Guidelines for growing a Seventh-day Adventist regional “mission field” into a full-fledged, self-reliant church region, or “Union Conference,” were approved following little discussion at the world church’s annual business meetings on Oct. 13. Pastor Joseph A. Ola, president of the church in Nig...
While world mission offerings decreased, the total amount of money given to the Seventh-day Adventist Church in 2002 was more than in 2001 despite a decreasing market economy.
Financial audits of the Seventh-day Adventist Church world headquarters will now be more independent, following a vote to have the Church's General Conference executive committee appoint a separate financial audit review committee that will not have churc
Seeking to expand the opportunities for the Seventh-day Adventist Church to reach and win those who do not know Jesus as Savior, the church's annual business session voted Oct. 13 to create a Center for World Evangelism, which will be based at the world h
Bringing the gospel message to a hurting world, and nurturing those who respond, were the key elements of discussions in the Sunday, Oct. 12 morning business meeting of the Seventh-day Adventist Church's Annual Council.
There are 13,325,270 baptized members of the Seventh-day Adventist Church as of June 30, 2003, according to Bert Haloviak, director of the church's office of Archives and Statistics. This represents a net increase of 573,097 members, or a little more than