Seventh-day Adventist Yearbook for 1973,74

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YEARBOOK
A Directory of
The General Conference, World Divisions,
Union and Local Conferences and Missions,
Educational Institutions, Food Companies,
Hospitals and Sanitariums, Publishing Houses,
Periodicals, and Denominational Workers.
Compiled and Edited by the Office of
Jesse 0. Gibson, Statistical Sect'iry
General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists
6840 Eastern Avenue, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20012
1973-74
REVIEW AND HERALD PUBLISHING ASSOCIATION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20012
PRINTED IN U.S.A.
Supplement to the 1973-1974 Yearbook
Changes and Additions made at the 1973 Annual Council
General Conference
Administration:
General Vice-Presidents (Add W. Duncan Eva.)
Vice-Presidents, Alf Lohne (acting), Northern
Europe-West Africa Division.
Undersecretary, A. Edwin Gibb. (Follows Secre-
tary, Clyde 0. Franz.)
Services:
Computer Services, Charles M. Clark, Director.
Communication:
Associate Secretaries (Add V. H. Cooper.)
Esda Sales and Service:
Change to Institutional Services/ESDA
General Manager, John F. Knipschild.
Manager, Neil W. Litchfield.
r.M...f6 Anlarican Divicion
Administration:
Administrative Assistant to the Vice-President
for North America, J. W. Bothe. (Follows Vice-
President, Neal C. Wilson.)
Union Conferences:
Canadian Union Conference
President, L. L. Reile.
Columbia Union Conference
President, W. B. Quigley.
Northern Union Conference
President, W. 0. Coe.
Pacific Union Conference
President, Cree Sandefur.
Local Conferences:
Florida Conference
President, H. J. Carubba.
Greater New York Conference
President, D. J. Sandstrom.
Publishing Houses:
Pacific Press Publishing Association
General Manager, W. J. Blacker.
Northern Europe-West Africa Division
Administration:
President, Alf Lohne (acting).
Secretary, B. B. Beach (acting).
South American Division
Administration:
Treasurer, C. M. Laue.
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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) 93
Australasian (cid:9) 105
China (cid:9) 122
Congregations of Seventh-day Adventists in the
Union of Socialist Soviet Republics 122
Euro-Africa (cid:9) 125
Far Eastern (cid:9) 153
Inter-American (cid:9) 183
Northern Europe-West Africa (cid:9) 207
South American (cid:9) 223
Southern Asia (cid:9) 243
Trans-Africa (cid:9) 257
Institutions:
Educational (cid:9) 275
Food Companies (cid:9) 363
Medical (cid:9) 367
Dispensaries and Clinics (cid:9) 397
Old People's Homes and Orphanages (cid:9) 401
Publishing Houses (cid:9) 403
Periodicals Issued (cid:9) 415
Necrology (cid:9) 428
Advertisers (cid:9) 432
Index of Institutional Workers 433
Directory of Workers (cid:9) 495
Calendars of Special Days and Offerings 1973-1974 (cid:9) 684
Calendars 1972-1975 (cid:9) 686
General Conference Presidents, Secretaries and Treasurers (cid:9) 688
General Index (cid:9) 689
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Preface
A directory of the General Conference and its gaged in carrying missionaries to the Pacific islands.
twelve world divisions, with their unions and local Seventh-day Adventist workers first entered a non-
conferences or local missions, and the related insti- Christian country in 1894 when they opened a mis-
tutions connected with the Seventh-day Adventist sion in Matabeleland, South Africa, and named it
denomination is given in the following pages. The Solusi after a local chief. The same year saw
information has been furnished by the organiza- missionaries entering South America, and in 1896
tions themselves; but in cases where current re- the Church had its representatives in Japan.
ports have not been received, the most recent pre- The publication and distribution of literature
vious records have been retained or adjusted. The were major factors in the growth of the Advent
statistical data that appears below has been summa- Movement. The year 1850 marked the appearance
rized from the official Statistical Report ending De- of the Advent Review and Sabbath Herald pub-
cember 31, 1972. lished in Paris, Maine; the Youth's Instructor in
The order in which workers are listed follows that Rochester, New York, in 1852; and the Signs of the
given in the General Conference Working Policy; Times in Oakland, California, in 1874. The first de-
namely, ordained ministers holding ministerial cre- nominational publishing house, at Battle Creek,
dentials, then credentialed missionaries, creden- Michigan, did not begin operating, however, until
tialed Bible instructors, licensed ministers, licensed 1861.
missionaries, licensed Bible instructors, and cre- The Health Reform Institute, later known as the
dentialed literature evangelists. In addition, the Di- Battle Creek Sanitarium, opened its doors in 1866,
rectory of Workers gives the names and addresses and missionary society work was organized on a
of all credentialed workers. state-wide basis in 1870. The first of the Church's
Although the name "Seventh-day Adventist" was world-wide network of schools was established in
chosen in 1860, the denomination was not officially 1872, while 1877 saw the formation of state-wide
organized until May 21, 1863, with a constituency of Sabbath school associations. In 1903, the denomi-
125 churches and 3,500 members. Work was largely national headquarters were moved from Battle
confined to North America until 1874 when the Creek, Michigan to Washington. D.C.. where they
Church's first missionary, J. N. Andrews, was sent continue to form the nerve-center of an ever-ex-
to Switzerland. The first non-Protestant country en- panding work. Each year sees further development
tered was Russia where an Adventist minister went in the work of the Church. That this may be accu-
in 1886. On July 28, 1890, the schooner "Pitcairn" rately and inspiringly reflected in this Yearbook is
was launched at San Francisco and was soon en- the desire of the Yearbook Committee.
SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTS
1972 World Statistics
MEMBERSHIP Schools of Nursing (cid:9) 37
Baptized church members (cid:9) 2,261,403 Universities (cid:9) 2
Organized churches ...(cid:9) ,,,, .(cid:9) 17,150
Sabbath school members (cid:9) 2,878,551 HEALTH MINISTRY
Sabbath schools (cid:9) 33,308 Sanitariums and Hospitals (cid:9) 140
Ordained ministers, active (cid:9) 7,669 Dispensaries, Clinics and Launches (cid:9) 192
Total active workers ................ .....(cid:9) ..... 68,260 Physicians, dentists, residents and
Baptisms and Professions of Faith (cid:9) 191,883 interns (cid:9) 1,113
Nurses (cid:9) 5,650
MISSION WORK Patients treated (cid:9) 5,147,101
Countries in which Church is working Investment in medical facilities (cid:9) $289,664,455
(Countries in the world-225) (cid:9) 193 Food Companies (cid:9) 27
Number of Divisions (cid:9) 12 Old People's Homes and Orphanages (cid:9) 49
Number of Unions (cid:9) 72
Number of Conferences, Missions and Fields..361 PUBLISHING WORK
Missionaries sent to Mission Fields (cid:9) 354 Publishing Houses (cid:9) 50
Languages in which Church is working (cid:9) 523
GOOD NEIGHBOR PROGRAM Languages, publishing in (cid:9) 179
Persons helped (cid:9) 9,540,749 Literature evangelists (cid:9) 4,373
Articles of clothing given (cid:9) 13,868,656 Literature sales (cid:9) $50,403,635
Cash and value of food given $6,281,561
Value of medical supplies and equip- CONTRIBUTIONS
ment given (cid:9) $509,059 Tithe - World (cid:9) $155,488,747
North America (cid:9) 113,643,399
EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM Church Offerings - World (cid:9) 260,213,337
Schools operated by Denomination (cid:9) 4,269 North America (cid:9) 201,019,014
Total enrollment(cid:9) ..................... ........(cid:9)...(cid:9) _385,091 Sabbath School - World .(cid:9) ........ _16,887,189
Primary and Elementary Schools 3,769 North America(cid:9) ..... ...........(cid:9) ...12,080,796
Secondary Schools (cid:9) 388 Ingathering - World (cid:9) 11,448,028
Colleges (cid:9) 73 North America ...(cid:9) ..............(cid:9) .... 7,520,404
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FUNDAMENTAL BELIEFS OF SEVENTH-DAY
ADVENTISTS
Seventh-day Adventists hold certain fundamental from the power of sin by His indwelling life. Thus
beliefs, the principal features of which, together the gospel becomes "the power of God unto salva-
with a portion of the scriptural references upon tion to everyone that believeth." Rom. 1:16. This
which they are based, may be summarized as fol- experience is wrought by the divine agency of the
lows: Holy Spirit, who convinces of sin and leads to the
1. That the Holy Scriptures of the Old and New Sin-Bearer, inducting the believer into the new co-
Testaments were given by inspiration of God, con- venant relationship, where the law of God is
tain an all-sufficient revelation of His will to men, written on his heart, and through the enabling
and are the only unerring rule of faith and practice. power of the indwelling Christ, his life is brought
2 Tim. 3:15-17. into conformity to the divine precepts. The honor
2. That the Godhead, or Trinity, consists of the and merit of this wonderful transformation belong
Eternal Father, a personal, spiritual Being, omnipo- wholly to Christ. 1 John 2:1, 2; 3:4; Rom. 3:20;
tent, omnipresent, omniscient, infinite in wisdom 5:8-10; 7:7; Eph. 2:8-10; 3:17; Gal. 2:20; Heb. 8:8-
and love; the Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of the Eter- 12.
nal Father, through whom all things were created 9. That God "only hath immortality." 1 Tim. 6:15.
and through whom the salvation of the redeemed Mortal man possesses a nature inherently sinful
hosts will be accomplished; the Holy Spirit, the and dying. Eternal life is the gift of God through
third person of the Godhead, the great regener- faith in Christ. Rom. 6:23. "He that hath the Son
ating power in the work of redemption. Isa. 44:6; hath life." 1 John 5:12. Immortality is bestowed
48:13; Matt. 12:32; 28:19; 2 Cor. 13:14; Rev. 1:8, upon the righteous at the second coming of Christ,
11. when the righteous dead are raised from the grave
3. That Jesus Christ is very God, being of the and the living righteous translated to meet the
same nature and essence as the Eternal Father. Lord. Then it is that those accounted faithful "put
While retaining His divine nature He took upon on immortality." 1 Cor. 15:51-55.
