Seventh-day Adventist Yearbook for 1971

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YEARBOOK
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.
Compiled and Edited by the Office of
Jesse 0. Gibson, Statistical Secretary
General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists
6840 Eastern Avenue, NW.
Washington, D.C. 20012
1971
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) 7
General Conference and Departments (cid:9) 13
Divisions:
North American (cid:9) 27
Afro-Mideast (cid:9) 97
Australasian (cid:9) 111
Central European (cid:9) 133
China (cid:9) 141
Congregations of Seventh-day Adventists in the
Union of Socialist Soviet Republics (cid:9) 141
Far Eastern (cid:9) 143
Inter-American (cid:9) 175
Northern European (cid:9) 199
South American (cid:9) 217
Southern Asia (cid:9) 243
Trans-Africa (cid:9) 257
Trans-Mediterranean (cid:9) 277
Institutions:
Educational (cid:9) 303
Food Companies (cid:9) 391
Medical (cid:9) 397
Dispensaries and Clinics (cid:9) 429
Old People's Homes and Orphanages (cid:9) 434
Publishing Houses (cid:9) 437
Periodicals Issued (cid:9) 449
Necrology (cid:9) 464
Index of Institutional Workers (cid:9) 467
Directory of Workers (cid:9) 527
General Conference Presidents, Secretaries and Treasurers (cid:9) 747
Calendar of Special Days and Offerings 1971-1972 (cid:9) 748
Calendars 1970-1973 (cid:9) 750
Advertisers (cid:9) 752
General Index (cid:9) 753
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Preface
A directory of the conferences, mission Although the publication and the distribu-
fields and institutions connected with the tion of literature had been a major factor in
Seventh-day Adventist denomination is given the development of the Advent cause from its
in the following pages. Administrative and beginning, the first regular publishing house
workers' lists have been furnished by the or- was incorporated in 1861 at Battle Creek,
ganizations concerned. In cases where cur- Michigan, under the name of the Seventh-day
rent reports were not received, previous Adventist Publishing Association. The Ad-
official and personnel rolls have been re- vent Review and Sabbath Herald was first
tained or adjusted to the best information published In 1850 at Paris, Maine; the
available. Below appears data summarized Youth's Instructor at Rochester New York,
largely from the 1969 Statistical Report, the in 1852; and the Signs of the Times at Oak-
one last issued at this date. land, California, in 1874. In 1866 the Health
In the listing throughout the Yearbook of Reform Institute, later the Battle Creek Sani-
the number of churches and the church tarium, was established. The first denomina-
membership of the World Field. the official tional school was opened in 1872. Tract and
figures as of the close of the Second Quarter missionary society work was organized on a
(June 30, 1970) are being used. state-wide basis in 1870, and state-wide Sab-
bath school association in 1877. The name,
Following the classification order of work- "Seventh-day Adventist" was chosen in 1860,
ers in the General Conference Working and in 1903 the denominational headquarters
Policy, those persons who carry Missionary offices, were moved from Battle Creek, Mich-
Credentials are placed immediately following igan. to Washington, D.C.
the Ordained-Minister groups in the confer- From 1901 to the close of 1969, 12,131
ence and mission sections of the Yearbook. missionaries were sent out for service in
The Directory of Workers lists the names all larger countries of the world and in
and addresses of ordained and licensed min- many islands of the sea. At the close of
isters, credentialed missionaries, credentialed this period, Seventh-day Adventists reported
Bible instructors and credentialed literature 915 languages and dialects in which the
evangelists. gospel message is being or has been pro-
The Seventh-day Adventist denomination claimed.
was organized May 21, 1863, with a con- The membership of the 16,257 Seventh-
stituency of 125 churches, and 3,500 mem- day Adventist churches throughout the
bers. The work was largely confined to North world was 1,953,078 at the close of 1969.
America until the year 1874, when the first There were 76 union conferences and mis-
missionary, Elder J. N. Andrews, was sent sions, 374 local conferences and organized
to Switzerland. Gradually other countries mission fields, and 883 institutions. Evange-
were entered. In 1886 a minister went to listic and institutional workers numbered
Russia, the first non-Protestant country in 64,692; of this number 28,287 were in North
which this work was started. The schooner America and 36,405 in other countries.
"Pitcairn" was launched in San Francisco Tithes and offerings contributed in 1969 by
Bay on July 28, 1890, and was soon pre- Seventh-day Adventists reached the highest
pared to carry groups of missionaries to var- total ever raised by the denomination in any
ious Pacific islands. In 1894 Seventh-day Ad- one year. This total was $195.235,352.13 or a
ventist workers first entered a heathen land, per capita contribution of $113.88 for the
opening a mission in Matabeleland, South world membership. In North America alone,
Africa. South America was entered the same the per capita giving in tithes and offerings
year, and Japan in 1896. was $377.90.
