Seventh-day Adventist Yearbook for 1967

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YEARBOOK
A DIRECTORY OF
The General Conference, World Divisions,
Union and Local Conferences and Missions,
Educational Institutions, Hospitals and Sanitariums,
Publishing Houses, Periodicals, and Denominational Workers.
Edited and Compiled by the Office of
Jesse 0. Gibson, Statistical Secretary
General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists
6840 Eastern Avenue, NW.
Washington, D.C. 20012
1967
REVIEW AND HERALD PUBLISHING ASSOCIATION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20012
PRINTED IN U.S.A.
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) 12
Divisions:
North American (cid:9) 25
Australasian (cid:9) 85
Central European (cid:9) 107
China (cid:9) 115
Far Eastern (cid:9) 117
Inter-American (cid:9) 147
Middle East (cid:9) 169
Northern European (cid:9) 175
South American (cid:9) 193
Southern Asia (cid:9) 217
Southern European (cid:9) 229
Trans-Africa Division (cid:9) 251
Union of Socialist Soviet Republics (cid:9) 271
Institutions:
Educational (cid:9) 273
Food Companies (cid:9) 349
Medical (cid:9) 355
Dispensaries and Clinics (cid:9) 383
Old Peoples' Homes and Orphanages (cid:9) 387
Publishing Houses (cid:9) 388
Periodicals Issued (cid:9) 399
Necrology (cid:9) 411
Advertisers (cid:9) 414
Index of Institutional Workers (cid:9) 423
Directory of Workers (cid:9) 517
Special Days and Offerings for 1967-1968 (cid:9) 708
Calendars 1966 to 1969 (cid:9) 710
General Index (cid:9) 713
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Preface
A directory of the conferences, mission Africa. South America was entered the same
fields and institutions connected with the year, and Japan in 1896.
Seventh-day Adventist denomination is given Although publishing and the distribution
in the following pages. Administrative and of literature had been a major factor in the
workers' lists have been furnished by the or- development of the Advent cause from its
ganizations concerned. In cases where cur- beginning, the first regular publishing house
rent reports were not received, previous was incorporated in 1861 at Battle Creek,
official and personnel rolls have been re- Michigan, under the name of the Seventh-day
tained or adjusted to the best information Adventist Publishing Association. The Ad-
available. Below appears data summarized vent Review and Sabbath Herald was first
largely from the 1965 Statistical Report, the published in 1850 at Paris, Maine; the
one last issued at this date. Youth's Instructor at Rochester, New York,
The number of churches and the church in 1852; and the Signs of the Times at Oak-
membership in each of the conferences in land, California, in 1874. In 1866 the Health
North America, as well as those outside of Reform Institute, later the Battle Creek Sani-
North America, are the figures published in tarium, was established. The first denomina-
the latest available Annual Statistical Re- tional school was opened in 1872. Tract and
port. Populations of conferences in North missionary society work was organized on a
America are based on latest figures available; state-wide basis in 1870, and state Sabbath
and population figures for other fields have school association in 1877. The name, "Sev-
been furnished largely from the Divisions enth-day Adventist," was chosen in 1860,
covering their particular areas. and in 1903 the denominational headquarters
Following the classification order of work- offices were moved from Battle Creek, Mich-
ers in the General Conference Working igan, to Washington, D.C.
Policy, those persons who carry Missionary From 1901 to the close of 1965, 10,485 mis-
Credentials are placed immediately following sionaries were sent out for service in all
the Ordained-Minister groups in the confer- larger countries of the world and in many
ence and mission sections of the Yearbook. islands of the sea. At the close of this period,
The Directory of Workers lists the names Seventh-day Adventists report 1,066 languages
and addresses of ordained and licensed min- and dialects in which the gospel message is
isters and workers holding Missionary Cre- being or has been proclaimed.
dentials, and other credentials and licenses
authorized by General Conference Policy. The membership of the 14,651 Seventh-
The Seventy-day Adventist denomination day Adventist churches throughout the
was organized May 21, 1863, with a con- world was 1,578,504 at the close of 1965.
stituency of 125 churches, and 3,500 mem- There were 86 union conferences and mis-
bers. The work was largely confined to North sions, 375 local conferences and organized
America until the year 1874, when the first mission fields, and 973 institutions. Evangelis-
missionary, Elder J. N. Andrews, was sent tic and institutional workers numbered
to Switzerland. Gradually other countries 62,224; of this number 24,887 were in North
were entered. In 1886 a minister went to America and 37,337 in other countries.
Russia, the first non-Protestant country in Tithes and offerings contributed in 1965
which this work was started. The schooner by Seventh-day Adventists reached the high-
"Pitcairn" was launched in San Francisco est total ever raised by the denomination in
Bay on July 28, 1890, and was soon pre- any one year. This total was $142,894,421.30,
pared to carry groups of missionaries to var- or a per capita contribution of $94.75 for the
ious Pacific islands. In 1894 Seventh-day Ad- world membership. In North America alone
ventist workers first entered a heathen land, the per capita giving in tithes and offerings
opening a mission in Matabeleland, South was $309.72.