Himself the nature of the human family, lived on 10. That the condition of man in death is one of
the earth as a man, exemplified in His life as our unconsciousness. That all men, good and evil alike,
Example the principles of righteousness, attested remain in the grave from death to the resurrection.
His relationship to God by many mighty miracles, Eccl. 9:5, 6; Ps. 146:3, 4; John 5:28, 29.
died for our sins on the cross, was raised from the 11. That there shall be a resurrection both of the
dead, and ascended to the Father, where He ever just and of the unjust. The resurrection of the just
lives to make intercession for us. John 1:1, 14; Heb. will take place at the second coming of Christ; the
2:9-18; 8:1, 2; 4:14-16; 7:25. resurrection of the unjust will take place a thou-
4. That every person in order to obtain salvation sand years later, at the close of the millennium.
must experience the new birth; that this comprises John 5:28, 29; 1 Thess. 4:13-18; Rev. 20:5-10.
an entire transformation of life and character by the 12. That the finally impenitent, including Satan,
recreative power of God through faith in the Lord the author of sin, will, by the fires of the last day,
Jesus Christ. John 3:16; Matt. 18:3; Acts 2:37-39. be reduced to a state of non-existence, becoming
5. That baptism is an ordinance of the Christian as though they had not been, thus purging God's
church and should follow repentance and forgive- universe of sin and sinners. Rom. 6:23; Mal. 4:1-3;
ness of sins. By its observance faith is shown in the Rev. 20:9, 10; Obadiah 16.
death, burial, and resurrection of Christ. That the 13. That no prophetic period is given in the Bible
proper form of baptism is by immersion. Rom. to reach the Second Advent; but that the longest
6:1-6; Acts 16:30-33. one, the 2300 days recorded by the prophet Daniel
6. That the will of God as it relates to moral con- in Dan. 8:14, terminating in 1844, reaches an event
duct is comprehended in His law of ten command- called the cleansing of the sanctuary. Dan. 8:14;
ments; that these are great moral, unchangeable 9:24, 25; Num. 14:34; Eze. 4:6.
precepts, binding upon all men, in every age. Ex. 14. That the true sanctuary, of which the taberna-
20:1-17. cle on earth was a type, is the temple of God in
7. That the fourth commandment of this unchan- heaven, of which Paul speaks in Hebrews 8 and on-
geable law requires the observance of the seventh- ward, and of which the Lord Jesus, as our great
day Sabbath. This holy institution is at the same high priest, is minister; and that the priestly work
time a memorial of creation and a sign of sanctifica- of our Lord is the antitype of the work of the Jewish
tion, a sign of the believer's rest from his own priests of the former dispensation; that this heav-
works of sin, and his entrance into the rest of soul enly sanctuary is the one to be cleansed at the end
which Jesus promises to those who come to Him. of the 2300 days of Daniel 8:14; its cleansing being,
Gen. 2:1-3; Ex. 20:8-11; 31:12-17; Heb. 4:1-10. as in the type, a work of judgment, beginning with
8. That the law of ten commandments points out the entrance of Christ as the high priest upon the
sin, the penalty of which is death. The law cannot judgment phase of His ministry in the heavenly
save the transgressor from his sin, nor impart sanctuary foreshadowed in the earthly service of
power to keep him from sinning. In infinite love cleansing the sanctuary on the day of atonement.
and mercy, God provides a way whereby this may This work of judgment in the heavenly sanctuary
be done. He furnishes a substitute, even Christ the began in 1844. Its completion will close human pro-
Righteous One, to die in man's stead, making "Him bation. Dan. 7:9, 10; 8:14; Heb. 8:1, 2, 5; Rev.
to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be 20:12; Num. 14:34; Eze. 4:6.
made the righteousness of God in Him." 2 Cor. 15. That God, in the time of the judgment and in
5:21. That one is justified, not by obedience to the accordance with His uniform dealing with the
law, but by the grace that is in Christ Jesus. By ac- human family in warning them of coming events vi-
cepting Christ, man is reconciled to God, justified tally affecting their destiny (Amos 3:6, 71, sends
by His blood for the sins of the past, and saved forth a proclamation of the approach of the second
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advent of Christ; that this work is symbolized by and plan of salvation. His coming will be literal,
the three angels of Revelation 14; and that their personal, and visible. Many important events will
threefold message brings to view a work of reform be associated with His return, such as the resurrec-
to prepare a people to meet Him at His coming. tion of the dead, the destruction of the wicked, the
Amos 3:6, 7; 2 Cor. 5:10; Rev. 14:6-12. purification of the earth, the reward of the right-
16. That the time of the cleansing of the sanc- eous, the establishment of His everlasting
tuary, synchronizing with the period of the procla- kingdom. The almost complete fulfillment of var-
mation of the message of Revelation 14, is a time of ious lines of prophecy, particularly those found in
investigative judgment, first with reference to the the books of Daniel and the Revelation, with ex-
dead, and second with reference to the living. This isting conditions in the physical, social, industrial,
investigative judgment determines who of the myri- political, and religious world, indicates that Christ's
ads sleeping in the dust of the earth are worthy of a coming "is near, even at the doors." Matt. 24:33.
