Seventh-day Adventist Yearbook for 1987

YEARBOOK 1987

A Directory of The General Conference, World Divisions, Union and Local Conferences and Missions, Educational Institutions, Food Companies,

Health-Care Institutions, Media Center, Publishing Houses, Periodicals, and

Denominational Workers

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Contents Preface and Statistics 4 Fundamental Beliefs of Seventh-day Adventists 5 Constitution and Bylaws 9 General Conference and Departments 15 Divisions:

Africa-Indian Ocean 39 Eastern Africa 63 Euro-Africa 83 Far Eastern 107 Inter-American 153 North American 189

Health-Care Corporations 261 South American 265 South Pacific 297 Southern Asia 321 Trans-European 337 Middle East Union 355 South African Union 357 Southern Union (Africa) 360 China 365 The Seventh-day Adventist Church in the USSR 367

Institutions: Educational Institutions 371 Food Companies 473 Health-Care Institutions 481 Dispensaries 519 Retirement Homes and Orphanages 525 Media Centers 529 Publishing Houses 533 Periodicals 545

Calendars 1987-1988 559 Necrology 560 Calendars of Special Days and Offerings 1987-1988 564 List of Countries With Their Organizational Locations 566 Telex Directory 568 Postal Abbreviations 570 Index of Institutional Workers 571 Directory of Workers 649 General Index 1009

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Preface to the 1987 Edition Scope of the Yearbook

A world directory of the Seventh-day Adventist Church is given in the following pages. It includes the General Conference and its international divisions, union and local conferences and missions, and related institutions. Institutions that are managed but not fully owned and operated by church entities are not included. The information has been furnished by the organizations themselves; but in cases where current reports have not been received, the most recent previous records have been retained or adjusted.

In the conference and mission sections, workers are listed in the following sequence: ordained ministers holding ministerial credentials, credentialed commis-sioned ministers, credentialed missionaries, licensed ministers, licensed commissioned ministers, licensed missionaries, and credentialed literature evangelists. The Directory of Workers gives the names and addresses of all credentialed workers, licensed ministers and licensed commissioned ministers. Institutional workers are listed separately in the Index of Institutional Workers.

The data that appears below has been summarized largely from the 1985 Annual Statistical Report, while the figures for the number of churches and for church membership throughout the Yearbook are drawn from official reports rendered for June 30, 1986.

Denominational History

Although the name "Seventh-day Adventist" was chosen in 1860, the denomination was not officially organized until May 21, 1863, when the movement included some 125 churches and 3,500 members. Work was largely confined to North America until 1874 when the Church's first missionary, J. N. Andrews, was sent to Switzerland. Africa was penetrated briefly in 1879 when Dr. H. P. Ribton, an early convert in Italy, moved to Egypt

and opened a school, but the project ended when riots broke out in the vicinity. The first non-Protestant Christian country entered was Russia, where an Adventist minister went in 1886. On October 20, 1890, the schooner Pitcairn was launched at San Francisco and was soon engaged in carrying missionaries to the Pacific islands. Seventh-day Adventist workers first entered non-Christian countries in 1894Gold Coast (Ghana), West Africa, and Matabeleland, South Africa. The same year saw missionaries entering South America, and in 1896 the Church had its representatives in Japan.

The publication and distribution of literature were major factors in.the growth of the Advent Movement. The Advent Review and Sabbath Herald (now the Adventist Review), general church paper, was launched in Paris, Maine, in 1850; the Youth's Instructor in Rochester, New York, in 1852; and the Signs of the Times in Oakland, California, in 1874. The first denominational publishing house, at Battle Creek, Michigan, began operating in 1855 and was duly incorporated in 1861 under the name of Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association.

The Health Reform Institute, later known as the Battle Creek Sanitarium, opened its doors in 1866, and missionary society work was organized on a statewide basis in 1870. The first of the Church's worldwide network of schools was established in 1872, and 1877 saw the formation of state-wide Sabbath school associa-tions. In 1903, the denominational headquarters' was moved from Battle Creek, Michigan, to Washington, D.C., where it continues to form the nerve-center of an ever-expanding work. Each year sees further develop-ment in the work of the Church.

That the Church's growth and God's blessings may be accurately and inspiringly reflected in this Yearbook is the desire of the Archives and Statistics Committee and staff.

World Statistics for 1985 (except as noted)

MEMBERSHIP AND WORKERS (as of June 30, 1986)

Baptized church members 4,863,047 Organized churches 26,135 Ordained ministers, active 10,490 Total active workers 103,960 Baptisms and professions of faith 376,477

(July 1, 1985 to June 30, 1986)

HEALTH MINISTRY

Hospitals and sanitariums 152 Dispensaries, clinics, and launches 292 Retirement homes and orphanages 84 Physicians, dentists, residents, and

interns 2,767 Nurses 14,519 Outpatient visits 5,828,088

$1,964,010,049 Assets of health-care institutions MISSION WORK

Countries in which church is working (1984). 184 (Countries and areas in the world-213)

Number of divisions 10 Number of unions 84 Number of conferences, missions

and fields 410 Missionaries sent 374

(1984 figure) Food companies 28

PUBLISHING WORK

Publishing houses 51 Languages in which church is working (1984)... 617 Languages, publishing in (1984) 189 Literature evangelists 6,829 Literature sales $106,863,465

GOOD-NEIGHBOR PROGRAM SABBATH SCHOOLS

Persons helped 16,677,970 Sabbath school members 5,494,809 Articles of clothing given 25,889,324 Sabbath schools 52,609 Cash and value of food given $12,140,595 CONTRIBUTIONS

EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM Titheworld North America

$452,475,435 $317,233,301

Schools operated by church 5,458 Sabbath School world $30,402,796 Total enrollment 716,877 North America $19,573,429 Primary and elementary schools 4,306 Ingatheringworld $12,641,218 Secondary schools 914 All contributionsworld $724,875,867 Colleges and Universities 94 North America $534,377,100

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FUNDAMENTAL BELIEFS

OF SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTS

Seventh-day Adventists accept the Bible as their only creed and hold certain fundamental beliefs to be the teaching of the Holy Scriptures. These beliefs, as set forth here, constitute the church's understanding and expression of the teaching of Scripture. Revision of these statements may be expected at a General Conference session when the church is led by the Holy Spirit to a fuller understanding of Bible truth or finds better language in which to express the teach-ings of God's Holy Word.

1. The Holy Scriptures The Holy Scriptures, Old and New Testaments, are

the written Word of God, given by divine inspiration through holy men of God who spoke and wrote as they were moved by the Holy Spirit. In this Word, God has committed to man the knowledge necessary for salvation. The Holy Scriptures are the infallible revelation of His will. They are the standard of charac-ter, the test of experience, the authoritative revealer of doctrines, and tne trustworthy record of God's acts in history. (2 Peter 1:20, 21; 2 Tim. 3:16, 17; Ps. 119:105; Prov. 30:5, 6; Isa. 8:20; John 17:17; 1 Thess. 2:13; Heb. 4:12.)

2. The Trinity

There is one God: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, a unity of three co-eternal Persons. God is immortal, all-powerful, all-knowing, above all, and ever pres-ent. He is infinite and beyond human comprehen-sion, yet known through His self-revelation. He is for-ever worthy of worship, adoration, and service by the whole creation. (Deut. 6:4; Matt. 28:19; 2 Cor. 13:14; Eph. 4:4-6; 1 Peter 1:2; 1 Tim. 1:17; Rev. 14:7.)

3. The Father God the Eternal Father is the Creator, Source, Sus-

tainer, and Sovereign of all creation. He is just and holy, merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness. The qualities and powers exhibited in the Son and the Holy Spirit are also revelations of the Father. (Gen. 1:1; Rev. 4:11; 1 Cor. 15:28; John 3:16; 1 John 4:8; 1 Tim. 1:17; Ex. 34:6, 7; John 14:9.)

4. The Son God the eternal Son became incarnate in Jesus

Christ. Through Him all things were created, the character of God is revealed, the salvation of human-ity is accomplished, and the world is judged. Forever truly God, He became also truly man, Jesus the Christ. He was conceived of the Holy Spirit and born of the virgin Mary. He lived and experienced tempta-tion as a human being, but perfectly exemplified the righteousness and love of God. By His miracles He manifested God's power and was attested as God's promised Messiah. He suffered and died voluntarily on the cross for our sins and in our place, was raised from the dead, and ascended to minister in the heav-enly sanctuary in our behalf. He will come again in glory for the final deliverance of His people and the restoration of all things. (John 1:1-3, 14; Col. 1:15-19;

John 10:30; 14:9; Rom. 6:23; 2 Cor. 5:17-19; John 5:22; Luke 1:35; Phil. 2:5-11; Heb. 2:9-18; 1 Cor. 15:3, 4; Heb. 8:1, 2; John 14:1-3.)

5. The Holy Spirit

God the eternal Spirit was active with the Father and the Son in Creation, incarnation, and redemp-tion. He inspired the writers of Scripture. He filled Christ's life with power. He draws and convicts hu-man beings.; and those who respond He renews and transforms into the image of God. Sent by the Father and the Son to be always with His children, He ex-tends spiritual gifts to the church, empowers it to bear witness to Christ, and in harmony with the Scrip-tures leads it into all truth. (Gen. 1:1, 2; Luke 1:35; 4:18; Acts 10:38; 2 Peter 1:21; 2 Cor. 3:18; Eph. 4:11, 12; Acts 1:8; John 14:16-18, 26; 15:26, 27; 16:7-13.)

6. Creation God is Creator of all things, and has revealed in

Scripture the authentic account of His creative activ-ity. In six days the Lord made "the heaven and the earth" and all living things upon the earth, and rested on the seventh day of that first week. Thus He estab-lished the Sabbath as a perpetual memorial of His completed creative work. The first man and woman were made in the image of God as the crowning work of Creation, given dominion over the world, and charged with responsibility to care for it. When the world was finished it was "very good," declaring the glory of God. (Gen. 1; 2; Ex. 20:8-11; Ps. 19:1-6; 33:6, 9; 104; Heb. 11:3.)

