Seventh-day Adventist Yearbook for 1951

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OF THE
SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST
DENOMINATION
A DIRECTORY OF
The General Conference, World Divisions, Union
and Local Conferences and Missions, Educational
Institutions, Hospitals and Sanitariums, Publishing
Houses, Periodicals, and Denominational Workers.
Edited by
E. J. Johanson, Statistical Secre
General Conference
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.(Reconstituied in 1.;61)
Published by
REVIEW AND HERALD PUBLISHING ASSOCIATION
WASHINGTON 12, D.C.
PRINTED IN THE U.S.A.
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CONTENTS
Review of 1950 (cid:9) 4
Fundamental Beliefs of Seventh-day Adventists (cid:9) 5
Constitution and By-Laws (cid:9) 7
Special Days and Offerings for 1951 (cid:9) 14
General Conference and Departments (cid:9) 15
Divisions:
North American 31
Australasian (cid:9) 81
Central European 93
China (cid:9) 101
Far Eastern (cid:9) 116
Inter-American 131
Middle East 148
Northern European (cid:9) 152
South American ............. 166
Southern African (cid:9) 182
Southern Asia 200
Southern European (cid:9) 213
Union of Socialist Soviet Republics 233
Institutions:
Educational (cid:9) 234
Food Companies 286
Medical 288
Dispensaries and Treatment Rooms (cid:9) 306
Publishing Houses (cid:9) 309
Periodicals Issued (cid:9) 320
Statistical Tables (cid:9) 336
Countries Where S.D.A. Work Is Established 338
Languages in Which Publications Are Issued ..... ..... ......(cid:9) ...(cid:9) 343
Directory of Workers (cid:9) 353
Necrology 464
Index of Institutional Workers 466
Preface
A directory of the conferences, mission fields, and institutions connected with
the Seventh-day Adventist denomination is given in the following pages. Adminis-
trative and workers' lists have been furnished by the organizations concerned. In
cases where current reports were not received, previous official and personnel rolls
have been retained or adjusted to the best information available. Below appears
data summarized largely from the 1949 Statistical Report, the one last issued at
this date.
The number of churches and the church membership in each of the conferences
in North America are those reported at the close of the third quarter, 1950. In fields
outside of North America the church and membership statistics at the close of 1949
have been used except in instances where the organizations themselves have
reported later figures. Populations of conferences in North America are based on
the 1940 census or latest figures available; and population figures for other fields
have been furnished largely from the different Division or Union offices.
Following the classification order of workers in the General Conference
Working Policy, those persons who carry missionary credentials are placed im-
mediately following the ordained minister groups in the conference and mission
sections of the Yearbook. The Workers Directory lists the names and addresses
of ordained and licensed ministers and workers holding missionary credentials and
Bible instructors credentials. A separate list of principal workers employed in
educational, publishing and medical institutions is also given.
The Seventh-day Adventist denomination was organized May 21, 1863, with
a constituency of 125 churches and 8,500 members. The work was largely con-
fined to North America until the year 1874, when the first missionary, Elder J. N.
Andrews, was sent to Switzerland. Gradually other countries were entered. In 1886
a minister went to Russia, the first non-Protestant country in which this work was
started. The schooner "Pitcairn" was launched in San Francisco Bay on July
28, 1890, and was soon prepared to carry groups of missionaries to various Pacific
islands. In 1894 Seventh-day Adventist workers first entered a heathen land, opening
a mission in Matabeleland, South Africa. South America was entered the same year,
and Japan in 1896.
Although publishing and the distribution of literature had been a major factor
in the development of the Advent cause from its beginning, the first regular pub-
lishing house was incorporated in 1861 at Battle Creek, Mich., under the name of
the Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association. The Advent Review and Sabbath
Herald was first published in 1850 at Paris, Maine; the Youth's Instructor at
Rochester, N.Y., in 1852 ; and the Signs of the Times at Oakland, Calif., in 1874.
