The Adventist Education Department in North New South Wales just issued a letter stating that all employees must be double vaccinated by November 8, 2021.
They further state that vaccine mandates are in theological harmony with the General Conference of the Seventh-day Adventists, and do not transgress biblical or religious freedoms. In the letter, they quote the vaccination statement that was voted by ADCOM in 2015.
“The Seventh-day Adventist Church places strong emphasis on health and well-being. The Adventist health emphasis is based on biblical revelation, the inspired writing of E.G. White (co-founder of the Church), and on peer-reviewed scientific literature. As such, we encourage responsible immunization/vaccination, and have no religious or faithbased reason not to encourage our adherents to responsibly participate in protective and preventive immunization programs. We value the health and safety of the population, which includes the maintenance of “herd immunity".
We are not the conscience of the individual church member and recognize individual choices. These are exercised by the individual. The choice not to be immunized is not and should not be seen as the dogma nor the doctrine of the Seventh-day Adventist Church”.
Seventh-day Adventist Schools (North New South Wales) Ltd employs over 800 full and part time staff in support of the provision of Early Childhood to HSC educational services, across 12 sites in NSW; educating over 4,000 students from Gosford in the south to the Tweed River in the north.
This is most disturbing.
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