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FUNDAMENTAL BELIEFS OF SEVENTH-DAY
ADVENTISTS
Seventh-day Adventists hold certain fun- past, and saved from the power of sin by
damental beliefs, the principal features of His indwelling life. Thus the gospel becomes
which, together with a portion of the scrip- "the power of God unto salvation to every-
tural references upon which they are based, one that believeth." Rom. 1:16. This experi-
may be summarized as follows: ence is wrought by the divine agency of the
1. That the Holy Scriptures of the Old and Holy Spirit, who convinces of sin and leads
New Testaments were given by inspiration to the Sin-Bearer, inducting the believer into
of God, contain an all-sufficient revelation of the new covenant relationship, where the law
His will to men, and are the only unerring of God is written on his heart, and through
rule of faith and practice. 2 Tim. 3:15-17. the enabling power of the indwelling Christ,
2. That the Godhead, or Trinity, consists his life is brought into conformity to the
of the Eternal Father, a personal, spiritual divine precepts. The honor and merit of this
Being, omnipotent, omnipresent, omniscient, wonderful transformation belong wholly to
infinite in wisdom and love; the Lord Jesus Christ. 1 John 2:1. 2; 3:4; Rom. 3:20; 5:8-10;
Christ, the Son of the Eternal Father, 7:7; Eph. 2:8-10; 3:17; Gal. 2:20: Heb. 8:8-12.
through whom all things were created and 9. That God "only bath immortality." 1
through whom the salvation of the redeemed Tim. 6:15. Mortal man possesses a nature in-
hosts will be accomplished; the Holy Spirit, herently sinful and dying. Eternal life is the
the third person of the Godhead, the great gift of God through faith in Christ. Rom.
regenerating power in the work of redemp- 6:23. "He that hath the Son hath life."
tion. Isa. 44:6; 48:13; Matt. 12:32: 28:19: 2 1 John 5:12. Immortality is bestowed upon
Cor. 13:14; Rev. 1:8, 11. the righteous at the second coming of Christ,
3. That Jesus Christ is very God, being of when the righteous dead are raised from the
the same nature and essence as the Eternal grave and the living righteous translated to
Father. While retaining His divine nature meet the Lord. Then it is that those ac-
He took upon Himself the nature of the hu- counted faithful "put on immortality." 1 Cor.
man family, lived on the earth as a man, 15:51-55.
exemplified in His life as our Example the 10. That the condition of man in death is
principles of righteousness, attested His re- one of unconsciousness. That all men, good
lationship to God by many mighty miracles, and evil alike, remain in the grave from
died for our sins on the cross, was raised death to the resurrection. Eccl. 9:5, 6; Ps.
from the dead, and ascended to the Father, 146:3, 4; John 5:28, 29.
where He ever lives to make intercession 11. That there shall be a resurrection both
for us. John 1:1, 14: Heb. 2:9-18; 8:1, 2; of the just and of the unjust. The resurrec-
4:14-16; 7:25. tion of the just will take place at the second
4. That every person in order to obtain coming of Christ; the resurrection of the un-
salvation must experience the new birth; that just will take place a thousand years later,
this comprises an entire transformation of at the close of the millennium. John 5:28, 29;
life and character by the recreative power of 1 Thess. 4:13-18; Rev. 20:5-10.
God through faith in the Lord Jesus Christ. 12. That the finally impenitent, including
John 3:16: Matt. 18:3; Acts 2:37-39. Satan, the author of sin, will, by the fires of
5. That baptism is an ordinance of the the last day, be reduced to a state of non-
Christian church and should follow repent- existence, becoming as though they had not
ance and forgiveness of sins. By its observ- been, thus purging God's universe of sin and
ance faith is shown in the death, burial, and sinners. Rom. 6:23; Mal. 4:1-3; Rev. 20:9, 10;
resurrection of Christ. That the proper form Obadiah 16.
of baptism is by immersion. Rom. 6:1-6; Acts 13. That no prophetic period is given
16:30-33. in the Bible to reach the Second Advent;
6. That the will of God as it relates to but that the longest one, the 2300 days
moral conduct is comprehended In His law recorded by the prophet Daniel in Dan.
of ten commandments; that these are great 8:14, terminating in 1844, reaches an event
moral, unchangeable precepts, binding upon called the cleansing of the sanctuary. Dan.
all men, in every age. Ex. 20:1-17. 8:14; 9:24, 25; Num. 14:34; Eze. 4:6.
7. That the fourth commandment of this 14. That the true sanctuary, of which the
unchangeable law requires the observance of tabernacle on earth was a type, is the temple
the seventh-day Sabbath. This holy institu- of God in heaven, of which Paul speaks in
tion is at the same time a memorial of crea- Hebrews 8 and onward, and of which the
tion and a sign of sanctification, a sign of Lord Jesus, as our great high priest, is min-
the believer's rest from his own works of ister; and that the priestly work of our Lord
sin, and his entrance into the rest of soul is the antitype of the work of the Jewish
which Jesus promises to those who come to priests of the former dispensation; that this
Him. Gen. 2:1-3: Ex. 20:8-11; 31:12-17: Heb. heavenly sanctuary is the one to be cleansed
4:1-10. at the end of the 2300 days of Daniel 8:14:
8. That the law of ten commandments its cleansing being, as in the type, a work
points out sin, the penalty of which is death. of judgment, beginning with the entrance of
The law cannot save the transgressor from Christ as the high priest upon the judgment
his sin, nor impart power to keep him from phase of His ministry in the heavenly sanc-
sinning. In infinite love and mercy, God tuary foreshadowed in the earthly service of
provides a way whereby this may be done. cleansing the sanctuary on the day of atone-
He furnishes a substitute, even Christ the ment. This work of judgment in the heavenly
Righteous One, to die in man's stead, mak- sanctuary began in 1844. Tts completion will
ing "Him to be sin for us. who knew no close human probation. Dan. 7:9, 10; 8:14;
sin; that we might be made the righteous- Heb. 8:1, 2, 5; Rev. 20:12; Num. 14:34;
ness of God In Him." 2 Cor. 5:21. That one Eze. 4:6.
