Theme Chosen for 2005 World Church Session
Members of the church's executive committee, meeting at the world church headquarters in Silver Spring, Maryland, approved the theme April 19, saying it reflects one of the central messages of Adventism.
Members of the church's executive committee, meeting at the world church headquarters in Silver Spring, Maryland, approved the theme April 19, saying it reflects one of the central messages of Adventism.
Sound financial policies mean the General Conference is moving forward in mission from a strong financial foundation, said world church treasurer Robert Rawson in his report to world leaders gathered for Spring Meeting at the church's headquarters in Silv
Church leaders voted April 18 to endorse a youth evangelism conference to be held in Bangkok, Thailand, December 29, 2003 to January 3, 2004.
In a gathering of the church's executive committee, pastor Jan Paulsen, world church president, challenges church leaders and members to focus more deliberately on the three strategic values of the world church: Unity, Growth, and Quality of Life.
Church leaders have endorsed a new administrative structure for the church in Africa--a change prompted in part by extraordinary rates of church growth on the continent.
A contemporary adaptation of the book The Desire of Ages, released by Pacific Press last month, aims to make Ellen White's biography of Jesus more accessible to a new generation of readers.