Contemporary Issues

Various Authors $18.99 9788472087095 Paperback, 228 pages

Adventists and Military Service

The Seventh-day Adventist Church has a long and rich history of being a Church that affirms peace, seeks reconciliation, and encourages a noncombatant stance. In a time when wars are war-like conflicts are on the global rise, there is an urgent need to reflect more fully on the role of Christ’s followers as conscientious agents of peace and as conscientious objectors to all forms of violence. By candidly looking at the biblical evidence in the Old and New Testaments and by learning from Church history and our own history, the authors of this book address the spirit of the early Christian Church and of Jesus Christ on this issue.

The book has grown out of an initiative of the Biblical Research Committee of what is now the Inter-European Division. The authors reflect the international composition of the Church. It contains the most complete list of all official Church documents on war and military service that were published by the Church from its beginning to the present, as well as a comprehensive list of major publications and resources that were written by Seventh-day Adventists. It will be the definite reference work on this subject for years to come.