED TO THEM THEY STARTED v 4HE PRAYER GROUP HAS CONTINUED TO MEET h)N SOME PLACES WE LACK EVANGELIS TIC MATERIALS AND !DVENTIST 7ORLD HAS TURNED OUT TO BE THE MAIN RESOURCE WE HAVE FOR BOTH OUTREACH AND IN REACH v "AKARI SUMS UP h!T lRST WE DIDN T KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH THE MAGAZINES AND THEY WERE PACKED

SOMEWHERE UNUSED "UT ONCE OUR MEMBERS REALIZED HOW POWERFUL THEY WERE WE HARDLY HAVE THEM AT THE 5NION OFlCE FOR MORE THAN A WEEK !S SOON AS THEY ARRIVE PEOPLE TAKE THEM v -EMBERS ARE TAKING THE LEAD WHEN IT COMES TO SHARING !DVENTIST 7ORLD 7RITES !DA &RECH FROM .ICARAGUA h) ENJOY READING THE MAGAZINE ESPECIALLY THE COVER STORY BY *AMES 2 .IX ENTI TLED @! 5NIQUE 0ROPHETIC -OVEMENT *UNE ) AM A PASSIONATE READER OF THIS MAGAZINE AND ) DO MY MIS SIONARY WORKˆGIVING THE MAGAZINE TO PEOPLE IN BUSES MALLS BANKS ETC v 3OWING 3EEDS 'ROWING 2OOTS

4HE POTENTIAL EVANGELISTIC IMPACT OF !DVENTIST 7ORLD MAGAZINE WAS NOWHERE IN VIEW WHEN THE PROJECT WAS lRST CON CEIVED IN EARLY 3PARKED BY AN IDEA FROM !DVENTIST 2EVIEW ASSOCIATE EDITOR 2OY !DAMS AND OTHERS 'ENERAL #ONFER ENCE PRESIDENT *AN 0AULSEN URGED THEN !DVENTIST 2EVIEW SENIOR EDITOR 7ILLIAM ' *OHNSSON TO CONSIDER DRAMATICALLY EXPANDING THE REACH OF THAT MAGAZINE TO INCLUDE REGIONS AND PEOPLE GROUPS NOT BEING SERVED BY THE 2EVIEW S 7ORLD EDITION AN EDITION PRINTED THE SECOND WEEK OF EACH MONTH AS PART OF THE JOURNAL S FOUR WEEKLY EDITIONS 7ITHIN WEEKS AN INITIAL PROPOSAL WAS ON THE PRESIDENT S DESK SKETCHING A PLAN TO PRINT NEARLY MILLION COPIES A MONTH OF THE JOURNAL PRIMARILY IN %NGLISH WITH A SMALLER PRINT RUN IN +OREAN !S THE PLAN EVOLVED DURING

PRINT PARTNERS WERE IDENTIlED FUNDING SOURCES WERE RECRUITED AND STAFF MEMBERS BEGAN FASHIONING PLANS FOR CONTENT THAT MET THE NEEDS OF THE LARGE AND DIVERSE WORLDWIDE !DVENTIST FAMILY "Y EARLY IT BECAME APPARENT THAT AN ENTIRELY NEW JOURNAL

NOW NAMED !DVENTIST 7ORLD WOULD

+IMBERLY ,USTE -ARAN IS AN ASSISTANT EDITOR OF !D VENTIST 7ORLD MAGAZINE *UNE \ !DVENTIST 7ORLD

# /6 % 2 3 4 / 29 EMERGE AND IN *UNE AT THE 3T ,OUIS 'ENERAL #ONFERENCE SESSION *OHNSSON INTRODUCED !DVENTIST 7ORLD TO 0AULSEN AS THOUSANDS GATHERED IN THE %DWARD *ONES $OME $ESIGN PLANS AND DISTRIBU TION ARRANGEMENTS MOVED AT A FEVERISH PACE TO MEET THE 3EPTEMBER

ROLLOUT DATE FOR !DVENTIST 7ORLD 4HE lRST EDITION TOLD OF h4HE 5NDERGROUND #HURCHvˆSTORIES OF !DVENTIST BELIEVERS MEETING UNDER DIFlCULT CIRCUMSTANCES

OFTEN IN SECRET AROUND THE GLOBE 5NDER EDITOR "ILL +NOTT !DVENTIST 7ORLD MOVED IN TO PRINT EDITIONS IN 3PANISH 0ORTUGUESE AND &RENCH

AND DISTRIBUTION IN MANY MORE WORLD REGIONS ! "AHASA )NDONESIAN EDITION ALSO APPEARED FOLLOWED BY A 2USSIAN EDITION ONLINE ONLY IN AND A 'ERMAN EDITION IN *ANUARY !DVENTIST 7ORLD IS NOW THE MOST WIDELY DISTRIBUTED MAGAZINE IN THE CHURCH S YEAR HISTORY AND ONE OF THE LARGEST #HRISTIAN PERIODICALS IN THE WORLD 7ITH "RANCHES 2EACHING !ROUND THE 'LOBE

/NE OF THE MOST COMMON BUZZ WORDS OF OUR TIME IS hGLOBAL v )F YOU WONDER WHAT hGLOBALv MEANS CONSIDER THE SPAN OF THIS MAGAZINE !LTHOUGH !DVENTIST 7ORLD IS REG ISTERED AND lNANCED BY THE !DVENTIST #HURCH IN +OREA ITS MANAGEMENT AND EDITORIAL TEAMS ARE LOCATED BOTH AT THE 'ENERAL #ONFERENCE IN -ARYLAND

5NITED 3TATES AND IN +OREA 4HESE TEAMS MAKE SURE THAT EVERY MONTH ONE

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AND A HALF MILLION COPIES ARE PRINTED IN SEVEN LANGUAGES IN EIGHT COUNTRIES SIMULTANEOUSLY TO BE DISTRIBUTED TO COUNTRIES FROM 'AMBIA 7EST !FRICA TO -ONGOLIA !SIA AND FROM !RUBA #ARIBBEAN TO :IMBABWE 3OUTHERN !FRICA 4HAT S A LOT OF PAPER TRAVELING ALL AROUND THE WORLDˆIN TRUCKS ON BOATS PLANES AND BUSES ON MOTORCYCLES AND BICYCLES )N FACT

JUST THE PRINT RUN COMING OUT OF OUR PRESSES IN (AGERSTOWN -ARYLAND

REPRESENTS TONS OF PAPER 4HAT S FOUR TRAILER LOADSˆEVERY MONTH "UT THAT S NOT ALL 4HE JOURNAL S PRESENCE ON THE )NTERNET HAS mOUR ISHED !DVENTIST 7ORLD APPEARS IN LANGUAGES ON THE 7EB INCLUDING #HINESE +OREAN !RABIC 2USSIAN

5RDU 6IETNAMESE AND MORE )N ORDER TO ACCOMPLISH THIS !DVENTIST 7ORLD WORKS WITH TRANSLATORS PLUS AS MANY PROOFREADERS SCATTERED AROUND THE GLOBEˆFROM 'RAZ !USTRIA TO ,AHORE 0AKISTAN FROM 4ATUI "RAZIL TO "EIRUT ,EBANON 4HEIR WORK HOWEVER WOULD NOT MAKE A SIGNIlCANT IMPACT GLOBALLY IF IT WEREN T FOR THE lVE 7EBMASTERS IN THE 0HILIPPINES AND THE 5NITED 3TATES WHO UPLOAD THE MATERIAL ON TWO SERVERS LOCATED IN 5TAH AND -ICHIGAN

5NITED 3TATES 4HAT S THE MEANING OF hGLOBAL v /F COURSE !DVENTIST 7ORLD IS NOT THE ONLY CHURCH MINISTRY TO HAVE GONE GLOBAL !DVENTIST 7ORLD 2ADIO IS GLOB AL (OPE #HANNEL IS GLOBAL AND BOTH

-AGAZINES OFTEN GIVE THEIR CIRCULATION NOT JUST IN HARD COPIES

BUT AS TO THE NUMBER OF hTOUCHES v )N OTHER WORDS A MAGAZINE IS BOUGHT BY SOMEONE WHO THEN SHARES IT WITH THEIR MOTHER

DAUGHTER NEIGHBOR ETC SO THAT ONE MAGAZINE IS OFTEN READ BY FOUR OR MORE PEOPLE !

CIRCULATION OF COULD BE BUMPED TO SIMPLY BY CALCULATING TOUCHES !DVENTIST 7ORLD IS NO DIFFERENT 0ARTICULARLY IN !FRICA WE HEAR THAT THERE ARE A MINIMUM OF hTOUCHES v 4HAT MEANS THAT PRINTED COPIES OF !DVENTIST 7ORLD MAY BE REACHING MILLION PEOPLE GLOBALLY 4HE MAGAZINE IS SO SUCCESSFUL IT IS SEEN IN HOMES OF !DVENTISTS AND NON !DVENTISTS ALIKE IN HOTELS DOCTORS OFlCES MARKETPLACES AND MORE

!DVENTIST 7ORLD

!DVENTIST 7ORLD \ *UNE

ARE EXPANDING THEIR PRESENCE AROUND THE PLANET 4HE MAGAZINE WORKS CLOSELY WITH THESE PARTNER MINISTRIES ENJOYING A SYNERGY NOT POSSIBLE OTHERWISE )T WORKS WITH !72 TO PROMOTE OUR 7EB SITE IN 6IETNAM OVER THE AIRWAVES !DVENTIST 7ORLD ADVERTISES ITS 7EB SITES ON (OPE #HANNEL TO ATTRACT VIEWERS TO READ THE MAGAZINE ONLINE IN THEIR OWN LANGUAGE &OR THE lRST TIME IN HISTORY THIS PERIODICAL HAS THE MEANS AND THE TOOLS TO ACHIEVE A GLOBAL AWARENESS )T CAN BE SEEN AND READ POTENTIALLY BY ALMOST BILLION PEOPLE !DVENTIST 7ORLD IS COMMITTED TO LEVERAGING ITS RESOURCES TO HAVE A GLOBAL IMPACTˆBRANCHING OUT AND SPREADING THE GOSPEL MESSAGE TO ALL THE WORLD 0RAYERS AND ,ETTERS &ALL ,IKE ,EAVES

4HE FRUITS OF THIS GLOBAL ENDEAVOR ARE GLIMPSED IN THE SCORES OF LETTERS AND PRAYER REQUESTS THAT RAIN DOWN LIKE LEAVES EACH MONTH /FTEN READERS WILL WRITE THAT THEY ARE PRAYING FOR A CERTAIN PERSON OR THAT THEY VE BEEN MOVED BY A PARTICULAR ARTICLE 3UCH WAS THE CASE FOR (ULDA -AMANI FROM "RAZIL WHO WRITES h) ALWAYS ANXIOUSLY WAIT FOR THE NEXT ISSUE OF !DVENTIST 7ORLD AND THE lRST THING ) DO IS TO LOOK FOR THE MISSIONARY STORIES 4O READ THESE STORIES MOVES ME VERY MUCH AND TEARS ROLL OVER MY FACE WHILE SEEING 'OD S POWER WORKING IN THE LIFE OF OTHER PEOPLE v 3HE EXPLAINS HOW THE /CTOBER ARTICLE h.O &AULT OF 4HEIR /WN v BY ,OREN 3EIBOLD PROMPTED HER TO THINK ABOUT HOW TO HELP THE TYPE OF PEOPLE MENTIONED IN THE ARTICLE !CCORDING TO -AMANI SHE IS hWAITING FOR 'OD S CALL TO DO A SIMILAR WORK AND STORIES LIKE THIS AND OTHERS lLL MY SOUL WITH THE ZEAL OF WORKING FOR OTHERS v /THER IMPRESSIONS HAVE GROWN OVER TIME 7RITES 'RETA !NSOMBE FROM 7ATFORD %NGLAND h&OR A LONG TIME ) HAVE HAD THE INTENTION OF WRITING TO THANK -ARK &INLEY FOR THE "IBLE STUDIES THAT HE PREPARES FOR THE !DVENTIST 7ORLD