FUNDAMENTAL BELIEFS OF SEVENTH-DAY
ADVENTISTS
Seventh-day Adventists hold certain fun- His indwelling life. Thus the gospel becomes
damental beliefs, the principal features of "the power of God unto salvation to every-
which, together with a portion of the scrip- one that believeth." Rom. 1:16. This experi-
tural references upon which they are based, ence is wrought by the divine agency of the
may be summarized as follows: Holy Spirit, who convinces of sin and leads
1. That the Holy Scriptures of the Old and to the Sin-Bearer, inducting the believer into
New Testaments were given by inspiration the new covenant relationship, where the law
of God, contain an all-sufficient revelation of of God is written on his heart, and through
His will to men, and are the only unerring the enabling power of the indwelling Christ,
rule of faith and practice. 2 Tim. 3:15-17. his life is brought into conformity to the
2. That the Godhead, or Trinity, consists divine precepts. The honor and merit of this
of the Eternal Father, a personal, spiritual wonderful transformation belong wholly to
Being, omnipotent, omnipresent, omniscient, Christ. 1 John 2:1, 2; 3:4; Rom. 3:20; 5:8-10;
infinite in wisdom and love; the Lord Jesus 7:7; Eph. 2:8-10; 3:17; Gal. 2:20; Heb. 8:8-12.
Christ, the Son of the Eternal Father, 9. That God "only hath immortality." 1
through whom all things were created and Tim. 6:15. Mortal man possesses a nature in-
through whom the salvation of the redeemed herently sinful and dying. Eternal life is the
hosts will be accomplished; the Holy Spirit, gift of God through faith in Christ. Rom.
the third person of the Godhead, the great 6:23. "He that hath the Son hath life."
regenerating power in the work of redemp- 1 John 5:12. Immortality is bestowed upon
tion. Matt. 28:19. the righteous at the second coming of Christ,
3. That Jesus Christ is very God, being of when the righteous dead are raised from the
the same nature and essence as the Eternal grave and the living righteous translated to
Father. While retaining His divine nature meet the Lord. Then it is that those ac-
He took upon Himself the nature of the hu- counted faithful "put on immortality." 1 Cor.
man family, lived on the earth as a man, 15:51-55.
exemplified in His life as our Example the 10. That the condition of man in death is
principles of righteousness, attested His re- one of unconsciousness. That all men, good
lationship to God by many mighty miracles, and evil alike, remain in the grave from
died for our sins on the cross, was raised death to the resurrection. Eccl. 9:5, 6; Ps.
from the dead, and ascended to the Father, 146:3, 4; John 5:28, 29.
where he ever lives to make intercession 11. That there shall be a resurrection both
for us. John 1:1, 14; Heb. 2:9-18; 8:1, 2; of the just and of the unjust. The resurrec-
4:14-16; 7:25. tion of the just will take place at the second
4. That ever person in order to obtain coming of Christ; the resurrection of the un-
salvation must experience the new birth; that just will take place a thousand years later,
this comprises an entire transformation of at the close of the millennium. John 5:28, 29;
life and character by the recreative power of 1 Thess. 4:13-18; Rev. 20:5-10.
God through faith in the Lord Jesus Christ. 12. That the finally impenitent, including
John 3:16; Matt. 18:3; Acts 2:37-39. Satan, the author of sin, will, by the fires of
5. That baptism is an ordinance of the the last day, be reduced to a state of non-
Christian church and should follow repent- existence, becoming as though they had not
ance and forgiveness of sins. By its observ- been, thus purging God's universe of sin and
ance faith is shown in the death, burial, and sinners. Rom. 6:23; Mal. 4:1-3; Rev. 20:9, 10;
resurrection of Christ. That the proper form Obadiah 16.
of baptism is by immersion. Rom. 6:1-6; Acts 13. That no prophetic period is given in
16:30-33. the Bible to readh the Second Advent, but
6. That the will of God as it relates to that the longest one, the 2300 days of Daniel
moral conduct Is comprehended in His law 8:14, terminated in 1844, and brought us to
of ten commandments; that these are great an event called the cleansing of the sanc-
moral, unchangeable precepts, binding upon tuary.
all men, in every age. Ex. 20:1-17. 14. That the true sanctuary, of which the
7. That the fourth commandment of this tabernacle on earth was a type, is the temple
unchangeable law requires the observance of of God in heaven, of which Paul speaks in
the seventh-day Sabbath. This holy insitu- Hebrews 8 and onward, and of which the
tion is at the same time a memorial of crea- Lord Jesus, as our great high priest, is min-
tion and a sign of sanctification, a sign of ister; and that the priestly work of our Lord
the believer's rest from his own works of is the antitype of the work of the Jewish
sin, and his entrance into the rest of soul priests of the former dispensation; that this
which Jesus promises to those who come to heavenly sanctuary is the one to be cleansed
Him. Gen. 2:1-3; Ex. 20:8-11; 31:12-17; Heb. at the end of the 2300 days of Daniel 8:14;
4:1-10. its cleansing being, as in the type, a work
8. That the law of ten commandments of judgment, beginning with the entrance of
points out sin, the penalty of which is death. Christ as the high priest upon the judgment
The law cannot save the transgressor from phase of His ministry in the heavenly sanc-
his sin, nor impart power to keep him from tuary foreshadowed in the earthly service of
sinning. In infinite love and mercy, God cleansing the sanctuary on the day of atone-
provides a way whereby this may be done. ment. This work of judgment in the heavenly
He furnishes a. substitute, even Christ the sanctuary began in 1844. Its completion will
Righteous One, to die in man's stead, mak- close human probation.
