Seventh-day Adventist Yearbook for 1964

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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 and Compiled by
E. L. Becker, Statistical Secretary
General Conference of
Seventh-day Adventists(cid:9) (Roconsowied In 1961)
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REVIEW AND HERALD PUBLISHING ASSOCIATION
Washington, D.C. 20012
PRINTED IN U.S.A.

Contents
Preface (Statistical Data) (cid:9) 4
Fundamental Beliefs of Seventh-day Adventists (cid:9) 5
Constitution and Bylaws (cid:9) 6
General Conference and Department (cid:9) 12
Divisions
North American (cid:9) 22
Australasian (cid:9) 80
Central European (cid:9) 102
China (cid:9) 111
Far Eastern (cid:9) 112
Inter-American (cid:9) 140
Middle East (cid:9) 162
Northern European (cid:9) 168
South American (cid:9) 186
Southern Asia (cid:9) 208
Southern European (cid:9) 220
Trans-Africa Division (cid:9) 244
Union of Socialist Soviet Republics (cid:9) 265
Institutions:
Educational (cid:9) 266
Food Companies (cid:9) 336
Medical (cid:9) 342
Dispensaries and Clinics (cid:9) 366
Old People's Homes and Orphanages (cid:9) 369
Publishing Houses (cid:9) 371
Periodicals Issued (cid:9) 382
Necrology (cid:9) 394
Advertisers (cid:9) 396
Directory of Workers (cid:9) 411
Special Days and Offerings for 1964 and 1965 (cid:9) 579
General Index (cid:9) 581
101st Annual Statistical Report (cid:9) 1
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Preface
A directory of the conferences, mission beginning, the first regular publishing house
fields and institutions connected with the was incorporated in 1861 at Battle Creek,
Seventh-day Adventist denomination is given Michigan, under the name of the Seventh-day
in the following pages. Administrative and Adventist Publishing Association. The Ad-
workers' lists have been furnished by the vent Review and Sabbath Herald was first
organizations concerned. In cases where cur- published in 1850 at Paris, Maine; the
rent reports were not received, previous Youth's Instructor at Rochester, New York, in
official and personnel rolls have been re- 1852; and the Signs of the Times at Oakland,
tained or adjusted to the best information California in 1874. In 1866 the Health Reform
available. Below appears data summarized Institute, later the Battle Creek Sanitarium,
largely from the 1963 Statistical Report, the was established. The first denominational
one last issued at this date. school was opened in 1872. Tract and mis-
The number of churches and the church sionary society work was organized on a
membership in each of the conferences in state-wide basis in 1870, and state Sabbath
North America, as well as those outside of school associations in 1877. The name, "Sev-
North America, are the figures published in enth-day Adventist," was chosen in 1860,
the latest available Annual Statistical Re- and in 1903 the denominational headquarters
port. Populations of conferences in North offices were moved from Battle Creek, Mich-
America are based on latest figures available; igan, to Washington, D.C.
and population figures for other fields have From 1901 to the close of 1963, 9,767 mis-
been furnished largely from the Divisions sionaries were sent out for service in all
covering their particular areas. larger countries of the world and in many
Following the classification order of islands of the sea. At the close of this period
workers in the General Conference Working Seventh-day Adventists report 928 languages
Policy, those persons who carry Missionary and dialects in which the gospel message is
Credentials are placed immediately following being or has been proclaimed.
the Ordained-Minister groups in the confer- The membership of the 13,856 Seventh-day
ence and mission sections of the Yearbook. Adventist churches throughout the world was
The Directory of Workers lists the names 1,428,352 at the close of 1963. There were 71
and addresses of ordained and licensed min- union conferences and missions, 359 local
isters and workers holding Missionary Cre- conferences and organized mission fields, and
dentials, and other credentials and licenses 690 institutions. Evangelistic and institutional
authorized by General Conference Policy. workers numbered 57,077; of this number
The Seventh-day Adventist denomination 34,858 were in North America and 22,219 in
was organized May 21, 1863, with a con- other countries.
stituency of 125 churches, and 3,500 mem- Tithes and offerings contributed in 1963 by
bers. The work was largely confined to North Seventh-day Adventists reached the highest
America until the year 1874, when the first total ever raised by the denomination in
missionary, Elder J. N. Andrews, was sent any one year. This total was $118,191,241.20,
to Switzerland. Gradually other countries or a per capita contribution of $86.73 for the
were entered. In 1886 a minister went to world membership. In North America alone
Russia, the first non-Protestant country in the per capita giving in tithes and offerings
which this work was started. The schooner was $265.80.
"Pitcairn" was launched in San Francisco The complete Annual Statistical Report
Bay on July 28, 1890, and was soon pre- for the year 1963 is presented as a section
pared to carry groups of missionaries to var- of the Yearbook. Heretofore, the Statistical
ious Pacific islands. In 1894 Seventh-day Ad- Report has been published and distributed
ventist workers first entered a heathen land, separately, with a highly condensed summary
opening a mission in Matabeleland, South of world statistics embodied in the Yearbook.