7HAT S

)NS DE 4HEY HAVE BEEN IMMENSELY HELPFUL TO ME AND OF GREAT BENElT FOR MY FATHER

WHO RECENTLY DIED AT THE AGE OF h)N THE LAST FEW YEARS HE WAS BEGINNING TO STRUGGLE WITH DIMINISHED COMPREHENSION (E WAS ALSO OBSESSED WITH GUILT OVER THE THINGS THAT HE HAD DONE IN HIS LIFE FEARING THAT THEY WOULD CUT HIM OFF FROM 'ODx ) WAS ABLE TO READ -ARK &INLEY S "IBLE STUD IES TO HIM OVER AND OVER AGAIN (E WAS ABLE TO COMPREHEND THEM DUE TO THEIR SIMPLICITY OF STRUCTURE AND RECEIVED COMFORT FROM THEM ) IN TURN

RECEIVED COMFORT AND ENCOURAGEMENT ON SEEING MY FATHER S SPIRITS LIFTED v 2EQUESTS AND COMMENTS ARE FREQUENT BUT SOMETIMES READERS WRITE TO OFFER ASSISTANCE #ALVIN !CHIENG WAS VERY TOUCHED BY THE MEMBER EXPERIENC ES PRINTED IN THE MAGAZINE ! +ENYAN

BY NATIONALITY HE IS STUDYING AT $ALIAN -EDICAL 5NIVERSITY IN #HINA )N HIS lRST YEAR THERE !CHIENG WROTE TO !DVENTIST 7ORLD $ECEMBER ASKING THAT THE MAGAZINE SEND HIM WORDS OF ENCOURAGEMENT AND ADDITIONAL SPIRITUAL MATERIALS AS HE WAS lNDING IT DIFlCULT TO LOCATE AN !DVENTIST CHURCH !DVENTIST 7ORLD RESPONDED TO HIM AND PRINTED HIS LETTER IN THE -ARCH ISSUE ! FEW WEEKS LATER -ARLENE

4HE lRST ISSUE 3EPTEMBER INTRODUCED THE PATTERN THAT HAS BEEN FOLLOWED THROUGHOUT THE lRST lVE YEARS A MAJOR COVER STORY USUALLY ABOUT EXTENDING THE CHURCH S MISSION AND WITNESS A SUBSTANTIAL NEWS SECTION REPORTING ON EVENTS AFFECTING THE MILLION MEMBER CHURCH AN INSPIRING DEVOTIONAL ARTICLE A "IBLE STUDY PRODUCED BY EVANGELIST -ARK &INLEY A "IBLE 1UESTIONS COLUMN BY "IBLICAL 2ESEARCH )NSTITUTE DIRECTOR !NGEL 2ODR¤GUEZ

AND A MONTHLY COLUMN FROM THE 'ENERAL #ONFERENCE PRESIDENT /THER POPULAR FEATURES HAVE INCLUDED REPRINTED ARTICLES BY %LLEN ' 7HITE THE MESSENGER OF THE ,ORD WHOSE INSIGHTS AND GUIDANCE WERE FOUNDATIONAL TO THE DENOMINATION AS WELL AS A MONTHLY FEATURE ABOUT ONE OF THE CHURCH S &UNDAMENTAL "ELIEFS !RTICLES ABOUT !DVENTIST HERITAGE SERVICE OPPORTUNITIES

AND !DVENTIST LIFE HAVE ALSO APPEARED REGULARLY ,ETTERS AND PRAYER REQUESTS FROM READERS IN DOZENS OF WORLD NATIONS ARE PUBLISHED EACH MONTH IN THE 7ORLD %XCHANGE AND 0EOPLE S 0LACE

+ING !DAMS FROM !USTRALIA WROTE TO EXPLAIN THAT SHE HAD TAUGHT %NGLISH IN $ALIAN AND KNEW OF A PERSON WHO COULD HELP !CHIENG lND A CHURCH IN THAT CITY !CHIENG HAS NOW COM MUNICATED WITH h%STHER v AND SHE HAS AGREED TO TAKE HIM TO CHURCH !N EXCITED !CHIENG RESPONDED h4HANKS A LOT !MEN THANK YOU v !DVENTIST 7ORLD NOT ONLY QUENCHES THE THIRSTY SOUL IT PLANTS SEEDS /F COURSE MOST OF ITS PRAYER REQUESTS AND LETTERS COME FROM !DVENTIST READERS IN MANY COUNTRIES "UT A SURPRISING PER CENTAGE EACH MONTH IS WRITTEN BY NON !DVENTISTS WHO HAVE GOTTEN THEIR HANDS ON A COPY OF THE MAGAZINE SOMETIMES FROM A HOTEL LOBBY THE MARKET OR FROM A FRIEND "OTH "AYISSA 'AMACHU AND $ANIEL -AMO FROM %THOPIA RECEIVED !DVENTIST 7ORLD AND HAVE EXPRESSED KEEN INTEREST IN LEARNING MORE ABOUT OUR CHURCH AND ITS MINISTRY 7HILE 'AMACHU GOT A COPY FROM A FRIEND

-AMO PICKED UP THE MAGAZINE FROM AN EYE CLINIC IN !DDIS !BABA 3AYS -AMO

h) AM PART OF A *EWISH FAMILY AND IN OUR RELIGION ) ONLY READ THE 4ORAH /LD 4ESTAMENT ) WANT YOU TO TEACH ME ABOUT THE .EW 4ESTAMENT v 4HE RESPONSES !DVENTIST 7ORLD RECEIVES FROM READERS REPRESENT

NOT JUST PRINTED MATTER 4HERE S AN EXCHANGE A RELATIONSHIP THAT HAS DEVELOPED IN WHICH !DVENTIST 7ORLD HAS BEEN ABLE TO PLANT NURTURE AND HARVEST SOULS FOR #HRIST "UT FOR THE 'RACE OF 'OD

4HESE STORIES AND FACTS SERVE AS TES TAMENTS TO THE MIGHTY WORKINGS OF THE ,ORD !S (IS BRANCHES STRETCHING OUT TO HUMANITY AND ATTEMPTING TO BRING ALL TO (IM SO THEY MAY OBTAIN SUCCOR FROM THE 4REE OF ,IFE THE !DVENTIST 7ORLD STAFF IS GRATIlED YET HUMBLED

TO BE A PART OF (IS PLANS !ND INCRED IBLE AS IT IS EVEN FROM A SCRAP OF PAPER

'OD IS USING THIS JOURNAL TO MAKE A WORLD OF DIFFERENCE

,ANGUAGES INCLUDE %NGLISH +OREAN "AHASA &RENCH 3PANISH

0ORTUGUESE AND 'ERMAN PRINTED IN THE 5NITED 3TATES "RAZIL

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)N -ARCH !DVENTIST 7ORLD S 7EBMASTERS IN THE 0HILIPPINES DECIDED TO INVEST PART OF THEIR EARNINGS IN A MISSION PROJECT IN )NDONESIA 4HEY TRAVELED THERE lNANCED AND BUILT A CHURCH

AND HELD "IBLE SEMINARS ATTENDED BY PEOPLE !CCORDING TO 7EBMASTER 2AIMOND ,UNTUNGAN h!DVENTIST 7ORLD HAS MADE A GREAT IMPACT ON THE CHURCHES WE WERE HELPING AND ON THE PEOPLE WE MET THERE v

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4HE "IBLE SPEAKS OF A REMNANT ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS 7HEN 'OD LOOKED UPON THE EARTH BEFORE THE &LOOD ONLY .OAH S FAMILY WAS FAITHFUL 'EN 7HEN THE )SRAELITES MADE THE GOLDEN CALF ONLY A FEW REFUSED TO WORSHIP IT %X

7HEN !HAB LED )SRAEL INTO APOSTASY ONLY %LIJAH AND

OTHERS DID NOT BOW TO "AAL +INGS 7HEN *UDAH COULD RETURN FROM THE EXILE IN "ABYLON ONLY A FEW HEEDED 'OD S CALL %ZRA !ND WHEN *ESUS CAME TO EARTH ONLY A REMNANT ACCEPTED (IM *OHN ! REMNANT THEREFORE

REFERS TO A GROUP OF PEOPLE WHO REMAIN FAITHFUL TO 'OD WHEN THE MAJORITY AROUND THEM COMPROMISES ITS FAITH 0ERHAPS THE BEST KNOWN REFERENCE TO THE REMNANT IS 2EVELATION WHICH DESCRIBES THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THIS GROUP IN THE CONTEXT OF THE LAST DAYS OF EARTH S HISTORY 4HIS REMNANT HAS SIX IMPORTANT CHARACTERISTICS

ENCOUNTERS ARE DESCRIBED &IRST THERE IS A BATTLE IN HEAVEN 3ECOND AT THE INCARNATION OF *ESUS THE DRAGON ATTEMPTS TO DESTROY (IM BUT IS DEFEATED 4HIRD THE DRAGON ATTACKS THE CHURCH

SYMBOLIZED BY A PURE WOMAN AND PERSECUTES HER FOR

PROPHETIC DAYS OR YEARS !DVENTISTS UNDERSTAND THIS PERIOD TO END IN ! $ )T IS AFTER THIS DATE THAT THE REMNANT APPEARS AND FACES THE DRAGON IN THE FOURTH AND lNAL ENCOUNTER 4HE REMNANT OF 2EVELATION THEREFORE

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4HE REMNANT IS DESCRIBED AS hTHE REMNANT OF HER ;THE CHURCH S= SEED v "Y DElNITION hREMNANTv IMPLIES ONE SMALL PART OF A MUCH BIGGER WHOLE 4HE SEED OF THE WOMAN IS NUMEROUS BUT THE REMNANT CONSTITUTES ONLY A SMALL PART OF THIS WHOLE 4ODAY THERE ARE BILLION PROFESSED FOLLOWERS OF *ESUS 7HILE THE DRAGON HATES ALL WHO HAVE EVEN A SEMBLANCE OF FAITH HIS WRATH IS DIRECTED SPECIlCALLY AGAINST THIS SMALL GROUP THIS REMNANT BECAUSE BY THEIR lDELITY TO 'OD THEY STAND APART FROM THE REST )F EVER THE REMNANT WERE TO COM PROMISE ITS SPECIAL IDENTITY IT WOULD CEASE TO BE THE REMNANT #HARACTERISTIC 4HE 4ESTIMONY OF *ESUS

