Ongoing Policy Discussion
There’s an ongoing discussion in the Seventh-day Adventist Church regarding unity, policy and church governance. We’ll post the latest developments here, as they happen.
Six Unions Given Warnings for Perceived Policy Non-Compliance
During the Monday afternoon session at the General Conference’s 2019 Annual Council, executive committee members were given a document with a list of recommended disciplinary…
New Video Series with Iowa-Missouri President Dean Coridan Explores Church History and Governance
Join Iowa-Missouri Conference president Dean Coridan for this four-part series exploring the history of the Protestant Reformation, the reorganization of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in…
Mid-America Union Executive Committee Adds Ordination to Constituency Session Agenda
During their Year-end Meeting on November 16, the Mid-America Union executive committee voted to place ordination without regard for gender on the agenda for their…
North American Division Executive Committee Votes Response to General Conference Compliance Document
On November 6 during their 2018 year-end meeting, the North American Division executive committee voted a response to the General Conference compliance document voted at…
General Conference Clarifies Who Serves on GC Administrative Committee
On October 1, the General Conference released an article clarifying who serves on the GC Administrative Committee (ADCOM). The article originally appeared on the Adventist…
NAD 2018 Year-End Meetings Live Stream
Confounding Conundrums: A Response to Mark Finley’s ‘Mystical Myths’ Article
On October 9 I published an analysis of what I believe was a problematic question and answer article from the General Conference communication department regarding…
Pacific Union Conference Issues Statement Following 2018 Annual Council
On October 17, the Pacific Union Conference issued a statement reaffirming its commitment to ordaining both men and women. The statement follows the Annual Council vote on…
North American Division Issues Statement Regarding Annual Council Compliance Vote
On October 15 officers of the North American Division released the following statement on the NAD website: This is a very challenging time for the…
GC Executive Committee Approves Compliance Document at 2018 Annual Council
In a vote of 185 to 124, with two abstaining, the General Conference executive committee on October 14 approved recommendations from the GC administrative committee…
General Conference 2018 Annual Council Presentations
Watch the meetings of the General Conference 2018 Annual Council live during the following scheduled times: Thursday, October 11, 5:00 – 7:30 pm Friday, October…
Elder Wilson Appeals for Prayer, Makes Case for Compliance Ahead of Annual Council
In a video released on October 10, Elder Ted Wilson, General Conference president, appeals for Adventists everywhere to enter a special season of prayer leading…
Former Review Editor Says It’s Time to Speak Out Against Problems at General Conference
William Johnsson, former editor of the Review, recently presented to Andrews University’s Michiana Adventist Forum a paper about the recent developments in the Adventist Church regarding…
Southern Africa’s AdventNetwork Pens Open Letter to General Conference
The AdventNetwork, a forum of both lay church members and pastors in the Southern Africa Union Conference, has penned an open letter to the General Conference…
Czech-Slovak Union Votes Declaration Against GC Compliance Document
On September 23, the executive committee of the Czech-Slovak Union Conference voted a declaration opposing the General Conference administrative committee’s proposed compliance document. An English…
Analysis of a Problematic GC Question and Answer Article
On October 8, the General Conference communication department released a list of questions and answers related to recent discussions about policy compliance. The article was…
An Appeal From the Columbia Union Conference Executive Committee
On October 2, 2018, the Columbia Union Conference issued an official statement concerning the GC’s compliance documents and committees. The statement follows in its entirety:…
NAD Ministerial Women Clergy Issue Statement Regarding Upcoming Annual Council
On October 3, 2018, a statement was published to the NAD Ministerial website from Seventh-day Adventist Women Clergy concerning the upcoming Annual Council 2018. The…
German-Swiss Conference Joins German Unions in Opposing GC Documents and Compliance Committees
On October 2, the Executive Committee of the German-Swiss Conference of Seventh-day Adventists voted to support the joint statement made by the North and South German Union…
MAUC President’s Council Discusses Proposed Compliance Committees
On Oct. 3, the Mid-America Union president’s council released a statement regarding the GC administrative committee’s latest compliance document and their establishing five compliance review…
Iowa-Missouri Conference President Issues Open Letter to Constituents Regarding GC’s Compliance Documents and Committees
To the constituents of the Iowa-Missouri Conference: As your elected representative I feel it is my duty to communicate to you my concerns regarding the…
Scandinavian Unions Issue Joint Letter to the General Conference
The executive committees of the Norwegian, Danish, and Swedish unions have issued a joint letter to the General Conference expressing concerns about the document, “Regard…
Berlin-Central German Conference Issues Statement to General Conference
On Sept. 14, the Berlin-Central German Conference issued a statement regarding the General Conference Unity Oversight Committee, compliance oversight committees, and the latest GC Administrative…
North Pacific Union Issues Prayer Appeal for Annual Council
This article originally appeared on the North Pacific Union Conference GleanerNow website. It is reprinted here in its entirety: Call to Prayer for Annual Council…
General Conference Leaders Vote Updates to Document, Clarification on Compliance Committees
Two new developments in the Seventh-day Adventist Church’s ongoing policy discussion were reported by Adventist News Network on Sept. 18. Update to document being considered…
Pacific Union Conference Releases Open Letter Opposing Compliance Committees
On Sept. 12, the Pacific Union Conference released an open letter opposing the July action of the General Conference Administrative Committee that established “compliance review…
German Union Presidents Respond to Latest Compliance Document and Formation of Compliance Committees
In response to the General Conference Administrative Committee’s latest recommendations for addressing entities out of compliance and their subsequent formation of five compliance committees, the…
Massive Oversight Committee System Set Up at the General Conference
What began as a single Unity Oversight Committee at the General Conference has blossomed into a network of five compliance review committees each with a…
General Conference Administrative Committee Votes Recommendations For Addressing Non-Compliance
On July 17, the General Conference Administrative Committee voted recommendations for addressing entities out of compliance with the actions of a GC Session, the GC…
Thomas Lemon Removed as Chair of Unity in Mission Oversight Committee Following Publication of ‘Toward an Understanding of Unity’ Document
On Oct. 10, Thomas Lemon, a general vice president of the General Conference and former president of the Mid-America Union Conference, published a 35-page document…
GC Executive Committee Refers Document Back to Unity in Mission Oversight Committee
Following nearly six hours of discussion and debate during their Annual Council, the General Conference Executive Committee voted on Oct. 9 to send a document…
Remembering the Reformation: Important Lessons for the Adventist Church
October 31 marks the 500th anniversary of the day Martin Luther is said to have nailed his 95 Theses to the door at the church…
IA-MO Executive Committee Responds to ‘Unity in Mission’ Document
During a regularly scheduled meeting on April 9, the Iowa-Missouri Conference Executive Committee approved the following response to the General Conference’s “Unity in Mission” document:…
GC Executive Committee Approves ‘Unity in Mission’ Document
On October 11, during their 2016 Annual Council, the General Conference Executive Committee voted to approve a document titled “Unity in Mission: Procedures in Church Reconciliation.”…