More than one million people joined the Seventh-day Adventist Church in the year ending June 30, 2004, bringing the total world church membership to 13,663,497.
"You are here because of what you bring to this [assembly]," Pastor Jan Paulsen told delegates to the Seventh-day Adventist Church's Annual Council meeting, held at the world headquarters. The first business session commenced on Sunday morning, Oct. 10, w
Leaders of the Seventh-day Adventist Church voted Oct. 10 to establish a commission to review "ministries and services" performed by the world church headquarters and report back in less than six months on how operations can be improved or streamlined.
"God says to us, 'Be a force for good!' You know what is good! Ignorance is not the problem for God's people; obedience sometimes is. Well, use your energy to pursue that which is good," Pastor Jan Paulsen said in a spiritual message at the opening of the
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
The 2004 Annual Council of the General Conference of the Seventh-day Adventist Church began Friday evening, Oct. 9, with a dramatic flourish as the house lights went down and the standing room only audience was taken back in time to meet Ellen White, one