is justified, not by obedience to the law, but 15. That God. in the time of the judgment
by the grace that is in Christ Jesus. By and in accordance with His uniform dealing
accepting Christ, man is reconciled to God, with the human family in warning them of
justified by His blood for the sins of the coming events vitally affecting their destiny
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(Amos 3:6, 7), sends forth a proclamation of the great hope of the church, the grand
the approach of the second advent of Christ; climax of the gospel and plan of salvation.
that this work is symbolized by the three His coming will be literal. personal, and
angels of Revelation 14; and that their three- visible. Many important events will be asso-
fold message brings to view a work of reform ciated with His return, such as the resur-
to prepare a people to meet Him at His rection of the dead, the destruction of the
coming. Amos 3:6, 7; 2 Cor. 5:10; Rev. wicked, the purification of the earth, the
14:6-12. reward of the righteous, the establishment
16. That the time of the cleansing of the of His everlasting kingdom. The almost com-
sanctuary, synchronizing with the period of plete fulfillment of various lines of prophecy,
the proclamation of the message of Revela- particularly those found in the books of
tion 14. is a time of investigative judgment, Daniel and the Revelation, with existing
first with reference to the dead, and second conditions in the physical, social, industrial,
with reference to the living. This investiga- political, and religious world, indicates that
tive judgment determines who of the my- Christ's coming "is near, even at the doors."
riads sleeping in the dust of the earth are Matt. 24:33. The exact time of that event has
worthy of a part in the first resurrection, not been foretold. Believers are exhorted to
and who of its living multitudes are worthy be ready, for "in such an hour as ye think
of translation. 1 Peter 4:17, 18; Dan. 7:9, 10; not the Son of man" (Matt. 24:44) will be
Rev. 14:6, 7; Luke 20:35. revealed. Luke 17:26-30; 21:25-27; John 14:
17. That the followers of Christ should be 1-3; Acts 1:9-11; Rev. 1:7; Heb. 9:28; James
a godly people, not adopting the unholy 5:1-8; Joel 3:9.16; 2 Tim. 3:1-5; Dan. 7:27;
maxims nor conforming to the unrighteous Matt. 24:36, 44.
ways of the world, not loving its sinful 21. That the millennial reign of Christ
pleasures nor countenancing its follies. That covers the period between the first and the
believers should recognize their bodies as the second resurrections, during which time the
temple of the Holy Spirit, and that therefore saints of all ages will live with their blessed
they should clothe that body in neat, modest. Redeemer in heaven. At the end of the
dignified apparel. Further, that in eating millennium, the Holy City with all the
and drinking and in their entire course of saints will descend to the earth. The wicked,
conduct they should shape their lives as be- raised in the second resurrection, will go up
cometh followers of the meek and lowly on the breadth of the earth with Satan at
Master. Thus the followers of Christ will be their head to compass the camp of the saints.
led to abstain from all intoxicating drinks, when fire will come down from God out of
tobacco, and other narcotics, and to avoid heaven and devour them. In the conflagra-
every body- and soul-defiling habit and prac- tion which destroys Satan and his host, the
tice. I Cor. 3:16, 17; 9:25; 10:31; 1 Tim. 2:9, earth Itself will be regenerated and cleansed
10; 1 John 2:6. from the effects of the curse. Thus the uni-
18. That the divine principle of tithes and verse of God will be purified from the foul
offerings for the support of the gospel is an blot of sin. Rev. 20; Zech. 14:1-4; 2 Peter
acknowledgement of God's ownership in our 3:7-10.
lives, and that we are stewards who must 2.2. That God will make all things new.
render account to Him of all that He has The earth, restored to its pristine beauty,
committed to our possession. Lev. 27:30; Mal. will become forever the abode of the saints
3:8-12; Matt. 23:23; 1 Cor. 9:9-14; 2 Cor. 9:6-15. of the Lord. The promise to Abraham, that
through Christ he and his seed should pos-
19. That God has placed in His church sess the earth throughout the endless ages
tinh e1 g Cifotsr ionft hthiaen Hs o1l2y aSnpdi rEitp, haess eiannusm 4e. rTahteadt oanf det deronmitiny,io nw,i laln bde tfhuel fgirlleeadt.n "eTssh oef kthineg kdionmg-
these gifts operate in harmony with the dom under the whole heaven, will begiven
divine principles of the Bible, and are given to the people of the saints of the most High,
for the perfecting of the saints, the work of whose kingdom is an everlasting kingdom,
the ministry, the edifying of the body of and all dominions shall serve and obey Him."