In 1866 the Health Reform Institute, later the Battle Creek Sanitarium, was
established. The first denominational school was opened in 1872. Tract and mis-
sionary society work was organized on a state-wide basis in 1870. and state Sabbath
school associations in 1877. The name, "Seventh-day Adventists," was chosen in
1860, and in 1903 the denominational headquarters were moved from Battle Creek,
Mich., to Washington, D.C.
Since 1900 to the close of 1949, 6,450 missionaries have been sent out for
mission service in various lands comprising all of the larger countries of the world
and many of the islands of the sea. Evangelistic and institutional workers num-
bering 37,931 were using 705 languages and modes of speech in their gospel service.
The membership of the 9,991 Seventh-day Adventist churches throughout the
world in 1949 was 716,538. There were 78 union conferences and missions, 145
local conferences, 216 regularly organized mission fields, and 551 institutions. Of
the 37,931 laborers, 13,540 were in North America, and 24,391 in other countries.
The funds in tithes and offerings contributed in 1949 by Seventh-day Adventists
were the largest ever raised by the denomination during any one year. The amount
of $44,450,803.21 was equivalent to a per capita contribution of $62.03 for every
member in the world field. In North America alone the per capita giving in tithes
and offerings was $137.07. In addition to the above, $294,767.43 was given in North
America in 1949 for mission rehabilitation and famine relief.
The Statistical Report showed that there were 50 Seventh-day Adventist pub-
lishing houses and branches, whose book and periodical retail sales in 1949 were
$12,456,770.25. These publishing houses employed 1,772 workers in producing this
literature, and 3,517 more were engaged in its distribution. Seventh-day Adventist
literature has been printed in 195 languages, and there were 315 periodicals issued.
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The enrollment in the 16,176 Sabbath schools was 889,386, and the annual
Sabbath school offerings were $4,790,896.42. Sanitariums, hospitals, and treat-
ment rooms, to the number of 161 engaged in the care of the sick, with '7,639
physicians, nurses and other attendants, caring for 143,498 patients in the institu-
tions and furnishing 1,709,067 additional treatment and medical services during
1949.
There were 3,854 elementary schools, and 310 secondary and advanced schools
with 9,503 teachers employed, and an enrollment of 195,041 pupils. At the close
of the 1948-49 school year 1,397 students entered some branch of denominational
work.
The property value of all organizations and institutions connected with the
Seventh-day Adventist denomination, including churches, at the beginning of 1949
was $166,078,322.64.
The total amount of funds in tithes and offerings contributed since the organi-
zation of the Seventh-day Adventist General Conference in 1863 to the close of
1949 was $577,522,273.49. Literature sales for the same period were registered as
$207,745,566.01
Review of 1950
The record of the past year reveals many significant and interesting items:
General and North America: The 46th Session of the General Conference was
held in San Francisco July 10-22, with delegations from all divisions but one.
The opening day was set aside for fasting and prayer. Attendance on Sabbath,
July 15, reached 20,000. The East Mediterranean Division was organized, and
certain territories reassigned in other divisions. Special missions offering taken
on July 22, amounted to over $325,000. Three Sabbaths were appointed for home
visitation in this Mid-Century Home Evangelism Year.—A Youth's Congresi was
held in the Central Union Conference, April 28, 29, with 5,000 youth attending.—
The Voice of Prophecy moved to its new building in Glendale, Calif., by June 30.—
The Institute of Scientific Studies for the Prevention of Alcoholism held its first
meeting at Loma Linda, Calif., July 24 to August 4.—Ingathering in North
America showed a 5% gain over 1949, exceeding $2,900,000 at year end.—The
Medical Cadet Corps was reactivated and a training camp was held in Pueblo,
Colorado, August 14-28.—Television program, "Faith for Today," was inaugurated
December 3 over an eastern seven-station network telecasting from New York.—
The Educational Department produced new biology text and three new Bible text
books. Adventists in North America distributed more than one million pieces of
literature per week during 1950; work of 53 Bible Correspondence Schools resulted
in over 1,100 baptisms.
Africa: First nursing school in Ethiopia was opened by Adventists in Addis
Ababa.—New hospital opened in Tanganyika.—New publishing house established in
Madagascar.