Africa. South America was entered the same It is hoped that this presentation of the com-
year, and Japan in 1896. plete statistical survey integrally with the
Although publishing and the distribution annual directory of organizations and work-
of literature had been a major factor in the ers will enhance its usefulness to administra-
development of the Advent cause from its tors and others.
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FUNDAMENTAL BELIEFS OF SEVENTH-DAY
ADVENTISTS
Seventh-day Adventists hold certain fun- ence is wrought by the divine agency of the
damental beliefs, the principal features of Holy Spirit, who convinces of sin and leads
which, together with a portion of the scrip- to the Sin-Bearer, inducting the believer into
tural references upon which they are based, the new covenant relationship, where the law
may be summarized as follows: of God is written on his heart, and through
1. That the Holy Scriptures of the Old and the enabling power of the indwelling Christ,
New Testaments were given by inspiration his life is brought into conformity to the
of God, contain an all-sufficient revelation of divine precepts. The honor and merit of this
His will to men, and are the only unerring wonderful transformation belong wholly to
rule of faith and practice. 2 Tim. 3:15-17. Christ. 1 John 2:1, 2; 3:4; Rom. 3:20; 5:8-10;
2. That the Godhead, or Trinity, consists 7:7; Eph. 2:8-10; 3:17; Gal. 2:20; Heb. 8:8-12.
of the Eternal Father, a personal, spiritual 9. That God "only bath immortality." 1
Being, omnipotent, omnipresent, omniscient, Tim. 6:15. Mortal man' possesses a nature in-
infinite in wisdom and love; the Lord Jesus herently sinful and dying. Eternal life is the
Christ, the Son of the Eternal Father, gift of God through faith in Christ. Rom.
through whom all things were created and 6:23. "He that hath the Son bath life."
through whom the salvation of the redeemed 1 John 5:12. Immortality is bestowed upon
hosts will be accomplished; the Holy Spirit, the righteous at the second coming of Christ,
the third person of the Godhead, the great when the righteous dead are raised from the
regenerating power in the work of redemp- grave and the living righteous translated to
tion. Matt. 28:19. meet the Lord. Then it is that those ac-
3. That Jesus Christ is very God, being of counted faithful "put on immortality." 1 Cor.
the same nature and essence as the Eternal 15:51-55.
Father. While retaining His divine nature 10. That the condition of man in death is
He took upon Himself the nature of the hu- one of unconsciousness. That all men, good
man family, lived on the earth as a man, and evil alike, remain in the grave from
exemplified in His life as our Example the death to the resurrection. Ecc. 9:5, 6; Ps.
principles cA righteousness, attested His re- 146:3, 4; John 5:28, 29.
lationship to God by many mighty miracles, 11. That there shall be a resurrection both
died for our sins on the cross, was raised of the just and of the unjust. The resurrec-
from the dead, and ascended to the Father, tion of the just will take place at the second
where He ever lives to make intercession coming of Christ; the resurrection of the un-
for us. John 1:1, 14; Heb. 2:9-18; 8:1, 2; just will take place a thousand years later,
4:14-16; 7:25. at the close of the millennium. John 5:28, 29;
4. That every person in order to obtain 1 Thess. 4:13-18; Rev. 20:5-10.
salvation must experience the new birth; that 12. That the finally. impenitent, including
this comprises an entire transformation of Satan, the author of sin, will, by the fires of
life and character by the recreative power of the last day be reduced to a state of non-
God through faith in the Lord Jesus Christ. existence, becoming as though they had not
John 3:16; Matt. 18:3; Acts 2:37-39. been, thus purging God's universe of sin and
5. That baptism is an ordinance of the sinners. Rom. 6:23; Mal. 4:1-3; Rev. 20:9, 10;
Christian church and should follow repent- Obadiah 16.
ance and forgiveness of sins. By its observ- 13. That no prophetic period is given in
ance faith is shown in the death, burial, and the Bible to reach the second advent, but
resurrection of Christ. That the proper form that the longest one, the 2300 days of Dan.
of baptism is by immersion. Rom. 6:1-6; Acts 8:14, terminated in 1844, and brought us to
16:30-33. an event called the cleansing of the sanc-
6. That the will of God as it relates to tuary.
moral conduct is comprehended in His law 14. That the true sanctuary, of which the
of ten commandments; that these are great tabernacle on earth was a type, is the temple
moral, unchangeable precepts, binding upon of God in Heaven, of which Paul speaks in
all men, in every age. Ex. 20:1-17. Hebrews 8 and onward, and of which the
7. That the fourth commandment of this Lord Jesus, as our great high priest, is min-
unchangeable law requires the observance of ister; and that the priestly work of our Lord
the seventh day Sabbath. This holy institu- is the antitype of the work of the Jewish
tion is at the same time a memorial of crea- priests of the former dispensation; that this
tion and a sign of sanctification, a sign of heavenly sanctuary is the one to be cleansed
the believer's rest from his own works of at the end of the 2300 days of Daniel 8:14;
sin, and his entrance into the rest of soul its cleansing being, as in the type, a work
which Jesus promises to those who come to of judgment, beginning with the entrance of
Him. Gen. 2:1-3; Ex. 20:8-11; 31:12-17; Heb. Christ as the high priest upon the judgment
4:1-10. phase of His ministry in the heavenly sanc-
8. That the law of ten commandments tuary foreshadowed in the earthly service of
points out sin, the penalty of which is death. cleansing the sanctuary on the day of atone-
The law cannot save the transgressor from ment. This work of judgment in the heavenly
his sin, nor impart power to keep him from sanctuary began in 1844. Its completion will
sinning. In infinite love and mercy, God close human probation.