Christ. Rev. 12:17; 19:10; 1 Cor. 1:5-7. That Dan. 7:27. Christ, the Lord, will reign sup-
the gift of the Spirit of Prophecy is one of reme, and every creature which is in heaven
the identifying marks of the remnant church. and on the earth and under the earth, and
1 Cor. 1:5, 7; 12:1, 28; Rev. 12:17; 19:10; such as are in the sea will ascribe "blessing,
Amos 3:7; Hosea 12:10, 13. The remnant and honour. and glory, and power," unto
church recognizes that this gift was mani- "Him that sitteth upon the throne, and unto
fested in the life and ministry of Ellen G. the Lamb for ever and ever." Gen. 13:14-17;
White. Rom. 4:13; Heb. 11:8-16; Matt. 5:5; Isa. 35:
20. That the second coming of Christ is 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 Fifty-first Session eral Conference, as have been or shall be
held in Atlantic City, New Jersey, June properly organized and accepted by vote of
11-20, 1970.) the General Conference in session, shall be
entitled to one delegate without regard to
Article I—Name number, and an additional delegate for each
This organization shall be known as Gen- 2,000, or major fraction thereof, of the mem-
eral Conference of Seventh-day Adventists. bership of the local conference or mission.
(c) Calculation for delegate allotments
Article H—Object shall be based upon the membership as of
The object of this Conference is to teach December 31, of the year preceding the ses-
all nations the everlasting gospel of our Lord sion
and Saviour Jesus Christ and the command- Sec. 6. Credentials to sessions shall be
ments of God. issued by the General Conference to those
appointed as provided for in harmony with
Article III—Membership the provisions of this article.
Sec. 1. The membership of this Conference
shall consist of: Article IV—Officers and Their Duties
(a) Such union conferences and union mis- Sec. 1. The officers of this Conference shall
sions either in organized division sections or be a President, Vice-Presidents, a Secretary,
without divisional affiliation as have been or Associate Secretaries a Treasurer, an Under-
shall be properly organized and accepted by treasurer, and Assistant Treasurers, who
vote of the General Conference in session. shall be elected by the Conference.
(b) Such local conferences and properly
doirvgiasnioizne,d u lnoicoanl cmoinsfseiorenns cneo ot ri nucnluiodne dm iins saionny sidSee ca.t 2th. eP rseessidsieonnt:s Tohf et hPer eCsiodnefnetr sehnaclel ,p arcet-
or such local conferences or local missions as chairman of the Executive Committee,
directly attached to divisions as have been and labor in the general interests of the Con-
or shall be properly organized and accepted afedrveisnec. e, as the Executive Committee may
by vote of the General Conference in session.
Sec. 3. Vice-Presidents: Each Vice-Presi-
Sec. 2. The voters of this Conference shall dent shall at the time of his election be
be designated as follows: assigned to serve as a general administra-
(a) Delegates at large. tive assistant to the President or to preside
(b) Regular delegates. over a division field.
Sec. 3. Delegates at large shall be: Sec. 4. Secretary and Associate Secretaries:
(a) All members of the General Conference It shall be the duty of the Secretary and the
Executive Committee. Associate Secretaries to keep the minutes of
(b) Such representatives of missions of the proceedings of the General Conference
the General Conference and of general in- sessions and of the General Conference Com-
stitutions and departments of work, and mittee meetings, to maintain correspondence
such general laborers and field secretaries as with the fields, and to perform such other
shall receive delegate's credentials from the duties as usually pertain to such office.
Executive Committee of the General Con- Sec. 5. Treasurer, Undertreasurer, and As-
ference, such credentials to be ratified by sistant Treasurers: It shall be the duty of
the General Conference in session. The num- the Treasurer to receive all funds of the
ber of these delegates thus seated shall not General Conference, and disburse them in
exceed 25 per cent of the total number of harmony with the actions of the Executive
delegates in attendance otherwise provided Committee of the General Conference, and
for. to render such financial statements at reg-
Sec. 4. Regular delegates shall be ap- ular intervals as may be desired by the Con-
pointed In the following manner: ference or by the Executive Committee. The
(a) Delegates representing union confer- Undertreasurer and Assistant Treasurers
ences shall be appointed by the respective shall assist the Treasurer in his work.
unions.