ing "Him to be sin for us, who knew no 15. That God, in the time of the judgment
sin; that we might be made the righteous- and in accordance with His uniform dealing
ness of God in Him." 2 Cor. 5:21. That one with the human family in warning them of
is justified, not by obedience to the law, but coming events vitally affecting their destiny
by the grace that is in Christ Jesus. By (Amos 3:6, 7), sends forth a proclamation of
accepting Christ, man is reconciled to God, the approach of the second advent of Christ;
justified by His blood for the sins of the that this work is symbolized by the three
past, and saved from the power of sin by angels of Revelation 14; and that their three-
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fold message brings to view a work of reform visible. Many important events will be asso-
to prepare a people to meet Him at His ciated with His return, such as the resur-
coming. rection of the dead, the destruction of the
16. That the time of the cleansing of the wicked, the purification of the earth, the
sanctuary, synchronizing with the period of reward of the righteous, the establishment
the proclamation of the message of Revela- of His everlasting kingdom. The almost com-
tion 14, is a time of investigative judment, plete fulfillment of various lines of prophecy,
first with reference to the dead, and second particularly those found in the books of
with reference to the living. This investiga- Daniel and the Revelation, with existing
tive judgment determines who of the my- conditions in the physical, social, industrial,
riads sleeping in the dust of the earth are political, and religious world, indicates that
worthy of a part in the first resurrection, Christ's coming "is near, even at the doors."
and who of its living multitudes are worthy Matt. 24:33. The exact time of that event has
of translation. 1 Peter 4:17, 18; Dan. 7:9, 10; not been foretold. Believers are exhorted to
Rev. 14:6, 7; Luke 20:35. be ready, for "in such an hour as ye think
17. That the followers of Christ should he not the Son of man" (Matt. 24:44) will be
a godly people, not adopting the unholy revealed. Luke 17:26-30; 21:25-27; John 14:
maxims nor conforming to the unrighteous 1-3; Acts 1:9-11; Rev. 1:7; Heb. 9:28; James
ways of the world, not loving its sinful 5:1-8; Joel 3:9-16; 2 Tim. 3:1-5; Dan. 7:27;
pleasures nor countenancing its follies. That Matt. 24:36, 44.
believers should recognize their bodies as the 21. That the millennial reign of Christ
temple of the Holy Spirit, and that therefore covers the period between the first and the
they should clothe that body in neat, modest, second resurrections, during which time the
dignified apparel. Further, that in eating saints of all ages will live with their blessed
and drinking and in their entire course of Redeemer in heaven. At the end of the
conduct they should shape their lives as be- millennium, the Holy City with all the
cometh followers of the meek and lowly saints will descend to the earth. The wicked,
Master. Thus the followers of Christ will be raised in the second resurrection, will go up
led to abstain from all intoxicating drinks, on the breadth of the earth with Satan at
tobacco, and other narcotics, and to avoid their head to compass the camp of the saints.
every body- and soul-defiling habit and prac- when fire will come down from God out
tice. 1 Cor. 3:16, 17; 9:25; 10:31; 1 Tim. 2:9, heaven and devour them. In the conflagra-
10; 1 John 2:6. tion which destroys Satan and his host, the
18. That the divine principle of tithes and earth itself will be regenerated and cleansed
offerings for the support of the gospel is an from the effects of the curse. Thus the uni-
acknowledgement of God's ownership in our verse of God will be purified from the foul
lives, and that we are stewards who must blot of sin. Rev. 20; Zech. 14:1-4; 2 Peter
render account to Him of all that He has 3:7-10.
committed to our possession. Lev. 27:30; Mal. 22. That God will make all things new.
3:8-12; Matt. 23:23; 1 Cor. 9:9-14; 2 Cor. 9:6-15. The earth, restored to its pristine beauty,
will become forever the abode of the saints
19. That God has placed in His church of the Lord. The promise to Abraham, that
the gifts of the Holy Spirit, as enumerated through Christ he and his seed should pos-
in 1 Corinthians 12 and Ephesians 4. That sess the earth throughout the endless ages
these gifts operate in harmony with the of eternity, will be fulfilled. "The kingdom
divine principles of the Bible, and are given and dominion, and the greatness of the f,ing-
for the perfecting of the saints, the work of fern under the whole heaven, will be given
the ministry, the edifying of the body of to the people of the saints of the Most High,
Christ. Rev. 12:17; 19:10; 1 Cor. 1:5-7. That whose kingdom is an everlasting kingdom,
the gift of the Spirit of Prophecy is one of and all dominions shall serve and obey Him."