#HARACTERISTIC 4IME OF )TS !PPEARANCE

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2EVELATION DECLARES THAT THE REMNANT HAS hTHE TESTIMONY OF *ESUS #HRIST v h4ESTIMONYv IS ANOTHER WORD FOR hWITNESS v AND IS USED IN THE "IBLE AS A CONlRMATION OR PROOF OF SOMETHING )T IS OFTEN USED SPECIlCALLY IN RELATION TO SALVA TION BY GRACE 4HE TRUTH THAT SALVATION IS A GIFT OF 'OD WAS A CLARION CALL BY *ESUS AND THE APOSTLES AGAINST THE BACKDROP OF THE LEGALISM OF THE RABBIS AND THE HEATHENISM OF THE PAGANS )T WAS ALSO THE RALLYING POINT OF THE 2EFORMATION AGAINST A WORKS BASED MEDIEVAL RELIGION )N THESE LAST DAYS THE REMNANT STANDS BY THIS MOST AMAZING OF TRUTHS AND ANNOUNCES 'OD S FREE GIFT TO A SUFFERING HUMANITY )T IS 'OD S GRACE THAT GIVES THE REMNANT ITS IDENTITY AND EMPOWERS IT TO STAND lRM

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2EVELATION ALSO HIGHLIGHTS THE REMNANT S OBEDIENCE TO THE COMMANDMENTS AS ONE OF ITS FOREMOST CHARACTERISTICS h4HE DRAGON x WENT TO MAKE WAR WITH THE REMNANT OF HER SEED WHICH KEEP THE COMMANDMENTS OF 'ODv +*6 (ISTORICALLY 0ROTESTANTS HAVE HELD BIBLICAL LAW IN GENERAL AND THE 4EN #OMMANDMENTS IN PARTICULAR IN HIGH ESTEEM (OWEVER DISPENSATIONALISM AND POSTMODERNISM ˆ AN UNLIKELY COALITION ˆ HAVE COMBINED TO CHANGE THIS 4HE FORMER ASSIGNS THE 4EN #OMMANDMENTS TO THE /LD 4ESTAMENT AND DECLARES THEM NO LONGER VALID 4HE LATTER DOWNPLAYS BELIEF IN OBJECTIVE TRUTH IN FAVOR OF RELATIVE AND SUBJECTIVE TRUTH !GAINST THIS BACKDROP 2EVELATION DESCRIBES THE REMNANT AS OBEDI ENT TO THE COMMANDMENTS OF 'OD /BEDIENCE DOES NOT NEGATE THE EFlCACY OF 'OD S GRACE 2ATHER IT DElNES 'OD S WILL FOR OUR LIVES 'OD WRITES (IS LAW OF LOVE ON OUR HEARTS SO THAT OBEDIENCE BECOMES A WAY OF LIVING *ER #ENTRAL TO REMNANT lDELITY IS THE 3ABBATH COMMAND MENT WHICH REMINDS HUMANITY OF OUR ORIGIN AND ALLE GIANCE *OHN TOUCHES ON THIS THEME AGAIN IN 2EVELATION

A CLEAR ALLUSION TO THE FOURTH COMMANDMENT 4HE 3ABBATH AS A SIGN BETWEEN 'OD AND (IS PEOPLE %X %ZE

BECOMES THE DElNING MARK OF 'OD S END TIME PEOPLE

OF SALVATION 4HE REMNANT OF 2EVELATION IS NO EXCEP TION !S IT FACES THE DRAGON S ATTACKS IT MUST HEED *AMES S ADVICE h2ESIST THE DEVIL AND HE WILL mEE FROM YOUv *AMES 2ESISTING IS NOT A PASSIVE ACTIVITY 2EVELATION PICTURES 'OD S PEOPLE TAKING THE INITIATIVE TO BRING THE BATTLE TO THE ENEMY BY PROCLAIMING THE EVERLASTING GOSPEL THROUGHOUT THE INHABITED WORLD 4HE GOOD NEWS OF SALVA TION BY GRACE IS TO BE FULLY PROCLAIMED TO A SUFFERING WORLD 4HE DRAGON S REPEATED ATTEMPTS TO MAR THE CHARACTER OF 'OD MUST BE EXPOSED AND THE BEAUTY OF WHAT IT MEANS TO LIVE IN AND FOR #HRIST NOT ONLY PREACHED BUT DEMONSTRATED 3UCCESS IN THIS MISSION BRINGS GLORY TO 'OD S NAME 7RAPPING )T 5P

7HILE THE UNIVERSAL CHURCH IS COMPOSED OF ALL WHO TRULY BELIEVE IN *ESUS #HRIST 'OD HAS CALLED A REMNANT TO PROCLAIM A SPECIAL MESSAGE IN THESE LAST DAYS OF WIDESPREAD CONFUSION )T LIVES AND PROCLAIMS THE GOSPEL OF SALVATION IN *ESUS OBEDI ENCE TO THE 4EN #OMMANDMENTS INCLUDING THE SEVENTH DAY 3ABBATH MAINTAINS A DISTINCT AND STRONG IDENTITY UNDER STANDS ITS ROLE PROPHETICALLY AND IS ON A MISSION TO RESIST THE DRAGON AND SPREAD THE GOSPEL TO THE ENTIRE WORLD 4HE 3EVENTH DAY !DVENTIST #HURCH lTS THIS DESCRIPTION WELL 4HIS FACT GIVES US NO REASON TO FEEL TRIUMPHANT OR PROUD THOUGH 2ATHER IT REMINDS US OF OUR INADEQUACIES AND WRINKLES AND BRINGS 'OD S END TIME REMNANT TO THE FEET OF *ESUS 7HAT A HUGE TASK 7HAT A MIGHTY 'OD

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AND SHOWS THAT THE REMNANT HAS THE 3PIRIT OF 0ROPHECY 4HIS MEANS TWO THINGS &IRST THE REMNANT HAS BEEN GIVEN THE (OLY 3PIRIT TO UNDERSTAND BIBLICAL PROPHECY 4HE !DVENTIST #HURCH WAS BORN WHEN PEOPLE STUDIED PROPHECY AND CONTINUES TO lND AN ESSENTIAL PART OF ITS IDENTITY IN BIBLICAL PROPHECY )T IS THE UNIQUE UNDERSTANDING OF LAST DAY EVENTS AND THE SPECIAL ROLE WE ARE CALLED TO PLAY THAT HAS FUELED !DVENTIST MISSION THAT NOW SPANS THE GLOBE AS WELL AS COMMITMENT TO HOLY LIVING 3ECOND IT MEANS THAT THE REMNANT IS TO BE LED THROUGH THE GIFT OF PROPHECY #OR 0ETER 2EV 4HE ROLE OF BIBLICAL PROPHETS WAS TO PROVIDE INSPIRED GUIDANCE TO 'OD S PEOPLE DURING IMPORTANT JUNCTURES IN THE HISTORY OF SALVATION 3UCH GUIDANCE WE lND IN %LLEN 7HITE WHOSE MINISTRY HELPED NAVIGATE THE !DVENTIST #HURCH SUCCESSFULLY AROUND A MULTITUDE OF THEOLOGICAL AND ORGANIZATIONAL PITFALLS #HARACTERISTIC -ISSION

%VERY BIBLICAL REMNANT HAD A CRUCIAL MISSION IN THE PLAN

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BY THE THREE ANGELS OF 2EVELATION IT COINCIDES WITH THE WORK OF JUDGMENT IN HEAVEN AND RESULTS IN A WORK OF REPENTANCE AND REFORM ON EARTH %VERY BELIEVER IS CALLED TO HAVE A PERSONAL PART IN THIS WORLDWIDE WITNESS 2EV #OR *UDE 0ETER 0ETER 2EV

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EACH WITH ITS OWN MIX OF LANGUAGES

RELIGIONS AND CULTURES 4HE CHALLENGES TO MISSION ARE HUGE AS WELL -ORE THAN MILLION PEOPLE LIVE IN THIS REGION OF THE WORLD 9ET MILLIONS HAVE NEVER HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN ABOUT *ESUS

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4HE 3EVENTH DAY !DVENTIST WORK OFlCIALLY STARTED IN %UROPE IN

WHEN BELIEVERS IN 3WITZERLAND ASKED THE CHURCH IN .ORTH !MERICA TO SEND A MISSIONARY *OHN .EVINS !NDREWS WAS THE LOGICAL CHOICE (E WAS NOT ONLY A MINISTER AND EVANGELIST BUT ONE OF THE LEADING !DVENTIST SCHOLARS OF HIS DAY 4HE YEAR OLD FORMER 'ENERAL #ONFERENCE PRESIDENT POSSESSED A SEEMINGLY TIRELESS WORK ETHIC h) KNOW OF BUT ONE WAY v WROTE !NDREWS h&IND A lELD OF LABOR ASK 'OD TO HELP

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#HARLES AND -ARY WORKED ALONGSIDE THEIR FATHER TRANSLATING EDITING AND SETTING TYPE FOR A &RENCH VERSION OF 3IGNS OF THE 4IMES 4HE EFFECTS OF THEIR SERVICE RIPPLED AROUND THE WORLD 4HE MAGAZINE GAVE BIRTH TO !DVENTIST CONGREGATIONS ON THREE CONTINENTS 4HOUSANDS OF MISSIONARIES INSPIRED

BY THEIR DEDICATION FOLLOWED IN THEIR FOOTSTEPS 4ODAY THERE ARE NEARLY

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MEMBERS A RATIO OF ONLY ONE !DVEN TIST FOR EVERY PEOPLE MAKING IT AN UNLIKELY MISSION lELD &EW PEOPLE ARE APPARENTLY INTERESTED IN RELIGION "UT THERE IS ONE GROUP AMONG WHICH THE CHURCH IS

GROWING RAPIDLY THOUSANDS OF IMMI GRANTS HAVE MOVED TO "RUSSELS SEEKING A BETTER LIFE 4HE !DVENTIST #HURCH HAS PLANTED CONGREGATIONS AMONG SEVERAL LANGUAGE GROUPS /NE PERSON WHOSE LIFE HAS BEEN TOUCHED BY THESE CHURCH PLANTS IS 'ILMARA !RAGOA ! FRIEND INVITED 'ILMARA S HUSBAND TO THE 0ORTUGUESE LANGUAGE CHURCH PLANT (E BECAME A MEMBER AND ASKED 'ILMARA TO JOIN HIM 3HE TOLD HIM THAT SHE SUPPORTED HIS DECISION BUT PROMISED NOTHING 'ILMARA HAD NEVER HEARD OF 3EVENTH DAY !DVENTISTS "UT WHEN SHE VISITED THE CHURCH SHE WAS IMPRESSED WITH THEIR DEPENDENCE ON 3CRIPTURE AND THEIR UNCONDITIONAL LOVE )N TIME 'ILMARA GAVE HER HEART TO *ESUS h)T WAS A WONDERFUL TRANSFORMA TION ESPECIALLY WITH MY FAMILY v SAYS 'ILMARA h"EFORE WE WERE A FAMILY BUT WE WEREN T COMPLETE .OW WE ARE A REAL FAMILY LIKE WE RE SUPPOSED TO BE 7E LOVE EACH OTHER )T MADE AN AMAZ ING DIFFERENCE IN OUR LIVES v 4HESE MULTILANGUAGE CHURCH PLANTS ARE GROWING QUICKLY "UT MANY GROUPS CAN T AFFORD TO BUY OR RENT A CHURCH OF THEIR OWN 4HEY MEET WITH OTHER CONGREGATIONS SHARING LIMITED SPACE 0ART OF THIS QUARTER S 4HIRTEENTH