(b) Delegates representing union mis- Article V—Election
sions, and local conferences and missions Sec. 1. The following shall be elected at
attached to the division but not to any union, each regular session of the Conference:
shall be appointed by the division committee (a) A President, Vice-Presidents, a Sec-
in consultation with the organization con- retary, Associate Secretaries, Division Sec-
cerned. retaries, a Treasurer, an Undertreasurer, As-
(c) Delegates representing union mis- sistant Treasurers, Division Treasurers, Gen-
sions, local conferences, and local missions eral Field Secretaries, Division Field Secre-
without division affiliation shall be appointed taries, a Secretary and Associate Secretaries
by the General Conference Committee in con- of the Ministerial Association, an Auditor and
sultation with the organization concerned. Associate Auditors, Division Auditors, a Sta-
Sec. 5 Regular delegates shall be appointed tistical Secretary, a World Food Service
and accredited on the following basis: Secretary, a Director of Trust Services, a
(a) Each union conference and each un- Secretary and Associate Secretaries of the
ion mission shall be entitled to one delegate Bureau of Public Relations, a Secretary and
in addition to its president, without regard Associate Secretaries of each duly organized
to number, an additional delegate for each General Conference Department; namely,
local conference and each regularly organized Education, Health, Lay Activities, North
mission in its territory without regard to American Regional. Public Affairs and Reli-
number, and an additional delegate for each gious Liberty. Publishing, Radio and Tele-
2,500, or major fraction thereof, of the mem- vision. Sabbath School. Stewardship and
bership of the union conference or mission. Development, Temperance, Young People's
(b) Each local conference or local mission Missionary Volunteer; Division Depart-
directly attached to divisions or to the Gen- mental Secretaries (including the Health
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Food Departmental Secretary of the Austra- session thereof, and such Bylaws may em-
lasian Division), Division Secretaries of the brace any provision not inconsistent with the
Bureau of Public Relations, and Division Constitution.
Ministerial Association Secretaries.
b) Other persons, not to exceed 35 in Article XI—Amendments
number, to serve as members of the Execu- This Constitution or its Bylaws may be
tive Committee. amended by a two-thirds vote of the voters
present and voting at any session: provided
Article VI—Executive Committee that, if it is proposed to amend the Constitu-
Sec. 1. The Executive Committee shall tion at a special session, notice of such pur-
consist of: pose shall be given in the call for such special
(a) Those elected as provided by Article V. session.
(b) Presidents of union conferences, pres-
idents of union missions, past presidents of BYLAWS
the General Conference holding credentials
from this Conference, the presidents of the Article I—Division Sections
two universities, the editor of the Review and Sec. 1. The General Conference shall con-
Herald, the general manager of the Review duct its world-wide work in division sections,
and Herald Publishing Association, the gen- each section to operate within a specified
eral manager of the Pacific Press Publishing territory in harmony with the policy of the
Association, the general manager of the General Conference.
Southern Publishing Association, the presi-
dent of the Home Study Institute, the Sec. 2. Union Conference and union mis-
executive secretary of the Association of sion field organizations, together with all
Privately Owned Adventist Services and other organizations and institutions within
Industries, and the manager of the General the territory, shall be responsible to the re-
Conference Insurance Service. spective division committees, or in the case
of fields without divisional affiliation to the
Article VII—Term of Office General Conference Committee.
All officers of the Conference and those Sec. 3. The division sections shall be known
members of the Executive Committee pro- as: Afro-Mideast Division, Australasian Di-
vided for by Article VI, Sec. 1 (a), shall hold vision, Central European Division, China
office from the time of election until the next Division, Far Eastern Division, Inter-Amer-
ensuing regular session or until their suc- ican Division, North American Division,
cessors are elected and appear to enter upon Northern European Division, South Amer-
their duties. ican Division, Southern Asia Division, Trans-
Africa Division, Trans-Mediterranean Divi-
Article VIII—Incorporations and Agents sion, Congregations of Seventh-day Advent-
Sec. 1. Such incorporations may be au- ists in the Union of Socialist Soviet
thorized by the General Conference in ses- Republics. The boundaries of these division
sion, or by the General Conference Executive sections shall be subject to adjustment only
Committee, as the development of the work at the General Conference sessions, or at
may require. Autumn Council sessions, provided no di-
Sec. 2. At each regular session of this Con- visional territorial lines shall be changed
ference, the delegates shall elect such trustee when such division is not represented at
and corporate bodies connected with the or- the Council by one of its executive officers,
ganization as may be provided in the statu- or when such division has not given consent,
tory laws governing each. except under an emergency such as war; in
such case the General Conference Committee
Sec. 3. The Conference shall employ such shall make such provision as is necessary
committees, secretaries, treasurers, auditors, for the conduct of the work in the territory
agents, ministers, missionaries, and other per-
sons. and make such distribution of its la- concerned.
borers. as may be necessary effectively to exe- Article II—Standing Committees
cute its work. Sec. 1. At each regular session of this Con-
Sec. 4. The Conference shall grant creden- ference. such standing committees as may be
tials or licenses to ministers and missionaries found necessary, including the following, shall
except in division fields, in union and local be elected to consider such items of business
conferences, and in organized union missions. as may be referred to them and to bring in
Article IX—Sessions their reports and recommendations to the
session:
Sec. 1. This Conference shall hold quad- (a) Constitution and Bylaws
rennial sessions at such time and place as the (b) Credentials and Licenses
Executive Committee shall designate and an- (c) Finance
nounce by a notice published in the Review (d) Nominations
and Herald in three consecutive issues at (e) Plans
least four months before the date of the open-
ing of the session. In case special world con- Sec. 2. (a) The membership of the Nomi-
ditions seem to make it imperative to post- nating Committee shall consist of one mem-
pone the calling of the session, the Executive ber for each 15,000 church members or ma-
Committee in regular or special Council shall jor fraction thereof, computed by divisions
have authority to make such postponement on the basis of the membership at the close
not to exceed two years, giving notice to all of the preceding year; provided, however,
constituent organizations. that no division have less than two members
on the Nominating Committee.