the identifying marks of the remnant church. Dan. 7:27. Christ, the Lord, will reign sup-
1 Cor. 1:5, 7; 12:1. 28; Rev. 12:17; 19:10; reme, and every creature which is in heaven
Amos 3:7; Hosea 12:10, 13. They recognize and on the earth and under the earth, and
that this gift was manifested in the life and such as are in the sea will ascribe "blessing.
ministry of Ellen G. White. and honour, and glory, and power." unto
20. That the second coming of Christ "Him that sitteth upon the throne, and unto
the great hope of the church, the grand the Lamb for ever and ever." Gen. 13:14-17;
climax of the gospel and plan of salvation. Rom. 4:13; Heb. 11:8-16; Matt. 5:5; Isa. 35:
His coming will be literal, personal, and 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 Fiftieth Session held in properly organized and accepted by vote of
Detroit, Michigan, June 16-25, 1966.) the General Conference in session, shall be
entitled to one delegate without regard to
Article I—Name number, and an additional delegate for each
This organization shall be known as Gen- 2,000, or major fraction thereof, of the mem-
eral Conference of Seventh-day Adventists. bership of the local conference or mission.
(c) Calculation for delegate allotments
Article II—Object shall be based upon the membership as of
The object of this Conference is to teach December 31, of the year preceding the ses-
all nations the everlasting gospel of our Lord sion.
and Saviour Jesus Christ and the command- Sec. 6. Credentials to sessions shall be
ments of God. issued by the General Conference to those
appointed as provided for in harmony with
Article III—Membership the provisions of this article.
Sec. 1. The membership of this Conference
shall consist of: Article IV—Officers and Their Ditties
(a) Such union conferences and union mis- Sec. 1. The officers of this Conference shall
sions either in organized division sections or be a President, Vice-Presidents, a Secretary,
without divisional affiliation as have been or Associate Secretaries a Treasurer, an Under-
shall be properly organized and accepted by treasurer, and Assistant Treasurers, who
vote of the General Conference in session. shall be elected by the Conference.
(b) Such local conferences and properly Sec. 2. President: The President shall pre-
organized local missions not included in any side at the sessions of the Conference, act
division, union conference or union mission as chairman of the Executive Committee,
or such local conferences or local missions and labor in the general interests of the Con-
directly attached to divisions as have been ference, as the Executive Committee may
or shall be properly organized and accepted advise.
by vote of the Gneral Conference in session.
Sec. 3. Vice-Presidents: Each Vice-Presi-
Sec. 2. The voters of this Conference shall dent shall at the time of his election be
be designated as follows: assigned to serve as a general administra-
(a) Delegates at large. tive assistant to the President or to preside
(b) Regular delegates. over a division field.
Sec. 3. Delegates at large shall be: Sec. 4. Secretary and Associate Secretaries:
(a) All members of the General Conference It shall be the duty of the Secretary and the
Executive Committee. Associate Secretaries to keep the minutes of
(b) Such representatives of missions of the .proceedings of the General Conference
the General Conference and of general in- sessions and of the General Conference Com-
stitutions and departments of work, and mittee meetings, to maintain correspondence
such general laborers and field secretaries as with the fields, and to perform such other
shall receive delegate's credentials from the duties as usually pertain to such office.
Executive Committee of the General Con- Sec. 5. Treasurer, Undertreasurer, and As-
ference, such credentials to be ratified by sistant Treasurers: It shall be the duty of
the General Conference in session. The num- the Treasurer to receive all funds of the
ber of these delegates thus seated shall not General Conference, and disburse them in
exceed 25 per cent of the total number of harmony with the actions of the Executive
delegates in attendance otherwise provided Committee of the General Conference, and
for. to render such financial statements at reg-
Sec. 4. Regular delegates shall be ap ular intervals as may be desired by the Con-
pointed in the following manner: ference or by the Executive Committee. The
(a) Delegates representing union confer- Undertreasurer and Assistant Treasurers
ences shall be appointed by the respective shall assist the Treasurer in his work.
unions.