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ONE !DVENTIST FOR EVERY PEOPLE -ADEIRA IS THE LARGEST OF A SMALL GROUP OF ISLANDS THAT LIES ABOUT

KILOMETERS MILES SOUTHWEST OF ,ISBON /NLY ABOUT ACTIVE MEM BERS LIVE ON THE ISLAND YET THE CHURCH IS MAKING A POSITIVE IMPACT THROUGH ITS PRIMARY SCHOOL .INETY PERCENT OF THE CHILDREN WHO ATTEND -ADEIRA !DVENTIST 0RIMARY 3CHOOL KNOW LITTLE ABOUT 'OD

MAKING IT A TRUE MISSION SCHOOL .ATERICA &ERREIRA IS A TEACHER WHO HAS SEEN lRSTHAND THE IMPORTANT ROLE THE SCHOOL PLAYS IN SHARING THE GOSPEL WITH ITS COMMUNITY h7HEN WE READ THE "IBLE WHEN WE PRAY WHEN WE TELL THE CHILDREN WHAT *ESUS DID WHEN (E WAS HERE THEY GO HOME AND TELL THEIR FAMILIES WHAT THEY LEARNED v SAYS &ERREIRA h4HEN THE FAMILIES COME AND ASK QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT WE RE TEACHING THEM v 4HE -ADEIRA !DVENTIST 0RIMARY 3CHOOL IS KNOWN FOR ITS STRONG ACADEMIC PROGRAM AND KEEPS A LONG LIST OF STUDENTS WAITING TO ATTEND "UT TO ACCOMMODATE THESE CHILDREN THE SCHOOL MUST UPGRADE ITS FACILITIES TO MEET GOVERNMENT STAN DARDS 0ART OF THIS QUARTER S 4HIRTEENTH 3ABBATH /FFERING WILL HELP RENOVATE THE SCHOOL SO THAT IT CAN CONTINUE TO BE A SHINING LIGHT FOR 'OD -ISSION FACES HUGE CHALLENGES IN THE %URO !FRICA $IVISION "UT 'OD IS BIGGER THAN ANY OBSTACLE 9OUR PRAYERS AND GENEROUS SUPPORT OF THE 4HIRTEENTH 3ABBATH /FFERING CAN MAKE AN ETERNAL DIFFERENCE 0LEASE GIVE GENEROUSLY &OR MORE ABOUT THE CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES TO !DVENTIST MISSION

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4O THE WEST OF 3PAIN LIES THE SUN DRENCHED COUNTRY OF 0ORTUGAL HOME TO MORE THAN MILLION PEOPLE !LTHOUGH 0ORTUGAL HAS MODERN CITIES

MOST OF ITS POPULATION LIVES IN SMALL TOWNS AND VILLAGES !DVENTIST WORK STARTED IN 0ORTUGAL IN AND TODAY THERE ARE MORE THAN MEMBERS A RATIO OF ABOUT

,AURIE &ALVO IS COMMUNI CATION PROJECTS MANAGER FOR THE /FlCE OF !DVENTIST -ISSION AT THE 3EVENTH DAY !DVENTIST #HURCH WORLD HEADQUARTERS IN -ARYLAND 5 3 !

4%,, -% -/2% -OST OF THE STUDENTS AT 0ORTUGAL S -ADEIRA !DVENTIST 0RIMARY 3CHOOL DO NOT COME FROM !DVENTIST HOMES 3O THEY OFTEN SHARE WITH THEIR FAMILIES WHAT THEY LEARN IN SCHOOL ABOUT *ESUS

3ABBATH /FFERING WILL HELP PROVIDE H /FF I ILL H L ID CHURCH HOMES FOR AT LEAST TWO FOREIGN LANGUAGE CONGREGATIONS IN "RUSSELS "REAKING $OWN "ARRIERS

"ULGARIA IS A REPUBLIC IN SOUTHEAST ERN %UROPE LOCATED BETWEEN 'REECE

2OMANIA AND THE "LACK 3EA 4HE !DVENT MESSAGE WAS lRST INTRO DUCED TO "ULGARIA IN THE S BY 'ER MAN !DVENTISTS 4HE CHURCH REMAINED STRONG THROUGHOUT #OMMUNIST RULE

AND IN IT WAS OFlCIALLY RECOGNIZED

BY THE GOVERNMENT 4ODAY THE CHURCH GROWS FASTER IN "ULGARIA THAN IN MANY OTHER %UROPEAN NATIONS 7ITH

MEMBERS ONE PERSON OUT OF EVERY

IS A 3EVENTH DAY !DVENTIST /NE GROUP IN WHICH THE CHURCH IS GROWING RAPIDLY IS AMONG THE 2OMANI PEOPLE 2USSIN 2USSINOV IS A 3EVENTH DAY !DVENTIST PASTOR WHO WORKS AMONG THE 2OMANIES OF +YUSTENDIL ! 2OMANI HIMSELF 2USSINOV VISITS PEOPLE IN THEIR HOMES TO SHARE A MEAL PRAY OR STUDY THE "IBLE WITH THEM 3OME OF THE PEOPLE HE MINISTERS TO ARE FROM RIVAL CLANS 2ECENTLY THE FAMILY OF ONE CLAN INVITED HIM TO VISIT THEM IN THEIR HOME h4HEY SAID @&OR YEARS WE HAVE BEEN lGHTING EACH OTHER v REMEMBERS 2USSINOV h@"UT WE WOULD LIKE OUR / & & ) # % / & ! $ 6 % . 4 ) 3 4 - ) 3 3 ) / .

CHILDREN TO LIVE IN PEACE 7E COULDN T HILD LI I 7 DO IT OURSELVES $O YOU THINK THE ,ORD CAN INTERVENE v 2USSINOV PRAYED WITH THE FAMILY AND ASKED THE (OLY 3PIRIT TO CHANGE THEIR HEARTS (E ALSO PRAYED WITH MEMBERS OF THE OPPOSING CLAN &OR THE lRST TIME IN YEARS THESE PEOPLE EXPERIENCED 'OD S PEACE -ANY HAVE GIVEN THEIR HEARTS TO *ESUS 2OMANI CONGREGATIONS ARE SPRING ING UP ACROSS "ULGARIA "UT MOST HAVE NO PLACE OF THEIR OWN WHERE THEY CAN WORSHIP 0ART OF THIS QUARTER S 4HIRTEENTH 3ABBATH /FFERING WILL HELP BUILD A CHURCH FOR 2OMANI BELIEVERS WHO NOW MEET IN A RUN DOWN CAF£ 4HEY SOON HOPE TO HAVE A SIMPLE CHURCH BUILDING WHERE THEY CAN INVITE THEIR FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS TO WORSHIP

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HIS YEAR *OHN - &OWLER ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR OF THE %DUCATION $EPARTMENT AT THE 3EVENTH DAY !DVENTIST #HURCH WORLD HEADQUARTERS WILL RETIRE AFTER YEARS OF SERVICE (E TELLS HOW !DVENTIST EDUCATION CHANGED HIS LIFE AND SET HIM ON THIS COURSE

7HILE TRAVELING RECENTLY IN HIS BOYHOOD TOWN *OHN SQUEEZED ONTO A TYPICAL OVERCROWDED BUS !S HE TRIED TO BALANCE HIMSELF THE BUS SWUNG AROUND A CORNER CAUSING PASSENGERS TO BUMP INTO ONE ANOTHER *OHN ENDED UP NEXT TO A PASSENGER WITH A FAMILIAR FACE )T WAS THE FACE OF ONE OF HIS CHILDHOOD FRIENDS ! LONG TIME HAD PASSED SINCE THEY HAD LAST SEEN EACH OTHER AND BOTH HAD CHANGED QUITE A BIT 9ET HE WAS SURE THIS WAS HIS FRIEND 4HIS WAS ONE WHO HAD EXPERIENCED THE SAME HARDSHIPS AND JOYS AS HE IN HIS LITTLE VILLAGE (E COULD NEVER FORGET HIM *OHN S GROUP OF DECENT AND RESPONSIBLE CHILDHOOD FRIENDS HAD BEEN VERY CLOSE THROUGHOUT THEIR YOUTH 4HE LITTLE GROUP DID NEARLY EVERY THING TOGETHER (OWEVER AFTER SECONDARY SCHOOL THEY DRIFTED APART AND DEVELOPED DIFFERENT VALUES AND VIEWS OF LIFE 7HILE HE THOUGHT LITTLE OF THESE CHANGES OVER THE YEARS THIS DAY *OHN CAME FACE TO FACE WITH THESE DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES *OHN WAS SURE THIS WAS HIS BOYHOOD FRIEND "UT THE MAN WOULD NOT RESPOND TO HIM WITH ANY SIGN OF RECOGNITION 4HEN SUDDENLY HIS FRIEND

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HOWEVER HE TURNED RAN BACK PLACED SOMETHING IN *OHN S HAND AND LEFT WITHOUT SPEAKING (E DISAPPEARED INTO THE HUGE CROWD ON THE STREET (E WAS GONE FROM SIGHT BUT NOT FROM MIND 7HEN *OHN GAVE UP SEARCHING THE CROWD HE LOOKED AT THE OBJECT HIS FRIEND HAD PLACED IN HIS HAND 4O HIS AMAZE MENT IT WAS HIS OWN WALLET (IS OLD FRIEND HAD PICKED HIS POCKET WHEN THEY BUMPED INTO EACH OTHER 0ERHAPS THIS WAS WHY HE REFUSED TO ACKNOWLEDGE HIM (IS GOOD FRIEND THE ONE WITH WHOM HE HAD GROWN UP HAD STOLEN HIS WALLET *OHN COULD NOT ACCEPT THE FACT THAT HIS FRIEND WAS A PICK POCKET (E WONDERED WHAT HAD TAKEN HIS FRIEND DOWN THIS PATH THAT WAS SO DIFFERENT FROM HIS OWN *OHN HAD GROWN UP TO BE A #HRISTIAN PASTOR AND EDUCATOR WHILE HIS FRIEND HAD BECOME A THIEF (IS FRIEND HAD HAD HIGH CAREER GOALS (E WAS SMART AND TALENTEDˆBUT NOW HE WAS A THIEF 7HAT MADE THE DIFFERENCE *OHN BELIEVES THE DIFFERENCE WAS !DVENTIST EDUCATION !FTER SECONDARY SCHOOL HE HAD ACCEPTED #HRIST AND HAD BECOME A 3EVENTH DAY !DVENTIST (E DECLINED SCHOLARSHIPS TO PRESTIGIOUS UNIVERSITIES IN FAVOR OF ATTENDING 3PICER #OLLEGE