7. The Nature of Man Man and woman were made in the image of God

with individuality, the power and freedom to think and to do. Though created free beings, each is an indivisible unity of body, mind, and spirit, depen-dent upon God for life and breath and all else. When our first parents disobeyed God, they denied their dependence upon Him and fell from their high posi-tion under God. The image of God in them was mar-red and they became subject to death. Their descen-dants share this fallen nature and its consequences. They are born with weaknesses and tendencies to evil. But God in Christ reconciled the world to Him-self and by His Spirit restores in penitent mortals the image of their Maker. Created for the glory of God, they are called to love Him and one another, and to care for their environment. (Gen. 1:26-28; 2:7; Ps. 8:4-8; Acts 17:24-28; Gen. 3; Ps. 51:5; Rom. 5:12-17; 2 Cor. 5:19, 20; Ps. 51:10; 1 John 4:7, 8, 11, 20; Gen. 2:15.)

8. The Great Controversy

" 'All humanity is now involved in a great controversy between Christ and Satan regarding the character of God, His law, and His sovereignty over the universe. This conflict originated in heaven when a created being, endowed with freedom of choice, in self-exaltation became Satan, God's adversary, and led into rebellion a portion of the angels. He introduced the spirit of rebellion into this world when he led

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Adam and Eve into sin. This human sin resulted in the distortion of the image of God in humanity, the disor-dering of the created, world, and its eventual devasta-tion at the time of the worldwide flood. Observed by the whole creation, this world became the arena of the universal conflict, out of which the God of love will ultimately be vindicated. To assist His people in this controversy, Christ sends the Holy Spirit and the loyal angels to guide, protect, and sustain them in the way of salvation. (Rev. 12:4-9; Isa. 14:12-14; Eze. 28:12-18; Gen. 3; Rom. 1:19-32; 5:12-21; 8:19-22; Gen. 6-8; 2 Peter 3:6; 1 Cor. 4:9; Heb. 1:14.)

9. The Life, Death, and Resurrection of Christ

In Christ's life of perfect obedience to God's will, His suffering, death, and resurrection, God provided the only means of atonement for human sin, so that those who by faith accept this atonement may have eternal life, and the whole creation may better under-stand the infinite and holy love of the Creator. This perfect atonement vindicates the righteousness of. God's law and the graciousness of His character; for it both condemns our sin and provides for our for-giveness. The death of Christ is substitutionary and expiatory, reconciling and transforming. The resur-rection of Christ proclaims God's triumph over the forces of evil, and for those who accept the atone-ment assures their final victory over sin and death. It declare's the Lordship of Jesus Christ, before whom every knee in heaven and on earth will bow. (John 3:16; Isa. 53; 1 Peter 2:21, 22; 1 Cor. 15:3, 4, 20-22; 2 Cor. 5:14, 15, 19-21; Rom. 1:4; 3:25; 4:25; 8:3, 4; 1 John 2:2; 4:10; Col. 2:15; Phil. 2:6-11.)

10. The Experience of Salvation In infinite love and mercy God made Christ, who

knew no sin, to be sin for us, so that in Him we might be made the righteousness of God. Led by the Holy Spirit we sense our need, acknowledge our sinful-ness, repent of our transgressions, and exercise faith in Jesus as Lord and Christ, as Substitute and Exam-ple. This faith which receives salvation comes through the divine power of the Word and is the gift of God's grace. Through Christ we are justified, adopted as God's sons and daughters, and delivered from the lordship of sin. Through the Spirit we are born again and sanctified; the Spirit renews our minds, writes God's law of love in our hearts, and we are given the power to live a holy life. Abiding in Him we become partakers of the divine nature and have the assurance of salvation now and in the judgment. (2 Cor. 5:17-21; John 3:16; Gal. 1:4; 4:4-7; Titus 3:3-7; John 16:8; Gal. 3:13,14; 1 Peter 2:21, 22; Rom. 10:17; Luke 17:5; Mark 9:23, 24; Eph. 2:5-10; Rom. 3:21-26; Col. 1:13, 14; Rom. 8:14-17; Gal. 3:26; John 3:3-8; 1 Peter 1:23; Rom. 12:2; Heb. 8:7-12; Eze. 36:25-27; 2 Peter 1:3, 4; Rom. 8:1-4; 5:6-10.)

11. The Church The church is the community of believers who con-

fess Jesus Christ as Lord and Saviour. In continuity with the people of God in Old Testament times, we are called out from the world; and we join together for worship, for fellowship, for instruction in the Word, for the celebration of the Lord's Supper, for service to all mankind, and for the world-wide procla-mation of thegospel. The church derives its authority from Christ, who is the incarnate Word, and from the Scriptures, which are the written Word. The church is God's family; adopted by Him as children, its mem-bers live on the basis of the new covenant. The church is the body of Christ, a community of faith of which Christ Himself is the Head. The church is the

bride for whom Chist died that He might sanctify and cleanse her. At His return in triumph, He will present her to Himself a glorious church, the faithful of all the ages, the purchase of His blood, not having spot or wrinkle, but holy and without blemish. (Gen. 12:3; Acts 7:38; Eph. 4:11-15; 3:8-11; Matt. 28:19, 20; 16:13-20; 18:18; Eph. 2:19-22; 1:22, 23; 5:23-27; Col. 1:17, 18.)

12. The Remnant and Its Mission The universal church is composed of all who truly

believe in Christ, but in the last days, a time of wide-spread apostasy, a remnant has been called' out to keep the commandments of God and the faith of Je-sus. This remnant announces the arrival of the judg-ment hour, proclaims salvation through Christ, and heralds the approach of His second advent. This proclamation is symbolized by the three angels of Revelation 14; it coincides with the work of judgment in heaven and results in a work of repentance and re-form on earth. Every believer is called to have a per-sonal part in this worldwide witness. (Rev. 12:17; 14:6-12; 18:1-4; 2 Cor. 5:10; Jude 3, 14; 1 Peter 1:16-19; 2 Peter 3:10-14; Rev. 21:1-14.)

13. Unity in the Body of Christ The church is one body with many members, called

from every nation, kindred, tongue, and people. In Christ we are a new creation; distinctions of race, cul-ture, learning, and nationality, and differences be-tween high and low, rich and poor, male and female, must not be divisive among us. We are all equal in Christ, who by one Spirit has bonded us into one fel-lowship with Him and with one another; we are to serve and be served without partiality or reservation. Through the revelation of Jesus Christ in the Scrip-tures we share the same faith and hope, and reach out in one witness to all. This unity has its source in the oneness of the triune God, who has adopted us as His children. (Rom. 12:4, 5; 1 Cor. 12:12-14; Matt. 28:19, 20; Ps. 133:1; 2 Cor. 5:16, 17; Acts 17:26, 27; Gal. 3:27, 29; Col. 3:10-15; Eph. 4:14-16; 4:1-6; John 17:20-23.)

14. Baptism By baptism we confess our faith in the death and

resurrection of Jesus Christ, and testify of our death to sin and of our purpose to walk in newness of life. Thus we acknowledge Christ as Lord and Saviour, be-come His people, and are received as members by His church. Baptism is a symbol of our union with Christ, the forgiveness of our sins, and our reception of the Holy Spirit. It is by immersion in water and is contingent on an affirmation of faith in Jesus and evi-dence of repentance of sin. It follows instruction in the Holy Scriptures and acceptance of their teach-ings. (Rom. 6:1-6; Col. 2:12, 13; Acts 16:30-33; 22:16; 2:38; Matt. 28:19, 20.)

15. The Lord's Supper The Lord's Supper is a participation in the emblems

of the body and blood of Jesus as an expression of faith in Him, our Lord and Saviour. In this experience of communion Christ is present to meet and strengthen His people. As we partake, we joyfully proclaim the Lord's death until He comes again. Prep-aration for the Supper includes self-examination, re-pentance, and confession. The Master ordained the service of foot washing to signify renewed cleansing, to express a willingness to serve one another in Christlike humility, and to unite our hearts in love. The communion service is open to all believing Chris-tians. (1 Cor. 10:16, 17; 11:23-30; Matt. 26:17-30; Rev. 3:20; John 6:48-63; 13:1-17.)

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16. Spiritual Gifts and Ministries God bestows upon all members of His church in

every age spiritual gifts which each member is to em-ploy in loving ministry for the common good of the church and of humanity. Given by the agency of the Holy Spirit, who apportions to each member as He wills, the gifts provide all abilities and ministries needed by the church to fulfill its divinely ordained functions. According to the Scriptures, these gifts in-clude such ministries as faith, healing, prophecy, proclamation, teaching, administration, reconcilia-tion, compassion, and self-sacrificing service and charity for the help and encouragement of people. Some members are called of God and endowed by the Spirit for functions recognized by the church in pastoral, evangelistic, apostolic, and teaching minis-tries particularly needed to equip the members for service, to build up the church to spiritual maturity, and to foster unity of the faith and knowledge of God. When members employ these spiritual gifts as faith-ful stewards of God's varied grace, the church is pro-tected from the destructive influence of false doc-trine, grows with a growth that is from God, and is built up in faith and love. (Rom. 12:4-8; 1 Cor. 12:9-11, 27, 28; Eph. 4:8, 11-16; Acts 6:1-7; 1 Tim. 2:1-3; 1 Peter 4:10, 11.)

17. The Gift of Prophecy One of the gifts of the Holy Spirit is prophecy. This

gift is an identifying mark of the remnant church and was manifested in the ministry of Ellen G. White. As the Lord's messenger, her writings are a continuing and authoritative source of truth which provide for the church comfort, guidance, instruction, and cor-rection. They also make clear that the Bible is the standard by which all teaching and experience must be tested. (Joel 2:28, 29; Acts 2:14-21; Heb. 1:1-3; Rev. 12:17; 19:10.)