(b) Delegates representing union mis- Article V—Election
sions, and local conferences and missions Sec. 1. The following shall be elected at
attached to the division but not to any union, each regular session of the Conference:
shall be appointed by the division committee (a) A President, Vice-Presidents. a Sec-
in consultation with the organization con- retary, Associate Secretaries, Division Sec-
cerned. retaries, a Treasurer, an Undertreasurer, As-
(c) Delegates representing union mis- sistant Treasurers, Division Treasurers, Gen-
sions, local conferences, and local missions eral Field Secretaries, Division Field Secre-
without division affiliation shall be appointed taries, a Secretary and Associate Secretaries
by the General Conference Committee in con- of the Ministerial Association, an Auditor and
sultation with the organization concerned. Associate Auditors, Division Aduitors, Statis-
Sec. 5 Regular delegates shall be appointed tical Secretary, Church Development Service
and accredited on the following basis: Secretary and Associate Secretary, a Secre-
(a) Each union conference and each un- tary and Associate Secretaries of the Bureau
ion mission shall be entitled to one delegate of Public Relations, a Secretary and Associate
in addition to its president, without regard Secretaries of each duly organized General
to number, an additional delegate for each Conference Department; namely, Publishing,
local conference and each regularly organized Medical, Education, Sabbath School, Public
mission in its territory without regard to Affairs and Religious Liberty, Young People's
number, and an additional delegate for each Missionary Volunteer, Lay Activities, North
2,000, or major fraction thereof, of the mem- American Regional, Radio and Television,
bership of the union conference or mission. Temperance; Division Departmental Secretar-
(b) Each local conference or local mission ies (including the Health Food Departmental
directly attached to divisions or to the Gen- Secretary of the Australasian Division), Di-
eral Conference, as have been or shall be vision Secretaries of the Bureau of Public
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Relations, and Division Ministerial Associa- Article XI—Amendments
tion Secretaries. This Constitution or its Bylaws may be
(b) Other persons, not to exceed 35 in amended by a two-thirds vote of the voters
number, to serve as members of the Execu- present and voting at any session: provided
tive Committee. that, if it is proposed to amend the Constitu-
Article VI—Executive Committee tion at a special session, notice of such pur-
pose shall be given in the call for such special
Sec. 1, The Executive Committee shall session.
consist of:
(a) Those elected as provided by Article V. BYLAWS
(b) Presidents of union conferences, pres-
idents of union missions, ex-Presidents of Article I—Division Sections
the General Conference holding credentials
tfwroom u nthivise rCsiotinefse, rthene ceed,i ttohre o pfr tehsei dReenvtise owf atnhde duScte cit.s Iw. Torhled -Gweidnee rwalo rCko innf edrievniscieo ns hsaelclt icoonns-,
Herald, the general manager of the Review each section to operate within a specified
and Herald Publishing Association, the gen- territory in harmony with the policy of the
eral manager of the Pacific Press Publishing General Conference.
Association, the general manager of the Sec. 2. Union Conference and union mis-
Southern Publishing Association, the presi- sion field organizations, together with all
dent of the Home Study Institute, and the other organizations and institutions within
manager of the General Conference Insurance the territory, shall be responsible to the re-
Service. spective division committees, or in the case
of fields without divisional affiliation to the
Article VII—Term of Office General Conference Committee.
All officers of the Conference and those Sec. 3. The division sections shall be known
members of the Executive Committee pro- as: Australasian Division, Central European
vided for by Article VI, Sec. 1 (a), shall hold Division, China Division, Far Eastern Divi-
office from the time of election until the next sion, Inter-American Division, Middle East
ensuing regular session or until their suc- Division, North American Division, Northern
cessors are elected and appear to enter upon European Division, South American Division,
their duties. Southern Asia Division, Southern European
Division, Trans-Africa Division, Federation
Article VIII—Incorporations and Agents of Seventh-day Adventists in the Union of So-
Sec. 1. Such incorporations may be au- cialist Soviet Republics. The boundaries of
thorized by the General Conference in ses- these division sections shall be subject to ad-
sion, or by the General Conference Executive justment only at the General Conference Ses-
Committee, as the development of the work sions, or at Autumn Council sessions, pro-
may require. vided no divisional territorial lines shall be
changed when such division is not repre-
Sec. 2. At each regular session of this Con- sented at the Council by one of its executive
ference, the delegates shall elect such trustee officers, or when such division has not given
and corporate bodies connected with the or- consent, except under an emergency such as
ganization as may be provided in the statu- war; in such case the General Conference
tory laws governing each. Committee shall make such provision as is
Sec. 3. The Conference shall employ such necessary for the conduct of the work in the
committees, secretaries, treasurers, auditors, territory concerned.
agents, ministers, missionaries, and other per-
sons, and make such distribution of its la- Article II—Standing Committees
borers, as may be necessary effectively to exe- Sec. 1. At each regular session of this Con-
cute its work. ference, such standing committees as may be
Sec. 4. The Conference shall grant creden- found necessary, including the following, shall
tials or licenses to ministers and missionaries be elected to consider such items of business
except in division fields, in union and local as may be referred to them and to bring in
conferences, and in organized union missions. their reports and recommendations to the
session:
Article IX—Sessions (a) Constitution and Bylaws.
Sec. 1 This Conference shall hold quad- (b) Credentials and Licenses
rennial sessions at such time and place as the (c) Finance
Executive Committee shall designate and an- (d) Nominations
nounced by a notice published in the Review (e) Plans
and Herald in three consecutive Issues at Sec. 2 (a) The membership of the Nomi-
least four months before the date of the open- nating Committee shall consist of one mem-
ing of the session. In case special world con- ber for each 12,000 church members or ma-
ditions seem to make it imperative to post- jor fraction thereof, computed by divisions
pone the calling of the session, the Executive on the basis of the membership at the close
Committee in regular or special Council shall of the preceding year; provided, however,
have authority to make such postponement that no division have less than two members
not to exceed two years, giving notice to all on the Nominating Committee.
constituent organizations. (b) The members of the Nominating Com-
Sec. 2. The Executive Committee may call mittee shall be chosen as follows:
special sessions of the General Conference (1) Each division delegation shall act as a
at such time and place as it deems proper, by a unit in selecting the members to which it is
a like notice as of regular sessions, and the entitled on the basis of church membership.
transactions of such special sessions shall Delegates at large will join the delegations
have the same force as those of the regular from the divisions in which they are or were
sessions. last employed, or now reside.