AN !DVENTIST SCHOOL (IS FRIEND REJECTED #HRIST AND TOOK THE TYPICAL PATH TO EDUCATION AND CAREER IN SEARCH OF FAME AND FORTUNE 4HIS WAS WHAT WAS COMMONLY EXPECTED *OHN SAYS HE HOWEVER LEARNED A NEW WORLDVIEW IN THE !DVENTIST SCHOOL 3URE THERE ARE NO GUARANTEES BUT *OHN &OWLER S STORY IS ONE OF THE MANY SUCCESS STORIES OF !DVENTIST EDUCATION 4HERE IS VALUE IN !DVENTIST EDUCATION #OMMITTING TO !DVENTIST %DUCATION )NTER !MERICAN $IVISION

)N A WORLD THAT PROMISES SO MUCH AND PULLS SO HARD

WE HAVE TO RECOMMIT TO !DVENTIST EDUCATION 4HE )NTER !MERICAN $IVISION )!$ OFFERS AN EXAMPLE OF THIS RECOM MITMENT )!$ LEADERS WANT TO INCREASE THE SUCCESS STORIES OF !DVENTIST EDUCATION IN THEIR TERRITORY 4HE DIVISION WANTS TO INCREASE ITS POOL OF EDUCATED SKILLED WORKERS AND DISCIPLES IN COMMUNITIES WHO WILL DEDICATE THEIR TALENTS TO THE ,ORD JUST AS *OHN &OWLER DID YEARS AGO 3O ON .OVEMBER

)!$ LEADERSHIP TOOK UNPRECEDENTED BOLD STEPS TOWARD AN EXTENSIVE MAKEOVER OF ITS EDUCATION SYSTEM FROM PRIMARY THROUGH UNIVERSITY LEVEL EDUCATION !FTER ACHIEVING ITS STRATEGIC GOALS FOR GROWTH IN MEMBERSHIP AND lNANCES OVER THE PAST YEARS IT NOW TURNS ATTENTION AND RESOURCES TO EDUCATIONˆAT THE BEGIN NING OF A NEW STRATEGIC PLAN COVERING THE NEXT lVE YEARS 0REVIOUS STRATEGIC PLANS RESULTED IN TREMENDOUS GROWTHˆFROM MILLION MEMBERS IN TO ABOUT MILLION TODAY )SRAEL ,EITO )!$ DIVISION PRESIDENT

REPORTS THAT )!$ hlNANCES HAVE SKYROCKETEDv OVER THE DECADE 4HE DIVISION S TITHE RETURNS MORE THAN DOUBLED FROM 53

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&OLLOWING CAREFUL STUDY )!$ LEADERS NOTED A MARKED IMBALANCE BETWEEN THE GROWTH IN MEMBERSHIP AND THE ENROLLMENT OF !DVENTIST CHILDREN AND YOUTH IN ITS SCHOOLS AND UNIVERSITIES )N FACT THEY FOUND THAT THEY HAD ENROLL MENT LOSSES IN ELEMENTARY EDUCATION SLIGHT INCREASES IN SECONDARY AND NO CHANGE AT THE UNIVERSITY LEVEL 4HEY ALSO FOUND INCREASED ENROLLMENT AMONG STUDENTS WHO ARE NOT ASSOCIATED WITH THE !DVENTIST #HURCH 4HEY SAW THAT ENROLL MENTS OF !DVENTIST STUDENTS IN THE )!$ LAG BEHIND AVERAGES FOR THE WORLD CHURCH 4HIS CLEARLY DEMANDED COURAGEOUS AND CREATIVE THINKING IN PLANNING FOR THE FUTURE $IVISION LEADERS FACED SEVERAL CHALLENGES IN EDUCATION AND SET GOALS FOR THE CHURCH PARENTS SCHOOLS AND LEADERS FOR MEETING THE CHALLENGES !LL THESE INVOLVED PARTIES WOULD HAVE TO WORK TOGETHER IF A DRAMATIC CHANGE WOULD BE POSSIBLE 4HE REGIONAL CHURCH LEADERSHIP IS CHALLENGED TO SOLICIT AUTHORITIES OF THE WORLD CHURCH TO STUDY THE POS SIBILITY OF INCORPORATING !DVENTIST EDUCATION AS ONE OF THE FUNDAMENTAL BELIEFS ESTABLISH A NEW EDUCATIONAL MODEL FROM PRESCHOOL TO TERTIARY LEVELS CONSIDERING THE PHYSICAL

ACADEMIC STUDENT AND lNANCIAL ELEMENTS INCLUDING TEACHER SALARIES FOSTER EVENTS FOR REmECTION AND INSTRUC TION ABOUT THE PHILOSOPHY OF !DVENTIST EDUCATION STRENGTHEN INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL UNIVERSITY STUDENTS USING THE INTEGRAL FORMATION MODEL AND PROMOTE CURRICULAR AND COCURRICULAR EXPERIENCES THROUGH THE SPIRITUAL MASTER PLAN TO STRENGTHEN THE SPIRITUAL LIFE OF EACH INSTITUTION 0ARENTS ARE EXPECTED TO DISSEMINATE AMONG CHURCH MEMBERS THE PHILOSOPHY OF !DVENTIST EDUCATION TO PROMOTE UNDER STANDING AND TRUST TOWARD THE WORK OF EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS 3CHOOLS MUST DEVELOP DESCRIPTIONS OF FORMATIVE ACTIONS

IN LIGHT OF THEIR ALUMNI PROlLES WHICH INCLUDE TEACHING DEEP MORAL PRINCIPLES AND AN ENTREPRENEURIAL SPIRIT ,EADERS WILL EMPHASIZE THE INTEGRATION OF FAITH TO BE EFFECTIVELY PERCEIVED BY STUDENTS BASED ON THE COMMITMENT AND ENTHUSIASTIC WORK OF TEACHERS UPDATE THE DENOMI NATIONAL PROlLE FOR TEACHERS AND TRANSMIT THE VISION OF !DVENTIST EDUCATION CHARACTERIZED BY THE MESSAGE OF 'OD AS THE #REATOR AND SUSTAINER OF OUR ENVIRONMENT 4HE )!$ SET ASIDE APPROXIMATELY 53 MILLION FOR ITS STRATEGIC GOALS DURING THE NEXT lVE YEARS AND MANDATED THAT PERCENT OF THIS AMOUNT GO TO EDUCATION !LONG WITH INFRASTRUCTURE TEACHERS CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTION FUNDS WILL BE USED FOR STUDENT LOANS AND GRANTS COORDINATION OF EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS AND FOR UPGRADING TEACHERS

%LLA 3 3IMMONS IS A GENERAL VICE PRESIDENT OF THE 3EVENTH DAY !DVENTIST WORLD CHURCH

WITH HEADQUARTERS IN 3ILVER 3PRING -ARYLAND

5 3 ! !S A LONGTIME EDUCATOR SHE IS PASSION ATE ABOUT THE POSSIBILITIES OF !DVENTIST EDUCATION

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CURRICULUM AND TEACHER SALARIES )T REQUIRES A NEW PLAN FOR INFORMAL EDUCATION AND A VIRTUAL LIBRARY FOR ENRICHING MASTER S AND DOCTORAL DEGREE PROGRAMS AND FOR THE CREATION OF AT LEAST ONE hSUPER CLASSROOMv WITH THE LATEST TECHNOLOGY !LL )!$ UNIVERSITIES ARE CHALLENGED TO INCREASE THEIR PRO GRAM OFFERINGS !LL ARE TO OFFER MASTER S PROGRAMS IN ALL THEIR SCHOOLS OR DEPARTMENTS !LL ARE CHALLENGED TO OFFER A MINI MUM OF ONE DOCTORAL DEGREE ASIDE FROM THOSE IN THEOLOGY )N ADDITION THE )!$ WILL OFFER AN ACCREDITED THEOLOGY MAJOR

IN AFlLIATION WITH 'RIGGS 5NIVERSITY AT THE UNDERGRADUATE LEVEL FOR STUDENTS WHOSE WORK AND RESPONSIBILITIES PREVENT THEM FROM COMPLETING THEIR PROGRAMS ON A CAMPUS -YRNA #OSTA PRESIDENT OF !NTILLEAN !DVENTIST 5NIVERSITY AND ALSO PRESIDENT OF THE )!$ %DUCATION #ENTER OBSERVES h7HEN DISTANCE EDUCATION IS DESIGNED AND DELIVERED IN THE PROPER MANNER ALL TEACHING AND LEARNING EXPERIENCES WHICH TAKE PLACE IN A REGULAR CLASSROOM INCLUDING INTEGRATION OF FAITH AND LEARNING OCCUR v &URTHER #OSTA AFlRMS THAT DISTANCE EDUCATION IS AN AVENUE TO POSITIVELY IMPACT THE EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM FOR SHARING THE GOSPEL IN THE TERRITORY S THREE MAIN LANGUAGES 3PANISH %NGLISH AND &RENCH 5NIVERSITIES MUST STANDARDIZE CURRICULUM AND MAKE IT POSSIBLE FOR THEOLOGY STUDENTS TO MOVE SMOOTHLY FROM ONE UNIVERSITY TO ANOTHER TO LEARN DIFFERENT LANGUAGES AND THE DIFFERENT CULTURES OF THE )!$ WITHOUT LOSING STUDY TIME 3TRATEGIC )NITIATIVES FOR 3ECONDARY AND %LEMENTARY %DUCATION

4HE )!$ WILL REQUIRE UNIVERSITIES TO GIVE MORE ATTENTION TO SECONDARY AND ELEMENTARY EDUCATION 3EGMENTING EDU

CATION BY LEVELS IS NOT PRODUCING DESIRED RESULTS 4O ADDRESS THIS PROBLEM AND FOR GREATER MORE DIRECT INVOLVEMENT FROM THE DIVISION THE )!$ BUDGETED FOR AN ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR FOR ITS $EPARTMENT OF %DUCATION WHO IS A SPECIALIST IN ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION 4HE )!$ WILL ALSO ADJUST POLICIES TO PROVIDE GREATER lNANCIAL SUPPORT FOR SECONDARY AND ELEMENTARY CURRICU LUM FACILITIES AND MATERIALS AND FOR THE PREPARATION AND IMPROVEMENT OF TEACHERS INCLUDING INCREASES IN TEACHER SALARIES ! UNIQUE FEATURE OF THE PLAN PROVIDES A SALARY BONUS FOR THE hBEST ELEMENTARY TEACHERSv AND A ONE TIME BONUS FOR STUDENT RECRUITMENT 7RITING !NOTHER 3UCCESS 3TORY

,EADERS IN THE )!$ HOPE THAT THE SUCCESS THEY HAVE ACHIEVED IN BUILDING MEMBERSHIP lNANCES AND ORGANIZATIONS WILL BE REPEATED IN EDUCATION -OISES 6ELAZQUEZ DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION IN THE )!$ FEELS THAT hIF WE IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF OUR SCHOOLS AND THEIR CAMPUS FACILITIES AND PROVIDE THE NECESSARY TOOLS FOR OUR TEACHERS TO BETTER THEIR EDUCATION x

