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Ganoune Diop, Director of Public Affairs and Religious Liberty; Ted Wilson, President of General Conference of Seventh Day Adventists; Ban Ki Moon, Secretary-General of the U.N.; Joseph Verner Reed, Jr, U S. Ambassador; John Graz, ex-Director of Public Affairs and Religious Liberty.

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Refusing to Be Silent in the Face of Evil

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GENERAL CONFERENCE

Refusing to Be Silent in the Face of Evil

PARL recognizes individuals for their advocacy for religious liberty in their community
ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, UNITED STATES | ANGELICA SANCHEZ, ANNJUNE 16, 2022


“Silence in the face of evil is not neutrality, it’s complicity.”1 Proponents of human rights and justice, the Public Affairs and Religious Liberty (PARL) department of the General Conference (GC) of Seventh-Day Adventists is anything but complacent. With enduring commitment, PARL works endlessly as a beacon of peace, advocating for religious liberty throughout the global community. PARL “serves as a department of foreign affairs,” said Director of PARL, Ganoune Diop. It “seeks to provide the Seventh-day Adventist church with visibility, credibility, trust, and relevance in the public space which includes people of influence, government officials, and decision makers.”

In partnership with church departments, community leaders, lawmakers, state leaders, public officials, national institutions like the United Nations, and PARL leaders in the 13 church divisions throughout the world, PARL is also an active advocate for public policy issues. Several issues include health, education, environmental conservation, women and children’s rights, the rights of prisoners, aid, and development. In addition, they focus on promoting the good reputation of the mission and identity of the Adventist church.

On Thursday afternoon, at the 61st GC Session in St. Louis, Missouri, PARL hosted a luncheon to “strengthen relationships between PARL directors and engage with public officials and key religious leaders,” said PARL Associate Director Jennifer Woods. Special guests who were present and acknowledged at the luncheon, representing some of the meaningful connections PARL has made with influential representatives across the globe were the Secretary of the Global Christian Forum Dr. Casely Essamuah, Salvation Army Representative Colonel Kenneth Johnson, Baptist World Alliance Representative Rev. Everton Jackson, Adventist Senator Damaris Moura Kuo from Brazil, Adventist member of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Zambia the Honorable Palan Mulonda, Adventist Retired Senator the Honorable Floyd Morris from Jamaica, and Adventist Philippine Ambassador to Papua New Guinea Bienvenido V. Tejano.

In his opening remarks to attendees, President of the Seventh-day Adventist World Church, Ted N.C. Wilson stated, “What a privilege for Seventh-Day Adventists and other Christians to be epistles of Christ, representatives of the highest Authority of the universe”. He later elaborated that faithful service and representation of Christ involves the constant battle for religious freedom, justice, and liberty of conscience.

Though not a simple task, many have supported PARL in this endeavor. As a result, Diop awarded several individuals for their “choice to serve in the public arena,” acknowledging their “commitment and conviction to advocating for religious liberty.”

The individuals awarded were Wilson, recently retired PARL Director for the Inter-American Division James Daniel, GC General Counsel and International Religious Liberty Association (IRLA) Legal Advisor Karnik Doukmetzian, Former PARL Director for the South American Division Dr. Helio Carnassale, and GC Associate Treasurer Daisy Orion. Senator Damaris Moura Kuo was also acknowledged for her work in promoting religious liberty and her help in passing the first religious freedom legislation in Sao Paulo, Brazil.

PARL is not only an advocate for human rights but is also a light in the world. Wilson reminded attendees, “As we understand the aspects of dealing with religious leaders and government officials, it is a great privilege for each of us to not only officially represent our church but in a more personal way, to actually be a living letter written by God as a commendation to all who we meet.” He added, “Each of us are ambassadors for Christ.”

PARL strives to be an active representation of the love of Christ to the world. In fact, through its collaboration with other divisions, PARL has managed to play an influential role in the liberation of imprisoned Adventists worldwide. “We strive to position the church as a credible blessing to the world. Without credibility, the world will not listen to us,” said Diop. Diop elaborated further, “We are part of a movement that is preparing the world and the church for the second coming of Christ. For this reason, showing what the church can offer the world is at the heart of my passion.”