provides a way whereby this may be done. 15. That God, in the time of the judgment
He furnishes a substitute, even Christ the and in accordance with His uniform dealing
Righteous One, to die in man's stead, mak- with the human family in warning them of
ing "Him to be sin for us, who knew no coming events vitally affecting their destiny
sin; that we might be made the righteous- (Amos 3:6, 7), sends forth a proclamation of
ness of God in Him." 2 Cor. 5:21. That one the approach of the second advent of Christ;
is justified, not by obedience to the law, but that this work is symbolized by the three
by the grace that is in Christ Jesus. By angels of Revelation 14; and that their three-
accepting Christ, man is reconciled to God, fold message brings to view a work of reform
justified by His blood for the sins of the to prepare a people to meet Him at His com-
past, and saved from the power of sin by ing.
His indwelling life. Thus the gospel becomes 16. That the time of the cleansing of the
"the power of God unto Salvation to every- sanctuary, synchronizing with the period of
one that believeth." Rom. 1:16. This experi- the proclamation of the message of Revela-
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tion 14, is a time of investigative judgment, reward of the righteous, the establishment
first with reference to the dead, and secondly of His everlasting kingdom. The almost
with reference to the living. This investiga- complete fulfillment of various lines of
tive judgment determines who of the my- prophecy, particularly those found in the
riads sleeping in the dust of the earth are books of Daniel and the Revelation, with
worthy of a part in the first resurrection, existing conditions in the physical, social, in-
and who of its living multitudes are worthy dustrial, political, and religious worls, in-
of translation. 1 Peter 4:17, 18; Dan. 7:9, 10; dicates that Christ's coming "is near, even
Rev. 14:6, 7; Luke 20:35. at the doors." Matt. 24:33; The exact time
17. That the followers of Christ should be of that event, has not been foretold. Be-
a godly people, not adopting theunholy lievers are exhorted to be ready, for "in-
maxims nor conforming to the unrighteous such an hour as ye think not the Son of
ways of the world, not loving its sinful man" (Matt. 24:44) will be revealed. Luke
pleasures nor countenancing its follies. That 17:26-30; 21:25-27; John 14:1-3; Acts 1:9-11;
believers should recognize their bodies as the Rev. 1:7; Heb. 9:28; James 5:1-8; Joel 3:9-
temple of the Holy Spirit, and that therefore 16; 2 Tim. 3:1-5; Dan. 7:27; Matt. 24:36, 44.
they should clothe that body in neat, modest, 21. That the millennial reign of Christ
dignified apparel. Further, that in eating covers the period between the first and the
and drinking and in their entire course of
conduct they should shape their lives as be- second resurrections, during which time the
cometh followers of the meek and lowly sRaeindtes eomf aelrl iang eHs ewaivlle lniv. eA wt itthh eth eenird b olefs tshede
Master. Thus the followers of Christ will be millennium, the Holy City with all the
led to abstain from all intoxicating drinks, saints will descend to the earth. The
tobacco, and other narcotics, and to avoid wicked, raised in the second resurrection,
every body and soul defiling habit and prac- will go up on the breadth of the earth
tice. 1 Cor. 3:16, 17; 9:25; 10:31; 1 Tim. 2:9, with Satan at their head to compass the
1o0f1f;e8 1.r i nJToghhsa ntf ot2hr: e6th .d ei vsiunpep porritn ocfi pthlee ogfo tsiptheel si sa nand dcthaoemwmnp. fIornof mtthh eeG csooadni nofltuastg, orwaf thHioeenna vwfiehrnei c awhn didl led scetvoroomyuesr
acknowledgment of God's ownership in our
Satan and his host, the earth itself will be
lrievnedse, ra nadcc tohuant tw teo aHreim st eowf aarlld sth wath Ho em huasst regenerated and cleansed from the effects
committed to our possession. Lev. 27:30; Mal. of the curse. Thus the universe of God
3:8-12; Matt. 23:23; 1 Cor. 9:9-14; 2 Cor. 9:6-15. will be purified from the foul blot of sin.