CHURCHES WILL SUPPORT OUR SCHOOLS MORE AND SEND THEIR CHIL DREN TO THEM v !FTER ALL EDUCATION IS CLOSELY LINKED TO SALVATION *OHN &OWLER S LIFE ATTESTS TO THIS VALUE (E CREDITS !DVENTIST EDUCATION WITH CHALLENGING HIM TO SOMETHING MORE THAN CLIMBING THE PROFESSIONAL LADDER AND JUST LIVING A DECENT LIFE (E TELLS THAT HE LEARNED THREE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT LIFE LESSONS THROUGH !DVENTIST EDUCATION

INCLUDING THE FACT THAT WE ARE NO ACCIDENT OF EVOLUTION BUT INTENTIONALLY DESIGNED BY A LOVING #REATOR 'OD (E IS ALSO SURE THAT LIFE HAS MEANING AND A DESTINY AND THAT WE ARE NOT ALONE 'OD IS WITH US AND WORKS IN US 2EMEMBERING THIS WILL TRULY WRITE ANOTHER SUCCESS STORY IN THE )!$ TERRITORY AND AROUND THE WORLD

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AND PRIORITIES FOR STRATEGIC PLANNING AND

DECISION MAKING THINK AND VISION TOGETHER DECISION MAKING THINK AND VISION TOGETH DE THE ER !DMINISTRATORS MUST SECURE AND

AALLOCATE RESOURCES TO SUPPORT STRATEGIC ALL LOCATE RESOURCES TO SUPPORT STRATEGIC PPRIORITIES lND THE MONEY PR RIORITIES lND THE MONEY Y %DUCATORS BOTH ADMINISTRATORS AND

TTEACHERS MUST DEVELOP ACTION PLANS OF TE ACHERS MUST DEVELOP ACTION PLANS OF OOBJECTIVES AND TASKS MAKE IT REAL OB BJECTIVES AND TASKS MAKE IT REAL L "OTH THE STRATEGIC THINKING AND STRATEGIC

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PLANNING PROCESSES MUST BE TRANSPARENT

OPEN FOR ALL TO SEE LET S ALL PARTICIPATE 4HE MISSION OF THE CHURCH MUST

GUIDE THE MISSION AND PLANS OF !DVENTIST GU UIDE THE MISSION AND PLANS OF !DVENTIST EDUCATION LET S ALL READ THE SAME BOOK ED DUCATION LET S ALL READ THE SAME BOOK !DMINISTRATORS AND EDUCATORS ALIKE

MUST BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE THROUGH M UST BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE THROUGH ASSESSMENT AND EVALUATION FOR ACHIEVING AS SSESSMENT AND EVALUATION FOR ACHIEVING PLANNED OUTCOMES BE ACCOUNTABLE PL ANNED OUTCOMES BE ACCOUNTABLE 3TRATEGIC THINKING AND STRATEGIC PLANNING

MUST FOCUS ON OUTCOMES TOWARD ACHIEVING THE MUST FOCUS ON OUTCOMES TOWARD ACHIEVING THE MISSION OF !DVENTIST EDUCATION LET S DO IT MISSION OF !DVENTIST EDUCATION LET S DO IT

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UR MINISTERS ARE TO GO FORTH TO PROCLAIM THE MESSAGE OF PRES ENT TRUTH TO THOSE WHO HAVE NOT HEARD IT !ND OUR CHURCHES SHOULD NOT FEEL JEALOUS AND NEGLECTED IF THEY DO NOT RECEIVE MINISTERIAL LABOR 4HEY SHOULD THEMSELVES TAKE UP THE BURDEN

AND LABOR MOST EARNESTLY FOR SOULS

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"ELIEVERS ARE TO HAVE ROOT IN THEM SELVES STRIKING lRM ROOT IN #HRIST THAT THEY MAY BEAR MUCH FRUIT TO HIS GLORY !S ONE MAN THEY ARE TO STRIVE TO ATTAIN ONE OBJECT THE SALVATION OF SOULS ,ET NOT CHURCH MEMBERS WAIT FOR A VERBAL COMMAND TO ENTER 'OD S SERVICE 4HEY KNOW THEIR DUTY ,ET THEM DO IT IN HUMILITY AND QUIETNESS 4HERE ARE HUNDREDS WHO SHOULD BE AT WORK WHO NEED TO BE ENCOURAGED TO MAKE A BEGINNING ,ET CHURCH MEMBERS BEGIN TO WORK WHERE THEY ARE %VERYWHERE THERE ARE SOULS WHO KNOW NOT THE TRUTH (UMBLE MEN WILLING TO MAKE SACRIlCES TO WORK AS #HRIST WORKED ARE NEEDED 4HE ,ORD CALLS FOR SELF SACRIlCING WORKERS WHO WILL LABOR QUIETLY AND UNOBTRUSIVELY LIVING SO NEAR TO THE ,ORD THAT THEY CONTINUALLY RECEIVE GRACE TO IMPART !S THEY TAKE UP THEIR WORK IN EARNESTNESS AND SINCERITY ASK ING THE ,ORD TO GIVE THEM TACT AND SKILL

HEARTS WILL BE REACHED BY THEIR EFFORTS )T IS NOT 'OD S PURPOSE THAT MIN ISTERS SHOULD BE LEFT TO DO THE GREATEST PART OF THE WORK OF SOWING THE SEEDS OF TRUTH -EN WHO ARE NOT CALLED TO THE GOSPEL MINISTRY ARE TO BE ENCOUR AGED TO LABOR FOR THE -ASTER ACCORDING TO THEIR SEVERAL ABILITY (UNDREDS ! . 4 / . ) / * ) - » . % : ! , / . 3 /

OF MEN AND WOMEN NOW IDLE COULD DO ACCEPTABLE SERVICE "Y CARRYING THE TRUTH INTO THE HOMES OF THEIR NEIGHBORS AND FRIENDS THEY COULD DO A GREAT WORK FOR THE -ASTER 'OD IS NO RESPECTER OF PERSONS (E WILL USE HUMBLE DEVOTED #HRISTIANS WHO HAVE THE LOVE OF THE TRUTH IN THEIR HEARTS ,ET SUCH ONES ENGAGE IN SERVICE FOR HIM BY DOING HOUSE TO HOUSE WORK 3ITTING BY THE lRESIDE SUCH MEN IF HUMBLE DISCREET AND GODLY CAN DO MORE TO MEET THE REAL NEEDS OF FAMILIES THAN COULD A MINISTER 4HE ,ORD HAS A WORK FOR WOMEN

AS WELL AS FOR MEN 4HEY MAY TAKE THEIR PLACES IN HIS WORK AT THIS CRISIS

AND HE WILL WORK THROUGH THEM )F THEY ARE IMBUED WITH A SENSE OF THEIR DUTY AND LABOR UNDER THE INmUENCE OF THE (OLY 3PIRIT THEY WILL HAVE JUST THE SELF POSSESSION REQUIRED FOR THIS TIME 4HE 3AVIOUR WILL REmECT UPON THESE SELF SACRIlCING WOMEN THE LIGHT OF HIS COUNTENANCE AND WILL GIVE THEM A POWER THAT EXCEEDS THAT OF MEN 4HEY CAN DO IN FAMILIES A WORK THAT MEN CANNOT DO A WORK THAT REACHES THE INNER LIFE 4HEY CAN COME CLOSE TO THE HEARTS OF THOSE WHOM MEN CANNOT REACH 4HEIR LABOR IS NEEDED )T IS NOT MEET FOR US MY SISTERS

TO WAIT FOR GREATER OPPORTUNITIES OR HOLIER DISPOSITIONS 7E ARE INEXCUSABLE IF WE ALLOW 'OD GIVEN TALENTS TO RUST FROM INACTION #HRIST ASKS h7HY STAND YE HERE ALL THE DAY IDLE v ,ET US CONSECRATE ALL THAT WE HAVE AND ARE TO HIM BELIEVING IN HIS POWER TO SAVE

AND HAVING CONlDENCE THAT HE WILL USE US AS INSTRUMENTALITIES TO DO HIS WILL AND TO GLORIFY HIS NAME -Y BRETHREN AND SISTERS DO NOT PASS BY THE LITTLE THINGS TO LOOK FOR LARGER WORK 9OU MIGHT DO SUCCESS FULLY THE SMALL WORK BUT FAIL UTTERLY IN ATTEMPTING A LARGER WORK AND FALL INTO DISCOURAGEMENT 4AKE HOLD WHEREVER YOU SEE THAT THERE IS A WORK TO BE DONE )T IS BY DOING WITH YOUR MIGHT WHAT YOUR HANDS lND TO DO THAT YOU WILL DEVELOP TALENT AND APTITUDE FOR LARGE WORK )T IS BY SLIGHTING THE DAILY OPPOR TUNITIES NEGLECTING THE LITTLE THINGS THAT SO MANY BECOME FRUITLESS AND WITHERED 4HERE ARE MANY WAYS IN WHICH ALL MAY DO PERSONAL SERVICE FOR 'OD 3OME CAN WRITE A LETTER TO A FAR OFF FRIEND OR SEND A PAPER TO ONE WHO IS INQUIRING FOR TRUTH /THERS CAN GIVE COUNSEL TO THOSE WHO ARE IN DIFlCULTY 4HOSE WHO KNOW HOW TO TREAT THE SICK CAN HELP IN THIS WAY /THERS WHO HAVE THE NECESSARY QUALIlCATIONS CAN GIVE "IBLE READINGS OR CONDUCT "IBLE CLASSES 4HE VERY SIMPLEST MODES OF WORK SHOULD BE DEVISED AND SET IN OPERATION AMONG THE CHURCHES )F THE MEMBERS WILL UNITEDLY ACCEPT SUCH PLANS AND PERSEVERINGLY CARRY THEM OUT THEY WILL REAP A RICH REWARD FOR THEIR EXPERIENCE WILL GROW BRIGHTER

THEIR ABILITY WILL INCREASE AND THROUGH THEIR EFFORTS SOULS WILL BE SAVED 4HIS ARTICLE WAS lRST PUBLISHED IN 4HE !DVENT 2EVIEW AND 3ABBATH (ERALD NOW

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3EVENTH DAY !DVENTISTS BELIEVE THAT %LLEN ' 7HITE EXERCISED THE BIBLICAL GIFT OF PROPHECY DURING MORE THAN YEARS OF PUBLIC MINISTRY

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OF TIME THE DAYBREAK AND SHACHAR DESIGNATING THE %NDS THE $ARKNESS OF THE .IGHT %VIL COULD RULE lRST REDDISH LIGHT AT EARLY DAWN ! QUICK STUDY OF EACH IS DURING THE NIGHT BUT IT COMES TO AN END IN THE MORNING )N BOTH SPIRITUALLY AND THEOLOGICALLY ENRICHING DARKNESS IMMORAL BEHAVIOR IS PRACTICED 0ROV *UDGES !SSOCIATED 7ITH THE AND 'OD S ENEMIES $YNAMIC OF ,IFE 4HE DAWN PLOT AGAINST (IS PEOPLE )SA TRANSITIONS US FROM REST TO "UT IT IS ALSO DURING ACTION AS IF AT DAYBREAK THERE THE NIGHT THAT 'OD DEFEATS IS AN EXPLOSION OF LIFE ON THE THEM THUS IDENTIFYING THE PLANET .ATURE IS RENEWED MORNING AS THE MOMENT 0S )SA HUMANS WHEN (IS SAVING POWER IS WORK THE lELDS %CCL

