On August 1, 2017, Fulcrum7 launched a Survey on Church Accountability. The survey lasted 40-days, and was open to members of the Seventh-day Adventist Church.

Participants could choose between two answers:

Defiant Conferences & Unions should be disciplined
I do not believe these entities should be disciplined

Results:

Defiant Conferences & Unions should be disciplined 95.1%
I do not believe these entities should be disciplined 4.9%

Observations:

Sample size was 500 adults participating. All votes are confidential.
I participated in the Survey; David Read did not (he was probably concerned about jeopardizing his future ability to work for the NAD). None of my family members or church members participated.
Judging from the geographic diversity of the responders, this Survey had widespread circulation.
As Fulcrum7 is conservative site, the results probably reflect a more conservative audience---no way to know for certain though.
There were many names that we didn't recognize.
People voting twice had their superfluous vote deleted (there were only a handful).
The second vote in the Survey was from Australia, the second-to-last vote was also from Australia.
Due to the overwhelming support for discipline & accountability of several defiant Unions & Conferences, it strikes me that a failure to do so would undercut accountability in the local churches, possibly leading to a climate of ecclesiastical anarchy. This would ultimately damage these Conferences and Unions' ability to lead in their own areas---thus discipline would work for their own good.

To each of you who participated in the survey, thank you. Each of your votes were carefully counted, and are appreciated. Have a great week!

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