Asia: Voice of Prophecy radio broadcasts were launched from Goa and Ceylon.
—China Training Institute returned from Hong Kong to Chiaotoutseng, reopening
September 24.—Mission on Okinawa started early in 1950.—New Health journal
in Hindi published in India.—War broke out on June 25 between North and South
Korea, and our missionaries were evacuated from Seoul to Japan.—More than a
score of church buildings were under construction in Japan.
Australia: Australasian Youth's Congress, said to be largest Adventist gather-
ing held in Australia, convened during closing days of 1949, followed by New
Zealand Congress.—The Bounty Bible was returned to Pitcairn Island on February
19 after an absence of 110 years.—Solomon Islands held first S.D.A. camp meeting
with 3,000 attending.
Europe: New headquarters and chapel dedicated in Rome, Italy, in April.—
New chapel opened in Athens, Greece, May 6.—The Northern European Division,
formerly at Stocksund, Sweden, set up new offices at Edgware, England.
Central and South America: Silvestre Hospital (Rio de Janeiro) was officially
inaugurated March 12. Belem Hospital (Para), located at mouth of Amazon,
completed at end of year.—Sixteen South American Youth's Congresses were
attended by about 14,400 youth. Great Youth's Congress for all Jamaica was held
at Kingston, September 14-17.—Central American Union Training School moved
from San Jose to new location at Alajuela.
FUNDAMENTAL BELIEFS OF SEVENTH-DAY
ADVENTISTS
Seventh-day Adventists hold certain fundamental beliefs, the principal features
of which, together with a portion of the scriptural references upon which they are
based, may be summarized as follows:
1. That the Holy Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments were given by
inspiration of God, contain an all-sufficient revelation of His will to men, and are
the only unerring rule of faith and practice. 2 Tim. 3:15-17.
2. That the Godhead, or Trinity, consists of the Eternal Father, a personal,
spiritual Being, omnipotent, omnipresent, omniscient, infinite in wisdom and love;
the Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of the Eternal Father, through whom all things were
created and through whom the salvation of the redeemed hosts will be accomplished ;
the Holy Spirit, the third person of the Godhead, the great regenerating power in
the work of redemption. Matt. 28:19.
3. That Jesus Christ is very God, being of the same nature and essence as the
Eternal Father. While retaining His divine nature He took upon Himself the
nature of the human family, lived on the earth as a man, exemplified in His life
as our Example the principles of righteousness, attested His relationship to God by
many mighty miracles, died for our sins on the cross, was raised from the dead, and
ascended to the Father, where He ever lives to make intercession for us. John
1 :1, 14 : Heb. 2 :9-18 ; 8 :1, 2 ; 4 :14-16 ; 7 :25.
4. That every person in order to obtain salvation must experience the new birth ;
that this comprises an entire transformation of life and character by the recreative
power of God through faith in the Lord Jesus Christ. John 3:16 ; Matt. 18:3 ;
Acts 2:37-39.
5. That baptism is an ordinance of the Christian church and should follow
repentance and forgiveness of sins. By its observance faith is shown in the death,
burial, and resurrection of Christ. That the proper form of baptism is by immer-
sion. Horn. 6:1-6 ; Acts 16 :30-33.
6. That the will of God as it relates to moral conduct is comprehended in His
law of ten commandments ; that these are great moral, unchangeable precepts,
binding upon all men, in every age. Ex. 20:1-17.
7. That the fourth commandment of this unchangeable law requires the observ-
ance of the seventh day Sabbath. This holy institution is at the same time a
memorial of creation and a sign of sanctification, a sign of the believer's rest from
his own works of sin, and his entrance into the rest of soul which Jesus promises
to those who come to Him. Gen. 2:1-3 ; Ex. 20:8-11 ; 31:12-17 ; Heb. 4:1-10.
