They will attend to business -- lots of it. The 10-day meeting of the worldwide Adventist Church, which happens once every five years, covers a multitude of tasks, including choosing who will lead the church in the coming five years. But, that task aside,
About 38 of the 60 delegates and guests from the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Ghana will be late arriving at the church's quinquennial meetings in St. Louis, Missouri. The small band was to be a part of the 2,000 member delegation charged with voting o
The rows of tables seat 196 committee members. There are electronic voting pads. There are video projectors and big screens. Technology abounds in a room that will be busy for the next 10 days. This is where the Nominating Committee for the Seventh-da
"Do not define the church as something other than yourselves; that would be a mistake," Pastor Jan Paulsen declared to the opening-night assembly of the Seventh-day Adventist Church's 58th General Conference Session. The quinquennial business meeting bega
An auditorium of delegates commenced the 58th General Conference Session of the Seventh-day Adventist Church on the afternoon of June 30, praying for God's guidance, remembering fallen colleagues, as well as recognizing and recording establishment or reor
The first major item of business conducted at the 58th Session of the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists on Thursday afternoon June 30 was the acceptance of three new divisions, or world church regions, all of which are in Africa, into the Adven