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JOURNEYS 'EN GO TO /F COURSE BIBLICAL WAR *OSHUA AND SUB WRITERS KNEW THAT hWEEPING MIT TO 'OD S WILL FOR THEM MAY REMAIN FOR A NIGHT v 'EN )N THE MORNING BUT THEY ALSO UNDERSTOOD "Y HUMAN LIFE IS ENERGIZED RE THAT hREJOICING COMES IN !NGEL -ANUEL 2ODR¤GUEZ ACTIVATED IT IS A NEW BEGIN THE MORNINGv 0S NING "UT THIS IS POSSIBLE 4HEY WERE ACQUAINTED WITH ONLY BECAUSE 'OD IS ALSO THE COMPLEXITY OF HUMAN FULLY ACTIVE IN THE MORNING EXISTENCE YET THEY COULD (IS LOVE AND COMPASSION hARE NEW EVERY MORNINGv ,AM STILL SAY h) WILL SING OF YOUR STRENGTH IN THE MORNING ) WILL

4HE .EW 4ESTAMENT TELLS US THAT SOMETHING GLORIOUS SING OF YOUR LOVE FOR YOU ARE MY FORTRESS MY REFUGE IN AND UNIQUE HAPPENED IN THE MORNING *ESUS WALKED OUT OF TIMES OF TROUBLEv 0S 4HE PHRASE hIN THE MORNINGv THE TOMB ALIVE -ATT ,UKE "ECAUSE OF (IM BECAME AN EXPRESSION OF HOPE AND TRUST IN THE ,ORD IN THE THE MORNING IS EVER ASSOCIATED WITH LIFE AND LIGHT MIDST OF TRIALS SEE )SA 4IME FOR 7ORSHIP 3INCE THE MORNING IS ASSOCIATED 4HE PHRASE hIN THE MORNINGv POINTS TOWARD A TIME WITH LIFE IT WAS CONSIDERED TO BE THE TIME WHEN 'OD S PEO WHEN THERE WILL BE A NEW BEGINNING MADE POSSIBLE THROUGH PLE WERE TO WORSHIP (IM (ENCE WE READ h)N THE MORNING THE RESURRECTION OF *ESUS WHEN LIFE WILL mOURISH IN ALL ITS ) LAY MY REQUESTS BEFORE YOU AND WAIT IN EXPECTATIONv 0S BEAUTY AND GLORY WHEN HUMANS WILL BE ABLE TO SING PRAISES CF 4HE PSALMIST PRAISES THE ,ORD AND PROCLAIMS TO THE ,ORD AND TO WORSHIP (IM AS THE VERY SOURCE OF LIFE (IS LOVE hIN THE MORNINGv WHEN THE 4EMPLE PRIESTS )T ALSO POINTS TO THE TIME WHEN THE NIGHT OF SIN AND DEATH OFFERED THE MORNING SACRIlCE AND THE NATION COLLECTIVELY WILL END AS THE DAWN OF THE CONSUMMATION OF OUR SALVATION WORSHIPPED THE ,ORD ,EV "UT THE MORNING WAS ALSO BECOMES A REALITY )T WILL BE A MORNING WHEN 'OD S WORK OF A TIME FOR WORSHIP AT HOME *OB .EW BEGINNINGS WERE JUDGMENT WILL VINDICATE (IS PEOPLE AND RENEW (IS CREATION MOMENTS FOR THE REDEDICATION OF THE FAMILY TO THE ,ORD 4HIS WILL HAPPEN WHEN *ESUS hTHE BRIGHT -ORNING 3TAR v !SSOCIATED 7ITH 'OD AS *UDGE )T IS IN THE MORNING APPEARS 2EV THAT 'OD REVEALS (IS JUSTICE (E COMMANDED THE KING TO hADMINISTER JUSTICE EVERY MORNINGv *ER 4HE

"IBLE QUOTATIONS IN THIS ARTICLE ARE FROM THE .EW )NTERNATIONAL 6ERSION .)6 OPPRESSED SUFFERED DURING THE NIGHT BUT THEY LOOKED FORWARD TO THE MORNING WHEN THE KING WOULD JUDGE AND VINDICATE THEM 4HIS IMAGE IS APPLIED TO 'OD AS THE UNI !NGEL -ANUEL 2ODRÓGUEZ IS DIRECTOR OF THE "IBLICAL 2ESEARCH VERSAL JUDGE WHO hIS RIGHTEOUS HE DOES NO WRONG -ORNING )NSTITUTE OF THE 'ENERAL #ONFERENCE

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!S #REATION WEEK CAME TO A CLOSE WHAT DECLARATION DID 'OD MAKE 2EAD THE FOLLOWING TEXT AND CIRCLE THE TWO WORDS THAT DESCRIBE 'OD S INCREDIBLE JOY AS (E LOOKED OVER THE PLANET (E MADE SO MARVELOUSLY h4HEN 'OD SAW EVERYTHING THAT (E HAD MADE AND INDEED IT WAS VERY GOODv 'EN

7HEN 'OD CREATED THIS WORLD AND DECLARED IT hVERY GOOD v ALL THE HEAVENLY BEINGS hSANG TOGETHER AND ALL THE SONS OF 'OD SHOUTED FOR JOYv *OB *OY lLLED 'OD S HEART AS (E LOOKED OVER THE MAGNIlCENT WORLD (E HAD CREATED 'OD INTENDED THAT ALL (IS CREATURES EXPERIENCE THIS SAME JOY FOREVER 3ICKNESS SUFFERING AND DEATH WERE NEVER PART OF 'OD S PLAN

!FTER READING THE FOLLOWING TEXT DESCRIBE IN YOUR OWN WORDS WHY EATING THE FRUIT OF THE TREE OF THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOOD AND EVIL WAS SO SIGNIlCANT AND CARRIED SUCH SERIOUS CONSEQUENCES h!ND THE ,ORD 'OD COMMANDED THE MAN SAYING h/F EVERY TREE OF THE GARDEN YOU MAY FREELY EAT BUT OF THE TREE OF THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOOD AND EVIL YOU SHALL NOT EAT FOR IN THE DAY THAT YOU EAT OF IT YOU SHALL SURELY DIEv 'EN

'OD CREATED !DAM AND %VE WITH THE POWER OF CHOICE "Y OBEYING 'OD S COMMANDS THEY REVEALED THEIR LOYALTY TO 'OD "Y THEIR DISOBEDIENCE THEY DEMONSTRATED THEIR DOUBT AND DISLOYALTY

7HAT LIE DID ,UCIFER DISGUISED AS A SERPENT TELL %VE THAT DIRECTLY CONTRADICTED 'OD S WARNING ABOUT EATING FROM THE TREE OF THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOOD AND EVIL h4HEN THE SERPENT SAID TO THE WOMAN @9OU WILL NOT SURELY DIE v 'EN 9OU

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%VE YIELDED TO THE TEMPTATION OF THE EVIL ONE 3HE lRST DOUBTED THEN DISOBEYED 'OD S COMMAND !DAM SOON JOINED HER IN DISOBEDIENCE 'EN

!FTER THEIR SIN WHAT WAS !DAM AND %VE S RESPONSE TO THE PRESENCE OF 'OD h!ND THEY HEARD THE SOUND OF THE ,ORD 'OD WALKING IN THE GARDEN IN THE COOL OF THE DAY AND !DAM AND HIS WIFE HID THEMSELVES FROM THE PRESENCE OF THE ,ORD 'OD AMONG THE TREES OF THE GARDENv 'EN *UNE \ !DVENTIST 7ORLD

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3IN SEPARATES US FROM 'OD )SA 3EPARATED FROM 'OD OUR HEARTS ARE lLLED WITH FEAR GUILT SHAME AND CONDEMNATION 3EPARATED FROM 'OD WE SUFFER THE DEVASTATING CONSEQUENCES OF SIN 7HEN !DAM AND %VE SINNED THEIR NATURES WERE CHANGED (EARTS THAT WERE ONCE PURE BECAME CORRUPT .ATURES THAT WERE ONCE HOLY BECAME DElLED ,IVES THAT WERE ONCE HEALTHY BECAME SUBJECT TO SICKNESS PAIN AND DEATH /UR ENTIRE PLANET CAME UNDER THE CURSE OF SIN !LL NATURE WAS AFFECTED BY THE &ALL

7HEN !DAM AND %VE SINNED 'OD IMMEDIATELY CAME LOOKING FOR THEM 2EAD THE FOLLOWING TEXT AND WRITE ON THE LINES BELOW THE HEART WRENCHING QUESTION OF A BROKENHEARTED 'OD h4HEN THE ,ORD 'OD CALLED TO !DAM AND SAID TO HIM @7HERE ARE YOU v 'EN 'OD ASKED

'OD DID NOT CALL OUT TO !DAM AND %VE BECAUSE (E DIDN T KNOW WHERE THEY WERE (E CALLED OUT IN LOVE TO LET THEM KNOW (E CARED (E WANTED THEM TO KNOW (E WAS SEEKING THEM (E LONGED TO RESTORE THE FELLOWSHIP BROKEN BY SIN (AVE YOU EVER LONGED TO RESTORE A RELATIONSHIP )S THERE SOMEONE HIDING FROM YOU BECAUSE THEY HAVE WOUNDED YOU DEEPLY 'OD TOOK THE INITIATIVE 7ITH TEARS IN (IS EYES AND SORROW IN (IS VOICE (E CALLED OUT TO !DAM AND %VE 'OD HAD ONE DESIRE TO RESTORE THE FELLOWSHIP LOST BY SIN

7HAT JUDGMENT DID 'OD PRONOUNCE AGAINST 3ATAN THE SERPENT IN THE WAKE OF !DAM AND %VE S FALL IN THE GARDEN 2EAD THE PASSAGE BELOW AND ANSWER THE QUESTIONS THAT FOLLOW h!ND ) WILL PUT ENMITY BETWEEN YOU AND THE WOMAN AND BETWEEN YOUR SEED AND HER 3EED (E SHALL BRUISE YOUR HEAD AND YOU SHALL BRUISE (IS HEELv 'EN 7HAT DOES THE WORD ENMITY MEAN

(INT 2EAD 2OM %PH *AMES 7HO IS THE h3EEDv OF THE WOMAN THAT WOULD BRUISE 3ATAN S HEAD

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4HROUGH *ESUS ALL THE HORRIBLE RESULTS OF SIN WILL BE ERADICATED !S THE RESULT OF (IS LIFE DEATH

AND RESURRECTION (E HAS GIVEN 3ATAN A DEADLY BLOW 3OON THE PAIN IN 'OD S HEART WILL BE OVER 3OON (E WILL RETURN TO CLAIM AS (IS OWN THOSE WHOM *ESUS REDEEMED WITH (IS PRECIOUS BLOOD -AY YOUR HEART BE lLLED WITH PRAISE TODAY AS YOU SERVE A 'OD WHO LONGS TO HAVE YOU WITH (IM THROUGH ALL ETERNITY