8. That the law of ten commandments points out sin, the penalty of which is
death. The law cannot save the transgressor from his sin, nor impart power to
keep him from sinning. In infinite love and mercy, God provides a way whereby
this may be done. He furnishes a substitute, even Christ the Righteous One, to die
in man's stead, making "Him to be sin for us, who knew no sin ; that we might be
made the righteousness of God in Him." 2 Cor. 5:21. That one is justified, not by
obedience to the law, but by the grace that is in Christ Jesus. By accepting Christ,
man is reconciled to God, justified by Hie blood for the sins of the past, and saved
from the power of sin by his indwelling life. Thus the gospel becomes "the power
of God unto salvation to everyone that believeth." Born. 1:16. This experience is
wrought by the divine agency of the Holy Spirit, who convinces of sin and leads to
the Sin-Bearer, inducting the believer into the new covenant relationship, where the
law of God is written on his heart, and through the enabling power of the in-
dwelling Christ, his life is brought into conformity to the divine precepts. The
honor and merit of this wonderful transformation belong wholly to Christ. 1 John
2:1, 2 ; 3 :4 ; Rom. 3 :20 ; ,5 :8-10 ; 7 :7 ; Eph. 2 :8-10 ; 3 :17 ; Gal. 2:20 ; Heb. 8 :8-12.
9. That God "only hath immortality." 1 Tim. 6:15. Mortal man possesses a
nature inherently sinful and dying. Eternal life is the gift of God through faith in
Christ. Rom. 6:23. "He that hath the Son hath life." 1 John 5:12. Immortality
is bestowed upon the righteous at the second coming of Christ, when the righteous
dead are raised from the grave and the living righteous translated to meet the Lord.
Then it is that those accounted faithful "put on immortality." 1 Cor. 15:51-55.
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10. That the condition of man in death is one of unconsciousness. That all men,
good and evil alike, remain in the grave from death to the resurrection. Eccl.
9 :5, 6 ; Ps. 146 :3, 4 ; John 5 :28, 29.
11. That there shall be a resurrection both of the just and of the unjust. The
resurrection of the just will take place at the second coming of Christ ; the resur-
rection of the unjust will take place a thousand years later, at the close of the
millennium. John 5:28, 29; 1 Thess. 4:13-18 ; Rev. 20:5-10.
12. That the finally impenitent, including Satan, the author of sin, will, by the
fires of the last day, be reduced to a state of non-existence, becoming as though they
had not been, thus purging God's universe of sin and sinners. Rom. 6:23 ; Mal.
4:1-3 ; Rev. 20:9, 10 ; Obadiah 16.
13. That no prophetic period is given in the Bible to reach the second advent,
but that the longest one, the 2300 days of Dan. 8:14, terminated in 1844, and
brought us to an event called the cleansing of the sanctuary.
14. That the true sanctuary, of which the tabernacle on earth was a type, is the
temple of God in Heaven, of which Paul speaks in Hebrews 8 and onward, and of
which the Lord Jesus, as our great high priest, is minister; and that the priestly
work of our Lord is the antitype of the work of the Jewish priests of the former
dispensation; that this heavenly sanctuary is the one to be cleansed at the end of
the 2300 days of Daniel 8:14; its cleansing being, as in the type, a work of judg-
ment, beginning with the entrance of Christ as the high priest upon the judgment
phase of His ministry in the heavenly sanctuary foreshadowed in the earthly service
of cleansing the sanctuary on the day of atonement. This work of judgment in the
heavenly sanctuary began in 1844. Its completion will close human probation.
15. That God, in the time of the judgment and in accordance with His uniform
dealing with the human family in warning them of coming events vitally affecting
their destiny (Amos 3:6, 7), sends forth a proclamation of the approach of the
second advent of Christ; that this work is symbolized by the three angels of
Revelation 14; and that their threefold message brings to view a work of reform
to prepare a people to meet Him at His coming.
16. That the time of the cleansing of the sanctuary, synchronizing with the
period of the proclamation of the message of Revelation 14, is a time of investi-
gative judgment, first with reference to the dead, and secondly, with reference to
the living. This investigative judgment determines who of the myriads sleeping in
the dust of the earth are worthy of a part in the first resurrection, and who of its
living multitudes are worthy of translation. 1 Peter 4:17, 18 ; Dan. 7:9, 10 ; Rev.