19. That God has placed in His church Rev. 20; Zech. 14:14; 2 Peter 3:7-10.
the gifts of the Holy Spirit, as enumerated 22. That God will make all things new.
in 1 Corinthians 12 and Ephesians 4. That The earth, restored to its pristine beauty,
these gifts operate in harmony with the will become forever the abode of the saints
divine principles of the Bible, and are of the Lord. The promise to Abraham, that
given for the perfecting of the saints, the through Christ he and his seed should pos-
work of the ministry, the edifying of the sess the earth throughout the endless ages
body of Christ. Rev. 12:17; 19:10; 1 Cor. of eternity, will be fulfilled. "The kingdom
1:5-7. That the gift of the Spirit of Proph- and dominion, and the greatness of the king-
ecy is one of the identifying marks of the dom under the whole heaven, will be given
remnant church. 1 Cor. 1:5, 7; 12:1, 28; Rev. to the people of the saints of the Most High,
12:17; 19:10; Amos 3:7; Hosea 12:10 13. They whose kingdom is an everlasting kingdom,
recognize that this gift was manifested in and all dominions shall serve and obey Him."
the life and ministry of Ellen G. White. Dan. 7:27. Christ, the Lord, will reign sup-
20. That the second coming of Christ is reme, and every creature which is in heaven
the great hope of the church, the grand and on the earth and under the earth, and
climax of the gospel and plan of salvation. such as are in the sea will ascribe "blessing,
His coming will be literal, personal, and and honor, and glory, and power," unto
visible. Many important events will be asso- "Him that sitteth upon the throne, and unto
ciated with His return, such as the resur- the Lamb forever and ever." Gen. 13:14-17;
rection of the dead, the destruction of the Rom. 4:13; Heb. 11:8-16; Matt. 5:5; Isa. 35;
wicked, the purification of the earth, the Rev. 21:1-'7; 5:13; Dan. 7:27.
THE CONSTITUTION AND BYLAWS
of the
General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists
(As Revised at the Forty-Ninth Session vote of the General Conference in session.
held in San Francisco, California, July 26- (b) Such local conferences and properly
August 4, 1962.) organized local missions not included in any
division, union conference or union mission
Article I—Name or such local conferences or local missions
This organization shall be known as Gen- directly attached to divisions as have been
eral Conference of Seventh-day Adventists. or shall be properly organized and accepted
by vote of the General Conference in session.
Article H—Object Sec. 2. The voters of this Conference shall
The object of this Conference is to teach be designated as follows:
all nations the everlasting gospel of our Lord (a) Delegates at large.
and Saviour Jesus Christ and the command- (b) Regular delegates.
ments of God. Sec. 3. Delegates at large shall be:
(a) All members of the General Conference
Article III—Membership Executive Committee.
Sec. 1. The membership of this Conference (b) Such representatives of missions of
shall consist of: the General Conference and of general in-
(a) Such union conferences and union mis- stitutions and departments of work, and
sions either in organized division sections or such general laborers and field secretaries
without divisional affiliation as have been or as shall receive delegate's credentials from
shall be properly organized and accepted by the Executive Committe of the General Con-
CONSTITUTION AND BYLAWS(cid:9) 7
ference, such credentials to be ratified by ment,• namely, Publishing, Medical, Educa-
the General Conference in session. The num- tional, Sabbath School, Public Affairs and
ber of these delegates thus seated shall not Religious Liberty, Young People's Missionary
exceed 25 per cent of the total number of Volunteer, Home Missionary, North American
delegates in attendance otherwise provided Regional, Radio and Television, Temperance;
for. Division Departmental Secretaries (including
Sec. 4. Regular delegates shall be ap- the Health Food Departmental Secretary of
pointed and accredited by division com- the Australasian Division), and Division Min-
mittees except in the case of North America, isterial Association Secretaries.
where they shall be appointed and accred- (b) Other persons, not to exceed 25 in
ited by union conferences. In the case of number, to serve as members of the Execu-
unions without division affiliation the del- tive Committee.
egates shall be appointed by the General
Conference Committee upon recommendation Article VI—Executive Committee
of the unions involved. Sec. 1. The Executive Committee shall
Sec. 5. Regular delegates shall be appointed consist of:
and accredited on the following basis: (a) Those elected as provided by Article V.
(a) Each union conference and each un- (b) Presidents of union conferences, pres-
ion mission shall be entitled to one delegate idents of union missions, ex-presidents of
in addition to its president, without regard the General Conference holding credentials
to number, an additional delegate for each from this conference, the presidents of the
local conference and each regularly organized two universities, the editor of the Review and
mission in its territory without regard to Herald, the general manager of the Review
number, and an additional delegate for each and Herald Publishing Association, the gen-
1,650, or major fraction thereof, of the mem- eral manager of the Pacific Press Publishing
bership of the union conference or mission. Association. the general manager of the
(b) Each local conference or local mission Southern Publishing Association, the presi-
directly attached to divisions or to the Gen- dent of the Home Study Institute, and the
eral Conference, as have been or shall be manager of the General Conference Insurance
properly organized and accepted by vote of Service.
the General Conference in session, shall be
entitled to one delegate without regard to Article VD—Term of Office
number, and an additional delegate for each All officers of the Conference and those
1,650, or major fraction thereof, of the mem- members of the Executive Committee pro-
bership of the local conference or mission. vided for by Article VI, Sec. 1 (a), shall hold
(c) Calculation for delegate allotments office from the time of election until the next
shall be based upon the membership as of ensuing regular session or until their suc-
December 31, next preceding the session. cessors are elected and appear to enter upon
Article IV—Officers and Their Duties their duties.
