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NEWSLETTER
London, Ontario
In This Issue
Conspiracy theory alert?......1
Ted N.C. Wilson joins Facebook and twitter..3
An adventist is named president elect of
Fiji..4
First international training for deaf
interpreters...5
Church accounts for lost members...9
Everyone a sower..10
Apologetics seminar....15
Celebrating cultural diversity......16
Living in anticipation, week of pray......17
Western District schedule of speakers,
September 2015..18
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reader would note that the interpretation of this passage rests on the phrase
humanly speaking. In other words, we
are not to measure success by way of
human standards because humanly
speaking Jesus life ended in failure.
To say the Pope was actually saying
that Jesus was a failure is clearly a
false accusation. While such an accusation may convince the sensational
and overtly biased it fails to bear the
test of scrutiny.
Antichrist or not, Christians do not
have the right to label false accusations
against Pope Francis. Exodus 20:16
clearly states You shall not bear false
witness against your neighbor. And
last I checked, Pope Francis is my
neighbor. While I may not agree with
his meta-narrative he is still a child of
God. And while I may fully embrace the
apocalyptic warning concerning final
events that does not give me licence to
break the commandments in the name
of Im just warning people. If we are
going to warn people against deception,
lets not resort to deception. If we are
going to proclaim truth, lets do so in the
Spirit of truth and not vindictiveness
and hatred. Our words and discourses
regarding this matter should stand the
test of scrutiny. As Ellen White said,
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dangers of apocalyptic paranoia. When discussing Revelations narrative we must remember that it is the
Revelation of Jesus, that our words should always be
seasoned with salt, that we are never to bear false witness,
and that if there is one thing that we should thirst for more
and more it is Jesus and Jesus only. Psalm 42:1 says As
the deer pants for streams of water, so my soul pants for
you, my God. May this prayer be ours.
AN ADVENTIST IS NAMED
PRESIDENTELECT OF FIJI
THIS IS THE FIRST TIME A MEMBER OF THE SEVENTH
-DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH HAS BEEN NOMINATED TO
SERVE AS THE NATION'S PRESIDENT.
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ADVENTIST
CHURCH IN INTEREUROPE HOSTS THE
DENOMINATIONS
FIRST INTERNATIONAL TRAINING FOR
DEAF INTERPRETERS
territory, there are now at least 4 official By Ganoune Diop, director, public affairs
organizations for the deaf, Signes d'esper- and religious liberty department, General
Conference
ance in
France,Gehrlosengemeinschaft in Germany, ASAE in Spain, and Raise and
Walk in Romania. All of the organizations
use their own local sign language.
Noemi Faria, sign language interpreter, played an important role in the training
of the participants. Faria insisted on giving special care to the physical training of
the interpreter. Signing is physically chal- Adventists Christian unity
lenging, and proper training helps interSeventh-day Adventist believers
preters avoid any negative effects on the
shower
me with questions when they
body.
In preparation for next years International Congress of the Deaf and Deafblind, organizers led participants to consider how to facilitate visits to local monuments and attractions.
learn that I have represented the Adventist Church in the United Nations
and at meetings of Christian ecumenical
organizations.
How exactly do Adventists view
Christian unity, interfaith relations, and
ecumenism? they ask. Why do Adventists choose to accept and maintain
only observer status and not membership among Christian ecumenical organizations? Why do Adventists choose
to mingle with other Christians and nonChristians while abstaining from becoming members of organized Christian and
religious ecumenical bodies?
My answer is simple: It is legitimate
for all people of goodwill to unite to save
lives, to protect lives, and to affirm the
importance and sacredness of life. It is
even urgent for all people to partner to
make this world a better place for all
human beings, contributing to better
health, education, and humanitarian
work in all dignity, freedom, justice,
peace, and fraternity.
All the services and activities of the
Seventh-day Adventist Church seek to
promote life and life in abundance. In
the fulfillment of the churchs mission,
Adventists mingle with other Christian
organizations. In reference to its position in global Christian organizations,
the Adventist Church has held observer
status at meetings and been open to
partnering with other churches in areas
that do not compromise its identity, mission, and message. The rule of thumb is
to not hold membership in any ecumenical body that eradicates or erases the
distinctive Adventist voice in reference
to the sovereignty of God the Creator,
the Sabbath, and the Second Coming.
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Today, unity is understood differently among various Christian churches. For Catholics, for example, unity includes the concept of the communion of saints, meaning both those who are
alive and those who are dead.
In the Catholic Encyclopedia, the communion of saints is described as the spiritual solidarity which binds together the faithful on earth, the souls in purgatory, and the saints in heaven in the
organic unity of the same mystical body under Christ its head.
The participants in that solidarity are called saints by reason of
their destination [heaven] and of their partaking of the fruits of the
Redemption.
With this example in mind, global church unity could only be
a reality if all Christians adopted the Catholic worldview or understanding of reality or if all Catholics gave up their deeply held
beliefs.