18. The Law of God The great principles of God's law are embodied in

the Ten Commandments and exemplified in the life of Christ. They express God's love, will, and pur-poses concerning human conduct and relationships and are binding upon all people in every age. These precepts are the basis of God's covenant with His people and the standard in God's judgment. Through the agency of the Holy Spirit they point out sin and awaken a sense of need for a Saviour. Salvation is all of grace and not of works, but its fruitage is obedi-ence to the Commandments. This obedience devel-ops Christian character and results in a sense of well-being. It is an evidence of our love for the Lord and our concern for our fellow men, The obedience of faith demonstrates the power of Christ to transform lives, and therefore strengthens Christian witness. (Ex. 20:1-17; Ps. 40:7, 8; Matt. 22:36-40; Deut. 28:1-14; Matt. 5:17-20; Heb. 8:8-10; John 16:7-10; Eph. 2:8-10; 1 John 5:3; Rom. 8:3, 4; Ps. 19:7-14.)

19. The Sabbath The beneficent Creator, after the six days of Crea-

tion, rested on the seventh day and instituted the Sabbath for all people as a memorial of Creation. The fourth commandment of God's unchangeable law re-quires the observance of this seventh-day Sabbath as the day of rest, worship, and ministry in harmony with the teaching and practice of Jesus, the Lord of the Sabbath. The Sabbath is a day of delightful com-munion with God and one another. It is a symbol of our redemption in Christ, a sign of our sanctification, a token of our allegiance, and a foretaste of our eter-nal future in God's kingdom. The Sabbath is Cod's perpetual sign of His eternal covenant between Him

and His people. Joyful observance of this holy time from evening to evening, sunset to sunset, is a cele-bration of God's creative and redemptive acts. (Gen. 2:1-3; Ex. 20:8-11; Luke 4:16; lsa. 56:5, 6; 58:13, 14; Matt. 12:1-12; Ex. 31:13-17; Eze. 20:12, 20; Deut. 5:12-15; Heb. 4:1-11; Lev. 23:32; Mark 1:32.)

20. Stewardship We are God's stewards, entrusted by Him with time

and opportunities, abilities and possessions, and the blessings of the earth and its resources. We are re-sponsible to Him for their proper use. We acknowl-edge God's ownership by faithful service to Him and our fellow men, and by returning tithes and giving of-ferings for the proclamation of His gospel and the support and growth of His church. Stewardship is a privilege given to us by God for nurture in love and the victory over selfishness and covetousness. The steward rejoices in the blessings that come to others as a result of his faithfulness. (Gen. 1:26-28; 2:15; 1 Chron. 29:14; Hag. 1:3-11; Mal. 3:8-12; 1 Cor. 9:9-14; Matt. 23:23; 2 Cor. 8:1-15; Rom. 15:26, 27.)

21. Christian Behaviour We are called to be a godly people who think, feel,

and act in harmony with the principles of heaven. For the Spirit to recreate in us the character of our Lord we involve ourselves only in those things which will produce Christlike purity, health, and joy in our lives. This means that our ammusement and entertainment should meet the highest standards of Christian taste and beauty. While recognizing cultural differences, our dress is to be simple, modest, and neat, befitting those whose true beauty does not consist of outward adornment but in the imperishable ornament of a gentle and quiet spirit. It also means that because our bodies are the temples of the Holy Spirit, we are to care for them intelligently. Along with adequate exer-cise and rest, we are to adopt the most healthful diet possible and abstain from the unclean foods identi-fied in the Scriptures. Since alcoholic beverages, to-bacco, and the irresponsible use of drugs and narcot-ics are harmful to our bodies, we are to abstain from them as well. Instead, we are to engage in whatever brings our thoughts and bodies into the discipline of Christ, who desires our wholesomeness, joy, and goodness. (Rom. 12:1, 2; 1 John 2:6; Eph. 5:1 -21; Phil. 4:8; 2 Cor. 10:5; 6:14-7:1; 1 Peter 3:1-4; 1 Cor. 6:19, 20; 10:31; Lev. 11:1-47; 3 John 2.)

22. Marriage and the Family Marriage was divinely established in Eden and af-

firmed by Jesus to be a lifelong union between a man and a woman in loving companionship. For the Chris-tian a marriage commitment is to God as well as to the spouse, and should be entered into only between partners who share a common faith. Mutual love, honor, respect, and responsibility are the fabric of this relationship, which is to reflect the love, sanctity, closeness, and permanence of the relationship be-tween Christ and His church. Regarding divorce, le-sus taught that the person who divorces a spouse, ex-cept 'for fornication, and marries another, commits adultery. Although some family relationships may fall short of the ideal, marriage partners who fully com-mit themselves to each other in Christ may achieve loving unity through the guidance of the Spirit and the nurture of the church. God blesses the family and intends that its members shall assist each other to- ward complete maturity. Parents are to bring up their children to love and obey the Lord. By their example and their words they are to teach them that Christ is a loving disciplinarian, ever tender and caring, who wants them to become members of His body, the


family of God. Increasing family closeness is one of the earmarks of the final gospel message. (Gen. 2:18-25; Matt. 19:3-9; John 2:1-11; 2 Cor. 6:14; Eph. 5:21-33; Matt. 5:31, 32; Mark 10:11, 12; Luke 16:18; 1 Cor. 7:10, 11; Ex. 20:12; Eph. 6:1-4; Deut. 6:5-9; Prov. 22:6; Mal. 4:5, 6.)

23. Christ's Ministry in the Heavenly Sanctuary

There is a sanctuary in heaven, the true tabernacle which the Lord set up and not man. In it Christ minis-ters on our behalf, making available to believers the benefits of His atoning sacrifice offered once for all on the cross. He was inaugurated as our great High Priest and began His intercessory ministry at the time of His ascension. In 1844, at the end of the prophetic period of 2300 days, He entered the second and last phase of His atoninministry. It is a work of investiga-tive judgment which is part of the ultimate disposi-tion of all sin, typified by the cleansing of the ancient Hebrew sanctuary on the Day of Atonement. In that typical service the sanctuary was cleansed with the blood of animal sacrifices, but the heavenly things are purified with the perfect sacrifice of the blood of Jesus. The investigative judgment reveals to heavenly intelligences who among the dead are asleep in Christ and therefore, in Him, are deemed worthy to have part in the first resurrection. It also makes man-ifest who, among the living are abiding in Christ, keeping the commandments of God and the faith of Jesus, and in Him, therefore, are ready for translation into His everlasting kingdom. This judgment vindi-cates the justice of God in saving those who believe in Jesus. It declares that those who have remained loyal to God shall receive the kingdom. The completion of this ministry of Christ will mark the close of human probation before the Second Advent. (Heb. 8:1-5; 4:14-16; 9:11-28; 10:19-22; 1:3; 2:16, 17; Dan. 7:9-27; 8:13, 14; 9:24-27; Num. 14:34; Eze. 4:6; Lev. 16; Rev. 14:6, 7; 20:12; 14:12; 22:12.)

24. The Second Coming of Christ The second coming of Christ is the blessed hope of

the church, the grand climax of the gospel. The Saviour's coming will be literal, personal, visible and worldwide. When He returns, the righteous dead will be resurrected, and together with the righteous liv-ing will be glorified and taken to heaven, but the unrighteous will die. The almost complete fulfillment of most lines of prophecy, together with the present

condition of the world, indicates that Christ's coming is imminent. The time of that event has not been revealed, and we are therefore exhorted to be ready at all times. (Titus 2:13; Heb. 9:28; John 14:1-3; Acts 1:9-11; Matt. 24:14; Rev. 1:7; Matt. 24:43, 44; 1 Thess. 4:13-18; 1 Cor. 15:51-54; 2 Thess. 1:7-10; 2:8; Rev. 14:14-20; 19:11-21; Matt. 24; Mark 13; Luke 21; 2 Tim. 3:1-5; 1 Thess. 5:1-6.)

25. Death and Resurrection

The wages of sin is death. But God, who alone is im-mortal, will grant eternal life to His redeemed. Until that day death is an unconscious state for all people. When Christ, who is our life, appears, the resurrected righteous and the living righteous will be glorified and caught up to meet their Lord. The second resur-rection, the resurrection of the unrighteous, will take place a thousand years later. (Rom. 6:23; 1 Tim. 6:15, 16; Eccl. 9:5, 6; Ps. 146:3, 4; John 11:11-14; Col. 3:4; 1 Cor. 15:51-54; 1 Thess. 4:13-17; John 5:28, 29; Rev. 20:1-10.)

26. The Millennium and the End of Sin

The millennium is the thousand-year reign of Christ with His saints in heaven between the first and second resurrections. During this time the wicked dead will be judged; the earth will be utterly deso-late, without living human inhabitants, but occupied by Satan and his angels. At its close Chris/ with His saints and the Holy City will descend from heaven to earth. The unrighteous dead will then be resur-rected, and with Satan and his angels will surround the city; but fire from God will consume them and cleanse the earth. The universe will thus be freed of sin and sinners forever. (Rev. 20; 1 Cor. 6:2, 3; Jer. 4:23-26; Rev. 21:1-5; Mal. 4:1; Eze. 28:18, 19.)

27. The New Earth On the new earth, in which righteousness dwells,

God will provide an eternal home for the redeemed and a perfect environment for everlasting life, love, joy, and learning in His presence. For here God Him-self will dwell with His people, and suffering and death will have passed away. The great controversy will be ended, and sin will be no more. All things, ani-mate and inanimate, will declare that God is love; and He shall reign forever. Amen. (2 Peter 3:13; Isa. 35; 65:17-25; Matt. 5:5; Rev. 21:1-7; 22:1-5; 11:15.)

THE CONSTITUTION AND BYLAWS of the

General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists

(As revised at the Fifty-fourth Session held in New Orleans, Louisiana, June 27 to July 6, 1985.)