Sec. 1. The officers of this Conference shall Article VIII—Incorporations and Agents
be a President, Vice-Presidents, a Secretary,
Associate Secretaries, a Treasurer, an Under- Sec. 1. Such incorporations may be au-
treasurer, and Assistant Treasurers, who shall thorized by the General Conference in ses-
be elected by the Conference. sion, or by the General Conference Execu-
Sec. 2. President: The President shall pre- tive Committe, as the development of the
side at the sessions of the Conference, act work may require.
as chairman of the Executive Committee, Sec. 2. At each regular session of this
and labor in the general interests of the Conference, the delegates shall elect such
Conference, as the Executive Committee may trustees and corporate bodies connected with
advise. this organization as may be provided in the
Sec. 3. Vice-Presidents: Each Vice-Presi- statutory laws governing each.
dent shall at the time of his election be Sec. 3. The Conference shall employ such
assigned to serve as a general administra- committees, secretaries, treasurers, auditors.
tive assistant to the President or to preside agents, ministers, missionaries, and other
over a division field. persons, and make such distribution of its
Sec. 4. Secretary and Associate Secretaries: laborers, as may be necessary effectively to
It shall be the duty of the Secretary and the execute its work.
Associate Secretaries to keep the minutes of Sec. 4. The Conference shall grant cre-
the proceedings of the General Conference dentials or licenses to ministers and mis-
sessions and of the General Conference Com- sionaries except in division fields, in union
mittee meetings, to maintain correspondence and local conferences, and in organized
with the fields, and to perform such other union missions.
duties as usually pertain to such office.
Sec. 5. Treasurer, Undertreasurer, and As- Article IX—Sessions
sistant Treasurers: It shall be the duty of Sec. 1. This Conference shall hold quad-
the Treasurer to receive all funds of the rennial sessions at such time and place as the
General Conference, and disburse them in Executive Committee shall designate and an-
harmony with the actions of the Executive nounced by a notice published in the Review
Committee of the General Conference, and and Herald in three consecutive issues at
to render such financial statements at reg- least four months before the date of the
ular intervals as may be desired by the Con- opening of the session. In case special world
ference or by the Executive Committee. The conditions seem to make it imperative to
Undertreasurer and Assistant Treasurers shall postpone the calling of the session, the Ex-
assist the Treasurer in his work. ecutive Committee in regular or special
Article V—Election Council shall have authority to make such
postpostment not to exceed two years, giv-
Sec. 1. The following shall be elected at ing notice to all constituent organizations.
each regular session of the Conference: Sec. 2. The Executive Committee may call
(a) A President. Vice-Presidents, a Sec- special sessions of the General Conference
retary, Associate Secretaries, Division Sec- at such time and place as it deems proper, by
retaries, a Treasurer, an Undertreasurer, As- a like notice as of regular sessions, and
sistant Treasurers, Division Treasurers, Gen- the transactions of such special sessions shall
eral Field Secretaries, Division Field Secre- have the same force as those of the regular
taries, a Secretary and Associate Secretaries sessions.
of the Ministerial Association, an Auditor and Sec. 3. The election of officers, and the vot-
Associate Auditors. a Secretary and Associate ing on all matters of business shall be by
Secretaries of the Bureau of Public Relations, viva-voce vote or as designated by the chair-
a Secretary.and Associate Secretaries of each man, unless otherwise demanded by a major-
duly organized General Conference Depart- ity of the delegates present.
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Article X—Bylaws (c) Each division delegation in selecting its
representatives on the Nominating Commit-
The voters of this Conference may enact
Bylaws and amend or repeal them at any tee shall take into account the following
sberascsieo ann tyh perroevoifs, iaonnd n osut cinhc Bonysliaswtesn tm waiyth e tmhe- pNoo(i1nm)t sin: Tathineg d Civoimsimonit'ste ree sphroesueldn taast ifoanr aosn p tohse-
Constitution. sible represent the various geographical areas,
Article XI—Amendments organizational segments, and types of activity
This Constitution or its Bylaws may be of the division.
amended by a two-thirds vote of the voters (2) Those chosen as members of the Nom-
present and voting at any session: provided inating Committee must be duly accredited
that, if it is proposed to amend the Constitu- delegates in attendance at the General Con-
tion at a special session, notice of such pur- ference session.
pose shall be given in the call for such special (3) Members of the General Conference
session. Committee whose term of service is expiring
at the session and therefore stand for re-
BYLAWS election shall not be members of the Nom-
inating Committee.