(2) The election of division representa-
Sec. 3. The election of officers, and the vot- tives on the Nominating Committee shall be
ing on all matters of business shall be by by the method of voting considered by the
viva-voce vote or as designated by the chair- division to be most convenient and efficient,
man, unless otherwise demanded by a major- taking into consideration the size of the dele-
ity of the delegates present. gation and other circumstances.
(c) Each division delegation in selecting
Article X—Bylaws its representatives on the NominatIng Com-
The voters of this Conference may enact mittee shall take into account the following
Bylaws and amend or repeal them at any points:
session thereof: and such Bylaws may em- (1) The division's representation on the
brace any provision not inconsistent with the Nominating Committee should as far as pos-
Constitution. sible represent the various geographical
CONSTITUTION AND BYLAWS(cid:9) 9
areas, organizational segments, and types of Article VI—Assistant and Division
activity of the division. Departmental Secretaries
(2) Those chosen as members of the Nom-
inating Committee must be duly accredited Sec. 1. The term "assistant departmental
delegates in attendance at the General Con- secretary" shall be used to designate such
ference session. persons as are appointed to assist the Depart-
(3) Members of the General Conference mental Secretaries and their Associate Secre-
Committee whose term of service is expiring taries in the departmental work of the gen-
at the session and therefore stand for reelec- eral office.
tion shall not be members of the Nominating Sec. 2. Division Departmental Secretaries
Committee. shall be elected for the respective division
Sec. 3. No delegate shall nominate more fields and shall labor under the direction of
than one person for election to the Nominat- the division committee.
ing Committee. Sec. 3. Division committees shall appoint
(d) The Nominating Committee shall elect such other secretaries as may be needed to
its own chairman and secretary under the serve in special capacities, to labor under the
temporary chairmanship of the President of direction of the division committee.
the General Conference.
Article VII—Statistical Secretary
Article III—Vice-Presidents At each regular session the conference
Sec. 1. Vice-Presidents shall be elected as shall elect a statistical secretary whose du-
follows: up to four Vice-Presidents for gen- ties shall be to compile statistics of the
eral administrative work, and one additional world work, reporting the same under the
Vice-President for each division of the Gen- direction of the Executive Committee.
eral Conference.
Sec. 2. The General Vice-Presidents shall Article VIII—Undertreasurer and
in the absence of the President serve as Assistant Treasurers
chairmen of the Executive Committee and An Undertreasurer and Assistant Treas-
shall assist the President in his administra- urers shall be elected to share with the
tive work. Treasurer the work of his office. They shall
Sec. 3. The Vice-President for North Amer- perform such duties connected with the
ica shall work under the direction of the Treasury Department as may be assigned to
General Conference Committee. them by the Treasurer or by the Executive
Committee. They may be authorized by the
Sec. 4. The Vice-Presidents elected for the Executive Committee to sign checks under
divisions outside of North America shall act the instruction of the Treasurer.
as chairmen of the division committees oper-
ating in their respective fields and shall Article IX—Division Treasurers
have charge of the work in those fields un-
der the direction of the division committees Sec. 1. A Treasurer shall be elected for
and shall be designated within their respec- each division outside of North America, to
tive division territories as presidents of the be designated "division treasurer."
divisions over which they preside. Sec. 2. It shall be the duty of the Division
Treasurers to receive and disburse the funds
Article IV—Associate and General of the General Conference made available
Field Secretaries for their territory, under the direction of the
Sec. 1. The term "associate secretary" division committee, and to perform such
shall be used to designate the secretaries other duties as usually pertain to such office.
elected to be associated with the Secretary Sec. 3. The Division Committee may ap-
of the General Conference, or such secretary point such assistant treasurers and assistant
or secretaries as may be elected to associate auditors as may be required to carry on the
with the Secretary of any Department, Bu- work.
reau, or Association, in carrying the respon-
sibilities of his office. Article X—Executive Committee
Sec. 2. Associate Secretaries shall be Sec. 1. (a) During the intervals between
elected to share the work of the General the sessions of the General Conference, the
Conference Secretary. Associate Secretaries Executive Committee shall have full admin-
shall also be elected as may be deemed nec- istrative power, with authority to grant cre-
essary to assist the Secretaries of Depart- dentials and licenses, and to fill for the cur-
ments, Bureaus, or Associations, in the con- rent term any vacancies that may occur in
duct of their work. its offices, boards, committees, or agents, by
Sec. 3. The term "general field secretary" death, resignation, or otherwise. The Execu-
shall be used to designate general field work- tive Committee shall also have power to
ers elected, in addition to the officers, to withdraw credentials or licenses by a two-
serve in carrying the field responsibilities thirds vote of the members present and vot-
of the General Conference. ing at any regular committee meeting.