14:6, 7 ; Luke 20:35.
17. That the followers of Christ should be a godly people, not adopting the
unholy maxims nor conforming to the unrighteous ways of the world, not loving
its sinful pleasures nor countenancing its follies. That believers should recognize
their bodies as the temple of the Holy Spirit, and that therefore they should clothe
that body in neat, modest, dignified apparel. Further, that in eating and drinking
and in their entire course of conduct they should shape their lives as becometh
followers of the meek and lowly Master. Thus the followers of Christ will be led
to abstain from all intoxicating drinks, tobacco, and other narcotics, and to avoid
every body and soul defiling habit and practice. 1 Cor. 3:16, 17 ; 9:25 ; 10:31 ; 1 Tim.
2:9, 10 ; 1 John 2:6.
18. That the divine principle of tithes and offerings for the support of the gospel
is an acknowledgment of God's ownership in our lives, and that we are stewards
who must render account to Him of all that He has committed to our possession.
Lev. 27:30 ; Mal. 3:8-12 ; Matt. 23:23 ; 1 Cor. 9:9-14 ; 2 Cor. 9:6-15.
19. That God has placed in His church the gifts of the Holy Spirit, as enu-
merated in 1 Corinthians 12 and Ephesians 4. That these gifts operate in harmony
with the divine principles of the Bible, and are given for the perfecting of the
saints, the work of the ministry, the edifying of the body of Christ. Rev. 12:17 ;
19:10 ; 1 Cor. 1:5-7. That the gift of the Spirit of prophecy is one of the identifying
marks of the remnant church. 1 Cor, 1:5, 7 ; 1 Cor. 12:1, 28 ; Rev. 12:17 ; 19:10 :
Amos 3:7 ; Hosea 12:10, 13. They recognize that this gift was manifested in the
life and ministry of Ellen G. White.
20. That the second coming of Christ is the great hope of the church, the grand
climax of the gospel and plan of salvation. His coming will be literal, personal,
and visible. Many important events will be associated with His return, such as the.
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resurrection of the dead, the destruction of the wicked, the purification of the earth,
the reward of the righteous, the establishment of His everlasting kingdom. The
almost complete fulfillment of various lines of prophecy, particularly those found
in the books of Daniel and the Revelation, with existing conditions in the physical,
social, industrial, political, and religious worlds, indicates that Christ's coming
"is near, even at the doors." Matt. 24:33. The exact time of that event has not
been foretold. Believers are exhorted to be ready, for "in such an hour as ye think
not the Son of man" (Matt. 24:44) will be revealed. Luke 21:25-27; 17:26-30;
John 14:1-3 ; Acts 1:9-11 •' Rev. 1:7 ; Heb. 9:28 ; James 5:1-8 ; Joel 3:9-16 ; 2 Tim.
3 :1-5 ; Dan. 7 :27 ; Matt. 24 :36, 44.
21. That the millennial reign of Christ covers the period between the first and
the second resurrections, during which time the saints of all ages will live with
their blessed Redeemer in Heaven. At the end of the millennium, the Holy City
with all the saints will descend to the earth. The wicked, raised in the second
resurrection, will go up on the breadth of the earth with Satan at their head to
compass the camp of the saints, when fire will come down from God out of Heaven
and devour them. In the conflagration which destroys Satan and his host, the
earth itself will be regenerated and cleansed from the effects of the curse. Thus
the universe of God will be purified from the foul blot of sin. Revelation 20:
Zech. 14:1-4 ; 2 Peter 3:7-10.