Article I—Division Sections Sec. 3. No delegate shall nominate more
Sec. 1. The General Conference shall con- than one person for election to the Nominat-
duct its world-wide work in division sections, ing Committee.
each section to operate within a specified ter- (d) The Nominating Committee shall elect
ritory in harmony with the policy of the Gen- its own chairman and secretary under the
eral Conference. temporary chairmanship of the President of
Sec. 2. Union conference and union mis- the General Conference.
sion field organizations, together with all
other organizations and institutions within Article III—Vice-Presidents
the territory, shall be responsible to the re- Sec. 1. Vice-Presidents shall be elected as
spective division committees, or in the case follows: up to four Vice-Presidents for general
of fields without divisional affiliation to the administrative work, and one additional Vice-
General Conference Committee. President for each division of the General
Sec. 3. The division sections shall be Conference.
known as: Australasian Division, Central Sec. 2. The General Vice-Presidents shall
European Division, China Division, Far in the absence of the President serve as chair-
Eastern Division, Inter-American Division, men of the Executive Committee and shall
Middle East Division, North American Divi- assist the President in his administrative
sion, Northern European Division, South work.
American Division, Southern Asia Division, Sec. 3. The Vice-President for North Amer-
Southern European Division, Trans-Africa ica shall work under the direction of the
Division, Federation of Seventh-day Advent- General Conference Committee.
ists in the Union of Socialist Soviet Re- Sec. 4. The Vice-Presidents elected for the
publics. The boundaries of these division divisions outside of North America shall act
sections shall be subject to adjustment only as chairmen of the division committees oper-
at the General Conference sessions, or at Au- ating in their respective fields and shall
tumn Council sessions, provided no divisional have charge of the work in those fields under
territorial lines shall be changed when such the direction of the division committees and
division is not represented at the Council shall be designated within their respective
by one of its executive officers, or when division territories as presidents of the di-
such division has not given consent, except visions over which they preside.
under an emergency such as war; in such
case the General Conference Committee shall Article IV—Associate and General
make such provision as is necessary for the Field Secretaries
conduct of the work in the territory con- Sec. 1. The term "associate secretary" shall
cerned. be used to designate the secretaries elected
to be associated with the Secretary of the
Article II—Standing Committees General Conference, or such secretary or
Sec. 1. At each regular session of this Con- secretaries as may be elected to associate
ference, such standing committees as may be with the Secretary of any Department, Bu-
found necessary, including the following, reau, or Association, in carrying the respon-
shall be elected, to consider such items of sibilities of his office.
business as may be referred to them and to Sec. 2. Associate Secretaries shall be elected
bring in their reports and recommendations to share the work of the General Conference
to the session: Secretary. Associate Secretaries shall also be
(a) Constitution and Bylaws. elected as may be deemed necessary to assist
(b) Credentials and Licenses the Secretaries of Departments, Bureaus, or
(c) Finance Associations, in the conduct of their work.
(d) Nominations Sec. 3. The term "general field secretary"
(e) Plans shall be used to designate general field work-
Sec. 2. (a) The membership of the Nomi- ers elected, in addition to the officers, to serve
nating Committee shall consist of one mem- in carrying the field responsibilities of the
ber for each 12,000 church members or major General Conference.
fraction thereof, computed by divisions on Sec. 4. The General Field Secretaries shall
the basis of the membership at the close of work under the direction of the General Con-
the preceding year; provided, however, that ference Committee and be assigned either to
no division have less than two members on field service or to special projects or respon-
the Nominating Committee. sibilities as may be determined by the Gen-
(b) The members of the Nominating Com- eral Conference Committee.
mittee shall be chosen as follows: Sec. 5. Such Division Field Secretaries shall
(1) Each division delegation shall act as a be elected as may be deemed necessary to
unit in selecting the members to which it is labor in the divisions under the direction
entitled on the basis of church membership. of the division committees.
Delegates at large will loin the delegations Article V—Division Secretaries
from the divisions in which they are or were
last employed, or now reside. Sec. 1. A Secretary shall be elected for
(2) The election of division re presenta- each division outside of North America to
tives on the Nominating Committee shall be be designated "division secretary."
by the method of voting considered by the Sec. 2. The Division Secretaries shall work
division to be most convenient and efficient, under the direction of the division com-
taking into consideration the size of the dele- mittees. It shall be their duty to keep the
gation and other circumstances. minutes of the division committee meetings,
CONSTITUTION AND BYLAWS(cid:9) 9
to collect information and make such re- Sec. 4. Any seven members of the Execu-
ports as may be required, and to do such tive Committee, including an officer of the
other work as usually pertains to such office. General Conference, shall, after due notice
to available members, constitute a quorum
Article VI—Assistant and Division of the Executive Committee and shall be
Departmental Secretaries empowered to transact such executive busi-
Sec. 1. The term "assistant departmental ness as is in harmony with the general plans
secretary" shall be used to designate such outlined by the Committee at the designated
persons as are appointed to assist the De- place of meeting of the Executive Com-
partmental Secretaries and their Associate mittee as hereinafter provided.
