The Biblical sanctuary with its types and shadows has been the foundation upon which our movement has stood. It is the sanctuary message and the truths connected to it that has set us apart from the rest of the world. For the sanctuary explains both our past and our present duty: “The subject of the […]
Dan Jackson Believes that the Compliance Document will have very Little Effect in Changing Anything
Dan Jackson, President of the North American Division of Seventh-day Adventists, told a gathering of Seventh-day Adventist leaders that the General Conference won’t have the 2/3 majority vote needed to remove any non-compliant leader from the General Conference Executive Committee. Dan Jackson was speaking to the 2018 Society of Adventist Communicator’s Conference in October and […]
Women Ordination Advocates Attack Fulcrum7 (Part 2)
In Part 2 we will briefly examine the actual press release put out by the North American Division [NAD] against Fulcrum7, an online conservative news website that defends the teachings of the Seventh-day Adventist Church. As you will clearly see, this press release was not an attempt to “respond to false claims” [1] as the NAD would […]
Women Ordination Advocates Attack Fulcrum7 (Part 1)
The politicizing of a church entity is something that should never happen. Using the church’s influence and media platforms to engage in disingenuous partisanship is an abuse of power. This is something that should concern every Seventh-day Adventist. Let me explain the facts. Dan Jackson, president of the North American Division of Seventh-day Adventists, is […]
Adventist Video Explains Women’s Ordination Debate & Compliance Document
The General Conference has created a new video and website called Beinformed.adventist.org as a resource to provide the church’s perspective on the women’s ordination debate taking place within Adventism. This is an attempt to help shape public perception to this growing controversy and to dispel any misinformation to its members. The new website was created […]
What Does the Bible Actually Say About Women Pastors?
The role of women pastors has risen dramatically during the last 25 years. This is the findings of a survey that was recently done and shows that the number of female pastors has tripled since the 1990s. [1] More and more women are pursuing pastoral leadership positions and many denominations are supporting this new growing […]
You Can’t Evangelize Your Way Out of Apostasy
“Thou canst not stand before thine enemies, until ye take away the accursed thing from among you.” Joshua 7:13. God informed Joshua that in times of spiritual crisis a thorough reformation was required in order to ensure success for the people of God. Once wrongs were addressed and put away, then all would be well. […]
The Spirit of Resistance in Adventism is Spreading Around the World
Resistance is in the very air we breathe. It’s in the churches, the schools, the conference offices, the unions and even at the division levels. Just two weeks ago a full-blown uprising was witnessed here in the North American Division over women’s ordination. [1] Now the South Pacific Division’s Executive Committee has just voted yesterday […]
When Non-compliance Turns into a Full-blown Uprising
What would it take to split the Seventh-day Adventist Church? Well, now we know. Dan Jackson, President of the North American Division of Seventh-day Adventists [NAD], has drawn a red line in the sand during a November 5, 2018 afternoon business session at its year-end meeting. For three years women’s ordination advocates in North America […]
The Battle at Battle Creek, Michigan (2018)
On Sunday afternoon, October 14, 2018 during the 2:00 p.m. business meeting at the 2018 General Conference Annual Council in Battle Creek, Michigan, the GC Executive Committee began a 5 1/2 hour discussion on the issue of “compliance committees.” The issues under consideration were simple: Do we implement the rules that were duly voted upon […]