Sec. 2. The Executive Committee may call (b) The members of the Nominating Com-
special sessions of the General Conference mittee shall be chosen as follows:
at such time and place as it deems proper, by (1) Each division delegation shall act as a
a like notice as of regular sessions, and the unit in selecting the members to which it is
transactions of such special sessions shall entitled on the basis of church membership.
have the same force as those of the regular Delegates at large will loin the delegations
sessions. from the divisions in which they are or were
Sec. 3. The election of officers, and the vot- last employed, or now reside.
ing on all matters of business shall be by (2) The election of division representa-
viva-voce vote or as designated by the chair- tives on the Nominating Committee shall be
man, unless otherwise demanded by a major- by the method of voting considered by the
ity of the delegates present. division to be most convenient and efficient,
taking into consideration the size of the dele-
Article X—Bylaws gation and other circumstances.
The voters of this Conference may enact (c) Each division delegation in selecting
Bylaws and amend or repeal them at any its representatives on the Nominating Com-
CONSTITUTION AND BYLAWS(cid:9) 9
mittee shall take into account the following tees. It shall be their duty to keep the min-
points: utes of the division committee meetings, to
(1) The division's representation on the collect information and make such reports
Nominating Committee should as far as pos- as may be required, and to do such• other
sible represent the various geographical work as usually pertains to such office.
areas, organizational segments, and types of
activity of the division. Article VI—Assistant and Division
(2) Those chosen as members of the Nom- Departmental Secretaries
inating Committee must be duly accredited
delegates in attendance at the General Con- Sec. 1. The term "assistant departmental
ference session. secretary" shall be used to designate such
(3) Members of the General Conference persons as are appointed to assist the Depart-
Committee whose term of service is expiring mental Secretaries and their Associate Secre-
at the session and therefore stand for re-elec- taries in the departmental work of the gen-
tion shall not be members of the Nominating eral office.
Committee. Sec. 2. Division Departmental Secretaries
Sec 3. No delegate shall nominate more shall be elected for the respective division
than one person for election to'the Nominat- fields and shall labor under the direction of
ing Committee. the division committee.
(a) The Nominating Committee shall elect Sec. 3. Division committees shall appoint
its own chairman and secretary under the such other secretaries as may be needed to
temporary chairmanship of the President of serve in special capacities, to labor under the
the General Conference. direction of the division committee.
Article III—Vice-Presidents Article VII—Statistical Secretary
Sec. 1. Vice-Presidents shall be elected as At each regular session the conference
follows: up to five Vice-Presidents for gen- shall elect a statistical secretary whose du-
eral administrative work, and one additional ties shall be to compile statistics of the
Vice-President for each division of the Gen- world work, reporting the same under the
eral Conference. direction of the Executive Committee.
Sec. 2. The General Vice-Presidents shall
in the absence of the President serve as Article VIII—Undertreasnrer and
chairmen of the Executive Committee and Assistant Treasurers
shall assist the President in his administra- An Undertreasurer and Assistant Treas-
tive work. urers shall be elected to share with the
Sec. 3. The Vice-President for North Amer- Treasurer the work of his office. They shall
ica shall work under the direction of the perform such duties connected with the
General Conference Committee. Treasury as may be assigned to them by the
Sec. 4. The Vice-Presidents elected for the Treasurer or by the Executive Committee.
divisions outside of North America shall act They may be authorized by the Executive
as chairmen of the division committees oper- Committee to sign checks under the in-
ating in their respective fields and shall struction of the Treasurer.
have charge of the work in those fields un-
der the direction of the division committees Article IX—Division Treasurers
and shall be designated within their respec- Sec. 1. A Treasurer shall be elected for
tive division territories as presidents of the each division outside of North America, to
divisions over which they preside. be designated "division treasurer."
Sec. 2. It shall be the duty of the Division
Article IV—Associate and General Treasurers to receive and disburse the funds
Field Secretaries of the General Conference made available
for their territory, under the direction of the
Sec. 1. The term "associate secretary" division committee, and to perform such
shall be used to designate the secretaries other duties as usually pertain to such office.
elected to be associated with the Secretary
of the General Conference, or such secretary Sec. 3. The Division Committee may ap-
or secretaries as may be elected to associate point such assistant treasurers and assistant
with the Secretary of any Department. Bu- auditors as may be required to carry on the
reau. or Association, in carrying the respon- work.
sibilities of his office.
Article X—Execntive Committee
Sec. 2. Associate Secretaries shall be
elected to share the work of the General Sec. 1. (a) During the intervals between
Conference Secretary. Associate Secretaries the sessions of the General Conference, the
shall also be elected as may be deemed nec- Executive Committee shall have full admin-
essary to assist the Secretaries of Depart- istrative power, with authority to grant cre-
ments, Bureaus, or Associations, in the con- dentials and licenses, and to fill for the cur-
duct of their work. rent term any vacancies that may occur in
Sec. 3. The term "general field secretary" its offices, boards, committees, or agents, by
shall be used to designate general field work- death, resignation, or otherwise. The Execu-
ers elected, in addition to the officers. to tive Committee shall also have power to
serve in carrying the field responsibilities withdraw credentials or licenses by a two-
of the General Conference. thirds vote of the members present and vot-
ing at any regular committee meeting.
