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11 W O R L D H E A L T H Vitamin B12 Revisited

C O V E R S T O R Y

16Faces o ADRABy Sandra BlackmerThe Adventist Development and Relie

Agency has stories to tell; and we

tell them.

8 W O R L D V I S T ANever Doubt: God Is in Control,Part 1By Ted N. C. WilsonGoing orward is easy when we trust the One

whos leading us.

12 D E V O T I O N A LDiscovering Light in Dark CornersBy Michael Doernbrack

Lessons about God rom Genesis 3

14 F U N D A M E N T A L B E L I E F SInscribed Into Our HeartsBy Cliord Owusu-GyamfThe dierence between knowing Gods law

and obeying Gods law

20 S P E C I A L F E A T U R EFinding Good SoilBy James ParkHow do we identiy those who are receptive

to the gospel?

24 A D V E N T I S T H E R I T A G ERekindling Revival FlamesBy Alejo AguilarWhat our Adventist orebears learned rom

a terrible catastrophe

23 S P I R I T O F P R O P H E C Y Ministering to Soul and

Body

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27 B I B L E S T U D Y Rereshing Your Faith

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The Health Ministries Department o the South-East EuropeanUnion Conerence o the Seventh-day Adventist Church (SEEUC),together with nongovernmental organization Lie and Health, helda two-day seminar or pastors and health club leaders in Belgrade,Serbia, on September 30 and October 1, 2012.

Smoking is a major public health problem in Serbia. The govern-ment and the Ministry o Health have organized successul campaignssince 2003, and the number o smokers decreased 7 percent rom 2000

to 2006. But gures are still high, especially among women.The seminars aim was to teach every Seventh-day Adventist

church how to become a place where smokers who want to quit canget advice, support, and assistance. Each church that has a health clubcan organize smoking-cessation seminars based on the Quit Now! 7Steps to Freedom program.

The seminar, with 150 participants present, was opened by ord-eTrajkovski, SEEUC president. Guest speaker was Richard Willis, execu-tive director o the United Kingdom National Committee or the Pre-vention o Alcohol and Drug Dependency and a member o the execu-tive committee and associate director o the International Committeeor the Prevention o Alcohol and Drug Dependence, based in Wash-

ington, D.C. He shared his knowledge and experience with implemen-tation o smoking-cessation programs. Willis also challenged andinspired participants, even i they are not physicians, medical techni-cians, or nurses, to work with smokers. During the workshops he gavepractical advice about how to cope with stress and withdrawal crises.

Among other presenters were: Dr. Zorica Plavic, who had a pre-sentation about smoking pandemics, the situation in Serbia, and

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Adventists Bring

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The longest journey of the Christianlife is the distance from the head to thehand.

We are, by denition, men andwomen o good intentions and goodwill.Our covenant with Jesus as Lord and

with His end-time church testies to oursincere desire to believe the truths o theBible and live the liestyle o the Savior.We made these commitments rst atbaptism, and through the promptings othe Holy Spirit, many times since then.

But how do good intentions becomegood deeds? How does my belie in thetruth o the seventh-day Sabbath becomea lie renewed by the joy and rest o theseventh-day Sabbath? How does mybelie that God hears all sincere prayer

become a daily habit o adoration, con-ession, thanksgiving, and supplication?The answer, o course, ispractice.

Every time we hear and obey the com-mand o Christ, our condence in Him isstrengthened, and our grasp o His Wordis deepened. There are monthsmaybeeven yearsduring which our practice isimperect, sporadic, or halhearted. Weall short o our intention to live as Jesuslived and care as Jesus cared. But thisdoes not mean that incomplete deeds o

kindness have no value, or that God can-not use our hal-baked bread.

In heavens economy, no act o kind-ness is ever wasted. The cup o cold wateroered in Jesus name still serves thekingdom, even when we could do more.The children we clothe, the widows weeed, and the wells we dig are realenough; and the practicing we do con-rms in us our pledge to be like Jesusor His little ones.

As you read this months cover eature

about the international ministry o theAdventist Development and RelieAgency (ADRA), pray or the chance to

practice the kindness once shown toyou. Let Gods git o grace to

you become Gods git o gra-ciousness through you.

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tobacco smoking as a risk actor orhealth disorders; Dr. Branislav Hacko,

who talked about the partnershipbetween health clubs and local com-munity; and Dr. Petar Borovic, whoheld a presentation about positiveeects ater smoking cessation.

Vlado Havran, health ministriesdirector at the SEEUC, presented up-to-date experiences with the work ohealth clubs.

During the workshops participantsgot practical instructions about how toimplement the Quit Now! program in

their churches and health clubs. Eachparticipant received a CD with educa-tive materials and the bookEnjoy With-out Tobacco Smoke, written by Plavic.reported by tedNews

In Brazil, Major SuburbGets New Church

The 2013 emphasis o evangelizingbig cities took an important step inSouth America on October 27, 2012.

In the presence o more than 120Adventist leaders rom eight SouthAmerican countries, the rst stone waslaid or a uture Adventist congregationin the area known as Lago Sul, inBrazils ederal capital, Brasilia.

According to the 2011 HumanDevelopment Index rom the UnitedNations, about 30,000 people live inthe neighborhood, which has a humandevelopment index (HDI) o 0.945,the highest in the world. To put this

number in context, Norway leads theworlds ranking with an HDI o 0.943.Brazil is eighty-th on the list, withan HDI o 0.718. The Lago Sul loca-tion represents one o the Adventistchallenges or 2013building newchurches in upper-class areas o the 79largest cities in South America.

Edison Choque, general project

coordinator o the big-city evangeliza-tion project in South America,

explained that this launch is an exam-ple or other regions. Beyond ormingcongregations in wealthy areas o cities,we want to establish infuence centerswith activities that will benet societysamilies, health, and education and thatwill serve to demonstrate that Adven-tists are concerned with changingwhole lives, remarks Choque. Alongwith the leaders rom Adventist admin-istrative regions rom eight countries,he coordinated the oundation stone

ceremony as a demonstration o par-ticipative construction.

The land measures 161,000 squareeet (15,000 square meters) and costs17 million Brazilian reals (US$8.5 mil-lion). The investment was made inconsideration o constructing anAdventist church with a 380-membercapacity and the new AdventistChurch administrative headquarterso the West Central Brazil Union Mis-sion. While a start date isnt estab-

lished, the hope is to also build aschool as part o the Adventist educa-tion network in the area.

Jder Carvalho, one o the leadersrom the Central Brazilia AdventistChurch, spoke o the dream that thisceremony represents, since manysmall groups already exist in the area,with people who have already madeand are making their decisions toaccept Christ. He believes evangelisticwork needs a structure such as this.

During the ceremony, divisionpresident Erton Khler armed thatevangelizing in big cities was alwaysamong Adventist eorts. But in 2013our emphasis is to plant new congre-gations in places where acquisition opower and secularization have com-plicated the communitys interest inhelping the church.

