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World
Church: New Asia Leaders Elected, Headquarters Veterans Retire --
Two new regional presidents of the Seventh-day Adventist Church were
elected April 17, 2003, during Spring Meeting, a two-day meeting of
the church's executive committee.
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World
Church: Regions Urged To Support Missionaries With Donations --
Leaders of the Seventh-day Adventist Church have voted to invite the
church's organizations--local church areas and institutions--to
serve as "donor organizations," channeling money and personnel
to missionary projects in the "10/40 window" of the world
where Christianity is hardly known and where Christian work is difficult.
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Church
President Opens Spring Meeting with Strong Emphasis on Mission, Evangelism --
Opening the 2003 Spring Meeting of Seventh-day Adventist Church leaders,
Dr. Jan Paulsen, president of the world church, said it was important
to merge the work of laity and ministry in fulfilling the church's
three-fold mission of preaching, teaching and healing.
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World
Church: Preparing Next Generation of Leaders Essential -- In a
world whose population is expected to reach 8.5 billion by the year
2025, the Seventh-day Adventist Church needs to develop a new generation
of leadership to serve this future age.
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World
Church: Spring Meeting Receives Sow 1 Billion Update -- Reports
from the Seventh-day Adventist Church's 13 world regions indicate
that the Sow 1 Billion initiative to distribute 1 billion brochures
worldwide inviting people to Bible study is receiving enthusiastic
reception throughout the world church.
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World
Church: Thousands of Events Planned for the Year of World Evangelism
2004 -- It's simply a moment of celebrating, Seventh-day
Adventist church president Jan Paulsen told the participating members
of the Church's Executive Committee who have gathered for a two-day
annual Spring Meeting.
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Church
is Young, Dynamic and Growing, ADRA Leader Says -- The Seventh-day
Adventist Church, now numbering 13 million members worldwide, is a
young, dynamic and growing body of Christian believers, says Charles
Sandefur, president of the Adventist Development and Relief Agency
International.
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Health:
Church Leaders Sign Temperance Card, Emphasize Pledge Efforts --
Seventh-day Adventist Church leaders--led by president Jan Paulsen--signed
a temperance pledge April 16 at Spring Meeting, one of two business
meetings of the church's international executive committee.
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Spring
Meeting: Adventist World Church Leaders Gather -- As nearly 200
Adventist administrators from around the world gather for the General
Conference Executive Committee's Spring Meeting, April 16-17, the topics
of world evangelism and employee remuneration will take center stage.
The primary purpose of the Spring Meeting, one of two regular business
session of the committee, is to review the church's audited financial
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