CONSTITUTION Article IName

This organization shall be known as General Con-ference of Seventh-day Adventists.

Article IIObject The object of this Conference is to teach all nations

the everlasting gospel of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ and the commandments of God.

Article IIIMembership Sec. 1. The membership of this Conference shall

consist of: a. Such union conferences and union missions,

either in organized division sections or without di-visional affiliation, as have been or shall be properly organized and accepted by vote of the General Con-ference in session.

b. Such local conferences and properly organized local missions not included in any division, union conference/mission, or such local conferences/mis-sions/unions of churches directly attached to divi-sions, as have been or shall be properly organized and accepted by vote of the General Conference in session.

Sec. 2. The voters of this Conference shall be desig-nated as follows:

a. Delegates at large. b. Regular delegates. Sec. 3. Delegates at large shall be: a. All members of the General Conference Execu-

tive Committee. b. Such representatives of missions of the General

Conference and of general institutions and depart-ments of work, and such general laborers, field sec-retaries and lay persons as shall receive delegate's credentials from the Executive Committee of the General Conference, such credentials to be ratified by the General Conference in session. The number of these delegates thus seated shall not exceed 25 per cent of the total number of delegates otherwise pro-vided for.

c. Four delegates from each division, without re-gard to membership, and one additional delegate for each 200,000, or major fraction thereof, of the divi-sion membership, such delegates to be appointed by the Division Committee and their credentials to be ratified by the General Conference in session. Cal-culations for these delegate allotments shall be based upon the membership as of December 31 of the second year preceding the session.

Sec. 4. Regular delegates shall be appointed in the following manner:

a. Delegates representing union conferences shall be appointed by the respective unions.

b. Delegates representing union missions, and loc-al conferences/local missions/unions of churches attached to the division but not to any union, shall be appointed by the Division Committee in consultation with the organization concerned.

c. Delegates representing union missions, and loc-al conferences/local missions/unions of churches without division affiliation, shall be appointed by the General Conference Committee in consultation with the organization concerned.

Sec. 5. Regular delegates shall be appointed and accredited on the following basis:

a. Delegates from union conferences/missions. Each union conference/mission shall be entitled to one delegate in addition to its president, without regard to number, an additional delegate for each local conference and each regularly organized mis-sion in its territory without regard to number, and an additional delegate for each 5,000 or major fraction thereof, of the membership of the union conference or mission.

b. Delegates from attached local fields. Each local conference/local mission/union of churches directly attached to a division or to the General Conference, as has been or shall be properly organized and accepted by vote of the General Conference in ses-sion, shall be entitled to one delegate, without re-gard to number, and an additional delegate for each 5,000 or major fraction thereof, of the membership of the local conference or mission.

c. Calculations for delegate allotments shall be based upon the membership as of December 31 of the second year preceding the session.

Sec. 6. Credentials to sessions shall be issued by the General Conference to those appointed as pro-vided for in harmony with the provisions of this arti-cle.

Article IVOfficers and Their Duties Sec. 1. The officers of this Conference shall be a

president, vice-presidents, a secretary, an under-secretary, associate secretaries, a treasurer, an undertreasurer, and associate treasurers, who shall be elected by the Conference.

Sec. 2. President: The president shall preside at the sessions of the Conference, act as chairman of the Executive Committee and labor in the general in-terests of the Conference, as the Executive Commit-tee may advise, and perform such other duties as usually pertain to such office.

Sec. 3. Vice-Presidents: Each vice-president shall at the time of his election be assigned to serve as a general administrative assistant to the president or to preside over a division field.

Sec. 4. Secretary, undersecretary and associate secretaries: It shall be the duty of the secretary, undersecretary, and the associate secretaries to keep the minutes of the proceedings of the General Con-ference Sessions and of the General Conference Committee meetings, to maintain correspondence with the fields and to perform such other duties as usually pertain to such office.

Sec. 5. Treasurer, undertreasurer and associate treasurers: It shall be the duty of the treasurer to receive all funds of the General Conference, and disburse them in harmony with the actions of the Executive Committee of the General Conference, and to render such financial statements at regular intervals as-may be desired by the General Confer-ence or by the Executive Committee. The under-

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treasurer and associate treasurers shall assist the treasurer in his work.

Article VElection Sec. 1. The following shall be elected at each regu-

lar session of the General Conference: a. A president, vice-presidents, a secretary, an

undersecretary, associate secretaries, division secre-taries, a treasurer, an undertreasurer, associate treasurers, division treasurers, general field secretar-ies, division field secretaries, an auditor, associate auditors, division auditors, a secretary and associate secretaries of the ministerial association, a director and associate directors of each duly organized General Conference department; namely, ,Com-munication, Education, Health and Temperance, Lay Activities, Public Affairs and Religious Liberty, Pub-lishing, Sabbath School, Stewardship and Develop-ment, Youth; a director of Archives and Statistics, a director of Adventist Chaplaincy Ministries, a direc-tor of Adventist Personnel Service, a director and associate director of the Office of Human Relations, a director and associate director of Trust Services, a director of World Foods Service; division Ministerial Association secretaries, division departmental direc-tors, division directors of Trust Services and division directors of World Foods Service.

b. Other persons, not to exceed 60 in number, to serve as members of the Executive Committee, one-third of which shall be laymen.

Article VIExecutive Committee Sec. 1. The Executive Committee shall consist of: a. Those elected as provided by Article V except the

General Conference auditor and associate auditors and division auditors.

b. Presidents of union conferences, presidents of union missions, past presidents of the General Con-ference holding credentials from this Conference, the president of Andrews University, the director and associate directors of the Biblical Research Institute, the president of Christian Record Braille Foundation, the president of the General Conference Risk Man-agement Service, the director of the Geoscience Re-search Institute, the president of Harris Pine Mills, the director of Home and Family Service, the Presi-dent of the Home Study International, the president of Loma Linda University, the president of Oakwood College, the president of the Pacific Press Publishing Association, the director of Philanthropic Service for Institutions, the president of the Seventh-day Adven-tist Radio, Television and Film Center, the president of the Review and Herald Publishing Association, the executive director of Adventist Development and Re-lief Agency International, the executive secretary of the Adventist-Laymen's Services and Industries, the director of General Conference Personnel Adminis-tration, the editor and associate editors of the Adven-tist Review, the secretary and associate secretaries of the Ellen G. White Estate, the speaker of the Breath of Life, the speaker of Faith for Today, the speaker of It Is Written, the speaker of the Voice of Prophecy and the speaker of the "La Voz de la Esperanza' (Spanish) radio program.

Article VIITerm of Office All officers of the General Conference and those

members of the Executive Committee provided for by Article VI, Sec. 1 a, shall hold office from the time of election until the next ensuing regular session, or until their successors are elected andappear to enter upon their duties.

Article VIIIIncorporations and Agents Sec. 1. Such incorporations may be authorized by

the General Conference in session, or by the General

Conference Executive Committee, as the develop-ment of the work may require.

Sec. 2. At each regular session of this Conference, the delegates shall elect such trustees and corporate bodies connected with this organization as may be provided in the statutory laws governing each.

Sec. 3. The Conference shall employ such commit-tees, secretaries, treasurers, auditors, agents, minis-ters, missionaries and other persons, and make such distribution of its laborers as may be necessary effec-tively to execute its work.

Sec. 4. The Conference shall grant credentials or licenses to ministers and missionaries except in divi-sion fields, in union and local conferences, and in organized union missions.

Sec. 5. The General Conference Corporation is an organization formed as an instrumentality of the General Conference for the purpose of assisting the General Conference in carrying out its purposes.

Article IXSessions Sec. 1. This Conference shall hold quinquennial

sessions at such time and place as the Executive Com-mittee shall designate and announce by a notice pub-lished in the Adventist Review in three consecutive issues at least four months before the date for the opening of the session. In case special world condi-tions seem to make it imperative to postpone the calling of the Session, the Executive Committee, in regular or special council, shall have authority to make such postponement, not to exceed two years, giving notice to all constituent organizations.

Sec. 2. The Executive Committee may call special sessions of the General Conference at such time and place as it deems proper, by a like notice as of regular sessions, and the transactions of such special ses-sions shall have the same force as those of the regular sessions.

Sec. 3. The election of officers, and the voting on all matters of business shall be by viva-voce vote, or as designated by the chairman, unless otherwise de-manded by a majority of the delegates present.

Article XBylaws The voters of this Conference may enact bylaws

and amend or repeal them at any session thereof, and such bylaws may embrace any provision not inconsis-tent with the Constitution.

Article XIAmendments This Constitution or its Bylaws may be amended by

a two-thirds vote of the voters present and voting at any session, provided that, if it is proposed to amend the Constitution at a special session, notice of such purpose shall be given in the call for such special session.

BYLAWS Article IDivision Sections

Sec. 1. The General Conference shall conduct its worldwide work in division sections, each section to operate within a specified territory in harmony with the policy of the General Conference.

Sec. 2. Union conference and union mission field organizations, together with all other organizations and institutions within the territory, shall be re-sponsible to the respective division committees, or in the case of fields without divisional affiliation, to the General Conference Committee.

Sec. 3. The division sections shall be known as: Africa-Indian Ocean Division, China Division, East-ern Africa Division, Euro-Africa Division, Far Eastern Division, Inter-American Division, North American Division, South American Division, South Pacific Di-

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vision, Southern Asia Division, Trans-European Divi-sion, The Seventh-day Adventist Church in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. The boundaries of these division sections shall be subject to adjustment only at a session (sessions) of the General Conference, or at an annual council (annual councils) of the General Conference Committee.

Sec. 4. If a territorial adjustment is made at an annual council, it shall be made only provided each of the division(s) affected is(are) represented at the council by at least one of its executive officers. An exception to the requirement of division representa-tion shall be made in a condition of emergency. In such a case, the General Conference Committee shall make whatever adjustments are necessary for the conduct of the work in the territory affected.