(b) The Executive Committee shall have
Sec. 4. The General Field Secretaries shall power to effect the retirement before the
work under the direction of the General expiration of the term for which they have
Conference Committee and be assigned either been elected, of persons elected under Arti-
to field service or to special projects or re- cle V, Sec. 1 a, of the Constitution who may
sponsibilities as may be determined by the develop a health condition which prevents
General Conference Committee. them from properly discharging their duties.
Sec. 5. Such Division Field Secretaries (c) The 'Executive Committee shall have
shall be elected as may be deemed necessary authority to remove from office by a two-
to labor in the divisions under the direction thirds vote of the members present and vot-
of the division committees. ing at any regular committee meeting, any
person elected under Article V, Sec. 1 a, of
Article V—Division Secretaries the Constitution who because of apostasy or
Sec. 1. A Secretary shall be elected for misconduct disqualifies himself from occupy-
each division outside of North. America to ing the office.
be designated "division secretary." Sec. 2. A meeting of the Executive Com-
Sec. 2. The Division Secretaries shall work mittee, known as the Autumn Council, shall
under the direction of the division commit- be held annually for the purpose of consider-
tees. It shall be their duty to keep the min- ing budgets from the fields and making ap-
utes of the division committee meetings, to propriations, and for the transaction of other
collect information and make such reports business and the adoption of such policies
as may be required, and to do such other as may be necessary in the operation of the
work as usually pertains to such office. world-wide work.
10(cid:9) SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST YEARBOOK, 1967
Sec. 3. A majority of the full membership also constitute the Board of Trustees of the
of the Executive Committee, including the General Conference Association.
President or a General Vice-President, is
empowered to transact denominational busi- Article XIII—Departments
ness of any nature at any time and place. Sec. 1. The Departmental Secretaries and
Sec. 4. Any seven members of the Execu- Associate Departmental Secretaries elected
tive Committee, including an officer of the by the General Conference shall work under
General Conference, shall, after due notice the direction of the Executive Committee of
to available members, constitute a quorum of the General Conference, or in the case of de-
the Executive Committee and shall be em- partmental secretaries in divisions, under
powered to transact such executive business the direction of the division committee, and
as is in harmony with the general plans out- shall occupy an advisory relation to the field.
lined by the Committee at the designated Sec. 2. The Executive Committee shall ap-
place of meeting of the Executive Committee point a representative departmental commit-
as hereinafter provided. tee of counsel for each department. Such
Sec. 5. All meetings of the Executive Com- committee shall in each case be composed of
mittee, except majority meetings, shall be the secretaries of the department, the secre-
held at the General Conference headquarters, taries of departmental work in the divisions,
or at such other place as may be definitely and such other persons as the Executive
arranged by a majority meeting of the Exec- Committee may deem necessary.
utive Committee, or by the quorum of at
least seven members meeting in regular ses- Article XIV—Auditors and Audits
sion at general headquarters.
Sec. 6. Meetings of the Executive Commit- Sec. 1. The Executive Committee shall
tee may be called at any time by the ranking have the accounts of the General Conference
officer of the Conference who may be present and of its legal corporations audited at least
at headquarters, and such officer, or any once each calendar year, and the Auditor or
member of the committee appointed by him, one of the associate auditors shall report
upon the same to the Executive Committee
shall act as chairman of the meeting.
annually. The Auditor or an associate au-
Sec. 7. Minority meetings of less than ditor, as may be arranged, shall report also,
seven members of the Executive Committee for the quadrennial period, to the General
may be held at the General administrative Conference at its regular sessions, The Gen-
office for the transaction of necessary rou- eral Conference Auditor and the associate au-
tine business, but actions taken at such ditors shall also he made available for audit-
meetings shall not be final until the min.u tes ing the accounts of union conferences and
of such meetings have been approved(cid:9) a general institutions as well as division ac-
regular session of the Executive Committee. counts. The auditors shall be under the gen-
eral direction of the Executive Committee.
Article XI—Division Committees Sec. 2. The division auditor or auditors
Sec. 1. In each division outside of North shall audit the books of such organizations
America, a division committee shall be con- or institutions within their territories as
stituted as hereinafter provided, for the the division committees shall direct.
transaction of business pertaining to the di-
vision. Article XV—Wages and Expenses
Sec. 2. The members of a division commit- Sec. 1. The Executive Committe shall ap-
tee shall be the President, the Secretary, point annually eight persons not in its em-
and the Treasurer of the division, the Presi-
dents of union conferences, the Presidents of Cploonyf ewrheno,c ew aitnhd t hneo to lfefsicse trhsa onf stehvee Gn epnreersai-l
union missions, the Division Field Secre-
taries, the Division Departmental Secre- ad ecnotms mofi tutenei oton acuodnifte trheen ceexsp,e snhsael al cccoonusntittsu otef
taries, the Secretary of the Ministerial Asso-
employees and to fix their wages for the suc-
ciation, and any other members of the Gen- ceeding year.