The fight for peace, justice, and religious liberty is not meant to be fought by PARL alone, it is to be the mission of the World Church as a response to God’s command in Isaiah 58 to “shout aloud against the exploitation of the vulnerable.”2 In his concluding remarks, Diop passionately exhorted, “Wherever God places you, remember that you are connected with the One who is superior – the Creator of heaven and earth. He has placed you where you are to bless others.”

For more information on PARL, to become involved, and to learn how their work can help you, visit https://www.adventistliberty.org.

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A Message to the Seventh-day Adventist Church from the President

Pastor Ted N.C. Wilson Speaks About the Upcoming Spring Meeting and More

Apr 04, 2019 | Silver Spring, Maryland, United States | Ted N.C. Wilson, President, Seventh-Day Adventist World Church

Greetings to our more than 21 million members around the world who make up the wonderful Seventh-day Adventist church family in more than 200 countries! I thank God for each one of you and want to encourage you, no matter where you are, to be an active member in your local church, and to reach out to your surrounding community, making friends as you gently yet purposefully guide people to Jesus and His love and truth. Always remember that you are the church—that God is eagerly looking to you to reach others for Him. He has called you, and He will equip you as you spend time with Him in prayer and the study of His word.

As you may know, at least two times a year, members of the world church’s General Conference Executive Committee gather together to discuss important spiritual and business items guiding the work of our worldwide church. The Executive Committee is made up of church leaders, teachers, pastors, and lay members from the thirteen world divisions, the Middle East and North Africa Union (MENA) and attached fields of the General Conference.

The full Executive Committee meets during what is called Annual Council, held in October of each year. A somewhat smaller group of the committee meets in April for the shorter Spring Meeting, where the focus is mainly on the finances of the church, along with related items. In addition, we also take some time to focus on important spiritual aspects, especially during the morning worship times together.

In just a few days from now, April 9 and 10, the Spring Meeting will take place here at the world headquarters of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Silver Spring, Maryland. You are welcome to join us during these meetings, via the livestream on the Executive Committee website at executivecommittee.adventist.org. The meetings begin with morning worship at 8 a.m., Eastern Daylight Time.

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The president of the general conference for the Seventh Day Adventist Church has expressed his opposition to clergy preaching politics from the pulpit.


President Ted N.C. Wilson said in a sermon before a large gathering of Adventists in Kampala, Uganda that pastors should not engage in church politicking.

"It is against our code of ethics as SDA to stand on the pulpit and start to campaign for someone," said Wilson, as reported by the Ugandan news publication the Daily Monitor on Sunday.

"Telling them to vote for this one or the other, support this policy or the other. Our work is to preach to the people and show them the right way to heaven and not involve ourselves in politics."

(Photo: Facebook/Seventh-day Adventist Church)Members of the Seventh Day Adventist church.


During his visit to the East African nation, Wilson also commended Uganda for not caving into western cultural norms regarding the family unit.

"Family is the cornerstone of society. Western culture has tarnished the whole meaning of family," added Wilson.

"But here in Africa God has given you a sacred belief in family. Do not accept the foreign culture to influence you on the idea of marriage. Do not be violent and continue to love each other."

Russian Protestants celebrated the 500 anniversary of the reformation in the Pashkov House

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Russian Protestants celebrated the 500 anniversary of the reformation in the Pashkov House

12.11.2017





31 October Russian Protestants gathered in Moscow's cultural and exhibition complex «Pashkov House to officially mark the 500-year anniversary of the Reformation. The Pashkov House were invited leaders of various religious denominations, including Ted Wilson, President of the World Church of seventh-day Adventists, as well as representatives of the secular State power.

Two and a half, hundreds of people came to October 31 at the Pashkov House, to celebrate the birth of Protestantism, where 31 October 1517 Martin Luther year suburbia ozdil Vittenbergskoj door church his famous 95 theses. After bans in Soviet times, the Protestant community had been legalised in Russia in October 1990 year. The celebration of the 500 anniversary of the Reformation was the first triumph for them on this scale.