Article IIStanding Committees Sec. 1. At each regular session of this Conference,

such standing committees as may be found neces-sary, including the following, shall be elected to con-sider such items of business as may be referred to them and to bring in their reports and recommenda-tions to the session:

a. Constitution and Bylaws Committee b. Nominating Committee c. Plans Committee Sec. 2. a. The membership of the Nominating Com-

mittee shall consist of the following: 1) Each division and each attached union shall be

entitled to membership on the Nominating Commit-tee based upon its proportion of the world mem-bership as of December 31 of the second year pre-ceding the session. The total under this provision is not to exceed 200 provided, however, that no divi-sion have less than eight members on the Nominat-ing Committee.

2) One member for each attached union and one member for each of the following General Confer-ence institutions: Andrews University, Christian Re-cord Braille Foundation, Harris Pine Mills, Home Study International, Loma Linda Foods, Loma Linda University, Oakwood College, Pacific Press Pub-lishing Association, Review and Herald Publishing Association, and Seventh-day Adventist Radio, Tele-vision and Film Center.

b. The members of the Nominating Committee shall be chosen as follows:

1) Each division delegation shall act as a unit in selecting the members to which it is entitled on the basis of church membership. Delegates at large will join the delegations from the divisions in which they are or were last employed, or now reside.

2) The election of division representatives on the Nominating Committee shall be by the method of voting considered by the division to be most conve-nient and efficient, taking into consideration the size of the delegation and other circumstances.

c. Each division delegation in selecting its repre-sentatives on the Nominating Committee shall take into account the following points:

1) The division's representation on the Nominating Committee should, as far as possible, represent the various geographical areas, organizational segments and types of activity of the division.

2) Those chosen as members of the Nominating Committee must be duly accredited delegates in attendance at the General Conference Session.

3) Members of the General Conference Committee whose term of service is expiring at the Session and therefore stand for reelection shall not be members of the Nominating Committee.

d. No delegate shall nominate more than one per-

son for election to the Nominating Committee. e. The Nominating Committee shall elect its own

chairman and secretary under the temporary chair-manship of the President of the General Conference.

f. The Nominating Committee shall limit its nominations to those positions for which budgetary provision has been made.

g. In order to expedite the work of the Nominating Committee, the representatives from each division, including North America, shall be allowed a reason-able amount of time to meet and consider the per-sonnel needs of their respective divisions and to make recommendations to the full Nominating Com-mittee. Decisions of these groups shall not be bind-ing on the Nominating Committee as a whole, but shall be submitted as recommendations which will be considered. The North American Division group shall recommend personnel for the following offices in the General Conference:

Two associate secretaries Two elected members of the General Conference

Treasury staff One associate director for the Department of Com-

munication One associate director for the Department of

Education who shall serve as executive secretary of the NAD Board of Higher Education and who shall have been recommended by that board

One associate di rector of the Department of Education who shall serve as executive secretary of the NAD K-12 Board of Education and who shall have been recommended by that board

One associate director of the Department of Health and Temperance

One associate director of the Department of Health and Temperance in the field of nursing

One associate director of the Department of Lay Activities

One associate secretary of the Ministerial Associa-tion

One director of the NAD Office of Human Rela-tions

One associate director of the NAD Office of Hu-man Relations

One associate director of the Department of Public Affairs and Religious Liberty

One associate director of the Publishing Depart-ment

One associate director of the Sabbath School De-partment

One associate director of the Stewardship and De-velopment Department

One associate director of the Youth Department General field secretaries assigned to North Amer-

ica

Article IIIVice-Presidents Sec. 1. General vice-presidents shall be elected to

assist the President with the general administrative work of the General Conference. One additional vice-president shall be elected for each division of the General Conference.

Sec. 2. The general vice-presidents shall in the abs-ence of the President serve as chairmen of the Execu-tive Committee and shall assist the President in his administrative work.

Sec. 3. The Vice-President for North America shall work under the direction of the General Conference Committee.

Sec.4. The vice-presidents elected for the divisions outside of North America shall act as chairmen of the division committees operating in their respective fields and shall have charge of the work in those fields under the direction of the division committees and shall be designated within their respective divi-


sion territories as presidents of the divisions over which they preside.

Article IVUndersecretary and Associate Secretaries

An undersecretary and associate secretaries shall be elected to share with the Secretary the responsibi-lities of his office. They shall perform such duties connected with the Secretariat as may be assigned to them by the Secretary.

Article VDivision Secretaries Sec. 1. A secretary shall be elected for each division

outside of North America to be designated "division secretary."

Sec. 2. Division secretaries shall work under the direction of their respective division committees. It shall be their duty to keep the minutes of the division committee meetings, to collect information and make such reports as may be required, and to do such other work as usually pertains to such office.

Sec. 3. Division committees may appoint such associate and assistant secretaries as may be required to carry on the work.

Article VIUndertreasurer and Associate Treasurers

An undertreasurer and associate treasurers shall be elected to share with the Treasurer the work of his office. They shall perform such duties connected with the Treasury as may be assigned to them by the Treasurer or by the Executive Committee. They may be authorized by the Executive Committee to sign checks under the instruction of the Treasurer.

Article VDDivision Treasurers Sec. 1. A treasurer shall be elected for each division

outside of North America, to be designated "division treasurer."

Sec. 2. It shall be the duty of the division treasurers to receive and disburse the funds of the General Conference made available for their territory, under the direction of their respective division committees, and to perform such other duties as usually pertain to such office.

Sec. 3. A division committee may appoint an undertreasurer and such assistant treasurers and assistant auditors as may be required to carry on the work.

Article VIIIGeneral and Division Field Secretaries

Sec. 1. The term "general field secretary" shall be used to designate general field workers elected in addition to the officers to serve in carrying the field responsibilities of the General Conference.

Sec. 2. The general field secretaries shall work under the direction of the General Conference Com-mittee and the President, and be assigned either to field service or to special projects or responsibilities as may be determined by the General Conference Committee.

Sec. 3. Division field secretaries may be elected as shall be deemed necessary to labor in the divisions under the direction of their respective division com-mittees.

Article IXDepartments--Directors/ Secretaries, Associates and Assistants

Sec. 1. The departmental, association, and service directors/secretaries and associates elected by the General Conference shall work under the direction of the Executive Committee of the General Confer-ence, or in the case of departmental, association, or service directors/secretaries in divisions under the

direction of their respective division executive com-mittees, and shall occupy an advisory relation to the field.

Sec. 2. The term "associate director/secretary" shall be used to designate such individuals as may 6e elected to associate with the director/secretary of any General Conference department, association or ser-vice in carrying the responsibilities of his office. Such person shall have the requisite experience, back-ground and expertise to facilitate the work of the department in carrying out the functions assigned to it not only at headquarters but also throughout the world field. Certain specialized associate activities may be largely accomplished without extensive field activity.

Sec. 3. The term "assistant director/secretary" shall be used to designate such persons as are appointed by the General Conference Committee to assist the director/secretary and his associates in any depart-ment, association or service in carrying the work of the General Conference office, usually in one or more special procedures or functions. These special assignments shall be carried on largely in the office and serve to expedite the work of the departmental staff. Field appointments for departmental assistants shall be of a very limited nature and shall normally be confined to the North American Division.

Article XDepartmental Advisory Committees

The Executive Committee shall appoint a repre-sentative advisory committee for each department, association, or service of the General Conference. Such committee shall in each case be composed of the director/secretary, associates and assistants of the department, association or service; the directors/ secretaries of departmental, association, or service work in the divisions; and such other persons as the Executive Committee may deem necessary.

Article XIDivision Departments Directors/Secretaries,

Associates and Assistants Sec. 1. Division departmental, association and ser-

vice directors/secretaries shall be elected by the General Conference for the respective division fields and shall labor under the direction of their respective division committees.

Sec. 2. Division committees shall appoint such associate and assistant directors/secretaries, as may be needed to serve in special capacities, to labor under the direction of their respective directors/sec-retaries.

Article XIIDirector of Archives and Statistics

At each regular session the General Conference shall elect a director of Archives and Statistics whose duties shall be to administer the General Conference Archives and to compile and report the statistics of the world work, and who shall serve under the direc-tion of the Executive Committee.

tide XIIIExecutive Committee Sec. 1. a. During the intervals between sessions of

the General Conference, the Executive Committee is delegated the authority to act on behalf of the Gener-al Conference in session including the authority to elect or remove, for cause, officers, directors and associate directors of departments/services and com-mittee members and to fill for the current term any vacancies that may occur in its offices, boards, com-mittees or agents by death, resignation, or other-wise.

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approve such committees and employ such person-nel as may be necessary to execute its work effective-ly.

c. The Executive Committee shall have power to effect the retirement, before the expiration of the term for which they have been elected, of persons elected under Article V, Sec. 1 a, of the Constitution who may develop a health condition that prevents them from properly discharging their duties.

d. The removal from office by the Executive Com-mittee of any person elected under Article V, Sec.1 a, of the Constitution or its withdrawal of credentials or licenses shall be by a two-thirds vote of the members present and voting at any regular meeting.

Sec. 2. a. A meeting of the Executive Committee, known as the Annual Council, shall be held annually for the purpose of considering budgets from the fields and making appropriations, and for the trans-action of other business and the adoption of such policies as may be necessary in the operation of the worldwide work.

b. A meeting of the Executive Committee, known as the Spring Meeting, shall be held annually for the purpose of receiving the audited financial reports of the General Conference and for transacting regular Executive Committee business as provided in the General Conference Working Policy relating to Spring Meetings.

Sec. 3. A majority of the full membership of the Executive Committee, including the President or a general vice-president, is empowered to transact de-nominational business of any nature at any time and place.

Sec. 4. Any fifteen members of the Executive Com-mittee, including an officer of the General Confer-ence, shall, after due notice to available members, constitute a quorum of the Executive Committee and shall be empowered to transact such executive busi-ness as is in harmony with the general plans outlined by the Committee at the designated place of meeting of the Executive Committee as hereinafter provided.