eral Conference Committee present. Other
members may also be appointed by the Divi- Sec. 2. The Executive Committee shall
sion Committee. have power to make such adjustment from
Sec. 3. The actions taken by division com- time to time in the wage of clerks, stenog-
mittees pertaining to the administration of raphers, and other routine workers as may
affairs in the division fields, shall be con- be necessary.
sidered final, provided they are in harmony
with the plans and policy of the General Article XVI—Funds
Conference as set forth in the Constitution The funds of the General Conference shall
and Bylaws, and in its Executive Committee be as follows:
actions at regular Autumn Councils. (a) A tithe of the tithe receipts of the
Sec. 4. Five members of a division com- union conferences and union missions and
mittee, including the chairman, shall consti- of the local conferences and missions not
tute a quorum for the transaction of busi- included in union conferences and union
ness. When the chairman is to be absent missions.
from headquarters, he or the committee may (b) Regular mission offerings.
designate an acting chairman. Minority meet- (c) Special donations.
ings of fewer than five members of the divi- (d) Such percentage of the tithe of local
sion committee may be held for the transac- conferences and missions as may be deter-
tions of necessary routine business, but ac- mined by a committee composed of the con-
tions taken at such meetings shall not be ference and mission presidents and the divi-
final until the minutes of such meetings have sion executive committee, or, in the case of
been approved in a meeting with a quorum North America, the conference and mission
present. presidents and the General Confrence Ex-
ecutive Committee.
Article XII—Corporation Boards (e) Surplus tithes which may be appro-
priated by local and union conferences for
At each regular session of the General the mission field.
Conference the requisite boards of trustees, (f) Appropriations from our publishing
according to their respective Constitutions houses, sanitariums, and other institutions
and Bylaws, shall be elected for each legal that are under the control of the General
corporation serving and holding properties Conference which, because of the character
and receiving gifts and legacies for the Gen- of their work, have more than local influ-
eral Conference unincorporated. The trustees ence and responsibility as may be arranged
of the General Conference Corporation shall by joint counsel of the Executive Committee
CONSTITUTION AND BYLAWS(cid:9) 11
of the General Conference with the board of Article XVHI—Finance
management of each institution.
(g) Such percentage of the funds of union Sec. 1. To tide over a possible financial
and local conferences and missions, institu- depression and to provide a working fund
tions, and Book and Bible Houses in North for the regular operations of the General
America as may be arranged by the General Conference, the treasurer shall carry in
Conference Committee in council with con- cash and in readily convertible securities a
ference presidents, the same to be known working fund equal to 20 per cent of the
as the Sustentation Fund for the support of regular appropriations voted at the latest
aged and infirm workers and for the de- Autumn Council, including revertible funds.
pendent widows and orphans of workers. Sec. 2. The basis for computing the amount
(h) Divisions outside North America shall of the working fund on hand shall be the
adopt a Sustentation Policy which shall be latest available financial statement. The work-
in harmony with the principles set forth in ing fund shall not fall below the amount
the General Conference Sustentation plan. here specified except on authorization of an
Autumn Council of the Executive Commit-
Article XVII—Appropriations tee.
Sec. 1. The Executive Committee shall Sec. 3. The Executive Committee, acting
make its appropriations for home and for- through its legal agency, the General Con-
eign work at the Autumn Councils, said ap- ference Corporation, shall have power to
propriations to he based on budgets from the make such annuity contracts as may seem
fields requiring financial help. desirable; but all moneys obtained in this
way shall be invested in securities and not
Sec. 2. Appropriations shall be made sub- be made available for appropriations until
ject to the receipt of the full amount of the annuity contracts have matured.
funds estimated in the General Conference
budget. In case of a shortage the distribu- Sec. 4. The tithes and missions offerings
tion shall he on a pro-rata basis to all the received by the General Conference shall be
interests represented in the budget. held as a trust for appropriation to the work
of the Seventh-day Adventist denomination.
Sec. 3. Appropriations for major perma- It shall not be within the prerogative, there-
nent investments shall be held in trust for fore, of the General Conference Committee,
the purpose for which the appropriation was the Treasury Department, nor of any agent
designated. In case the project is abandoned, or agency of the denomination, to loan these
the funds shall revert to the General Con- funds to private individuals, to endorse notes,
ference. Other funds appropriated to division sign bonds or other securities, or in any
fields shall be administered by the division other way to divert the funds of the General
committee. Conference from their intended purpose. Ad-
Sec. 4. All funds raised in division fields, vances specifically authorized under regular
except the regular funds belonging to the policy, and made in order to enable workers
General Conference, as indicated under Ar- to beome located and equipped for service,
ticle XV, may be used for the advancement are not a violation of this provision.
roafi stehde. work in the fields in which they were Sec. 5. The basis for computing goals or
per capita funds shall be the average of the
Sec. 5. General Conference funds in all the membership of the four consecutive quarters
world shall be made available to meet the ending on September 30 of the preceding
annual appropriations of the General Confer- year as published in the General Conference
ence. official statistical reports.