22. That God will make all things new. The earth, restored to its pristine
beauty, will become forever the abode of the saints of the Lbrd. The promise to
Abraham, that through Christ he and his seed should possess the earth throughout
the endless ages of eternity, will be fulfilled. "The kingdom and dominion, and the
greatness of the kingdom under the whole heaven will be given to the people of
the saints of the Most High, whose kingdom. is an everlasting kingdom, and all
dominions shall serve and obey Him." Dan. 7:27. Christ, the Lord, will reign
supreme, and every creature which is in heaven and on the earth and under the
earth, and such as are in the sea, will ascribe "blessing, and honor, and glory, and
power," unto "Him that sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb forever and
ever." Gen. 13:14-17 ; Rom. 4:13 ; Heb. 11:8-16 ; Matt. 5:5; Isaiah 35 : Rev. 21 :1-7 :
5:13; Dan. 7:27.
THE CONSTITUTION AND BY-LAWS
of the
General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists
(As Revised at the Forty-Sixth Session Held in San Francisco, California,
July 10-22, 1950)
Article I—Name
This organization shall be known as General Conference of Seventh-day
Adventists.
Article II—Object
The object of this Conference is to teach all nations the everlasting gospel of
our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ and the commandments of God.
Article III—Membership
Sec. 1. The membership of this Conference shall consist of :
(a) Such union conferences and union missions either in organized division
sections or without divisional affiliation as have been or shall be properly organized
and accepted by vote of the General Conference in session.
(b) Such local conferences and properly organized local missions not included
in any division, union conference or union mission or such local conferences or
local missions directly attached to divisions as have been or shall be properly
organized and accepted by vote of the General Conference in session.
Sec. 2. The voters of this Conference shall be designated as follows:
(a) Delegates at large
(b) Regular delegates
Sec. 3. Delegates at large shall be:
(a) All members of the General Conference Executive Committee.
(b) Such representatives of missions of the General Conference and Of general
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institutions and departments of work, and such general laborers and field secre-
taries as shall receive delegate's credentials from the Executive Committee of the
General Conference, such credentials to be ratified by the General Conference in
session. The number of these delegates thus seated shall not exceed 25 per cent of
the total number of delegates in attendance otherwise provided for.
Sec. 4. Regular delegates shall be appointed and accredited by division commit-
tees except in the case of North America, where they shall be appointed and ac-
credited by union conferences. In the case of unions without divisional affiliation
the delegates shall be appointed by the General Conference Committee upon
recommendation of the unions involved.
Sec. 5. Each union mission shall be entitled to one delegate for the organiza-
tion, an additional delegate for each local conference in its territory, and one
delegate for each one thousand members or major fraction thereof within its
territory.
Sec. 6. Each union conference shall be entitled to one delegate in addition to
its president without regard to number, an additional delegate for each local
conference in its territory and an additional delegate for each one thousand or
major fraction thereof of its membership.
Article IV—Officers and Theiar Duties
Sec. 1. The officers of this Conference shall be president, vice-presidents, a
secretary, associate secretaries, a treasurer, an undertreasurer, and assistant
treasurers who shall' be elected by the Conference.
Sec. 2. President: The President shall preside at the sessions of the Confer-
ence, act as chairman of the Executive Committee, and labor in the general inter-
ests of the Conference, as the Executive Committee may advise.
Sec. 3. Vice-Presidents: Each Vice-President shall at the time of his election
be assigned to serve as a general administrative assistant to the President or to
Preside over a division field.
Sec. 4. Secretary and Associate Secretaries: It shall be the duty of the Secretary
and the Associate Secretaries to keep the minutes of the proceedings of the Gen-
eral Conference sessions and of the General Conference Committee meetings, to
maintain correspondence with the fields, and to perform such other duties as usu-
ally pertain to such office.
Sec. 5. Treasurer, Undertreasurer, and Assistant Treasurers: It shall be the
duty of the Treasurer to receive all funds of the General Conference, and disburse
them in harmony with the actions of the Executive Committee of the General
Conference, and to render such financial statements at regular intervals as may
be desired by the Conference or by the Executive Committee. The Undertreasurer
and Assistant Treasurers shall assist the Treasurer in his work.