Khler; Magdiel Prez, secretary othe Adventist Church in South Amer-ica; Marlon Lopes, nancial director;and Ella Simmons, a general vice presi-dent o the worldwide AdventistChurch, lled the center o the corner-stone with books and magazines thatspeak about Adventist biblical beliesand values. The message was clear: thebuildings that will stand there areounded on the Bible and books thatreinorce the teachings o Jesus Christ.

reported by Felipe Lemos, ASN

Stor of First AustralianAdventist to Stud

Medicine Told The previously untold story o the

rst Seventh-day Adventist to studymedicine in Australia is now eaturedin a new book by an Avondale Collegesta member.

Rose-lee Power describes Dr. Mar-

gherita Freeman, the subject oBornto Serve, as courageous and deter-mined. For a woman to take upmedicine was really . . . going againstthe oddsit was a mans world, saysPower, who researched the story orthree years in her role as curator o theAdventist Heritage Centre.

Freeman, a graduate o the Univer-


SUBURBAN OUTREACH: South America

Division president Erton Khler (right),

executive secretary Magdiel Prez (let)

nance director Marlon Lopes (center

right), and General Conerence general

vice president Ella Simmons pose with

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sity o Sydney in 1911, played animportant role in the accreditation o

what was then known as the SydneySanitarium. At a time when womenwould usually be chaperoned whenout in public, Freeman ran clinics and,in the absence o her husband, openeda birthing center, organized nursestraining, and presented at conerences.

What is now Sydney AdventistHospital, its connection with the com-munity, and its reputation or provid-ing quality care is in no small partdue to the work o Dr. Freeman and

others like her who had a vision andspirit o service that all would do wellto emulate, said Barry Oliver, presi-dent o the Seventh-day AdventistChurch in the South Pacic and chairo the hospitals board.

Oliver attended the launch oBornto Serve as part o an Adventist wom-ens conerence at the Watson ParkConvention Centre north o Brisbane.

He notes how the history o thechurch in Australia includes so many

untold stories o courage, commit-ment and aith. Thankully, Rose-lee . .. was not willing to let [this] amazingstory . . . ade into the orgotten les othe archives.

Freeman is a role model orwomen everywhere and or all time,writes Carole Ferch-Johnson in theoreword. The associate director orwomen in pastoral ministry in Austra-lias Ministerial Association remembersFreeman as a ormidable person who

commanded a great deal o respect.Rod and Nita Ellison, who were

riends o Freeman, began the projectto write her story. Shed done somuch or our church as a woman inministry . . . we loved her, said Nita.She recalls Freemans sense o humor.We spent a lot o the time laughingwith her while we were visiting.

Ellison approached Power to nishwriting the story, but because Free-man had no children, Power ound it

dicult nding accurate sources.However, a set o documents and pho-tographs became available rom theFreeman Nursing Home in Ross-moyne, which is named in Freemanshonor, just beore printing. The docu-ments conrmed acts and providedimages o Freeman later in lie.

Philippine AdventistPublishing House Gets

Qualit Award The Philippine Publishing House

(PPH), one o 63 publishing housesmaintained worldwide by the Seventh-day Adventist Church, received theWorld Quality Commitment Awardin the Gold Category rom BusinessInitiative Directions (BID).

The awards ceremony was heldduring the BID World Quality Com-mitment ConventionParis 2012, atwhich 54 countries around the worldwere recognized or achievements inquality and excellence.

Jose E. Prieto, president and CEOo BID, said, The awarded companiesare symbols o commitment to leader-ship, technology, and innovation,making them models or others in

their sectors.Representing PPH during the cer-

emony, which was held at the Con-corde La Fayette Hotel in Paris onOctober 29, 2012, were Florante P. Ty,president, and Ronaldo B. Dumapig,treasurer and vice president or nance.

Speaking to PPH employees aterthe Paris event, Ty said, We praiseGod that ater operating or almost100 years, Philippine PublishingHouse has been recognized or quality,

innovation, excellence, and commit-ment. I believe that the organizationbehind this award saw t to bestow onus the honor o World Quality Com-mitment because o our unique per-son-to-person distribution program,which is being done by our literatureevangelists and publishing leadersthroughout the Philippines.

STORY TELLER: Born to Serveauthor

Rose-lee Power, o church-owned Avon-

dale College, details the lie o the rst

Seventh-day Adventist in Australia to

study medicine and become a physician.

QUALITY AWARD: Florante P. Ty, Philippin

Publishing House president, and Ronaldo

B. Dumapig, vice president or nance,

receive the World Quality Commitment

Award at the Concorde La Fayette o Pari

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The Seventh-day AdventistChurch in Inter-America

ocially launched itscomprehensive initiatives or its2013 Year o the Laity during a liveonline program at the ComayaguelaAdventist Church in Tegucigalpa,Honduras, on October 27, 2012.Dozens o executive committeemembers joined the historic event,while thousands o church boardmembers across the territoryconnected via the Internet to witnessand adopt the initiatives and activities.

The church has been enriched bythe hard work o our ministers and laymembers in spreading the gospel inInter-America. This is why we havedesignated 2013 as the Year o theLaity, to let work o the church be eltmore throughout the community,said Israel Leito, president o thechurch in Inter-America.

Our online event was aboutdirectly involving our church boardsin seeing, joining, partnering, and

adopting initiatives that will con-tinue to propel our church toward

councils, gatherings, baptisms, evan-gelistic eorts, and community-impact events are planned as the

church and its various ministriesendeavor together or united eorts in2013, said Melchor Ferreyra, personalministries director or the church inInter-America.

We are excited to gain ull par-ticipation rom our lay members,which includes proessionals, men,women, young people, and children

sharing Christ more during 2013,Leito added.

It was an orchestrated event that set

the tone or the two-hour opening othe biannual executive committeemeetings in an eort to solicit the sup-port o local church board members tounite in carrying out evangelismeorts throughout their communitieswhile celebrating the work o the laity.

Scheduled events and activitiessuch as spiritual celebrations, virtual

in the preaching o the gospel, addedFerreyra.

Already nearly 1 million laypeople

have been trained during an initiativethat the church in Inter-America coinedas Vision One Mission. The initiativesought to train 1 million disciples in anyo ve areas: preaching, Bible instruc-tion, witnessing, small-group leadership,and global mission pioneering.

More than 8,000 connections reg-istered to watch the Webcast, and


By: Libna Stevens,Inter-America Division

Online Event

Year o Laity plans emerge at Honduras meeting

LAITY YEAR LAUNCH: Seventh-day Adventist leaders in Inter-America participate

the launch o the churchs 2013 Year o the Laity initiative during a live Webcast he

in Comayaguela Adventist Church in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, on October 27, 2012.

The online event connected thousands o local church boards across the territory

during the two-hour program.

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hundreds o comments were loggedon the event Web site as it happened.

Division-wide initiatives highlight-ing the Year o the Laity include

revival convocations, a day o astingand prayer, virtual council or churchelders, evangelism deploymentthroughout the territory, Vision OneMillion celebration, baptismal cer-emony by church elders and commu-nity impact through health activities.

Ana Aceituno Ortiz o the TepeyacAdventist Church in Tegucigalpa,Honduras, was among the memberso the 30 church boards gathered atthe live event in the Comayaguela

Adventist Church. Her church boardvoted to adopt initiatives presentedduring the program.

