World leaders of the 13.6-million member Seventh-day Adventist Church voted to affirm the denomination's historic "belief in a literal, six-day creation," saying such a view "is indissolubly linked with the authority of Scripture."
Although local church offerings have held at approximately 35 percent of tithe over the past 40 years, overall worldwide mission offerings have not kept pace with tithe increases, Bob Lemon, world church treasurer, told Annual Council delegates Oct. 12.
A new plan for worldwide distribution of 2 million books by one of the church's founders, Ellen G. White, was voted by delegates Oct. 11 at the Adventist Church's Annual Council meetings.
Following presentation of a report from a series of international faith and science conferences, the Annual Council of the Seventh-day Adventist Church considered its recommendations and set up a committee to prepare the Council's response.
The Seventh-day Adventist Church "has a very large agenda to engage" in dealing with things that keep -- and repel -- members, as well as those that nurture Christian growth, a new survey, presented Oct. 10 to the church's Annual Council, reveals.
The painting came from a deep desire to portray the most historically authentic, touching piece on Noah's Ark that Elfred Lee could create. This Adventist artist's newest painting, "Don't Miss the Boat," presents Noah's Ark in a way that those who view it