Secretaries in the departmental work of the Sec. 5. All meetings of the Executive Com-
general office. mittee, except majority meetings, shall be
Sec. 2. Division Departmental Secretaries held at the General Conference headquarters,
shall be elected for the respective division or at such other place as may be definitely
fields and shall labor under the direction of arranged by a majority meeting of the Exec-
the division committee. utive Committee, or by the quorum of at
Sec. 3. Division committees shall appoint least seven members meeting in regular ses-
such other secretaries as may be needed to sion at general headquarters.
serve in special capacities, to labor under Sec. 6. Meetings of the Executive Com-
the direction of the division committee. mittee may be called at any time by the
ranking officer of the Conference who may
Article VII—Undertreasnrer and be present at headquarters, and such officer,
Assistant Treasurers or any member of the committee appointed
An Undertreasurer and Assistant Treas- by him, shall act as chairman of the meeting.
urers shall be elected to share with the Sec. 7. Minority meetings of less than
Treasurer the work of his office. They shall seven members of the Executive Committee
perform such duties connected with the may be held at the General administrative
Treasury Department as may be assigned to office for the transaction of necessary rou-
them by the Treasurer or by the Executive tine business, but actions taken at such
Committee. They may be authorized by the meetings shall not be final until the minutes
Executive Committee to sign checks under of such meetings have been approved in a
the instruction of the Treasurer. regular session of the Executive Committee.
Article VIII—Division Treasurers Article X—Division Committees
Sec. 1. A Treasurer shall be elected for Sec. 1. In each division outside of North
each division outside of North America, to America, a division committee shall be con-
be designated "division treasurer." stituted as hereinafter provided, for the
Sec. 2. It shall be the duty of the Division transaction of business pertaining to the
Treasurers to receive and disburse the funds division.
of the General Conference made available Sec. 2. The members of a division com-
for their territory, under the direction of the mittee shall be the President, the Secretary,
division committee, and to .perform such and the Treasurer of the division, the Pres-
other duties as usually pertain to such of- idents of union conferences, the Presidents
fice. of union missions, the Division Field Sec-
Sec. 3. The Division Committee may ap- retaries, the Division Departmental Secre-
point such assistant treasurers and assist- taries, the Secretary of the Ministerial As-
ant auditors as may be required to carry on sociation, and any other members of the Gen-
the work. eral Conference Committee present. Other
members may also be appointed by the divi-
Article IX—Executive Committee sion Committee.
Sec. 1. (a) During the intervals between Sec. 3. The actions taken by division com-
the sessions of the General Conference, the mittees pertaining to the administration of
Executive Committee shall have full ad- affairs in the division fields, shall be con-
ministrative power, with authority to grant sidered final, provided they are in harmony
credentials and licenses, and to fill for the with the plans and policy of the General
current term any vacancies that may occur Conference as set forth in the Constitution
in its offices, boards, committees, or agents, and Bylaws, and in its Executive Com-
by death, resignation, or otherwise. The mittee actions at regular Autumn. Councils.
Executive Committee shall also have power Sec. 4. Five members of a division com-
to withdraw credentials or licenses by a two- mittee, including the chairman, shall con-
thirds vote of the members present and vot- stitute a quorum for the transaction of busi-
ing at any regular committee meeting. ness. When the chairman is to be absent from
(b) The Executive Committee shall have headquarters, he or the committee may desig-
power to effect the retirement before the nate an acting chairman. Minority meetings
expiration of the term for which they have of fewer than five members of the division
been elected, of persons elected under Article committee may be held for the transaction
V, Sec. 1 a, of the Constitution who may of necessary routine business, but actions
develop a health condition which prevents taken at such meetings shall not be final until
them from properly discharging their duties. the minutes of suck meetings have been ap-
(c) The Executive Committee shall have proved in a meeting with a quorum present.
athuitrhdosr ivtyo tet oo fr tehme omveem frboemrs opfrfeisceen bt ya nad t wvoot-- Article XI—Corporation Boards
ing at any regular committee meeting, any At each regular session of the General
person elected under Article V, Sec. 1 a, Conference the requisite boards of trustees,
of the Constitution who because of apostasy according to their respective Constitutions
or misconduct disqualifies himself from oc- and Bylaws, shall be elected for each legal
cupying the office. corporation serving and holding properties
Sec. 2. A meeting of the Executive Com- and receiving gifts and legacies for the Gen-
mittee, known as the Autumn Council, shall eral Conference unincorporated. The trustees
he held annually for the purpose of con- of the General Conference Corporation shall
sidering budgets from the fields and making also constitute the Board of Trustees of the
appropriations, and for the transaction of General Conference Association.
other business and the adoption of such
policies as may be necessary in the operation Article XII—Departments
of the world-wide work. Sec. 1. The Departmental Secretaries and
Sec. 3. A majority of the full membership Associate Departmental Secretaries elected
of the Executive Committee, including the by the General Conference shall work under
President or a General Vice-President, is em- the direction of the Executive Committee of
powered to transact denominational business the General Conference, or in the case of
of any nature at any time and place. departmental secretaries in divisions, under
10(cid:9) SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST YEARBOOK, 1964
the direction of the division committee, and Conference Committee in council with con-
shall occupy an advisory relation to the field. ference presidents, the same to be known as
Sec. 2. The Executive Committee shall ap- the Sustentation Fund for the support of
point a representative departmental com- aged and infirm workers and for the de-
mittee of counsel for each aepartment. Such pendent widows and orphans of workers.
committee shall in each case be composed of (h) Divisions outside North America shall
the secretaries of the department, the secre- adopt a Sustentation Policy which shall be
taries of departmental work in the divisions, in harmony with the principles set forth in
and such other persons as the Executive Com- the General Conference Sustentation plan.
mittee may deem necessary.