As childrens ministries director inher church, Ortiz was excited to hearabout the special activities, especiallythose that connect with the community.

This program was such an inspi-ration because it outlined how all the

ministries can work together to have agreater impact, said Ortiz. We haveto continue working or Christ andshare with those who still dont know

a thing about Jesus.Ortiz has already organized activi-

ties with the 65 children in her churchin music estivals, health brigades, andactivities in orphanages and nursinghomes in her community. Next yearwill inspire us to do more and reachmore, Ortiz added.

For Ricardo Barrantes, a churchelder and stewardship director at the250-member Kennedy AdventistChurch in Tegucigalpa, watching and

listening to news about the eightmajor events scheduled or 2013 wasexciting. These are wonderul plansand activities, which means we have towork harder and aster to continueserving God and preparing others tomeet Jesus, said Barrantes.

Preparing and training others hasbeen taking place in the Chiapas

Mexican Union and across Inter-America.

Ignacio Navarro, president or thechurch in Chiapas, Mexico, stood nextto ellow administrators rom Inter-Americas church regions in commit-ment to joining eorts planned or theYear o the Laity.

So ar nearly 67,000 laypersons havebeen trained to witness in the southernpart o Mexico, said Navarro. Thisonline program helped bring aboutrenewed eorts or lay orces in ourterritory, he added. The church is plan-

ning to hold a massive baptismal cer-emony in a 35,000-seat stadium in Feb-ruary as a result o the work o the laity.

Its about mobilizing laypersons towitness, preach, distribute literature,and do many more activities to reachlost souls during the special Year othe Laity, said Edgar Redondo, presi-dent o the church in North Colom-bia, who added that more than 50,000passionate lay members have beentrained or greater impact.

These initiatives will only enrichthe church, help individual churchmembers to discover their gits andtalents, and ocus on sharing aboutGods love and grace, said Redondo.

Already church members in NorthColombia have been holding healthexpos, distributing 200,000 copies oThe Great Controversyto authorities,government ocials, and entire com-munities, according to Redondo.

Elsewhere in Inter-America, the

church prepares to have a historic Yearo the Laity and celebrate victoriesreached, leaders said.

Without the laity, the church has noreason or being. So we are certain thatGod will continue blessing, said Leito.

For more about the initiatives, andresources or the 2013 Year o the Laityinitiatives, visit 2013.interamerica.org.

P h o t o s c o u r t e s y o f l i b N A s t e v e N s / i A D

LEADER SPEAKS: Israel Leito, presi-

dent o the Seventh-day Adventist

Church in Inter-America, addresses

church leaders and online viewers on

2013 Year o the Laity initiatives.

REACHING CHILDREN: Womens

ministries director or the church

in Inter-America Cecilia Iglesias

(third rom let) shares activities

planned or women during the

coming year during the program.Benjamin Carballo (center) youth

ministries director and Dinorah

Rivera (right), childrens ministries

director wait their turn to share

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God Is in Control

Part 1

Doubt:Never

O R L D V I S T A

The ollowing article is adapted rom a sermon given during Annual Council onSabbath, October 13, 2012, and conveys the frst portion o that message. A secondarticle in the February 2013 Adventist World will complete the message. Elements

o the oral style have been retained.Editors.

ByTed N. C. Wilson

Our passage o ScriptureMatthew 14presentsa powerul and practical

message set against the backdrop oa ascinating experience in the lie oChrist, His disciples, and His church.

This passage also carries strongapplications or us today.

Jesus had just received word o thebeheading o His cousin and predeces-sor in ministry, John the Baptist, andneeded some time alone. Matthew14:13 records: He departed rom thereby boat to a deserted place by Himsel.But when the multitudes heard it, they

ollowed Him on oot rom the cities.Even amid His personal sorrow at

the death o John, Jesus heart wentout to those in need. His mission wasever beore Him, as, even during themost dicult times, it must always bebeore us. Weeping and working withJesus or the people o the cities mustbe our passion.

Lets look at two important inter-related burdens o Jesus in Matthew

14. They relate very much to our expe-rience as His remnant church poisedor the proclamation o the loud cry:

Burden 1: Our need or a ullunderstanding o medical missionarywork and health reorm as an integral

part o Mission to the CitiesBurden 2: Our great need or sel-

less unity in Christ as we proclaim thethree angels messages.

Christs Method Will GiveSuccess

Jesus had wanted a quiet placerom the constant demands o the

people who sought His presence andthe truth He shared. As we seek tominister to others as Jesus did, it isimportant that we take time to allowthe Holy Spirit to repair and rejuve-nate our own souls or ministry andservice to others.

However, when Jesus sought aquiet place, the people missed Himand asked where He was. Somenoticed what direction Jesus had gone

and ollowed Him on land and sea.Thousands gathered rom the cities tosee Him. In the bookThe Ministry o

Healingwe are told o Christs methodin reaching these people: Christsmethod alone will give true success inreaching the people. The Savior min-gled with men as one who desiredtheir good. He showed His sympathyor them, ministered to their needs,and won their condence. Then Hebade them, Follow Me. There is needo coming close to the people by per-sonal eort. I less time were given tosermonizing, and more time were

spent in personal ministry, greaterresults would be seen (p. 143).

How did Christ exhibit this com-prehensive health ministry? EllenWhite tells us that interrupted as Hewas, and robbed o His rest, He wasnot impatient. He saw a greater neces-sity demanding His attention as Hewatched the people coming and stillcoming (The Desire o Ages, p. 364).

How sympathetic and caring arewe when it comes to giving up our

private time to lovingly care or theneeds o others? Christs ministrymust be our ministry.

A Comprehensive Health

Ministry

It was my privilege to visit Israel orthe rst time this last June or theThird International Bible Conerenceorganized by our Biblical ResearchInstitute (see International BibleConerence Opens in Israel, available

online at www.adventistworld.org/article/1264/resources/english/issue-2012-1006/ibc-1). During part o theconerence we stayed on the Sea oGalilee, not ar rom where this Mat-thew 14 event may have taken place. Itwas thrilling to imagine the setting onthose hillsides as Jesus met the needso people. His heart yearned to helpthe multitudes nd the spiritual andphysical healing they needed. He


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P h o t o b y s A N D r A b l A c k M e r

opened beore them the comprehen-sive health ministry in which all o usare called to participate, as it is an inte-

gral part o the three angels messages.In 3 John 2 we read: Beloved, I

pray that you may prosper in allthings and be in health, just as yoursoul prospers. As Seventh-day Adven-tists we believe in the whole personconcept o ministering to thosearound us in a comprehensive way.God, our Creator, was declaring thatHe wanted us to be revived, reormed,and in ull healthphysically, men-tally, socially, and spiritually.

Following Christs Example

Our magnicent Redeemer wantsus to prosper through our relationshipwith Him and our service to others.While on earth, Jesus went about allthe cities and villages, teaching in theirsynagogues, preaching the gospel othe kingdom, and healing every sick-ness and every disease among the peo-ple (Matt. 9:35).