Among the fifteen speakers — first Deputy Head of administration of the President of the Russian Federation Sergei Kiriyenko, who conveyed greetings from Protestants President Vladimir Putin (for the first time since the fall of the monarchy).

"Government authorities perceive the Protestants of Russia as an integral part of traditional religious community multinational Russia, Kiriyenko said. — The Protestant community of Russia plays an important role in social service, assistance to people in difficult life situation, irrespective of their confessional affiliation.

"Luther was not the goal of creating a separate denomination, he wanted to reform the Church and gained broad support in this matter," said the Archbishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Russia, Dietrich Brower — But the Reformation led to the formation of many denominations. We are all heirs of that era, because the Reformation touched not only the Central theological themes, but carried out a coup in the minds of people. "

According to Mr. Brouwer, due to the Reformation, a new attitude towards the Holy Scripture, to the outside world, to man. "In Russia the ideas of the Reformation came very early, people ispovedavshie the new faith, gladly settled in our country, without hiding their beliefs, said Archbishop. — attitude was friendly, because they brought new knowledge". He recalled that the head of the Lutheran Church in Russia before the revolution of 1917 was the Emperor, in Soviet times, the Lutheran Church in Russia was completely destroyed and its leaders punished. "Restoration of the Lutheran heritage of our country was and remains one of the central challenges — concluded Dietrich Brower — Protestant churches in modern Russia gained their freedom to carry out its mission.

"It is a great privilege to continue in this day of Reformation in our hearts through 500 years after the beginning of the Reformation, when the world seemed to have so many nestabil and evil," said the President of the World Church of seventh-day Adventists Ted Wilson's brief speech more than 200 leaders gathered at the event "the Reformation: 500 years."

He said that the Adventist Church is grateful to Luther for the foundations of the Reformation, which brought a few basic principles: only the Bible, salvation is only by faith in Jesus Christ is the only Mediator, eternal life is only by the grace of Jesus, and all the glory belongs to God alone. Wilson said that these truths of the Reformation proclaimed through the lead three angels on the soon coming of Christ recorded in the book of Revelation 14 .

Unity for the good of the country. The celebration of the 500 anniversary of the reformation in the Pashkov House»

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Unity for the good of the country. The celebration of the 500 anniversary of the reformation in the Pashkov House»

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October 31, 2017, in Moscow in cultural and exhibition complex «Pashkov House hosted the main event devoted to the celebration of the 500-year anniversary of the Reformation. At a ceremony attended by representatives of public authorities, diplomats, public figures, heads of the Protestant churches of Russia and the clergy of the Christian denominations.

Welcoming guests to the ceremony, Archbishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Russia Dietrich Brower recalled that exactly 500 years ago there was an event that marked the beginning of the Reformation: the Augustinian monk Martin Luther published the 95 theses, in which criticized the abuses of the Church. He did not want to create a separate denomination, but has sought to reform the Church. "Yes, the Reformation led to the formation of later new denominations, but it taught us peer inside yourself and accept differences, admit mistakes and come to terms in the name of Christ," said the Archbishop. According to him, the Reformation "carried out a coup in the minds of men", and primarily taught to perceive God "not as distant and incomprehensible despot, but through the good news of Jesus Christ." In addition, one of the cornerstones of the theology of the Reformation was the idea of the "height of Christian freedom, which equates to a deep responsibility."

Leadership Summit Tackles Church Unity

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Andrew McChesney

Editor, Adventist Mission


FEBRUARY 7, 2018

Speaker after speaker cites John 17 at the two-day summit in Portugal

The article below was provided by Andrew McChesney, editor of the Seventh-day Adventist Mission Quarterly, who is in attendance at the Seventh-day Adventist global leadership summit being held in Lisbon, Portugal. Leadership summit attendees have been reflecting on various reports and presentations centering on unity. ~ Adventist Review Editors


By: Andrew McChesney, adventistmission.org

A Seventh-da Adventist leadership summit emphasized that unity is needed to finish the church’s mission of spreading the gospel and overwhelmingly endorsed the unity described by Jesus in John 17.