part in the first resurrection, and who of its living The exact time of that event has not been foretold.
multitudes are worthy of translation. 1 Peter 4:17, Believers are exhorted to be ready, for "in such an
18; Dan. 7:9, 10; Rev. 14:6, 7; Luke 20:35. hour as ye think not the Son of man" (Matt. 24:44)
17. That the followers of Christ should be a godly will be revealed. Luke 17:26-30; 21:25-27; John
people, not adopting the unholy maxims nor con- 14:1-3; Acts 1:9-11; Rev. 1:7; Heb. 9:28; James
forming to the unrighteous ways of the world, not 5:1-8; Joel 3:9-16; 2 Tim. 3:1-5; Dan. 7:27; Matt.
loving its sinful pleasures nor countenancing its 24:36, 44.
follies. That believers should recognize their bodies 21. That the millennial reign of Christ covers the
as the temple of the Holy Spirit, and that therefore period between the first and the second resurrec-
they should clothe that body in neat, modest, dig- tions, during which time the saints of all ages will
nified apparel. Further, that in eating and drinking live with their blessed Redeemer in heaven. At the
and in their entire course of conduct they should end of the millennium, the Holy City with all the
shape their lives as becometh followers of the saints will descend to the earth. The wicked, raised
meek and lowly Master. Thus the followers of in the second resurrection, will go up on the
Christ will be led to abstain from all intoxicating breadth of the earth with Satan at their head to
drinks, tobacco, and other narcotics, and to avoid compass the camp of the saints, when fire will
every body- and soul-defiling habit and practice. 1 come down from God out of heaven and devour
Cor. 3:16, 17; 9:25; 10:31; 1 Tim. 2:9, 10; 1 John them. In the conflagration which destroys Satan
2:6. and his host, the earth itself will be regenerated
18. That the divine principle of tithes and of- and cleansed from the effects of the curse. Thus
ferings for the support of the gospel is an acknowl- the universe of God will be purified from the foul
edgement of Gods owner ship in ow iives, cwt.; inat blot or sin. Key. Al; Zech. i'+:1-4; 2 Peter .3:2- iu.
we are stewards who must render account to Him 22. That God will make all things new. The earth,
of all that He has committed to our possession. Lev. restored to its pristine beauty, will become forever
27:30; Mal. 3:8-12; Matt. 23:23; 1 Cor. 9:9-14; 2 the abode of the saints of the Lord. The promise to
Cor. 9:6-15. Abraham, that through Christ he and his seed
19. That God has placed in His church the gifts of should possess the earth throughout the endless
the Holy Spirit, as enumerated in 1 Corinthians 12 ages of eternity, will be fulfilled. "The kingdom and
and Ephesians 4. That these gifts operate in har- dominion, and the greatness of the kingdom under
mony with the divine principles of the Bible, and the whole heaven, will be given to the people of
are given for the perfecting of the saints, the work the saints of the most High, whose kingdom is an
of the ministry, the edifying of the body of Christ. everlasting kingdom, and all dominions shall serve
Rev. 12:17; 19:10; 1 Cor. 1:5-7. That the gift of the and obey Him." Dan. 7:27. Christ, the Lord, will,
Spirit of Prophecy is one of the identifying marks of reign supreme and every creature which is in
the remnant church. 1 Cor. 1:5, 7; 12:1, 28; Rev. heaven and on the earth and under the earth, and
12:17; 19:10; Amos 3:7; Hosea 12:10, 13. The rem- such as are in the sea will ascribe "blessing, and
nant church recognizes that this gift was manifested honour, and glory, and power," unto "Him that sit-
in the life and ministry of Ellen G. White. teth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb for ever
20. That the second coming of Christ is the great and ever." Gen. 13:14-17; Rom. 4:13; Heb. 11:8-16;
hope of the church, the grand climax of the gospel Matt. 5:5; Isa. 35; 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 held in Atlantic each 2,500, or major fraction thereof, of the mem-
City, New Jersey, June 11-20, 1970.) bership of the union conference or mission.
(b) Each local conference or local mission directly
attached to divisions or to the General Conference,
Article I—Name as have been or shall be properly organized and ac-
This organization shall be known as General cepted by vote of the General Conference in ses-
Conference of Seventh-day Adventists. sion, shall be entitled to one delegate without re-
gard to number, and an additional delegate for
each 2,500, or major fraction thereof, of the mem-
Article II—Object
bership of the local conference or mission.