This ministry o Jesus is to be the

burden o every Seventh-day Adventist.In every city, Seventh-day Adventistsshould minister to people, not onlyrom their local churches, but also romcenters o infuence such as health clin-ics, vegetarian restaurants, readingrooms, counseling centers, and com-munity service centers. Health lectures,literature evangelism, small-group out-reach, door-to-door mission work,innovative media evangelism, andsocial work that ollows Christs meth-

ods will be eective. Personal andsmall-group Bible studies, public evan-gelism, comprehensive health ministry,and a myriad o other creative outreachinitiatives still to be developed throughthe leading o the Holy Spirit should bethe hallmark o our work in the cities.

This work will require the involve-ment o lay members as well as estab-lished denominational ministries,including Adventist Community Ser-

vices, ADRA, Adventist World Radio,Hope Channel, Adventist Book Cen-ters, and many others.

Working Unitedly

In this vital work o soul-winningin the large cities, God is calling us toreinvigorate the use o a balancedcomprehensive health ministry andunite the eorts o our denomina-tional organizations and supportingministries. In counsel that is still rel-evant today Ellen White wrote: Everyminister o the gospel should be pre-pared to do practical medical mission-

ary work. The medical missionarywork is to be as closely united with thegospel ministry as the arm is united tothe body. . . . In our large cities themedical missionary work must gohand in hand with the gospel minis-try. It will open doors or the entranceo truth (manuscript 117, 1901).

Ellen White counsels us to estab-lish outpost centers or small institutesin the countryside just outside the cit-ies where city workers can live or visit

to be rereshed, where a simple healthliestyle center can care or guests whowant to learn a new approach to lie,and a place where young people canbe trained or city evangelism.

We need Holy Spirit-inspired stra-tegic planning by administrators, pas-tors, and health proessionals or everycity around the world that will pro-duce the kind o beehive o compre-hensive evangelistic, health, and com-munity activities Ellen White

described taking place in San Fran-cisco around 1906 (see BuzzingAbout the Beehive, available online atwww.adventistreview.org/issue.php?issue=2011-1511&page=18).

Reaching the People o theLargest Cities

This is the type o work to be donein New York City as we plan or a giantevangelistic outreach in 2013. Leaders

and evangelists rom the General Con-erence and around the world, alongwith local pastors, health proessionals,

and lay members, will participate inapproximately 350 evangelistic meet-ings in the metropolitan area o NewYork, New Jersey, and Connecticut. Mywie, Nancy, and I will hold one othose evangelistic meetings or threeweeks in the very location I started myministryin the Manhattan Seventh-

day Adventist Church on West 11thStreet in Greenwich Village.

All this will be preceded and ol-lowed by community outreach andcomprehensive health ministry toreach New York and many other citieso the world. Pray or this outreach sothat by the power o the Holy Spiritthis ministry will reach approximately

650 o the worlds largest cities by 2015.I appeal to each o you, especially

young people, to study, plan, pray, andengage in Gods great plans or com-prehensive urban evangelism andcomprehensive health ministry. He iscalling you to be part o His blendedteam o pastors, health proessionals,church workers, and church membersto show compassion on those who areweary, scattered, and broken in body


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and spirit, and to bring them into arelationship with Christ.

Practical Compassion

Comprehensive health ministry ismeeting peoples needs in a practicalway that shows them the love o Jesus,whether it is sharing a loa o whole-wheat bread with a neighbor or treat-ing a patient with Christlike kindnessat one o our many technologicallyadvanced Seventh-day Adventisthealth institutions.

Medical missionary work has beenpresented as the entering wedge o

present truth, wrote Ellen White. It isby this work that hearts are reached,and those once prejudiced are sotenedand subdued (letter 110, 1902).

We can show Christs love andcompassion in turning the localchurch into a center o lie and health.Resource materials produced by healthministries departments and otherhealth entities can be used or practicalChristian witnessingsharing withneighbors the benets o heaven-

inspired health habits, preventivehealth strategies, and simple, inexpen-sive home health procedures andinterventions. Every church a com-munity health center is one o themost inexpensive and eective preven-tive health-care approaches as we tellthe world about Gods complete plano restoring the whole person.

The Loud Cry

Comprehensive health ministry is

to play a strong role in the loud cry.Stressing the importance o this work,we read: The health reorm is asclosely related to the third angelsmessage as the arm to the body; butthe arm cannot take the place o thebody. The proclamation o the thirdangels message, the commandmentso God and the testimony o Jesus, isthe burden o our work. The messageis to be proclaimed with a loud cry,

and is to go to the whole world(Counsels on Diet and Foods, p. 75).

Seventh-day Adventists are the

only ones proclaiming the thirdangels message, and they will pro-claim the loud cry. Changes have totake place in us and through us toaccomplish this heaven-directed work.The loud cry is going to be given amida storm o persecution that will havean eect on all o us.

Because o the close working rela-tionship between health reorm and thethird angels message, there is work tobe done in personal health beore pas-

tors and people will be given the powerto proclaim the third angels message asthe loud cry. Gods people . . . have awork to do or themselves which theyshould not leave God to do or them. . . .It is an individual work; one cannot doit or another (ibid., p. 32).

Leaders and church members, havewe become hesitant in strongly pro-claiming and decidedly living the clearlink between biblical truth and ourphysical wellbeing? Do we truly

believe that God has given uniquelight to Seventh-day Adventistsregarding a healthy liestyle andcharged us to tell the world?

O course, we need wisdom, notanaticism, in our presentation o thehealth message. Health reorm, wiselytreated, will prove an entering wedgewhere the truth may ollow withmarked success. But to present healthreorm unwisely . . . has served to createprejudice with unbelievers . . . leaving

the impression that we are extremists(Selected Messages, book 3, p. 285). Letus wisely expand the work o this pow-erul blending o the physical and spiri-tual ministrywithout anaticism.

The Answer to the Devils

Deceptions

Comprehensive health ministrythe practical presentation o Godshealth principlesis the answer to

postmodernism, the New Age move-ment, mysticism, and pagan philoso-phies that are part o the last day

deceptions o the devil. Do not all preyto the strange re o mystic belie andpractice whether in health or in spiri-tual lie. Stay close to the Bible, theSpirit o Prophecy, and a personalprayer connection with heaven so theHoly Spirit will help you to discerntruth and avoid error and extremism.

God is calling us to revival and reor-mation both spiritually and physically.Participate in Revived by His Word aswe read at least one chapter a day in the

Bible (see revivedbyhisword.org). Weare not to be satised with only the richheritage o the Seventh-day Adventisthealth ministry but to renew our com-mitment to innovative approaches ohealth practices, health promotion, andcomprehensive health ministry.

I appeal to our pastors and healthproessionals to unite under the powero the Holy Spirit. I thank God or thewonderul things that are happeningin many o our churches, healthcare

institutions, schools, and supportingministries. I appeal to our seminariesand colleges to have health courses ortheology majors and all students. Letus realize the power o a united andblended approach since Christ is theorigin o all lie and health.