Sec. 5. All meetings of the Executive Committee, except majority meetings, shall be held at the Gener-al Conference headquarters, or at such other place as may be definitely arranged by a majority meeting of the Executive Committee, or by the quorum of at least fifteen members meeting in regular session at general headquarters.

Sec. 6. Meetings of the Executive Committee may be called at any time by the ranking officer of the Conference who may be present at headquarters, and such officer, or any member of the committee appointed by him, shall act as chairman of the meet-ing.

Article XIVDivision Committees Sec.1. In each division outside of North America, a

division committee shall be constituted as hereinaf-ter provided for the transaction of business pertain-ing to the division.

Sec. 2. The members of a division committee shall be the President, the Secretary, the Treasurer, and the field secretaries of the division; the presidents of union conferences; the presidents of union mis-sions; the division departmental, association, and service directors/secretaries; and any other mem-bers of the General Conference Committee present. Other members may also be appointed by the Divi-sion Committee.

Sec. 3. The actions taken by division committees pertaining to the administration of affairs in division fields shall be considered final, provided they are in harmony with the plans and policy of the General Conference as set forth in the Constitution and Bylaws, and with its Executive Committee actions at regular Annual Councils.

Sec. 4. Five members of a division committee, in-cluding the chairman, shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. When the chairman is unable to be present, the secretary may convene such a meeting at headquarters and shall serve as chairman unless otherwise determined by the Presi-dent. Minority meetings of fewer than five members of the Division Committee may be held for the trans-action of necessary routine business, but actions taken at such meetings shall not be final until the minutes of such meetings have been approved in a meeting with a quorum present.

Article XVCorporation Boards At each regular session of the General Conference

the requisite boards of trustees, according to their respective Constitutions and Bylaws, shall be elected for each legal corporation serving as trustee and holding properties and receiving gifts and legacies for the General Conference unincorporated. The trustees of the General Conference Corporation shall also constitute the Board of Trustees of the General Conference Association.

Article XVIAuditors and Audits Sec. 1. The Executive Committee shall have the

accounts of the General Conference and of its legal corporations audited at least once each calendar year, and the auditor or one of the associate auditors shall report upon the same to the Executive Commit-tee annually. The auditor or an associate auditor, as may be arranged, shall report also to the General Conference at its regular sessions. The General Con-ference auditor and the associate auditors shall also be made available for auditing the accounts of union conferences and general institutions as well as divi-sion accounts. The auditors shall be under the gener-al direction of the Executive Committee.

Sec. 2. The division auditor or auditors shall audit the books of such organizations or institutions within their territories as the division committees shall direct.

Article XVIIWages and Expenses Sec. 1. The Executive Committee shall appoint

annually eight persons not in its employ who, with the officers of the General Conference and not less than seven presidents of union conferences, shall constitute a committee to audit the expense accounts of employees and to fix their wages for the succeed-ing year.

Sec. 2. The Executive Committee shall have power to make such adjustments from time to time in the wage of clerks, stenographers and other routine workers as may be necessary.

Article XVIIIFunds Sec. 1. The funds of the General Conference shall

be as follows: a. A tithe of the tithe receipts of the union confer-

ences and union missions and of the local confer-ences and missions not included in union confer-ences and union missions.

b. Regular mission offerings. c. Special donations and proceeds from the matur-

ities of deferred gifts. d. Such percentage of the tithe of local confer-

ences and missions as may be determined by a com-mittee composed of the conference and mission presidents and the Division Executive Committee, or, in the case of North America, the conference and mission presidents and the General Conference Ex-ecutive Committee.

e. Surplus tithes which may be appropriated by local and union conferences for the mission field.


f. Appropriations from our publishing houses, sanitariums and other institutions that are under the control of the General Conference which, because of the character of their work, have more than local influence and responsibility as may be arranged by joint counsel of the Executive Committee of the General Conference with the board of management of each institution.

g. Such percentage of the funds of union and local conferences and missions, institutions and Adventist Book Centers in North America as may be arranged by the General Conference Committee in counsel with conference presidents, the same to be known as the Retirement Plan for the support of aged and in-firm workers and for the dependent widows and orphans of workers.

Sec. 2. Divisions outside North America shall adopt a retirement plan which shall be in harmony with the principles set forth in the General Conference Retire-ment Plan.

Article XIXAppropriations Sec. 1. The Executive Committee shall make its

appropriations for home and foreign work at the Annual Councils, said appropriations to be based on budgets from the fields requiring financial help.

Sec. 2. Appropriations shall be made subject to the receipt of the full amount of funds estimated in the General Conference budget. In case of a shortage, the distribution shall be on a pro rata basis to all the interests represented in the budget.

Sec. 3. Appropriations for major permanent invest-ments shall be held in trust for the purpose for which the appropriation was designated. In case the project is abandoned, the funds shall revert to the General Conference. Other funds appropriated to division fields shall be administered by the Division Commit-tee.

Sec. 4. All funds raised in division fields, except the

regular funds belonging to the General Conference, as indicated under Article XVIII, may be used for the advancement of the work in the fields in which they were raised.

Sec. 5. General Conference funds in all the world shall be made available to meet the annual appropria-tions of the General Conference.

Article XXFinance Sec. 1. To tide over a possible financial depression

and to provide a working fund for regular operations the General Conference shall maintain an amount of working capital as defined and specified in the Work-ing Policy.

Sec. 2. The Executive Committee, acting through its legal agency, the General Conference Corpora-tion, shall have power to make such annuity con-tracts as may seem desirable; but all moneys obtained in this way shall be invested in securities and not be made available for appropriations until the annuity contracts have matured.

Sec. 3. The tithes and mission offerings received by the General Conference shall be held as a trust for appropriation to the work of the Seventh-day Adven-tist denomination. It shall not be within the preroga-tive, therefore, of the General Conference Commit-tee, the Treasury, nor of any agent or agency of the denomination, to loan these funds to private indi-viduals, to endorse notes, sign bonds or other secur-ities or in any other way to divert the funds of the General Conference from their intended purpose. Advances specifically authorized under regular poli- - cy, and made in order to enable workers to become located and equipped for service, are not a violation of this provision.

Sec. 4. The basis for computing goals and per capi-ta funds shall be the average of the membership of the four consecutive quarters ending on September 30 of the preceding year as published in the General Conference official statistical reports.

Directory of the

Seventh-day Adventist Denomination

GENERAL CONFERENCE Organized May 21, 1863

Territory: The land area of the World; comprising the Africa-Indian Ocean, Eastern Africa, Euro-Africa, Far Eastern, Inter-American, North Amer-ican, South American, South Pacific, Southern Asia, and Trans-European Divisions, the South Afri-can Union Conference, the Middle East and South-ern Union Missions, China, and the Seventh-day Adventist Church in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.

Cable Address: "Adventist," Washington. Where the above cable address cannot be used, please address as follows: General Conference, Washing-ton, D.C., or Adventist Headquarters, Washing-ton, D.C.

Telex Numbers: ITT 440186 SDAY UI or ITT 440632 SDAY UI (within U.S.A. add 71 before either num-ber).

Mailing Address: 6840 Eastern Avenue, N.W., Washington, DC 20012, U.S.A.

Office Address: 6840 Eastern Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20012. Telephone: (202) 722-6000.

Express and Freight Address: General Conference, 6840 Eastern Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20012. Consign freight via motor freight lines.

Administration President, Neal C. Wilson. General Vice-Presidents, Wallace 0. Coe, Robert J.

Kloosterhuis, Kenneth J. Mittleider, Enoch Oliveira, Calvin B. Rock.

Vice-Presidents: Africa-Indian Ocean Division, J. J. Nortey. Eastern Africa Division, Bekele Heye. Euro-Africa Division, Edwin Ludescher. Far Eastern Division, Ottis C. Edwards. Inter-American Division, George W. Brown. North American Division, Charles E. Bradford. South American Division, Joao Wolff. South Pacific Division, Walter R. L. Scragg. Southern Asia Division, Gerald J. Christo. Trans-European Division, Jan Paulsen.

Administrative Assistant to the President, Winston T. Clark.

Special Assistants to the President, Donald. G. Reynolds, Arturo E. Schmidt, Ernest H. J. Steed, Charles R. Taylor.

Secretary, G. Ralph Thompson. Undersecretary, Fred G. Thomas. Associate Secretaries, Maurice T. Battle, Leo S.

Ranzolin, Don A. Roth, Charles D. Watson, Robert L. Woodfork, Samuel C. S. Young; Assistant Secretaries, Mrs. Rowena Olson, Eunice Rozema.

Treasurer, Donald F. Gilbert. Undertreasurer, William L. Murrill. Associate Treasurers, Karl H. Bahr, George H.

Crumley, Frank L. Jones, Robert E. Osborn, Donald E. Robinson, John F. Wilkens.

Special Assistant to the Treasurer, Charles 0. Frederick.

Controller, Karl H. Bahr. General Field Secretaries, Warren S. Banfield,

Matthew A. Bediako, Lowell L. Bock, Charles D. Brooks, Joseph Espinosa, George W. Reid, Ralph S. Watts Jr.

Director of Adventist Personnel Service, George R. Ramsey; Assistant Director, Willard Munger.

Director of Archives and Statistics, F. Donald Yost; Assistant Directors, Bert B. Haloviak, Mrs. Evelyn D. Osborn.

Director of Personnel Administration, James H. Harris; Assistant Director, Mrs. Anita Milam.

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Executive Committee GENERAL CONFERENCE MEMBERS

Administration: President, Neal C. Wilson. General Vice-Presidents, Wallace 0. Coe, Robert J.

Kloosterhuis, Kenneth J. Mittleider, Enoch Oliveira, Calvin B. Rock.