Sec. 4. The General Field Secretaries shall (b) The Executive Committee shall have
work under the direction of the General power to effect the retirement before the
Conference Committee and be assigned either expiration of the term for which they have
to field service or to special projects or re- been elected, of persons elected under Arti-
sponsibilities as may be determined by the cle V. Sec. 1 a, of the Constitution who may
General Conference Committee. develop a health condition which prevents
Sec. 5. Such Division Field Secretaries them from properly discharging their duties.
shall be elected as may be deemed necessary (c) The Executive Committee shall have
to labor in the divisions under the direction authority to remove from office by a two-
of the division committees. thirds vote of the members present and vot-
ing at any regular committee meeting, any
Article V—Division Secretaries person elected under Article V, Sec. 1 a, of
Sec. 1. A Secretary shall be elected for the Constitution who because of apostasy or
each division outside of North America to misconduct disqualifies himself from occupy-
be designated "division secretary." ing the office.
Sec. 2. The Division Secretaries shall work Sec. 2. (a) A meeting of the Executive
under the direction of the division commit- Committee, known as the Autumn Council,
10(cid:9) SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST YEARBOOK, 1971
shall be held annually for the purpose of tions taken at such meetings shall not be
considering budgets from the fields and final until the minutes of such meetings have
making appropriations, and for the trans- been approved in a meeting with a quorum
action of other business and the adoption present.
of such policies as may be necessary in the
operation of the world-wide work. Article RH—Corporation Boards
(b) A meeting of the Executive Com-
mittee, known as the Spring Meeting, shall At each regular session of the General
be held annually for the purpose of receiv- Conference the requisite boards of trustees,
ing the audited financial reports of the according to their respective Constitutions
General Conference, and for transacting and Bylaws, shall be elected for each legal
regular executive committee business as corporation serving and holding properties
provided in the General Conference Working and receiving gifts and legacies for the Gen-
Policy relating to Spring Meetings. eral Conference unincorporated. The trustees
of the General Conference Corporation shall
Sec. 3. A majority of the full membership
of the Executive Committee, including the also constitute the Board of Trustees of the
President or a General Vice-President, is General Conference Association.
empowered to transact denominational busi- Article XIII—Departments
ness of any nature at any time and place.
Sec. 4. Any fifteen members of the Execu- Sec. 1. The Departmental Secretaries and
tive Committee, including an officer of the Associate Departmental Secretaries elected
General Conference, shall after due notice by the General Conference shall work under
to available members, constitute a quorum of the direction of the Executive Committee of
the Executive Committee and shall be em- the General Conference, or in the case of de-
powered to transact such executive business partmental secretaries in divisions, under
as is in harmony with the general plans out- the direction of the division committee, and
lined by the Committee at the designated shall occupy an advisory relation to the field.
place of meeting of the Executive Committee Sec. 2. The Executive Committee shall ap-
as hereinafter provided. point a representative departmental commit-
Sec. 5. All meetings of the Executive Com- tee of counsel for each department. Such
mittee, except majority meetings, shall be committee shall in each case he composed of
held at the General Conference headquarters, the secretaries of the department, the secre-
or at such other place as may be definitely taries of departmental work in the divisions,
arranged by a majority meeting of the Exec- and such other persons as the Executive
utive Committee, or by the quorum of at Committee may deem necessary.
least seven members meeting in regular ses-
sion at general headquarters. Article RIV—Auditors and Audits
Sec. 6. Meetings of the Executive Commit- Sec. 1. The Executive Committee shall
tee may be called at any time by the ranking have the accounts of the General Conference
officer of the Conference who may be present and of its legal corporations audited at least
at headquarters, and such officer, or any once each calendar year, and the Auditor or
member of the committee appointed by him, one of the associate auditors shall report
shall act as chairman of the meeting. upon the same to the Executive Committee
Sec. 7. Minority meetings of less than annually. 'The Auditor or an associate au-
seven members of the Executive Committee ditor, as may be arranged, shall report also,
may be held at the General administrative for the quadrennial period, to the General
office for the transaction of necessary rou- Conference at its regular sessions. The Gen-
tine business. but actions taken at such eral Conference Auditor and the associate au-
meetings shall not be final until the minutes ditors shall also be made available for audit-
of such meetings have been approved in a ing the accounts of union conferences and
regular session of the Executive Committee. general institutions as well as division ac-
counts. The auditors shall be under the gen-
Article XI—Division Committees eral direction of the Executive Committee.
Sec. 1. In each division outside of North shSaellc a. u2d. iTt hthee d bivoioskiosn o f asuudchit oorr goarn aiuzadtiitoonrss
America, a division committee shall be con- or institutions within their territories as
stituted as hereinafter provided, for the the division committees shall direct.
transaction of business pertaining to the di-
vision.
