NAD news site
Southwestern Union of Seventh-day Adventists Facebook Page:
“Approximately 200 Seventh-day Adventist administrators gathered in Chicago Sept. 30–Oct. 1 to examine how tithe sharing, Church structure, and shared resources can better support local ministry. Worship, prayer, and discussions emphasized keeping mission at the center of financial and organizational decisions.
Leaders explored additional financial support for conferences, clearer responsibilities, and less duplication across Church organizations. Proposed next steps include studying organizational efficiency and restructuring and beginning the process for changing tithe reversion policies. No policy changes or final financial recommendations were approved at the gathering. Proposals will move through the Church’s established governance processes, with longer-term studies extending into 2028.
NAD President G. Alexander Bryant emphasizes that lasting progress will also require church growth, discipleship and lay involvement: “If there’s going to be significant change, it’s going to require everybody in.”
Bryant said that the longer-term process is expected to include outside consultation, representative committees, reports to administrators in summer 2027, a framework for streamlining organizational roles and functions later that year, and a proposed restructuring framework in summer 2028.
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