Article V—Election
Sec. 1. The following shall be elected at each regular session of the Conference:
(a) A President, Vice-Presidents, a Secretary, Associate Secretaries, Division
Secretaries, a Treasurer, an Undertreasurer, Assistant Treasurers, Division Treas-
urers, a Statistical Secretary, General Field Secretaries, Division Field Secretaries.
a Secretary and. Associate Secretaries of the Ministerial Association, a General
Conference Auditor and Associate Auditors, a Secretary and Associate Secretaries
of the International Temperance Association. a Secretary and Associate Secretaries
of each duly organized General Conference Department: namely, Publishing. Med-
ical, Educational, Sabbath School, Religious Liberty, Young People's Missionary
Volunteer, Home Missionary, North American Colored, Radio, and North Amer.'
icon Home-Foreign Bureau, Division Departmental Secretaries, including the
Australasian Inter-Union Health Food Department Secretary, and Division Min-
isterial Association Secretaries.
(b) Other persons, not to exceed 25 in number, to serve as members of the
Executive Committee.
Article VI—Executive Committee
Sec. 1. The Executive Committee shall consist of:
(a) Those elected as provided by Article V.
(b) Presidents of union conferences, presidents of union missions, ex-presidents
of the General Conference having credentials from this Conference, the general
manager of the Australasian Conference Assn., Ltd., the president of College
of Medical Evangelists, the president of the Seventh-day Adventist Theological
Seminary, and the editor of the Advent Review and Sabbath Herald.
Article VII—Auditor and Associate ' Auditors
At each regular session the Conference shall elect an auditor and one or more
associate auditors.
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Article Yin—Term of Office
All officers of the Conference and those members of the Executive Committee
provided for by Article VI, Sec. 1 (a), shall hold office from the time of election
until the next ensuing regular session or until their successors are elected and
appear to enter upon their duties.
Article IX—Incorporations and Agents
Sec. 1. Such incorporations may be authorized by the General Conference in
session, or by the General Conference Executive Committee, as the development
of the work may require.
Sec. 2. At each regular session of this Conference, the delegates shall elect such
trustees of corporate bodies connected with this organization as may be provided
in the statutory laws governing each.
Sec. 3. The Conference shall employ such committees, secretaries, treasurers,
auditors, agents, ministers, missionaries and other persons, and make such distribu-
tion of its laborers, as may be necessary effectively to execute its work.
Sec. 4. The Conference shall grant credentials or licenses to ministers and
missionaries except in division fields, in union and local conferences, and in
organized union missions.
Article X—Sessions
Sec. 1. This Conference shall hold quadrennial sessions at such time and place
as the Executive Committee shall designate and announce by a notice published
in the Advent Review and Sabbath Herald in three consecutive issues at least
four months before the date for the opening of the session. In case special world
conditions seem to make it imperative to postpone the calling of the session, the
Executive Committee in regular or special Council shall have authority to make
such postponement not to exceed two years, giving notice to all constituent
organizations.
Sec. 2. The Executive Committee may call special sessions of the General
Conference at such time and place as it deems proper, by a like notice as of
regular sessions, and the transactions of such special sessions shall have the
same force as those of the regular sessions.
Sec. 3. The election of officers, and the voting on all matters of business shall
be by viva-voce vote or as designated by the chairman unless otherwise demanded
by a majority of the delegates present.
Article XI—By-Laws
The voters of this Conference may enact By-Laws and amend or repeal them
at any session thereof, and such By-Laws may embrace any provision not incon-
sistent with the Constitution.
Article X II—Amendm ents
This Constitution or its By-Laws may be amended by a two-thirds vote of the
voters present and voting at any session: provided that, if it is proposed to
amend the Constitution at a special session, notice of such purpose shall be
given in the call for such special session.
BY-LAWS
Article I—Division Sections
Sec. 1. The General Conference shall conduct its world-wide work in division
sections, each section to operate within a specified territory in harmony with the
policy of the General Conference.
Sec. 2. Union conference and union mission field organizations, together with
all other organizations and institutions within the territory, shall be responsible
to the respective division committees, or in the case of fields without divisional
affiliation to the General Conference Committee.