Unity is a key issue among church leaders as the General Conference, the administrative body of the world church, contends with several units that are not in compliance with voted policies. The General Conference’s Unity Oversight Committee, which is looking into the matter, is to present a document on the next possible steps to nearly 300 church leaders at the Annual Council meeting of the General Conference Executive Committee in October 2018.

“All unity has to be based on a theological foundation,”

Adventist Church president Ted N.C. Wilson, opening the 11th annual Global Leadership Summit in Lisbon, Portugal, declared that “real unity … comes from a heart-felt submission to God and to our fellow church members as we work together being instructed by the Holy Word, the Spirit of Prophecy, and the Holy Spirit.” Read the full transcript of Adventist Church president Ted N.C. Wilson’s speech here.

“The resulting unity far supersedes any privately held convictions after items have been carefully reviewed by the world church and decisions have been taken,” Wilson said in a keynote address. “It far supersedes any legal ‘rights’ that might be exercised. Moral and spiritual obligations to God, to His church, and to His united mission far outweigh any legal or independent opinions of a member or an organization within the general church body.”

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At that time Jesus answered and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes.

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Raoul Dederen, 91, longtime Seminary professor and dean, passes to his rest

Mountainside encounter led Belgian to Adventism, marriage

POSTED OCTOBER 28, 2016

As the year 1944 was ending, German forces were battling Allied troops just a few miles from the town of Pepinster, Belgium. In a contest later known as the “Battle of the Bulge,” the Nazi battalions were forced to retreat, their plans to keep the port of Antwerp away from the Allies in tatters.

During those dark days, a 19-year-old Catholic named Raoul Dederen, staring down the “millennium” proclaimed by Adolf Hitler, a so called “thousand-year Reich,” turned towards the message of hope delivered to him by some Seventh-day Adventist friends. While guns roared nearby, Dederen was baptized into a faith whose millennial expectations were not centered in histrionic rantings, but “the blessed hope” of Jesus’ soon return.

Dederen, who went on to become one of the most-beloved professors at the Seventh-day Adventist Theological Seminary in Berrien Springs, Michigan, passed to his rest Oct. 24, 2016, at the age of 91.

He was one of my favorite teachers with his signature emphasis on the doctrine of Christ.

“For every student who has ever valued clarity and organization at the front of the classroom, Dr. Dederen was the premier example of both,” says Bill Knott, editor of Adventist Review and Adventist World, and a student in Dederen’s seminary classes in the early 1980s.“Even on dark, cold Michigan mornings, Dr. Dederen could make a 7:30 a.m. class sparkle with his wit, his eagerness, and his clear command of his topics.I still keep the notes I took in those classes near at hand as a witness to one of the most systematic minds I have ever encountered.”

Pastor Ted N.C. Wilson, world church president, said Dederen "was a great and longtime friend" whose loss was sad news.

"Dr. Dederen was one of my seminary teachers and helpful mentor of mine," Wilson said via email. He "was one of my favorite teachers with his signature emphasis on the doctrine of Christ. He was very animated and interested in so many things of life. It was a privilege to travel with him for about three weeks early in my work as Ministerial Association secretary in the then Africa-Indian Ocean Division. We traveled to various places together in Rwanda, Burundi and the Congo. He was a wonderful teacher in the classroom or in the field instructing pastors."

Wilson added, "He was a precious friend and I plan to see him soon when the Lord returns to continue our conversation and to sit at the feet of Christ, our Savior, whom Dr. Dederen loved, about whom he taught and for whom he lived."

My sister and I, while sledding down the snowy hills not far from home, ran into two or three young Adventists ... As we walked up the slopes, they shared their faith with us, starting with the doctrine of the millennium.

A Pivotal Encounter

For Dederen, encountering Adventism in the midst of humanity’s greatest crisis thus far, the Second World War, was pivotal.

“There was so much destruction, pain, and blood,” Dederen told Ministry Magazine editor Nikolaus Satelmajer in 2006. “I was often disturbed by the fact that my Catholic faith hardly answered my questions, especially about good and evil as well as about my future and that of Europe. I refused to go along with Jean-Paul Sartre’s philosophy, very popular at the time. I refused to accept the view that man faces an absurd world with feelings of anguish and disgust.”