Article XHI—Auditors and. Audits Article XVI—Appropriations
Sec. 1. The Executive Committee shall Sec. 1. The Executive Committee , shall
have the accounts of the General Conference make its appropriations for home and for-
and of its legal corporations audited at least eign work at the Autumn Councils, said ap-
once each calendar year, and the Auditor or propriations to be based on budgets from the
one of the associate auditors shall report fields requiring financial help.
upon the same to the Executive Committee Sec. 2. Appropriations shall be made sub-
annually. The Auditor or an associate au- ject to .the, receipt of the full amount of
ditor, as may be arranged, shall report also, funds estimated in the General Conference
for the quadrennial period, to the General budget. In case of a shortage the distribu-
Conference at its regular sessions. The Gen- tion shall be on a pro-rata basis to all the
eral Conference Auditor and the associate au- interests represented in the budget.
ditors shall also be made available for audit- Sec. 3. Appropriations for major perman-
ing the accounts of union conferences and ent investments shall be held in trust for
general institutions as well as division ac- the purpose for which the appropriation was,
counts. The auditors shall be under the gen- designated. In case the project is aban-
eral direction of the Executive Committee. doned, the funds shall revert to the General
Sec. 2. It shall be the duty of the General Conference. Other funds appropriated to di-
Conference Auditor to compile statistics of vision fields shall be administered by the
the world work, reporting the same under division committee. •(cid:9) •
the direction of the Executive Committee. Sec. 4. All funds raised in division fields,
Sec. 3. The division committees shall have except the regular funds belonging to the
authority to appoint an auditor or auditors General Conference, as indicated under Ar-
to audit the books of such organizations or ticle XV, may be used for the advancement
institutions within their territories as the of the work in the fields in which they were
division committee shall direct. raised.
Sec. 5. General Conference funds in all the
Article XIV—Wages and Expenses world shall be made available to meet the
Sec. 1. The Executive Committee shall ap- annual appropriations of the General Confer-
point annually eight persons not in its em- ence.
ploy who, with the officers of the General
Conference and not less than seven presi- Article XVII—Finance
dents of union conferences, shall constitute
a committee to audit the expense accounts of Sec. 1. To tide over a possible financial
employees and to fix their wages for the suc- depression, the Treasurer of the General
ceeding year. Conference shall carry in cash and in read-
haSveec p. o2w. eTrh teo Emxaekceu stiuvceh Cadojmusmtmitteenet sfrhoamll ifluyn dcso:(cid:9) nvertible securities, the foll, owing
time to time in the wage of clerks, stenog- (a) A Reserve Fund equal to 20 per cent
raphers, and other routine workers as may of the regular appropriations voted at the
be necessary. latest Autumn Council, including revertible
funds.
Article XV—Funds (b) A Working Fund equal to 6 per cent
of the regular appropriations voted at the
The funds of the General Conference shall latest Autumn Council, including revertible
be as follows: funds.
(a) A tithe of the tithe receipts of the Sec. 2. The basis for computing the amount
union conferences and union missions and of the Reserve and Working Funds on hand
of the local conferences and missions not shall be the latest available financial state-
included in union conferences and union ment. The Reserve and Working Funds shall
missions. not fall below the amounts here specified
(b) Regular mission offerings. except on authorization of an Autumn. Coun-
(c) Special donations. cil of the Executive Committee.
(d) Such percentage of the tithe of local Sec. 3. The Executive Committee, acting
conferences and missions as may be deter- through its legal agency, the General Con-
mined by a committee composed of the con- ference Corporation, shall have power to
ference and mission presidents and the make such annuity contracts as may seem
division executive committee, or, in the case desirable; but all moneys obtained in this
of North America, the conference and mission way shall be invested in securities and not
presidents and the General Conference Ex- be made available for ,appropriations until
ecutive Committee. the annuity contracts have matured.
(e) Surplus tithes which may be appro- Sec. 4. The tithes 'and missions offerings
priated by local and union conferences for received by the General Conference shall be
the mission field. held as a trust for appropriation to the work
(f) Appropriations from our publishing of the Seventhd-ay Adventist denomination.
houses, sanitariums, and other institutions It shall not be 'within the prerogative, there-
that are under the control of the General fore, of the General Conference Committee,
Conference which, because of the character the Treasury Department, nor of any agent
of their work, have more than local in- or agency of 'the denomination, to loan these
fluence and responsibility as may be ar- funds to private individuals, to endorse notes,
ranged by joint counsel of the Executive sign bonds or other securities, or in any
Committee of the General Conference with other way to divert the funds of the General
the board of management of each institution. Conference from their intended purpose. Ad-
(g) Such percentage of the funds of union' vances specifically authorized under regular
and local conferences and missions, institu- policy, and made in order to enable workers
tions,. and Book and Bible Houses in- North to become Ideated and equipped for service,
America as may be arranged by the General are not a 'violation of this provision.