The world needs today what itneeded nineteen hundred years agoarevelation o Christ. A great work oreorm is demanded, and it is onlythrough the grace o Christ that the

work o restoration, physical, mental,and spiritual, can be accomplished(The Ministry o Healing, p. 143).

O R L D V I S T A

Ted N. C. Wilson ispresident o the General

Conerence o Seventh-

day Adventists in Silver

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Im a researcher and have ocused on

vitamin B12

. In the World Health col-

umn in the August 2012 issue o

Adventist World, you suggested thatlacto-ovo vegetarians might are bet-

ter than those eating a total plant-

based diet. I recently surveyed theliterature, and its my fnding that all

vegetarians are likely to be defcient

in vitamin B12

. Would you comment?

We have contactedresearchers studying some95,000 North American

Adventists, including total plant-baseddietary groups, lacto-ovo vegetarians,omnivores, and groups in between (theAdventist Health Study II). You are

correct in suggesting that vitamin B12is o concern to all vegetariansandmaybe more so to those living wheremuch o the ood is not ortied.

Vitamin B12

is a water-soluble vita-min thats important in acilitating theunction o olic acid. Its also neededor blood ormation and nervous tis-sue unction. Its ound naturally onlyin animal-sourced oods, and conse-quently its suciency is o importanceto all vegetarians. Symptoms o de-

ciency are late in onset.The group o Adventists in the

Adventist Health Study do not at rstappear to show signicant numberswith vitamin B

12deciency, perhaps

because o conscious attention to uti-lizing vitamin B

12-ortied oods or

specic B12

supplements. The ndingsreported to us o vitamin B

12levels in

the Adventist Health Study are pre-liminary and should not be construed

as denitive. There remains a need orvigilance among all vegetarians andeven some who occasionally eat meat.

Theres a condition called perni-cious anemia, in which an individuallacks whats called the intrinsic ac-tor. This leads to a malabsorption ovitamin B

12. Persons with pernicious

anemia usually require injectable vita-min B

12o 1,000 micrograms a month,

or a daily dissolvable tablet thatabsorbs in the mouth.

A recent article in the CanadianMedical Association Journalreportedon vitamin B

12deciency in two

inants.1 These inants were breasted;one the child o a vegan mother, andthe other o a mother with perniciousanemia. When a mother hersel haslow B

12levels, her breast milk will con-

tain inadequate B12

levels as well.These inants became anemic and su-

ered neurologic developmental ail-ure. They displayed symptoms o leth-argy, low muscle tone, apathy, andgeneral weakness. Imaging studiesshowed brain atrophy. Whether theywill ully recover remains to be seen.This appears to indicate that all veg-etariansperhaps everyoneshouldbe aware o the need or vitamin B

12.

One o our major concerns is theuse o homemade or unortied soydrinks as substitutes or cows milk.

These products do not contain therequired ortication o vitamin B

12.

Its important to check the nutritioncontent oallsuch substitutes or ani-mal products to be sure they containsupplemental vitamin B

12. I they

dont, we recommend that such veg-etarians take supplemental vitamin B

12.

We are especially concerned thatvegan breasteeding mothers shouldhave supplemental vitamin B

12, and

that their inants receive careul pedi-atric surveillance or its deciency.Brain or nerve damage secondary toB

12deciency is oten irreversible. The

recommended minimum intake o 2.5micrograms a day should be viewed assuch: a minimum level.

The Canadian Medical AssociationJournalarticle (reerencing severalstudies) reported one in 20 women o

childbearing age in Canada has inad-equate levels o vitamin B

12.2 The

Canadian Health Measures Surveyound about 5 percent o women aged20 to 45 years old were decient, and20 percent had marginal stores.

On a global scale, vitamin B12

de-ciency is a signicantly greater risk onthe subcontinent o India and in Mex-ico, Central America, and certainregions o Arica.

There are signicant health advan-

tages o a vegetarian diet. So ar, nei-ther the Adventist Health Study norany other scientically valid studypermits selection o one or anothervariety o vegetarian diet as being de-initely superior to the others, but itsclear that allvegetarians should beaware o vitamin B

12requirements.

1 Nadia Ronmeliotis, David Dix, and Alisa Lipson, in CanadianMedical Association Journal184, no. 14 (Oct. 2, 2012).2Ibid.

W O R L D H E A L T

Allan R. Handysides,a board-certied gynecolo-gist, is director o the General Conerence Health

Ministries Department.

Peter N. Landless, a board-certied nuclearcardiologist, is associate director o the General

Conerence Health Ministries Department.

RevisitedVitamin B12

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D E V O T I O N A L

W

hen people think aboutGenesis 3, they typicallythink, Oh, yes, thats the

chapter in which God kicked Adam andEve out o Paradise. Doubtless thatstrue. The chapter tells the sad story ohumanity alling into sin and havingto leave Paradise. But i we look a littlecloser, we will actually see a surprisingrevelation o the character o God andthe gospel.

Knowing God

We can build a relationship onlywith someone we really know. I we

have wrong conceptions about a per-son, it will negatively aect our rela-tionship with that person. The same istrue in our relationship with God. Inorder to have a loving relationshipwith Him, we must truly understandHis character. Thats why Jesus said:And this is eternal lie, that they mayknow You (John 17:3).

When God created Adam and Eve,they knew God ace to ace. Theyloved Him. They ound their greatest

happiness in spending time with God.But when Satan deceived Eve, heplanted a wrong image o God in hermind. He led her to believe that Godis selsh and unjust and does not havetheir best interest in mind (c. Gen.3:1-5). Thus the relationship with Godwas severely damaged, and they hidrom His presence. This is importantto understand: Sin did not start with adeed. Rather it began with accepting awrong image o the character o God!

The deed o taking the orbidden ruitwas just a consequence o this wrongconcept about God.

Wrong Concepts o God

This is not just an ancient story.The same is true today! How manypeople, even in the church, have awrong image o God? God loves mewhen I am good enough! God willnot orgive me; I have gone too ar.

ator as a being who is watching withjealous eye to discern the errors and

mistakes o men, that He may visitjudgments upon them. It was toremove this dark shadow, by revealingto the world the innite love o God,that Jesus came to live among men.*

Gods Character in Genesis 3

This revelation o God throughJesus Christ did not start when Jesuslived on earth. Rather, it began inGenesis 3. As soon as there was sin,God revealed Himsel as the Savior o

man. Right then and there!How did God respond ater Adam

and Eve had sinned? He didnt eventry to nd arguments to prove that thedevil was wrong. Rather, He demon-strated that He was completely dier-ent rom what Satan had claimed Himto be. Lets take a closer look at howGod accomplished that!

1. Ater the Fall God could havesent angels to arrest Adam and Eve

God loves me so much that He willsave me no matter what I do. Wrong

concepts about God abound in manyshapes and colors, ultimately leadingpeople away rom God. Its tragic!When we have a wrong image o God,we cannot have a right relationshipwith Him, because we believe in a godthat does not exist! Thats the reasonthe devil is so eager to spread lies aboutthe character o God! Thats also thereason God moves heaven and earth toshow us how He really is! He has manyways to help us understand that He is

loving and just. But the best revelationo God we nd in Jesus Christ.Though all these evidences have beengiven, the enemy o good blinded theminds o men, so that they lookedupon God with ear; they thought oHim as severe and unorgiving. Satanled men to conceive o God as a beingwhose chie attribute is stern justiceone who is a severe judge, a harsh,exacting creditor. He pictured the Cre-

ByMichael Doernbrack

The gospel according to Genesis 3

Discovering

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and conduct them to the heavenlycourtroom. But He did not do that.