The object of this Conference is to teach all na- (c) Calculation for delegate allotments shall be
tions the everlasting gospel of our Lord and Saviour based upon the membership as of December 31, of
Jesus Christ and the commandments of God. the year preceding the session.
Sec. 6. Credentials to sessions shall be issued by
Article III—Membership the General Conference to those appointed as pro-
vided for in harmony with the provisions of this ar-
Sec. 1. The membership of this Conference shall
ticle.
consist of:
(a) Such union conferences and union missions
either in organized division sections or without div- Article IV—Officers and Their Duties
isional affiliation as have been or shall be properly Sec. 1. The officers of this Conference shall be a
organized and accepted by vote of the General President, Vice-Presidents, a Secretary, Associate
Conference in session. Secretaries, a Treasurer, an Undertreasurer, and
(b) Such local conferences and properly organ- Assistant Treasurers, who shall be elected by the
ized local missions not included in any division, Conference.
union conference or union mission or such local Sec. 2. President: The President shall preside at
conferences or local missions directly attached to the sessions of the Conference, act as chairman of
divisions as have been or shall be properly organ- the ExecUtive Committee, and labor in the general
ized and accepted by vote of the General Confer- interests of the Conference, as the Executive Com-
ence in session. mittee may advise. -
Sec. 2. The voters of this Conference shall be Sec. 3. Vice-Presidents: Each Vice-President shall
designated as follows: at the time of his election be assigned to serve as a
(a) Delegates at large. general administrative assistant to the President or
(b) Regular delegates. to preside over a division field.
Sec. 3. Delegates at large shall be: Sec. 4. Secretary and Associate Secretaries: It
(a) All members of the General Conference Exec- shall be the duty of the Secretary and the Associate
utive Committee. Secretaries to keep the minutes of the proceedings
(b) Such representatives of missions of the Gen- of the General Conference sessions and of the
eral Conference and of general institutions and de- General Conference Committee meetings, to main-
partments of work, and such general laborers and tain correspondence with the fields, and to perform
field secretaries as shall receive delegate's creden- such other duties as usually pertain to such office.
tials from the Executive Committee of the General
Sec. 5. Treasurer, Undertreasurer, and Assistant
Conference, such credentials to be ratified by the
Treasurers: It shall be the duty of the Treasurer to
General Conference in session. The number of
receive all funds of the General Conference, and
these delegates thus seated shall not exceed 25 per
disburse them in harmony with the actions of the
cent of the total number of delegates in attendance
Executive Committee of the General Conference,
otherwise provided for.
and to render such financial statements at regular
Sec. 4. Regular delegates shall be appointed in
intervals as may be desired by the Conference or by
the following manner:
the Executive Committee. The Undertreasurer and
(a) Delegates representing union conferences Assistant Treasurers shall assist the Treasurer in his
shall be appointed by the respective unions. work.
(b) Delegates representing union missions, and
local conferences and missions attached to the divi-
sion but not to any union, shall be appointed by Article V—Election
the division committee in consultation with the or- Sec. 1. The following shall be elected at each reg-
ganization concerned. ular session of the Conference:
(c) Delegates representing union missions, local (a) A President, Vice-Presidents, a Secretary, As-
conferences, and local missions without division af- sociate Secretaries, Division Secretaries, a Trea-
filiation shall be appointed by the General Confer- surer, an Undertreasurer, Assistant Treasurers, Di-
ence Committee in consultation with the organiza- vision Treasurers, General Field Secretaries, Divi-
tion concerned. sion Field Secretaries, a Secretary and Associate
Sec. 5. Regular delegates shall be appointed and Secretaries of the Ministerial Association, an Au-
accredited on the following basis: ditor and Associate Auditors, Division Auditors, a
(a) Each union conference and each union mis- Statistical Secretary, a World Foods Service Secre-
sion shall be entitled to one delegate in addition to tary, a Director of Trust Services, a Secretary and
tional delegate for each local conference and each Associate Secretaries of the Bureau of Public Rela-
regularly organized mission in its territory without tions, a Secretary and Associate Secretaries of each
regard to number, and an additional delegate for duly organized General Conference department:
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namely, Education, Health, Lay Activities, North cial sessions shall have the same force as those of
American Regional, Public Affairs and Religious Lib- the regular sessions.
erty, Publishing, Radio and Television, Sabbath Sec. 3. The election of officers, and the voting on
School, Stewardship and Development, Temper- all matters of business shall be by viva-voce vote or
ance, Young People's Missionary Volunteer; Divi- as designated by the chairman, unless otherwise
sion Departmental Secretaries (including the Health demanded by a majority of the delegates present.
Food Departmental Secretary of the Australasian
Division), Division Secretaries of the Bureau of
Public Relations, and Division Ministerial Associa- Article X—Bylaws
tion Secretaries. The voters of this Conference may enact Bylaws
(b) Other persons, not to exceed 35 in number, and amend or repeal them at any session thereof,
to serve as members of the Executive Committee. and such Bylaws may embrace any provision not in-
consistent with the Constitution.