Secretary, G. Ralph Thompson. Undersecretary, Fred G. Thomas. Associate Secretaries, Maurice T. Battle, Leo S.

Ranzolin, Don A. Roth, Charles D. Watson, Robert L. Woodfork, Samuel C. S. Young.

Treasurer, Donald F. Gilbert. Undertreasurer, William L. Murrill. Associate Treasurers, Karl H. Bahr, George H.

Crumley, Frank L. Jones, Robert E. Osborn, Donald E. Robinson, John F. Wilkens.

Past President of the General Conference, Robert H. Pierson.

General Field Secretaries, Warren S. Banfield, Matthew A. Bediako, Lowell L. Bock, Charles D. Brooks, Joseph Espinosa, George W. Reid, Ralph S. Watts Jr.

Director of Adventist Personnel Service, George R. Ramsey.

Director of Archives and Statistics, F. Donald Yost. Departmental Directors and Associates:

Church Ministries, Delmer W. Holbrook; Associ-ates, Malcolm J. Allen, Thomas M. Ashlock, Maurice T. Bascom, Gilbert J. Bertochini, Charles L. Brooks, Helen C. Craig, Donald E. Crane, Mrs. Karen Flowers, Ronald Flowers, Robert B. Grady, Mrs. Betty Holbrook, George E. Knowles, Israel Leito, J. Lynn Martell, Samuel D. Meyers, Samuel F. Monnier, Leslie H. Pitton, Paul G. Smith, Michael H. Stevenson, Leo R. Van Dolson.

Communication, Robert W. Nixon; Associates, Shirley Burton, Victor H. Cooper, Tulio R. Haylock, Owen A. Troy.

Education, George H. Akers; Associates, Victor S. Griffiths, Marion L. Hartlein, Gordon Madgwick, Humberto M. Rasi, Agripino C. Segovia, Frederick R. Stephan.

Health and Temperance, G. Gordon Hadley; Associates, Elvin F. Adams, Eldon E. Carman, Thomas R. Neslund, Raymond L. Pelton, Stoy E. Proctor, Elizabeth Sterndale, Mrs. Iris Hayden Stober, Gary B. Swanson, Albert S. Whiting, De-Witt S. Williams.

Ministerial Association, Floyd Bresee; Associates, Carlos E. Aeschlimann, J. David Newman, Wil-liam C. Scales Jr., Arturo E. Schmidt, J. Robert Spangler.

Public Affairs and Religious Liberty, Bert B. Beach; Associates, Gordon 0. Engen, Roland R. Heg-stad, Neville 0. Matthews, Gary M. Ross, Mitch-ell A. Tyner.

Publishing, Ronald E. Appenzeller; Associates, Rudi H. Henning, Richard L. McKee, Robert S. Smith.

Services Directors and Associates: Adventist Chaplaincy Ministries, Charles D. Mar-

tin. Office of Human Relations, Warren S. Banfield;

Associate, Eloy Martinez. Trust Services, G. Tom Carter; Associate, Wyman

S. Wager. World Foods Service, Eric C. Fehlberg.

WORLD DIVISION MEMBERS

Africa-Indian Ocean

Administration: President, J. J. Nortey.

Secretary, Ted N. C. Wilson. Treasurer, P. N. Onwere. Field Secretary, Ntwali Ruhaya.

Departmental Directors: Church Ministries, Carlyle Bayne. Communication, Jack Mahon. Education, P. Bahimba. Health and Temperance, B. H. Wecker. Ministerial, John W. Fowler. Public Affairs and Religious Liberty, J. B. A. Kio. Publishing, Dale L. Thomas.

Services Director: Trust Services, J. J. Nortey.

Union Presidents: Central African, Roland L. Joachim. Indian Ocean, Siegfried G. Mayr. Nigerian, C. 0. Adeogun. Rwanda, R. G. Peck. Sahel, Daniel Cordas. West African, P. K. Asareh. Zaire, Nyembo Mwema.

Eastern Africa

Administration: President, Bekele Heye. Secretary, Ralph P. Bailey. Treasurer, Ronald A. Lindsey. Field Secretaries, D. W. B. Chalale, Clifford G. Pat-

terson. Departmental Directors:

Church Ministries, Eric Armer. Communication, K. L. Bushnell. Education, T. H. Nkungula. Health and Temperance, Saleem Farag. Ministerial, Public Affairs and Religious Liberty, K. L. Bushnell. Publishing, L. Masuku.

Services Directors: Trust Services, Eric Armer. World Foods Service, Saleem Farag.

Union Presidents: East African, Frederick K. Wangai. Ethiopian, Bekele Biri. South-East Africa, F. A. Botomani. Tanzania, Robert W. Taylor. Zambesi, R. R. Ndhlovu. Zambia, L. D. Raelly.

Euro-Africa

Administration: President, Edwin Ludescher. Secretary, Georges Steveny. Treasurer, Erich Amelung. Field Secretaries, Dumitru Popa, Lothar Reiche,

Oldrich Sladek. Departmental Directors:

Church Ministries, Harald Knott. Communication, John Graz. Education, Pietro Copiz. Health and Temperance, Herbert Stoeger. Ministerial, Johannes Mager. Publishing, Waldemar Quedzuweit. Religious Liberty, Gianfranco Rossi.

Services Directors: Trust Services, Erich Amelung. World Foods Service, Erich Amelung.

Union Presidents: Angola, Pedro Balanca de Freitas. Czechoslovakian, Oldrich Sladek. Franco-Belgian, Jean Lavanchy. German Democratic Republic, Lothar Reiche. Mozambique, Bernardino Mabote. Romanian, Dumitru Popa.

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South German, Joachim Hildebrandt. Swiss, Johann Niedermaier. West German, Erwin Kilian.

Far Eastern

Administration: President, Ottis C. Edwards. Secretary, Tong C. Kim. Treasurer, Ian E. Grice. Field Secretary, Larry R. Colburn.

Departmental Directors: Church Ministries, Charles J. Griffin. Communication, G. Ray James. Education, Amos Simorangkir. Health, Harold E. Butler. Ministerial, James H. Zachary, Public Affairs and Religious Liberty, G. Ray James. Publishing, Charles L. Williams.

Services Director: World Foods Service, Masao Uruma.

Union Presidents: Bangladesh, D. P. Rema. Burma, Kyaw Balay. Central Philippine, Dionisio M. Niere. East Indonesia, Alex Rantung. Japan, Yukio Yokomizo. Korean, Chun Pyung Duk. North Philippine, Nestor R. Arit. South China Island, Eugene Hsu. South Philippine, Paterno M. Diaz. Southeast Asia, George C. Johnson. West Indonesia, Bahasa Soemarna.

Inter-American

Administration: President, George W. Brown. Secretary, Jose H. Figueroa Jr. Treasurer, Ramon H. Maury. Field Secretary, C. Dionisio Christian.

Departmental Directors: Church Ministries, Sergio Moctezuma. Communication, Education, L. Herbert Fletcher. Health and Temperance, Ministerial, Salim Japas. Public Affairs and Religious Liberty, Lamartine J.

Honore. Publishing, Ricardo A. Rodriguez.

Services Directors: Trust Services, Leslie V. McMillan. World Foods Service, Sidney J. Cole.

Union Presidents: Antillian, Cami B. Cruz. Caribbean, Eric John Murray. Central American, Aristides Gonzalez. Colombia-Venezuela, Luis Florez. Cuba, Juan Guerrero Lopez. Franco-Haitian, Napoleon Grunder. North Mexican, Neftali Quintero. South Mexican, Agustin Galicia. West Indies, Silburn M. Reid.

North American Administration:

President, Charles E. Bradford. Secretary, Treasurer, George H. Crumley. Field Secretaries, Warren S. Banfield, Joseph

nosa.

Departmental Directors: Church Ministries, J. Lynn Martell. Communication, Owen A. Troy. Education (K-12), Frederick R. Stephan. Health and Temperance, Stoy E. Proctor. Ministerial, William C. Scales Jr.

Public Affairs and Religious Liberty, Gordon 0. Engen.

Publishing, Robert S. Smith. Services Directors:

North American Missions, Joseph Espinosa. Office of Human Relations, Warren S. Banfield;

Associate, Eloy Martinez. Union Presidents:

Atlantic, Philip Follett. Canadian, J. W. Wilson. Columbia, Ron M. Wisbey. Lake, Robert H. Carter. Mid-America, Joel 0. Tompkins. North Pacific, Bruce Johnston. Pacific, Thomas J. Mostert Jr. Southern, Alfred C. McClure. Southwestern, Cyril Miller.

South American

Administration: President, Joao Wolff. Secretary, Mario Veloso. Treasurer, Ruy H. Nagel. Field Secretary, Enrique Becerra.

Departmental Directors: Church Ministries, Henrique Berg. Communication, (raja da Costa e Silva. Education, Nevil Gorski. Health and Temperance, Edwin I. Mayer. Ministerial, Jose Amasias Justiniano. Public Affairs and Religious Liberty, Floriano X. dos

Santos. Publishing, Nelci N. Viegas.

Services Directors: Trust Services, World Foods Service, Paulo Stabenow.

Union Presidents: Austral, Ruben Pereyra. Central Brazil, Darci M. Borba. Chile, Eliel Almonte. East Brazil, Jose Orlando Correia. Inca, Haroldo Moran. North Brazil, Wandyr Mendes de Oliveira. South Brazil, Rodolpho Gorski.

South Pacific

Administration: President, Walter R. L. Scragg. Secretary, A. H. Tolhurst. Treasurer, W. T. Andrews. Field Secretary, A. J. Ferch.

Southern Asia

Division Advisory Council: Chairman, Gerald J. Christo. Secretary, Robin D. Riches. Treasurer, Johnson Koilpillai. Field Secretary, Ramachandra S. Shinge.