Rather, God chose to leave heaven andcome down to where sin had occurred,to meet humanity where they were.Years later God did the same when Helet heaven and became a man inorder to save us.

2. When Adam and Eve hid them-selves rom Gods presence, He soughtthem and asked questions. He came toAdam and asked: Where are you?Who told you that you were naked?Have you eaten rom the tree o which

I commanded you that you should noteat? (verses 9, 11). When Adamblamed Eve and in consequence God,He turned to Eve and asked: What isthis you have done? (verse 13). Sheblamed the serpent, and thus alsoGod, because ater all, who had cre-ated the serpent?

Think this through! Why does Godask questions! Doesnt He knoweverything? O course He does. When

3. God also demonstrated His justiceand His abhorrence o sin. Adam andEve had to leave paradise and experi-

ence the consequences o their sin. ButGod did not send them out o para-dise without hope. In the sentencegiven to Satan, God put the promiseo a coming Savior who would destroySatan and save humanity.

4. God revealed Himsel as a caringGod. He saw humanity with their piti-ul lea garments and knew that theywould not manage in the world theywere about to enter. So He made themcoats o skin to clothe themselves.

Innocent blood was shed. It was Godwho provided this sacrice. It wasGod who made the coats. It was Godwho clothed them. It is important tonote that up until that point there wasnot a single sign o repentance on thepart o Adam and Eve. The clotheswere not Gods reaction to theirrepentance. They were rather gits ograce! What a wonderul picture othe salvation He oers us as a git,through the lie, death, and resurrec-

tion o Jesus Christ.Genesis 3 is not just the chapter

that shows how God kicked Adam andEve out o Paradise. It is a chapter thatdraws a beautiul picture o the char-acter o God and ultimately revealsthe gospel. Next time you read thischapter, remember that Gods savinggrace is greater than sin!

1 Ellen G. White, Steps to Christ(Mountain View Cali.: PacicPress Pub. Assn., 1956), pp. 10, 11.

Michael Doernbrackis pastor o the Isny

Seventh-day Adventist

Church in Germany. He is

also the ounder and director o the Josiah

Mission School in Isny that trains young

Adventists, willing to give nine months o

their lie, to be disciples who communicate

the gospel eectively.

Sindid not

startwith adeed.

God asks questions in the Bible, itsnever because o a lack o knowledge

on His part.When Elijah ran away rom Jezebel,

God asked him twice: What are youdoing here, Elijah? (1 Kings 19:9, 13).When the people brought blind Barti-maeus to Jesus, He asked: What do youwant Me to do or you? (Mark 10:51).Beore Jesus healed the man at the Poolo Bethesda, He asked him: Do youwant to be made well? (John 5:6).

When God asks questions, it isbecause He wants people to see their

need o Him. He wants to lead themto repentance and salvation. This isimportant: The God who asks questionsis the God who wants to save. WhenGod came to the garden ater the Fall,He came as the compassionate Saviorwho desperately wanted to save Adamand Eve. When God came to Satan, Hedid not ask a question. Why? Becausethe devil had gone too ar. God didnot come as Savior but as Judge.


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U N D A M E N T A L B E L I E F S

Some time ago I saw the caricature o a mandescending rom a mountain, with two stone

tablets in his hands. He looked tired and worn outand was introduced as a modern Moses. Seeing himselsurrounded and jostled by eager media personnel, he beganhis statement with the ollowing words: Because o thesensitive nature o this matter, my source wishes to remainanonymous.

How do we think about Gods law and the Ten Com-mandments today? Is this a sensitive issue (or doctrine)that we preer to pass by quietly?

The Author

In contrast to this caricature Moses, the real Moses odays past, begins his message by reerring immediately tothe true source: And God spoke all these words: I am theLord your God (Ex. 20:1, 2, NIV).1 God clearly distin-guished Himsel (rom the other gods) as the author o theTen Commandment. Its quite easy to say that the Ten

Commandments are no longer binding. But how manyChristians would be able to say, The divinely inspired TenCommandments are no longer binding? The source o atext tells us something about the content o the text and isclosely linked to its authority. When we neglect thesupreme source o the commandments, we carelessly denytheir authority (Ex. 31:18).

The Main Point

Salvation is centered on Christ alone. I there is no sin-ner, there is absolutely no need or a Savior. But the plan o

salvation was made because humanity disobeyed Godscommandment. In consequence, we became sinners and

needed a Savior. The Godhead made a planand Hisname was Jesus. His saving grace was our only hope, and itwas to transorm us. The Bible makes it clear: No one wholives in him keeps on sinning. No one who continues to sinhas either seen him or known him (1 John 3:6, NIV). Ear-lier, in verse 4, John has already dened sin: Everyone whosins breaks the law; in act, sin is lawlessness (NIV).

We sin by breaking the law, which means that wedestroy our relationship with the Lawgiver. Even by way o

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His obedience inspires our love

denition, lawlessness is having no respect or regard or thelaw. I we believe that Jesus has saved us rom sin, we mustbelieve also that in Him is the power to obey Gods com-mandments, since in Him is no sin (verse 5). This obedi-ence is not based on legalism, but is wrought by the gracethat produces love in us (1 John 5:3).

A Reminder

Romans 3:20 reads: Through the law we becomeconscious o our sin (NIV). Paul later on urther elabo-rates this by noting: Well then, am I suggesting that thelaw o God is sinul? O course not! In act, it was the lawthat showed me my sin. I would never have known thatcoveting is wrong i the law had not said, You must notcovet (Rom. 7:7, NLT).2 He continues: But how canthat be? Did the law, which is good, cause my death? Ocourse not! Sin used what was good to bring about mycondemnation to death. So we can see how terrible sin

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really is. It uses Gods good commands or its own evilpurposes (verse 13).

As we open the Word, Gods Spirit convicts us o sinand reveals to us its awul consequences. As a reminder,Gods law drives us to ocus on Christ. It drives us toyearn or a Savior. Hence we thank God that He wrote thelaw on the tablets o our hearts and minds (Jer. 31:31-33;Heb. 8:10).

The Testimony o Love

A lawyer once asked Jesus about the greatest o the law,and this was Jesus answer: The most important one,answered Jesus, is this: Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God,the Lord is one. Love the Lord your God with all your heart

and with all your soul and with all your mind and with allyour strength. The second is this: Love your neighbor asyoursel. There is no commandment greater than these (Mark 12:29-31, NIV).

No one should presuppose that this is a new command-ment o the New Testament. Jesus quoted directly rom thePentateuchsomething He oten did while teaching (Deut.6:4, 5; Lev. 19:18). Gods people knew this law o love romthe beginningonly they had neglected it.