Article VI—Executive Committee
Sec. 1. The Executive Committee shall consist of: Article XI—Amendments
(a) Those elected as provided by Article V. This Constitution or its Bylaws may be amended
(b) Presidents of union conferences, presidents by a two-thirds vote of the voters present and
of union missions, ex-presidents of the General voting at any session: provided that, if it is pro-
Conference holding credentials from the Confer- posed to amend the Constitution at a special ses-
ence, the presidents of the two universities, the ed- sion, notice of such purpose shall be given in the
itor of the Review and Herald, the general manager call for such special session.
of the Review and Herald Publishing Association,
the general manager of the Pacific Press Publishing
Association, the general manager of the Southern BYLAWS
Publishing Association, the president of the Home Article I—Division Sections
Study Institute, the executive secretary of the Asso- Sec. 1. The General Conference shall conduct its
ciation of Privately Owned Seventh-day Adventist world-wide work in division sections, each section
Services and Industries, and the manager of the to operate within a specified territory in harmony
General Conference Insurance Service. with the policy of the General Conference.
Sec. 2. Union conference and union mission field
organizations, together with all other organizations
Article VII—Term of Office and institutions within the territory, shall be re-
All officers of the Conference and those mem- sponsible to the respective division committees, or
bers of the executive Lommittee provided tor by in the case of fields without divisional affiliation, to
Article VI, Sec. 1 (a), shall hold office from the time the General Conference Committee.
of election until the next ensuing regular session or Sec. 3. The division sections shall be known as:
until their successors are elected and appear to Afro-Mideast Division, Australasian Division, Cen-
enter upon their duties. tral European Division, China Division, Far Eastern
Division, Inter-American Division, North American
Division, Northern European Division, South Amer-
Article VIII—Incorporations and Agents
ican Division, Southern Asia Division, Trans-Africa
Sec. 1. Such incorporations may be authorized by Division, Trans-Mediterranean Division, Federation
the General Conference in session, or by the Gen- of Seventh-day Adventists in the Union of Socialist
eral Conference Executive Committee, as the de- Soviet Republics. The boundaries of these division
velopment of the work may require. sections shall be subject to adjustment only at the
Sec. 2. At each regular session of this Confer- General Conference sessions, or at Autumn
ence, the delegates shall elect such trustees and Council sessions, provided no divisional territorial
corporate bodies connected with this organization lines shall be changed when such division is not
as may be provided in the statutory laws governing represented at the Council by one of its executive
each. officers, or when such division has not given con-
Sec. 3. The Conference shall employ such com- sent, except under an emergency such as war; in
mittees, secretaries, treasurers, auditors, agents, such case the General Conference Committee shall
ministers, missionaries, and other persons, and make such provision as is necessary for the conduct
make such distribution of its laborers, as may be of the work in the territory concerned.
necessary effectively to execute its work.
Sec. 4. The Conference shall grant credentials or
licenses to ministers and missionaries except in di- Article II—Standing Committees
vision fields, in union and local conferences, and in Sec. 1. At each regular session of this Confer-
organized union missions. ence, such standing committees as may be found
necessary, including the following, shall be elected
to consider such items of business as may be re-
Article IX—Sessions ferred to them and to bring in their reports and
Sec. 1. This Conference shall hold quadrennial recommendations to the session:
sessions at such time and place as the Executive (a) Constitution and Bylaws
Committee shall designate and announce by a no- (b) Credentials and Licenses
tice published in the Review and Herald in three (c) Finance
consecutive issues at least four months before the (d) Nominations
date for the opening of the session. In case special (el Plans(cid:9) •
world conditions seem to make it imperative to Sec. 2. (a) The membership of the Nominating
postpone the calling of the session, the Executive Committee shall consist of one member for each
Committee in regular or special Council shall have 15,000 church members or major fraction thereof,
authority to make such postponement not to ex- computed by divisions on the basis of the member-
ceed two years, giving notice to all constituent or- ship at the close of the preceding year; provided,
ganizations. however, that no division have less than two mem-
Sec. 2. The Executive Committee may call special bers on the Nominating Committee.
sessions of the General Conference at such time (b) The members of the Nominating Committee
and place as it deems proper, by a like notice as of shall be chosen as follows:
regular sessions, and the transactions of such spe- (1) Each division delegation shall act as a unit in
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selecting the members to which it is entitled on the divisions under the direction of the division com-
basis of church membership. Delegates at large will mittees.
join the delegations from the divisions in which
they are or were last employed, or now reside.