Departmental Directors: Church Ministries, A. E. Birch. Communication, R. L. Coombe. Education, G. F. Clifford. Health and Temperance, D. E. Bain. Health Food, D. D. C. Myers. Ministerial, A. D. C. Currie. Public Affairs and Religious Liberty, R. L. Coombe. Publishing, J. T. Knopper.

Services Director: Trust Services, A. W. White.

Union Presidents: Central Pacific, R. E. Cobbin. Papua New Guinea, C. M. Winch. Trans-Australian, D. B. Hills. Trans-Tasman, H. G. Harker.

Espi- Western Pacific, J. R. Lee.


Departmental Advisors: Church Ministries, Lowell C. Cooper. Communication, D. S. Poddar. Education, John M. Fowler. Health and Temperance, Ronald N. Baird. Ministerial, Saudagar Chand. Public Affairs and Religious Liberty, M. E. Cherian. Publishing, Thomas K. Joseph.

Union Presidents: Central India, K. J. Moses. Northeast India, Lal Hmingliana. Northern, John Willmott. South India, Weldon H. Mattison.

Trans-European

Administration: President, Jan Paulsen. Secretary, Pekka T. Pohjola. Treasurer, John Muderspach. Field Secretary, Heikki J. Luukko.

Departmental Directors: Church Ministries, Donald Lowe. Communication, Rajmund Dabrowski. Education and Temperance, Orville Woolford. Ministerial, M. A. Finley. Public Affairs and Religious Liberty, Rajmund Dab-

rowski. Publishing, Kaj Pedersen.

Services Director: World Foods Service, John Muderspach.

Union Presidents: British, W. John Arthur. Finland, E. Olavi Rouhe. Hungarian, Jeno Szigeti. Netherlands, Karel C. van Oossanen. Pakistan, D. C. Clothier. Polish, Stanislaw Dabrowski. Swedish, Bertil Utterback. West Nordic, Rolf H. Kvinse. Yugoslavian, Jovan Lorencin.

MEMBERS FROM OTHER WORLD TERRITORIES

Unions Attached to General Conference

Middle East Union Mission: Gerald D. Karst, President.

South African Union Conference: James T. Bradfield, President.

Southern Union Mission: V. S. Wakaba, President.

China

(Because of conditions, no reports have been re-ceived from China pertaining to administration and organization.)

The Seventh-day Adventist Church in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics

Elected Representatives: Russian Soviet Federated Socialist Republic, M. P.

Kulakov. Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, N. A. Zhuka-

luk.

EX OFFICIO MEMBERS

Adventist Development and Relief Agency Interna- tional: Ralph S. Watts Jr., Executive Director.

Adventist-Laymen's Services and Industries: W. C. Arnold, Executive Secretary.

Adventist Review: William G. Johnsson, Editor; Myron K. Widmer, Associate Editor.

Andrews University: W. Richard Lesher, President. Biblical Research Institute: George W. Reid,

Director; Frank Holbrook, Herbert Kiesler, William H. Shea, Associate Directors.

Breath of Life: Charles D. Brooks, Speaker. Christian Record Braille Foundation: Vernon L.

Bretsch, President. Faith for Today: Daniel G. Matthews, Director. Gencon Risk Management Services: Stanton H. Par-

ker, President. General Conference Personnel Administration:

James H. Harris, Director. Geoscience Research Institute: Ariel A. Roth, Direc-

tor. Home Study International: George P. Babcock,

President. It Is Written: George E. Vandeman, Speaker. La Voz de la Esperanza: Milton Peverini, Speaker. Loma Linda University: Norman J. Woods, Presi-

dent. Oakwood College: Benjamin Reaves, President. Pacific Press Publishing Association: Eugene M.

Stiles, President. Philanthropic Service for Institutions: Milton). Mur-

ray, Director. Review and Herald Publishing Association: Harold

F. Otis Jr., President. Seventh-day Adventist Radio, Television and Film

Center: B. E. Jacobs, President. Voice of Prophecy: H. M. S. Richards Jr., Speaker. White Estate, Ellen G.: Robert W. Olson, Secretary;

Paul A. Gordon, Undersecretary; Roger W. Coon, Elbio Pereyra, George E. Rice, Associate Secretar-ies.

ELECTIVE MEMBERS

N. F. Aina, Gordon Birchell, J. William Bothe, R. Ernesto Castillo, Walter Chin, Oh Soo Chong, Donald R. Christman, Winston T. Clark, Paul Clerc, Harold Collum, Ethel Connor, Robert Coy, H. Carl Currie, Robert L. Dale, Melvin Djkowich, Kenneth H. Emmerson, Ignacio Faz, Charles 0. Frederick, Standley Gellineau, James A. Greene, Ken Ham-mond, Mervyn G. Hardinge, Loyd Henry, Charles B. Hirsch, S. J. Jackson, Warren L. Johns, Harold Kono, Lee Larson, Harold Lee, Mohan Lingum, Alf Lohne, E. Long, Merle L. Mills, Llewellyn Mullings, Clement A. Murray, Mutuku J. Mutinga, Arthur J. Patzer, Louis A. Ramirez, Howard F. Rampton, Lowell Rideout, Ernest H. J. Steed, Charles R. Taylor, David B. Thomas, Joan Tonge, Rui Viera, Francis W. Wernick, Roy F. Williams, Edward C. Wines, Philip Winsted, Kenneth H. Wood, Terry Zull.

Departments The Departments of the General Conference named below were orsanized on the dates

mentioned, although some were actually doing work as departments prior to such organization.

CHURCH MINISTRIES Organized 1985


Administration: Director, D. W. Holbrook. Associate Directors, Malcolm J. Allen, Thomas M.

Ashlock (NAD), Maurice T. Bascom, Gilbert J. Bertochini, Charles L. Brooks, Helen C. Craig,

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Donald E. Crane, Mrs. Karen Flowers, Ronald M. Flowers, Robert B. Grady, Mrs. Betty Holbrook, George E. Knowles, Israel Leito, J. Lynn Martell (NAD), Samuel D. Meyers (NAD), Samuel F. Monnier, Leslie H. Pitton (NAD), Paul G. Smith, Michael H. Stevenson, Leo R. Van Dolson.

Assistant Directors, Mrs. Lyndelle Chiomenti, James Joiner, Norman Middag (NAD), Laurel) Peterson.

Senior Editors, Erwin R. Gane, Leo R. Van Dolson. Editors, Graham Bingham, Mrs. Lyndelle Chiomen-

ti, Mrs. Noelene Johnsson, James Joiner.

COMMUNICATION Established 1972

Public Relations 1912; Radio-Television 1950


Administration: Director, Robert W. Nixon. Associate Directors, Shirley Burton, Victor H.

Cooper, Tulio R. Haylock, Owen A. Troy (NAD). Assistant Director, David Brillhart.

Adventist Radio Network

Board of Directors: Chairman, Robert W. Nixon; Secretary, Olson Perry.

Administration: President, Mike Wiist. Treasurer, Steve Vistaunet. Managing Director, Larry Bothe. General Counsel, Don Martin.

Affiliated Stations:

KCDS FM Broadcast Center, Angwin, California 94508. Telephone: (707) 965-7141.

General Manager, Steve Vistaunet. KGTS FM Walla Walla College, College Place,

Washington 99324. Telephone: (509) 527-2991. General Manager, Dave Bullock.

KSGN FM 4700 Pierce Street, Riverside, California 92515. Telephone: (714) 687-5746.

General Manager, Lee McIntyre. KKR FM Southwestern Adventist College, Keene,

Texas 76059. Telephone: (817) 641-8811. General Manager, Robert R. Mendenhall.

VOAR AM 106 Freshwater Road, St. John's, New-foundland, Canada. Telephone: (709) 579-2104.

General Manager, Lawrence Burns. WAUS FM University Station, Berrien Springs,

Michigan 49104. Telephone: (616) 471-3400. General Manager, Mike Wiist.

WDNX FM Rural Life Foundation, Harbert Hills Academy, Rt. 2, Box 212, Savannah, Tennessee 38372. Telephone: (901) 925-9236.

General Manager, Albert Nielsen. WGTS FM 7600 Flower Avenue, Takoma Park,

Maryland 20912. Telephone: (301) 891-4200. General Manager, Don Wheeler.

WOCG FM Oakwood College, Huntsville, Alaba-ma 35896. Telephone: (205) 830-4330.

General Manager, WSMC FM Southern College, P.O. Box 870, Col-

legedale, Tennessee 37315. Telephone: (615) 238-2464.

General Manager, Olson Perry.

Adventist World Radio

Board of Directors (1985.1990): Neal C. Wilson, Chairman; Wallace 0. Coe, Vice-Chairman; Tulio R. Haylock, Secretary; Donald E. Robinson, Treasurer; Bert B. Beach, Olov Blom-quist, Charles E. Bradford, Floyd Bresee, George W. Brown, Gerald J. Christo, Ottis C. Edwards, Donald F. Gilbert, Bekele Heye, B. E. Jacobs, Robert J. Kloosterhuis, Edwin Ludescher, Robert

W. Nixon, J. J. Nortey, Jan Paulsen, Calvin B. Rock, Don A. Roth, Walter R. L. Scragg, G. Ralph Thomp- son, Don A. Wheeler, Joao Wolff.

Affiliated Entities: AWR-Africa, Cidex 03 C 84, Abidjan, Riviera 1, Cote

d'Ivoire, West Africa. Manager, Daniel Grisier.

AWR-Asia, P.O. Box 7500, Agat, Guam 96928. Manager, Allen Steele.

AWR-Europe, Casella Postale 383,47100 Forli, Italy. Manager, Gregory Hodgson.

AWR-Latin America, P.O. Box 1177,4050 Alajuela, Costa Rica. Manager, Dave Gregory.

EDUCATION Organized 1902

Office Address: 6840 Eastern Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20012. Telephone: (202) 722-6400; North America: K-12, (202) 722-6420; Board of Higher Education, (202) 722-6423.

Administration: Director, George H. Akers. Associate Directors, Victor S.

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