I can imagine the lawyer nodding with a smile, saying,Well said, teacher! (Mark 12: 32, NIV), as Jesus contin-ued: You are not ar rom the kingdom o God (verse 34).

We too are not ar rom the kingdom o God when wecome to realize the true nature o Gods law, and, morespecically, the Ten Commandments. It is through the lawthat we can learn how to love God and our human neigh-bors. We realize that God must be rst and oremost. Weunderstand the importance o obedience and respectbetween children and parents. We appreciate the sacredlove relationship between husband and wie. Gods law,written in our hearts and minds, helps us nd access to theunlimited pool o divine love, which we, in turn, are able toshare with those around us.

The Cross and the Law

Ultimately it is important that we realize that the crossdenes love (John 3:16) while the law demands love (John14:15; 1 John 5:2). We keep the law (which appears in tan-dem to the testimonies o Jesus in Revelation 12:17). Onlytrue understanding o the cross andthe law makes a com-plete Christian. The testimony o Jesus Christ and Godslaw go together and are a marker o Gods end-time people.

God has given us His commandments to guide ourmoral behavior. They are the only legal principles that Godhas provided to rule our lives. They are meant to govern

our mind and conscience; and when they rule our nationsthey are a blessing. Yes, at times we may stumble, but Hisgrace is always sucient or us through our Lord JesusChrist. We obey because we love. Thats what He lived in

His lie, and thats all that He demands rom us as well.

1 Texts credited to NIV are rom the Holy Bible, New International Version. Copyright 1973, 1978,1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc. Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide.2 Scripture quotations marked NLT are taken rom the Holy Bible, New Living Translation,copyright 1996, 2004, 2007 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission o Tyndale HousePublishers, Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved.

Clifford Owusu-Gyamfi, originally romGhana, is a postgraduate student in theology

at the University o Lausanne, Switzerland.

LawGodothe

The great principles o Gods law are embodied

in the Ten Commandments and exemplied in

the lie o Christ. They express Gods love, will,

and purposes concerning human conduct and

relationships and are binding upon all people in

every age. These precepts are the basis o Gods

covenant with His people and the standard in Godsjudgment. Through the agency o the Holy Spirit

they point out sin and awaken a sense o need or a

Saviour. Salvation is all o grace and not o works,

but its ruitage is obedience to the Commandments.

This obedience develops Christian character and

results in a sense o well-being. It is an evidence o

our love or the Lord and our concern or our ellow

men. The obedience o aith demonstrates the

power o Christ to transorm lives, and thereore

strengthens Christian witness. (Ex. 20:1-17; Ps. 40:7,8; Matt. 22:36-40; Deut. 28:1-14; Matt. 5:17-20; Heb.

8:8-10; John 15:7-10; Eph. 2:8-10; 1 John 5:3; Rom.

8:3, 4; Ps. 19:7-14.)


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FacesADRAoThe churchs humanitarianservice arm provides hopeand healing.

The van bumped to a stop, and a distinguished-lookingpassenger sporting gray hair and black-rimmed glassesstuck his head out the window to get a clear view o

the convoy o vehicles lined up ahead. Trucks, buses, cars,and animal carts stretched or about six miles (10 kilometers)

between himand the Adventist Development and Relie(ADRA) workers with himand a bombed-out bridge. Acrudely constructed erry was apparently the only meansavailable to cross the river, and because it was equipped tocarry only a ew vehicles at a time, Robert L. Rawson, at thetime General Conerence treasurer and ADRA assistant boardchair, resigned himsel to a lengthy wait.

Rawson was en route to Bosnias capital, Sarajevo. About18 months earlier, in February 1996, NATOs intense mili-tary intervention nally ended the almost our-year Serbiansiege o the city, and Rawson was heading there to observethe ollow-up work o ADRA employees and volunteers in

the region. He had heard many stories o courage on thepart o ADRA workers in Sarajevo. One woman had con-tinuously put her lie on the line by walking ve miles romher home to the ADRA warehouse every day, running orcover and dodging behind buildings to avoid the shells all-ing around her, in order to sort mail and packages slippedinto the city by ADRA Germany. She survived, but anotherADRA volunteers daughter, one o the mail carriers, wasntso ortunate. She was killed while trying to help others.

Rawson was anxious to meet and talk with the peoplewho had risked and sacriced so much, but now, as he

eyed the long line o vehicles ahead o him, he thought,Were going to be here awhile. To his surprise, however,within minutes a uniormed military agent strolled overto the van and motioned the driver to pull up to theront o the line. Rawson and his group then drove

aboard the erry or its rst excursion o the day acrossthe river.

What just happened? Rawson asked his driver.Its the ADRA logo on the side o the van, the driver

explained. Its widely recognized and highly respectedhere. The people appreciate what we do.

Almost two decades later, Rawson, who came out oretirement in July 2012 to serve as interim president or the29-year-old agency, recounts this experience to exempliyADRAs commitment to humanitarian service.

ADRA is the hands and eet o Jesus, Rawson toldAdventist World. Its mission is to eed the hungry, clothe

the naked, visit the incarcerated, and help people who eelhopeless to see a vision o Jesus. . . . This is the most glori-ous task that God can give to a personto help others.

How It Began

ADRAs roots reach back to 1956, when the churchlaunched its rst humanitarian relie and welareorganization called Seventh-day Adven-tist Welare Service (SAWS). Withintwo years SAWS was activelyassisting 22 countries by pro-

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viding such aid as ood, water, and clothing, with a totalvalue o almost $500,000. In 1973 its name was changed toSeventh-day Adventist World Service, and the organiza-tions mission broadened to include long-term develop-ment programs as well as disaster relie.

To refect this broader emphasis more accurately, anintrinsically new organization called Adventist Develop-ment and Relie Agency was created and replaced WorldService in 1983. Today ADRA has some 6,000 employ-ees69 at its international headquarters in Silver Spring,Maryland, United Statesimplementing programs inmore than 120 countries. With a nancial base that com-prises government grant monies and private donations, itassists millions o people worldwide every year.

When you meet the people were serving and see howADRA is bringing hope and help to seemingly hopelesspeople, its a lie-changing event, Rawson says. Adventists

should eel very proud o the work ADRA does.

Sectors o ADRA

ADRA sees its mission as making known the just, mer-ciul, and loving character o God through humanitarianservice. Its principles embrace the right that all people haveto basic goods, services, and care, as well as to a lie oopportunity and the reedom to choose ones own uture.To accomplish these goals, ADRA provides ve main sec-tors o service: emergency relie, agriculture, human rights,primary health, and basic education.

In Times o Crisis

ADRA is one o the rst responders to many internationaldisasters, oten arriving within 24 hours o their occurrence.Emanuel da Costa, an ADRA International emergency man-agement director, says this is because o a wide network o

local and regional oces and redened emergency-responseplans. For smaller-scale disasters, the country director andregional ADRA teams assess the damage and then notiyADRA International which preplanned response best suitsthe circumstances and needs. Larger-scale disasters require anetwork response rom not only ADRA International butalso oces in such places as Germany, Australia, and Canada.In megadisasters such as the 2010 earthquake in Haiti, ADRAInternational, regional and country oces, and partner orga-nizations collaborate their eorts.