(2) The election of division representatives on the Article V—Division Secretaries
Nominating Committee shall be by the method of Sec. 1. A Secretary shall be elected for each divi-
voting considered by the division to be most con- sion outside of North America to be designated
venient and efficient, taking into consideration the "division secretary."
size of the delegation and other circumstances. Sec. 2. The Division Secretaries shall work under
(c) Each division delegation in selecting its repre- the direction of the division committees. It shall be
sentatives on the Nominating Committee shall take their duty to keep the minutes of the division com-
into account the following points: mittee meetings, to collect information and make
(1) The division's representation on the Nominat- such reports as may be required, and to do such
ing Committee should as far as possible represent other work as usually pertains to such office.
the various geographical areas, organizational seg-
ments, and types of activity of the division. Article VI—Assistant and Division
(2) Those chosen as members of the Nominating
Departmental Secretaries
Committee must be duly accredited delegates in at-
tendance at the General Conference session. Sec. 1. The term "assistant departmental secre-
(3) Members of the General Conference Commit- tary" shall be used to designate such persons as are
tee whose term of service is expiring at the session appointed to assist the Departmental Secretaries
and therefore stand for re-election shall not be and their Associate Secretaries in the departmental
members of the Nominating Committee. work of the General office.
Sec. 3. No delegate shall nominate more than Sec. 2. Division Departmental Secretaries shall be
one person for election to the Nominating Com- elected for the respective division fields and shall
mittee. labor under the direction of the division com-
(a) The Nominating Committee shall elect its own mittee.
chairman and secretary under the temporary chair- Sec. 3. Division committees shall appoint such
manship of the President of the General Confer- other secretaries as may be needed to serve in spe-
ence. cial capacities, to labor under the direction of the
division committee.
Article III—Vice-Presidents
Sec. 1. Vice-Presidents shall be elected as fol-
Article VII—Statistical Secretary
lows: up to five Vice-Presidents for general admin-
istrative work, and one additional Vice-President At each regular session the Conference shall
for each division of the General Conference. elect a Statistical Secretary whose duties shall be to
Sec. 2. The General Vice-Presidents shall in the compile statistics of the world work, reporting the
absence of the President serve as chairmen of the same under the direction of the Executive Commit-
Executive Committee and shall assist the President tee.
in his administrative work.
Sec. 3. The Vice-President for North America Article VIII—Undertreasurer and
shall work under the direction of the General Con-
Assistant Treasurers
ference Committee.
Sec. 4. The Vice-Presidents elected for the divi- An Undertreasurer and Assistant Treasurers shall
sions outside of North America shall act as be elected to share with the Treasurer the work of
chairmen of the division committees operating in his office. They shall perform such duties con-
their respective fields and shall have charge of the nected with the Treasury as may be assigned to
work in those fields under the direction of the divi- them by the Treasurer or by the Executive Commit-
sion committees and shall be designated within tee. They may be authorized by the Executive Com-
their respective division territories as presidents of mittee to sign checks under the instruction of the
the divisions over which they preside. Treasurer.
Article IV—Associate and General Article IX—Division Treasurers
Field Secretaries Sec. 1. A Treasurer shall be elected for each divi-
Sec. 1. The term "associate secretary" shall be sion outside of North America to be designated
"division treasurer."
used to designate the secretaries elected to be as-
Sec. 2. It shall be the duty of the Division Trea-
sociated with the Secretary of the General Confer-
ence, or such secretary or secretaries as may be surers to receive and disburse the funds of the
elected to associate with the Secretary of any De- General Conference made available for their terri-
partment, Bureau, or Association, in carrying the tory, under the direction of the division committee,
responsibilities of his office. and to perform such other duties as usually pertain
to such office.
Sec. 2. Associate Secretaries shall be elected to
share the work of the General Conference Secre- Sec. 3. The Division Committee may appoint such
tary. Associate Secretaries shall also be elected as assistant treasurers and assistant auditors as may be
required to carry on the work.
may be deemed necessary to assist the Secretaries
of Departments, Bureaus, or Associations, in the
conduct of their work. Article X—Executive Committee
Sec. 3. The term "general field secretary" shall be Sec. 1. (a) During the intervals between the ses-
used to designate general field workers elected, in sions of the General Conference, the Executive
addition to the officers, to serve in carrying the Committee shall have full administrative power,
field responsibilities of the General Conference. with authority to grant credentials and licenses, and
Sec. 4. The General Field Secretaries shall work to fill for the current term any vacancies that may
under the direction of the General Conference occur in its offices, boards, committees, or agents
Committee and be assigned either to field service by death, resignation, or otherwise. The Executive
or to special projects or responsibilities as may be Committee shall also have power to withdraw cre-
determined by the General Conference Committee. dentials or licenses by a two-thirds vote of the
Sec. S. Such Division Field Secretaries shall be members present and voting at any regular com-
elected as may be deemed necessary to labor in the mittee meeting.