His encounter with Adventism “started with a snow party in the winter of 1942,” he told Satelmajer. “My sister and I, while sledding down the snowy hills not far from home, ran into two or three young Adventists ... As we walked up the slopes, they shared their faith with us, starting with the doctrine of the millennium.”

One of those young Seventh-day Adventists was Louise Fyon, whom he married in 1947, and with whom he shared life for 68 years. Louise Dederen, an archivist at Andrews University who was developed the Heritage Center there, received the school’s John Nevins Andrews Medallion, becoming the first woman and first non-academic at the school to do so. Raoul Dederen also received the John Nevins Andrews Medallion for his academic work.

A graduate of Belgium’s Athénée Royal, Dederen earned his master of arts and moral science doctorate degrees from the University of Geneva, Switzerland. Beginning in 1947, he served forseven years as an Adventist pastor in Belgium, followed by ten years on the faculty of the French Adventist Seminary in Collonges-Sous-Salève. During that latter period, Dederen began and completed his doctoral studies.

A 1964 guest teaching invitation at the Seventh-day Adventist Theological Seminary in Berrien Springs led to Dederen’s being invited to join the faculty there. He became a professor of systematic and historical theology, and served as dean of the Seminary from 1989 until his retirement in 1991, when he became an active emeritus professor, still teaching and advising doctoral students until 2001.

“While at the Seminary he taught major courses dealing with revelation and inspiration, the doctrine of the Church, the doctrine of Christ, Roman Catholic theology, and ecumenical trends,” his colleague Darius Jankiewicz noted.

Publishing Emphasis

“In addition to his pedagogical and administrative responsibilities, he devoted himself to publishing ministry,” Jankiewicz said. “He wrote a multitude of articles that appeared in numerous Adventist and non-Adventist peer-reviewed journals and magazines and also contributed chapters to numerous books.”

Jankiewicz said Dederen’s work as editor of the Handbook of Seventh-day Adventist Theology, published in 2000, “was one of his major contributions to the theology of the Seventh-day Adventist Church.” For 20 years, Dederen participated in meetings the Faith and Order Commission of the World Council of Churches as an observer.
In 2002, before beginning a series of overseas meetings, Dederen was diagnosed with cancer, undergoing an operation to remove his “stomach, the spleen, and part of the pancreas,” as he later recalled. Being fed through a tube and told assisted living was his best option, Dederen and his wife opted for him to return home. He recovered sufficiently to live another 14 years; Louise Dederen preceded him in death in December 2015.

Along with the vast legacy of his published work, and the memories of thousands of students and Seventh-day Adventist church leaders, Dederen is survived by granddaughters Francine Bergmann and Sheila Besirli, and their families. A funeral service and interment is planned for Ann Arbor, Michigan.

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Nowhere does the article mention the fact that Mr. Raoul Dederen signed (for the GCSDA) the Lima Text or B.E.M. Document at Lima Peru in 1982...

The next section contains words taken from Spiritism in the Seventh-day Adventist Church, pp. 86-88, by Colin and Russell Standish, Hartland Pub., 1995; and “Capitulation to the Ecumenical Movement,” by Colin Standish:

Every effort is being made to de-emphasize the great pillars of the Christian faith. We cannot forget the congress that convened in Lima, Peru, in 1981, in which almost all of the Christian communions of the world met, including a representative from the Seventh-day Adventist Church.

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“Over 100 theologians met in Lima, Peru in January 1982, and recommended unanimously to transmit this agreed statement—the Lima Text—for the common study and official response of the churches. They represented virtually all the major church traditions: Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox, Roman Catholic, Old Catholic, Lutheran, Anglican, Reformed, Methodist, United, Disciples, Baptists, Adventists, and Pentecostal.

“The churches’ response to this agreed statement will be a vital step of the ecumenical process of “reception.” (Lima Test, emphasis ours).

Dr. Raoul Dederen, professor at the Seminary at Andrews University, was the Seventh-day Adventist representative at this meeting.

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B.E.M. Baptism, Eucharist, and Ministry.

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