But Christians must keep in mind that they will miss their primary calling if they do not unite to uphold and model spiritual
values grounded on the everlasting gospel. The theological virtues
of faith, hope, and love are paramount in the Christian mandate
and gift to the world. These virtues can best flourish when religious liberty is a reality. Religious liberty for Adventists is the
antidote to syncretistic ecumenism and a call to embrace truth
with the inalienable freedom of conscience, freedom of religion or
belief, freedom to express publicly ones beliefs, freedom to invite others to share ones convictions or to join ones community
of faith.
A subtle cluster of interrelated topics in the arena of interchurch and interfaith relations that needs much clarity is the issue
of unity, visible unity, and ecumenism. Other words are sometimes brought into the conversation as if they mean the same
thing. They are collaboration, partnership, and interchurch or interfaith dialogue.
The word ecumenism is used differently in various contexts.
The word can refer to unity among the worlds Christian churches, but people usually use it to describe a general sense of cordial
relations, dialogue, or partnership for a project.
Historically, the first church councils were called ecumenical
in the sense that many churches interacted to define orthodoxy.
This is not the sense it is given today. Some denominations, such
as Catholic and Orthodox churches, use it in this sense because
they believe they are the guarantors of orthodoxy. But to label any
partnership among Christians as doctrinal ecumenism may be
uninformed, uneducated, and farfetched. Spiritual honesty is also
needed in identifying and evaluating the real content of interchurch relations.
Defining Unity
The concept of unity has a solid biblical and theological foundation.
The blessing God intended to spread through Abraham and through his
descendants was destined to all the families of the earth. God wants all
His people to experience doctrinal unity.
This never materialized among His covenant people, Israel. The belief in the resurrection of the dead, for example, was not shared by all
Israelites. The New Testament mentions that the Sadducees did not believe in the resurrection of the dead.
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Conclusion
While considering other Christians
as brothers and sisters in Christ, the
principle that prevents the Adventist
world church from being a member of
an organized union of churches such
as the World Council of Churches is
that of religious freedom. Religious
freedom implies the unrestricted right
to share ones religious convictions
and the right to invite others to join
ones own Christian tradition without
being accused or labeled as a proselytizer.
9. United in understanding metaphysical reality and the spiritual controversy between good and evil,
Christ and Satan.
10. United in resisting evil and in abstaining from harming others.
11. United in the experience of the
tribulation, the kingdom, and the
patient endurance that are in Jesus
(Rev 1:9).
12. Unity for humanitarian work or
unity to help improve the living
condition of our neighbors is an
expression of solidarity with our
brothers and sisters in humanity.
13. Unity to promote temperance has
been highly recommended by the
founders of the Seventh-day Adventist Church.
14. Unity in the promotion of freedom,
equality, and fraternity is part of
the international mandate ratified
EVERYONE
A SOWER
Ted N.C. Wilson, president of the
Seventh-day Adventist church, speaks
to attendees at the 2015 Annual Council and encourages Total Member Involvement on Sabbath, October 10,
2015
Transcript of president Ted N.C.
Wilsons sermon at the 2015 Annual
Council in Silver Spring, Maryland,
USA on October 10, 2015.
We are living in a time of unprecedented change. God has asked His
remnant people, the Seventh-day Adventist Church, to prepare the way of
the Lord, to lean completely on Him
and receive the power of the latter rain
of the Holy Spirit. It is time for the final,
loud cry the proclamation of the
first, second and especially the third
angels messages. Christ has called
us to be sowers of His Word. He has
called us to follow His example in service to others by proclaiming His truth
and righteousness to the world and
announcing the His second coming.
Members in this worldwide church of
almost 19 million are called to partner
with the Heavenly Sower, Jesus
Christ, in proclaiming His final message of love, righteousness, redemption, and last-day prophetic warning
heralding Christs soon return. Everyone a sower! Lets look at Gods instructions practical evangelistic outreach based on the Bible and the Spirit
of Prophecy with plenty of references
to both. This sermon will resemble
more of a learning symposium for all of
us regarding Total Member Involvement rather than a normal sermon per
se.
Lets learn together Turn to Mark
4:3-9. In this passage, Jesus was
speaking to thousands by the Sea of
Galilee near the beautiful plain of
Gennesaret. The listeners could see
on that plain and on the hillsides beyond the sowers and reapers who
were busily casting seed and harvesting the early grain. Jesus identified the
truths of heaven using parables with
simple references to what was happening. He shared the following parable with those in that vast Sea of Gali-
As Seventh-day Adventists, we
should carefully adhere to the document
voted on October 12, 1986, at the Annual Council held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
This document, Methods of Bible
Study, carefully outlines how to study
Gods Holy Word. We are to follow the
historicist view of prophecy and Biblical
understanding. Pastors, teachers, administrators, church elders, leaders. members dont let anyone turn you from
the historicist understanding and the
historical-biblical interpretation of
Scripture. Stand firm for Gods Word.
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