Article RV—Wages and Expenses
Sec. 2. The members of a division commit-
tee shall be the President, the Secretary, Sec. 1. The Executive Committee shall ap-
and the Treasurer of the division, the Presi- point annually eight persons not in Its em-
dents of union conferences, the Presidents of ploy who, with the officers of the General
union missions, the Division Field Secre- Conference and not less than seven presi-
taries, the Division Departmental Secre- dents of union conferences, shall constitute
taries, the Secretary of the Ministerial Asso- a committee to audit the expense accounts of
ciation, and any other members of the Gen- employees and to fix their wages for the suc-
eral Conference Committee present. Other ceeding year.
members may also be appointed by the Divi- Sec. 2. The Executive Committee shall
sion Committee. have power to make such adjustment from
Sec. 3. The actions taken by division com- time to time in the wage of clerks, stenog-
mittees pertaining to the administration of raphers, and other routine workers as may
affairs in the division fields, shall be con- be necessary.
sidered final, provided they are in harmony
with the plans and policy of the General Article RVI—Fund s
Conference as set forth in the Constitution
and Bylaws, and in its Executive Committee The funds of the General Conference shall
actions at regular Autumn Councils. be as follows:
(a) A tithe of the tithe receipts of the
Sec. 4. Five members of a division com- union conferences and union missions and
mittee, including the chairman, shall consti- of the local conferences and missions not
tute a quorum for the transaction of busi- included in union conferences and union
ness. When the chairman is to be absent missions.
from headquarters, he or the committee may (b) Regular mission offerings.
designate an acting chairman. Minority meet- (c) Special donations.
ings of fewer than five members of the divi- (d) Such percentage of the tithe of local
sion committee may be held for the transac- conferences and missions as may be deter-
tions of necessary routine business, but ac- mined by a committee composed of the con-
CONSTITUTION AND BYLAWS(cid:9) 11
ference and mission presidents and the divi- General Conference, as indicated under Ar-
sion executive committee, or, in the case of ticle XV, may be used for the advancement
North America, the conference and mission of the work in the fields in which they were
presidents and the General Conference Ex- raised.
ecutive Committee. Sec. 5. General Conference funds in all the
(e) Surplus tithes which may be appro- world shall be made available to meet the
priated by local and union conferences for annual appropriations of the General Confer-
the mission field. ence.
(f) Appropriations from our publishing Article XVIII—Finance
houses, sanitariums, and other institutions
that are under the control of the General Sec. 1. To tide over a possible financial
Conference which, because of the character depression and to provide a working fund
of their work, have more than local influ- for the regular operations of the General
ence and responsibility as may be arranged Conference, the Treasurer shall carry in
by ioint counsel of the Executive Committee cash and in readily convertible securities a
of the General Conference with the board of working fund equal to 20 per cent of the
management of each institution. regular appropriations voted at the latest
(g) Such percentage of the funds of union Autumn Council, including revertible funds.
and local conferences and missions, institu- Sec. 2. The basis for computing the amount
tions. and Book and Bible Houses in North of the working fund on hand shall be the
America as may be arranged by the General latest available financial statement. The work-
Conference Committee in council with con- ing fund shall not fall below the amount
ference presidents, the same to be known here specified except on authorization of an
as the Sustentation Fund for the support of Autumn Council of the Executive Commit-
aged and infirm workers and for the de- tee.
pendent widows and orphans of workers. Sec. 3. The Executive Committee, acting
(h) Divisions outside North America shall through its legal agency, the General Con-
adopt a Sustentation Policy which shall be ference Corporation, shall have power to
in harmony with the principles set forth in make such annuity contracts as may seem
the General Conference Sustentation Plan. desirable; but all moneys obtained in this
way shall be invested in securities and not
Article XVII—Appropriations be made available for appropriations until
the annuity contracts have matured.
Sec. 1. The Executive Committee shall Sec. 4. The tithes and missions offerings
make its appropriations for home and for- received by the General Conference shall be
eign work at the Autumn Councils, said ap- held as a trust for appropriation to the work
propriations to be based on budgets from the of the Seventh-day Adventist denomination.
fields requiring financial help. It shall not be within the prerogative, there-
fore, of the General Conference Committee,
Sec. 2. Appropriations shall be made sub- the Treasury nor of any agent, or agency
ject to the receipt of the full amount of of the denomination to loan these funds to
funds estimated in the General Conference private individuals, to endorse notes, sign
budget. In case of a shortage the distribu- bonds or other securities, or in any other
tion shall be on a pro-rata basis to all the way to divert the funds of the General
interests represented in the budget. Conference from their intended purpose. Ad-
Sec. 3. Appropriations for major perma- vances specifically authorized under regular
nent investments shall be held in trust for policy, and made in order to enable workers
the purpose for which the appropriation was to become located and equipped for service,
designated. In case the project is abandoned, are not a violation of this provision.
the funds shall revert to the General Con- Sec. 5. The basis for computing goals or
ference. Other funds appropriated to division per capita funds shall be the average of the
fields shall be administered by the division membership of the four consecutive quarters
committee. ending on September 30 of the preceding
Sec. 4. All funds raised in division fields, year as published in the General Conference
except the regular funds belonging to the official statistical reports.