Pastor Matthew Bediako, who began his ministerial career in his native Ghana, has been re-elected as secretary of the Seventh-day Adventist Church, following a unanimous vote of delegates to the movement's 58th General Conference Session. Pastor Robert Le
"The duty of the treasury is to safeguard the church's assets," said Robert Lemon, treasurer for the Seventh-day Adventist world church. "The assets are not investments, bank accounts, or buildings, but members."
He is never satisfied with the status quo. And that could be one reason why under Jan Paulsen's leadership the Seventh-day Adventist world church has grown phenomenally over the past five years, from nearly 11 million to presently 14.3 million. As the new
The mood, on the opening day of the 58th General Conference Session of the Seventh-day Adventist Church, could accurately be described as cool, calm and collected. But, in truth, it has not been without its trials and tribulations and organizers were requ
After the extremes of late night meetings and fellowship, delegates might be forgiven for slipping in late to the Friday business session. Yet there were a large number of delegates who celebrated with Matthew A. Bediako, executive secretary of the world
For the first time in the history of the Seventh-day Adventist Church, membership grew by more than 5 million new members in a five-year period. This was reported July 1 by Bert Haloviak, director of Archives and Statistics for the world church, to delega