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#HINESE FROM *APANESE )TALIANS FROM 3PANISH %NGLISH FROM &RENCH 9ET NO ONE CONSIDERS THAT !FRICA IS NEITHER A COUNTRY NOR A LANGUAGE GROUP %VEN h!FRICAN CULTUREv IS TOO MUCH OF A GENERALIZATION ! CONTINENT WITH MORE THAN NATIONS MORE DIVERSE IN CULTURE AND LANGUAGE THAN PERHAPS ANY OTHER CONTINENT IS LUMPED INTO ONE STEREOTYPED PIECE $OES IT MEAN THAT EVERYONE FROM THAT CONTINENT SPEAKS THE SAME LANGUAGE AND CARRIES THE SAME IDENTITY

SAME CULTURE SAME CHARACTERISTICS

AND THE SAME BEHAVIOR 4HIS ARTICLE IS A CASE IN POINT WHERE INDIVIDUAL COUNTRIES OR LANGUAGE GROUPS ARE COMPARED WITH AN ENTIRE CONTINENT )S THERE NO WAY OF DISTINGUISHING THE PEOPLES AND NATIONS AND LANGUAGE GROUPS THAT INHABIT THAT CONTINENT #HINYERE .WANKWO !MUHA .IGERIA

!RTICLES LIKE h(ELPING THE (ELPLESSv $ECEMBER AND h#LASSES #ULTURE

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) WAS EXCEEDINGLY GLAD FOR THE SUPPORT GIVEN TO THE PROJECT h#ONNECTING 7ITH *ESUSv &EBRUARY 4HE #HRISTIAN LIFE CAN BE COMPARED TO A TRIPOD WITH ITS THREE FEET BEING THE SUPPORT TO LIVE ACCORDING TO 'OD S WILL PRAYER STUDY OF THE "IBLE AND 3PIRIT OF 0ROPHECY AND MISSIONARY WORK )F ONE OF THESE IS MISSING WILL IT REMAIN STANDING )T LOSES ITS FUNCTION .O 3EVENTH DAY !DVENTIST CAN MISS ANY OF THESE VITAL ELEMENTS OF A LIFE IN #HRIST 4HESE 3PIRIT OF 0ROPHECY BOOKS

STUDIED IN SMALL GROUPS AND WORSHIP SERVICES WILL GIVE MEMBERS A MUCH BET TER UNDERSTANDING OF THE "IBLE AND WILL TRANSFORM LIVES INTO THE CHARACTER OF *ESUS 0RAISE 'OD FOR SUCH A WONDERFUL PROJECT )T S THE BEST EVER FOR !DVENTIST PEOPLE 7HERE CAN ) CONTRIBUTE ,ILIAN ,ANNENN 4OLEDOn0ARANÕ "RAZIL 9OU MAY CONTRIBUTE TO THE PROJECT AT HTTP CWJ EGWWRITINGS ORG #LICK ON h#LICK (ERE TO $ONATE v &INDING #OMMON 'ROUND

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&EBRUARY 'OD PUT US IN CON TACT WITH MANY -USLIM FAMILIES FOR ABOUT TWO OR THREE YEARS IN OUR WORK "UT THE FRIENDSHIP WAS DEEPENED WHEN COMMON GROUND WAS FOUND ON CLOTH ING FOOD AND RESPECT FOR 'OD .OW WE SEE HOW THE ,ORD IS PREPARING THEIR HEARTS AND WE WOULD LIKE THE GREAT PRIVILEGE TO BRING THEM CLOSER TO THE FEET OF *ESUS 7HEN THAT HAPPENS THE BARRIERS DISAPPEAR /UR DREAM IS TO SEE THEM ACCEPT #HRIST AS THEIR 3AVIOR 4O (IM BE THE GLORY 4HE -OTTA &AMILY "UENOS !IRES !RGENTINA .OT /UR 7ORK BUT (IS

4HE ARTICLE h(ELPING THE (ELPLESS v BY 3AN DRA "LACKMER $EC EMBER WARMED MY SOUL 3EEING THE STUDENTS WILLING TO HELP IS MOVING $URING WE OPENED A KINDERGARTEN WITH STUDENTS IN MY CITY 4HE AUTHORITIES CLOSED IT BECAUSE WE DID NOT HAVE THE ENROLLMENT THEY EXPECTED FOR

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#ULTURE AND #HRISTv BY THE SAME AUTHOR 3EPTEMBER HELP US TO BEAR IN MIND THAT THE WORK IS THE ,ORD S AND WE MUST MOVE FORWARD BY FAITH -AY THE MESSAGE OF #HRIST BE OUR PRIORITY IN THESE PROJECTS %LIZABETH ' 3CHIMPF DE '˜MEZ %NTRE 2IOS !RGENTINA 3TILL 3PEAKING TO 2EADERS

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T WAS IN THE MONTH OF *ANUARY DURING THE TIME WHEN THERE WAS ETHNIC VIOLENCE FOLLOWING THE HIGHLY DISPUTED OUTCOME OF THE POLITICAL GENERAL ELECTIONS OF $ECEMBER THAT THREW THE COUNTRY OF +ENYA INTO A SERIOUS POLITICAL CRISIS ) WAS CONDUCTING AN EVANGELISTIC CAMPAIGN IN THE CITY OF -ARIMANTI IN THE 4HARAKA $ISTRICT %ASTERN 0ROVINCE OF +ENYA 4HIS CITY IS A NEW HEADQUARTERS FOR THE NEWLY CREATED POLITICAL DISTRICT IN THIS CORNER OF +ENYA 3UPPORTED BY ABOUT LAY VOLUNTEER EVANGELISTS THE CAMPAIGN BEGAN ON A HIGH NOTE (UNDREDS OF PEOPLE GATHERED AT THE SMALL COMPOUND OF THE -ARIMANTI 3EVENTH DAY !DVENTIST #HURCH TO HEAR THE MESSAGE PREACHED BY MYSELF AND TWO LOCAL ASSOCIATE PASTORS *OSHUA .JUGUNA AND "ONlCE +IMUYU

BOTH FROM #ENTRAL +ENYA #ONFERENCE !LL THESE LISTENERS WERE HAPPY TO ATTEND OUR EVENING MEETINGS 3OMETIMES THE MEETINGS WOULD RUN UNTIL P M AND THEY D COMPLAIN THAT WE HAD STOPPED TOO SOON /NE WEEK INTO THE CAMPAIGN WE FORMED BAPTISM CLASSES IN WHICH WE COULD THOROUGHLY CARRY THE CANDIDATES THROUGH ALL THE BASIC BIBLICAL DOCTRINES 7E PROVIDED SOME FREE LITERATURE SUCH AS 4HE 'REAT #ONTROVERSY 4HE $ESIRE OF !GES

3TEPS TO #HRIST ETC )T WAS DURING THE TESTIMONIES BY THE BAPTISMAL CANDIDATES WHEN ) DISCOVERED THAT FOUR OF OUR CANDIDATES WERE POLICE CONSTABLES PROVIDING SECURITY FOR OUR MEETINGS 0OLICE OFlCERS ARE NOT KNOWN FOR THEIR INCLINATION TOWARD ANY RELIGIOUS FAITH .OBODY EXPECTS THEM TO BE INTERESTED IN THE THINGS OF 'OD ) ASKED THEM WHY THEY CHOSE TO ATTEND OUR MEETINGS 4HEY SAID THAT SOMETIME IN THE PAST YEAR ) HAD DROPPED A WHOLE BOX OF !DVENTIST 7ORLD MAGAZINES AT THEIR POLICE STATION 4HEY STARTED READING THEM 4HROUGH THE READING OF THESE MAGAZINES THEY CAME TO FEEL THAT hTHE CHURCH THAT THESE MAGAZINES REPRESENTED MUST BE A VERY SPECIAL CHURCH AND FELLOWSHIP v 4HEY CONFESSED TO ME THAT WHEN THEIR POLICE CHIEF ASKED THEM TO PROVIDE SECURITY DURING OUR NIGHTLY EVANGELISTIC MEETINGS THEY THOUGHT IT WAS AN ANSWER TO THEIR PRAYERS 4HEY CAME TO OUR MEETINGS WITHOUT THEIR OFlCIAL UNI FORMSˆAN ENTIRE WEEK HAD GONE BY BEFORE WE LEARNED WHO AND WHAT THEY WERE ) GAVE EACH ONE OF THEM NEWER MAGAZINES AND A "IBLE /N THE LAST 3ABBATH OF OUR SERIES WE BAPTIZED SOULSˆTHESE FOUR POLICE OFlCERS WERE AMONG THE GROUP ! SENIOR ADMINISTRATIVE GOVERNMENT CIVIL SERVANT FROM ANOTHER LOCATION SOME KILOMETERS MILES AWAY CALLED ME ON MY MOBILE PHONE AND ASKED WHETHER IT WAS TRUE THAT THESE POLICE OFlCERS HAD BEEN BAPTIZED ) CONlRMED THAT THE FOUR HAD A FEW MINUTES BEFORE BEEN BAPTIZED 4HE CIVIL SERVANT BEGGED THAT HE TOO BE ALLOWED TO BE BAPTIZED 4HIS IS ANOTHER INTERESTING STORYˆFOR ANOTHER TIME 'OD BLESS THE MINISTRY OF THIS MAGAZINE ˆ0ASTOR "LASIOUS - 2UGURI SECRETARY %AST #ENTRAL !FRICA $IVISION

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-%%4 9/52 .%)'("/2 )SAAC "EDIAKO IS A MEMBER OF THE 3EVENTH DAY !DVENTIST #HURCH AT 3ESSIMAN A SUBURB IN THE .KORANZA .ORTH $ISTRICT OF 'HANA (E IS A YEAR OLD FARMER AND AN ILLITERATE LAYMAN "EDIAKO TOOK ON THE WORK OF PERSONAL EVANGELISM WITHIN THE DISTRICT !FTER RECEIVING TRAINING ON PERSONAL CONTACT FROM THE h)T S .ICE TO "E .ICEv PROGRAM

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THE ,ORD (E HAS DISTRIBUTED CARTONS OF !DVENTIST 7ORLD

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BUSESˆEVERYWHERE HE MEETS PEOPLE (E HAS ALSO ENROLLED PEOPLE IN 6OICE OF 0ROPHECY LESSON STUDIES THROUGH WHICH SOME OF THESE HAVE STARTED

WORSHIPPING WITH THE 3ESSIMAN CHURCH "EDIAKO HAS PROMISED TO WORK FOR THE ,ORD FOR THE REST OF HIS LIFE THOUGH HE SUFFERS FROM LEG AND JOINT PAINS

!$6%.4)34 ,)&% !S THE MEMBERS OF MY FAMILY WERE HAVING LUNCHˆAND ENGAGED IN SMALL TALKˆ) NOTICED THAT MY YEAR OLD DAUGHTER #ARLA HAD A BLANK EXPRESSION OF HER FACE 3HE WAS DEEP IN THOUGHT 3UDDENLY

SHE INTERRUPTED US h.OW ) KNOW -OM v SHE SAID MATTER OF FACTLY h7HEN *ESUS IS WALKING ON THE GROUND WE CALL (IM *ESUS AND WHEN (E IS IN THE SKY WE CALL (IM 'OD v !PPARENTLY SHE HAD BEEN THINKING FOR QUITE SOME TIME ABOUT THAT SEEMING PUZZLE !S A MOTHER

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