It is difficult today to identify this religious body as the movement it was centuries ago. We should ask ourselves, Are we grounded in the Scriptures? Are we ready, individually, to hold on to truth? Or, are we ourselves at risk to be swept away in the engulfing cultural tsunami?
Read morePastor Larry Kirkpatrick: Potomac Ordains Female LGBTQ Advocate
Although Seventh-day Adventists have agreed according to the Bible and church order in multiple General Conference Sessions not to ordain women to the gospel ministry, the Potomac Conference just ordained Joanne Cortes to the gospel ministry.
Read moreThe Ability of Conferences To Bully Churches Just Took a Hit at Annual Council
This image was chosen to illustrate the necessary excavation that is sometimes performed on Church policies and procedures.
We are grateful for the positive changes happening at this meeting, and for faithful SDA members who work on the front lines and behind the scenes to advance the Lord’s cause.
Read moreMonday at Annual Council
Ted Wilson made an announcement during the morning session about how the GC is developing new areas of emphasis to uphold our fundamental beliefs: Bible conferences, New Media platforms, and Seminary control (big positive)
Read moreSunday at Annual Council
Over the last 20 years we have lost 42% of our members, not to death but to leaving the church. Last year we regained 60,000 worldwide.
Read moreDoug Batchelor Preaches at Southern Asian Adventist Church in Potomac Conference
Fulcrum7 spoke to a member of the SASDAC this afternoon. He said the sermon went great, and was well attended.
Read moreAgenda For Annual Council Just Released
Changes to B90 policy regarding dissolution of Unions. Now they can be dissolved in Spring Meeting and Fall meetings. This serves as a warning to wayward unions that they could have only six months to get their house in order, or they will be dissolved.
Read moreResisting Church Authority Abuse 6: Guest Speakers Manual Change & Call for Revisitation
A change of substantial and destructive import was introduced into the latest edition of the Church Manual. This change seems to grant conferences veto power over which guest speakers local churches might be able to invite.
Read moreThat Bisexual German Pastor? He Just Welcomed a Gay Married Couple in His Church
He is gayer than ever. This past Sabbath, his church (Grindelberg SDA) celebrated a recently-married gay couple in their midst, just before a sermon by the self-pronounced bisexual pastor.
Read moreGeneral Conference Denounces Church Meetings That Promote The LGBTQ+ Agenda
For some in their local settings, there have even been deliberate efforts to advance the cause of alternative human sexuality lifestyles without regard for the authority of God’s Word and the counsels provided in Spirit of Prophecy.
Read moreWhat About These 'Official Statements' of The Church? (Part one)
This unsolicited two-part series on the history of church statements is interesting, and we invite you to consider its implications as we seek to be the Remnant of God and a representative working body of our Advent Message.
Read moreHow a GC Session Works: The Nominating Committee
Once all 268 members are selected, the nominating committee will be directed to a private room where it will select its own officers, beginning with a chairman.
Read moreCensorship and The GC Session Agenda
The conference may legally own facilities, but spiritually, it stewards them on behalf of God’s people. For noteworthy speakers, internet popularity and the ability to rent other facilities provide a workaround.
Read moreAn Open Letter To The GC Session Nominating Committee And Delegates
The one-legged gospel has contributed greatly to the shocking progress of the LGBTQ+ agenda within our North American church. It’s not hard to figure out the connection.
Read moreIs The GC PARL Director Seeking Solidarity or Ecumenism?
I have assembled this two-year timeline regarding Ecumenical/Solidarity events that are occurring in front of our eyes. I am asking you, my church community, please do not wait on our GC leaders to rectify this. Please do something.
Read more'An Appeal To Adventist Nobility', A Paradigm Shifting Sermon by Conrad Vine
We have been effectively abandoned by our religious liberty hierarchy who simply don’t want to deal with the social pushback of standing up for Adventists who have religious objections.
Read moreA Rebuttal to the General Conference’s Pro-Vaccine Propaganda
The official SDA Church seems determined to be on the wrong side of the Covid-19/mandatory vaccination issue. On October 25th, the church issued another statement on Covid and the vaccines entitled, “Re-Affirming the SDA Church’s Response to Covid-19.”
Read moreWomen’s Ordination, the San Antonio Compromise, and the Adventist Slide into the LGBTQ Morass (Part 3)
The problem with the social justice platform of the progressive wing of Adventism is that it is more beholden to the philosophies and ideologies of contemporary society than it is to the authority of Scripture.
Read moreWomen’s Ordination, the San Antonio Compromise (Part 2)
Given the theological equivalence of pastors and elders, why did our world church administrators neglect to deal with the question of whether or not, on the basis of Scripture, women may be ordained as elders?
Read moreThere's Something Really Fishy Going On With Conferences & Unions in The NAD
But there are those, who are unconverted and use members and church structure as a political playing field for power, office or prestige. The church exists for spiritual purposes, not political ones! And ministers are to be spiritual leaders, not politicians, position seekers, or timeservers!
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