Sec. 3. The division sections shall be known as: Australasian Inter-Union
Conference (See Article XI, Sec. 5), Central European Division, China Division,
Far Eastern Division, Inter-American Division, Middle East Division,
North American Division, Northern European Division, South American Division,
Southern African Division, Southern Asia Division, Southern European Division,
Federation of Seventh-day Adventists in the Union of Socialist Soviet Republics.
The boundaries of these division sections shall be subject to adjustment only at
the General Conference sessions, or at Autumn Council sessions, provided no
divisional territorial lines shall be changed when such division is not represented
at the Council by one of its executive officers, or when such division has not
given consent, except under an emergency such as war: in such case the General
Conference Committee shall make such provision as it is necessary for the conduct
of the work in the territory concerned.
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Article II—Standing Committees
Sec. 1. At each regular session of this Conference, such standing committees
as may be found necessary, including the following, shall be elected to consider
such items of business as may be referred to them and to bring in their reports
and recommendations to the session:
(a) Constitution and By-Laws
(b) Credentials and Licenses
(c) Finance
(d) Nominations
(e) Plans
Article RI—Vice-Presidents
Sec. 1. Vice-Presidents shall be elected as follows: four Vice-Presidents for
general administrative work, and one additional Vice-President for each division
of the General Conference.
Sec. 2. The General Vice-Presidents shall in the absence of the President serve
as chairmen of the Executive Committee and shall assist the President in his
administrative work. The Vice-President for North America shall work under
the direction of the General Conference Committee.
Sec. 3. The Vice-Presidents elected for the divisions outside of North America
shall act as chairmen of the division committees operating in their respective
fields and shall have charge of the work in those fields under the direction of
the division committees and shall be designated within their respective division
territories as presidents of the divisions over which they preside.
Article IV—Associate and General Field Secretaries
Sec. 1. The term "associate secretary" shall be used to designate the secretaries
elected to be associated with the Secretary of the General Conference, or such
secretary or secretaries as may be elected to associate with the Secretary of any
Department, Bureau, or Association, in carrying the responsibilities of his office.
Sec. 2. Associate Secretaries shall be elected to share the work of the Gen-
eral Conference Secretary. Associate Secretaries shall also be elected as may be
deemed necessary to assist the Secretaries of Departments, Bureaus, or Associa-
tions in the conduct of their work.
Sec. 3. The term "general field secretary" shall be used to designate general
field workers elected, in addition to the officers, to serve in carrying the field
responsibilities of the General Conference.
Sec. 4. The General Field Secretaries shall work under the direction of the
General Conference Committee and be assigned either to field service or to special
projects or responsibilities as may be determined by the General Conference
Committee.
Sec. 5. Such Division Field Secretaries shall be elected as may be deemed
necessary to labor in the divisions under the direction of the division committees.
Article V—Division Secretaries
Sec. 1. A Secretary shall be elected for each division outside of North America
to be designated "division secretary."
Sec. 2. The Division Secretaries shall work under the direction of the division
committees. It shall be their duty to keep the minutes of the division committee
meetings, to collect information and make such reports as may be required, and to
do such other work as usually pertains to such office.
Article VI—Assistant and Division Departmental Secretaries
Sec. 1. The term "assistant departmental secretary" shall be used to designate
such persons as are appointed to assist the Departmental Secretaries and their
Associate Secretaries in the Departmental work of the General office.
Sec. 2. Division Departmental Secretaries shall be elected for the respective
division fields and shall labor under the direction of the division committee.
Sec. 3. Division committees shall appoint such other secretaries as may be
needed to serve in special capacities, to labor under the direction of the division
committee.
Article VII—Statistical Secretary
At each regular session the conference shall elect a Statistical Secretary,
whose duties shall be to compile statistics of the world work, reporting the
same under the direction of the Executive Committee.
Article VIII—Undertreasurer and Assistant Treasurers
An Undertreasurer and Assistant Treasurers shall be elected to share with
the Treasurer the work of his office. They shall perform such duties connected
with the Treasury Department as may be assigned to them by the Treasurer or
by the Executive Committee. They may be authorized by the Executive Committee
to sign checks under the instruction of the Treasurer.