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(b) The Executive Committee shall have power to pertaining to the administration of affairs in the di-
effect the retirement before the expiration of the vision fields, shall be considered final, provided
term for which they have been elected, of persons they are in harmony with the plans and policy of
elected under Article V, Sec. 1 (a), of the Constitu- the General Conference as set forth in the Consti-
tion who may develop a health condition which tution and Bylaws, and with its Executive Com-
prevents them from properly discharging their mittee actions at regular Autumn Councils.
duties. Sec. 4. Five members of a division committee, in-
(c) The Executive Committee shall have authority cluding the chairman, shall constitute a quorum for
to remove from office by a two-thirds vote of the the transaction of business. When the chairman is
members present and voting at any regular com- to be absent from headquarters, he or the com-
mittee meeting, any person elected under Article V, mittee may designate an acting chairman. Minority
Sec. 1 (a), of the Constitution who because of apos- meetings of fewer than five members of the divi-
tasy or misconduct disqualifies himself from oc- sion committee may be held for the transactions of
cupying the office. necessary routine business, but actions taken at
Sec. 2. (a) A meeting of the Executive Committee, such meetings shall not be final until the minutes of
known as the Autumn Council, shall be held annu- such meetings have been approved in a meeting
ally for the purpose of considering budgets from with a quorum present.
the fields and making appropriations, and for the
transaction of other business and the adoption of
such policies as may be necessary in the operation Article X11—Corporation Boards
of the world-wide work. At each regular session of the General Confer-
(b) A meeting of the Executive Committee, ence the requisite boards of trustees, according to
known as the Spring Meeting, shall be held annu- their respective Constitutions and Bylaws, shall be
ally for the purpose of receiving the audited finan- elected for each legal corporation serving and
cial reports of the General Conference, and for holding properties and receiving gifts and legacies
transacting regular Executive Committee business for the General Conference unincorporated. The
as provided in the General Conference Working trustees of the General Conference Corporation
Policy relating to Spring Meetings. shall also constitute the Board of Trustees of the
Sec. 3. A majority of the full membership of the General Conference Association.
Executive Committee, including the President or a
General Vice-President, is empowered to transact
denominational business of any nature at any time Article XIII—Departments
and place. Sec. 1. The Departmental Secretaries and Associ-
Sec. 4. Any fifteen members of the Executive ate Departmental Secretaries elected by the Gen-
Committee, including an officer of the General eral Conference shall work under the direction of
Conference, shall, after due notice to available the Executive Committee of the General Confer-
members, constitute a quorum of the Executive ence, or in the case of departmental secretaries in
Committee and shall be empowered to transact divisions, under the direction of the division com-
such executive business as is in harmony with the mittee, and shall occupy an advisory relation to the
general plans outlined by the Committee at the field.
designated place of meeting of the Executive Com- Sec. 2. The Executive Committee shall appoint a
mittee as hereinafter provided. representative departmental committee of counsel
Sec. 5. All meetings of the Executive Committee, for each department. Such committee shall in each
except majority meetings, shall be held at the Gen- case be composed of the secretaries of the depart-
eral Conference headquarters, or at such other ment, the secretaries of departmental work in the
place as may be definitely arranged by a majority divisions, and such other persons as the Executive
meeting of the Executive Committee, or by the Committee may deem necessary.
quorum of at least seven members meeting in reg-
ular session at General headquarters.
Sec. 6. Meetings of the Executive Committee may Article XIV—Auditors and Audits
be called at any time by the ranking officer of the Sec. 1. The Executive Committee shall have the
Conference who may be present at headquarters, accounts of the General Conference and of its legal
and such officer, or any member of the Committee corporations audited at least once each calendar
appointed by him, shall act as chairman of the year, and the Auditor or one of the associate audi-
meeting. tors shall report upon the same to the Executive
Sec. 7. Minority meetings of less than seven Committee annually. The Auditor or an associate
members of the Executive Committee may be held auditor, as may be arranged, shall report also, for
at the General administrative office for the transac- the quadrennial period, to the General Conference
tion of necessary routine business, but actions at its regular sessions. The General Conference Au-
taken at such meetings shall not be final until the ditor and the associate auditors shall also be made
minutes of such meetings have been approved in a available for auditing the accounts of union confer-
regular session of the Executive Committee. ences and general institutions as well as division
accounts. The auditors shall be under the general
direction of the Executive Committee.
Article XI—Division Committees Sec. 2. The division auditor or auditors shall audit
Sec. 1. In each division outside of North America, the books of such organizations or institutions
a division committee shall be constituted as her- within their territories as the division committees
einafter provided, for the transaction of business shall direct.
pertaining to the division.
Sec. 2. The members of a division committee
shall be the President, the Secretary, and the Trea- Article XV—Wages and Expenses
surer of the division, the Presidents of union con- Sec. 1. The Executive Committee shall appoint
ferences, the Presidents of union missions, the Di- annually eight persons not in its employ who, with
vision Field Secretaries, the Division Departmental the officers of the General Conference and not less
Secretaries, the Secretary of the Ministerial Associ- than seven presidents of union conferences, shall
ation, and any other members of the General Con- constitute a committee to audit the expense ac-
ference Committee present. Other members may counts of employees and to fix their wages for the
also be appointed by the division committee. succeeding year.
Sec. 3. The actions taken by division committees Sec. 2. The Executive Committee shall have