ADRAs goal is to change peoples lives as dramaticallyor the better as the disaster dramatically changed them or

the worse, da Costa says.Da Costa, a 12-year ADRA employee, has served in

three Arican countries. The suering and poverty he haswitnessed is heartbreaking, he says, but notes that hewouldnt change [his] job or anything. He also doesntexpect the need or disaster relie to end any time soon.

Were seeing increased periods o drought ollowed byheavy rains causing devastating foods recurring in manyplaces o the world. This is becoming the new reality or manypopulations that cannot cope with these lasting, and manytimes extreme, changes in the weather patterns, da Costa

ZIMBABWE: (Let) Tonderai, whose parents died o AIDS, now has

access to resh, clean water rom a well ADRA drilled. BRAZIL: (Top)

ADRA training improves agricultural techniques and increases crop

productivity. BANGLADESH: (Right) Flip charts are simple but eec-

tive tools or teaching health and nutrition.

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explains. Disasters that can be related to climate change andconfict are signicantly increasing in number and impact.

He quickly adds that the increasing needs add pressure tothe use o agency resources.

God has placed a big responsibility on the people in this

organization, da Costa says. Were to be appropriate channelsor assistance. This is our mission, and we must do it well.

In or the Long Haul

ADRA provides not only emergency relie; it also establishesitsel in developing countries long-term, at least three to veyears or otentimes longer. ADRAs vice president or nance,Robyn Mordeno, explains that changing lives or the bettertakes time, especially i it is to make a long-term dierence.

We need time to develop a person, a community, so thechanges will be sustainable, she says. This way we becomewell-known in the regions and in our industry, and because

were already there, when emergencies occur we can mobilizequickly.

Mordeno cites Vietnam as an example o ostering sustain-ability. ADRA constructed and equipped a medical acilitythere, instructed the doctors and nurses on how to use theequipment, and then nanced their travel and training inanother already established hospital in a dierent country.

They were taught modernized techniques and technolo-gies, and brought back what they learned to integrate itwithin their own customs and local context, Mordeno says.

Agriculture

ADRA has been ecologically conscious and has empha-sized environmental sustainability long beore being greenbecame the trend. In its community-based agricultural proj-ects in developing regions such as Bolivia, Chad, DemocraticRepublic o the Congo, Nicaragua, Mozambique, and Peru,ADRA provides armers with organic alternatives to chemicalpesticides and ertilizers and promotes conservation.

Using environmentally riendly products and techniquesresults in higher yields, higher-quality products, and anincrease in soil ertility, says Jozimo Santos Rocha, ADRAssenior technical advisor or agriculture and economic devel-opment or the past ve years.

Most o us are here because we love our God, ourchurch, and the mission o the church, Rocha says. Webelieve in what the church is doing to help others.

Seeing positive changes in the lives o individuals andcommunitiesmoving people rom inecient and unprot-able arming methods to simple, cost-eective techniques thatreduce the workload and increase crop productivityis whatstrengthens his commitment, Rocha says. Rocha met one suchsubsistence armer in Mozambique who was producing maize,a staple in that region. His crop yield was low, and he walkedsix miles to the market to sell what he had. He was barely

BOLIVIA AND

GHANA: (Above and

right) ADRA imple-

ments agricultural

projects that address

ood insecurity in vul-

nerable world regions

such as Bolivia and

Ghana. NIGER: (Below)

Thousands o girls in

Niger are now attend-

ing school because

o ADRAs Goats or

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Sandra Blackmer is an assistant editor oAdventist Worldand lives in Silver Spring,

Maryland, U.S.A.

earning enough or him and his amily to live on. Threeyears ater ADRA arrived and provided technical assistanceand training, the armer was not only growing and sellinglarger quantities o maize but also other higher-priced cropssuch as peanuts and pigeon peas. He is now part o a com-

munity armer organization, and his products are aggregatedwith products o other armers and sent to market via atruck. His amilys standard o living has increased to wherehes able to purchase other goods, including a bicycle.

When you see eort and money invested in somethingthat really changes the lives o individuals and communi-ties, its very rewarding, Rocha says.

Health Initiatives

Sonya Funna Evelyn, the organizations senior technicalhealth adviser, describes ADRAs health ocus as wholistic. Sheexplains that ocusing on the entire amilyhusband, wie,

and childrenprovides the greatest potential or good health.In countries such as Sudan, when a woman becomes

pregnant we ensure that she is getting the support she needsrom her husband, and the nutrition she needs or hersel andthe baby, Evelyn explains. When the baby is born, we againmake sure they are getting proper nutrition and that the babyis vaccinated. We educate the husband to be aware o his am-ilys needsthat when he goes out to work he utilizes theincome or health or education or whatever is needed.

Using simple tools such as fipcharts, ADRA sta oten gohome to home throughout entire villages educating amilieson nutrition and health. Those people then share their newly

acquired knowledge with others in surrounding villages.The multiplication eect is huge, Evelyn says. We

start with a ew hundred women, and we end up reachingthousands. And it isnt long beore we see the impact. Chil-dren dont get sick as oten; ewer children die; womenbecome healthierand theyre so receptive and apprecia-tive o what we do.

Not or the Faint o Heart

ADRA workers in politically unstable regions oten puttheir lives on the line, and some have paid the ultimateprice. Others leave behind homes and amilies or less-

than-ideal living conditions and extreme climates, subject-ing their health to risk.

Jason Brooks, currently ADRAs private grants manager,served as Niger country director or ve years. Only about100 active members o the Adventist Church reside in theMuslim-dominated country. Temperatures there can soar to130F ( 54C), and although the people are hard workers,they barely eke out a living arming the hard, sandy soil.

Niger is a very needy, very underdeveloped place,Brooks says, and with the intense heat and dust and thelack o sanitation or most people, its not an easy place in

which to live. But ADRA is really making a dierence there,and the Muslims see Adventists as good people because othe many ways we help them.

ADRAs infuence in the education o girls in Niger isparticularly vivid. Poverty orces parents to keep their

daughters at home to assist with home duties rather thansend them to school, so Brooks and his colleagues estab-lished a program called Goats or Girls. Parents whoagree to enroll their daughters in school are given a goat tohelp supplement their income. As a result, thousands ogirls are now in school, Brooks says.

The payo is unbelievable when girls become edu-cated, he says. The well-being o the amily, how thosegirls care or their children latereverything comes up anotch when a girl is educated; several notches, in act.

Sharing Jesus

Because ADRA utilizes government moneys to undmany o its projects, its workers are restricted rom overtlyproselytizing, but we do declare who we are, Rawson says.We are a aith-based NGO [nongovernmental agency]; wemake that clear, and everyone understands that. But thosecommunities where ADRA has served are ertile groundsor ollow-up evangelism by other organizations within thechurch. ADRA sows the seeds and lays a oundation onwhich others are able to build.

We may not be using words to proclaim the gospel,Brooks adds, but were proclaiming it with actions. We showthat Jesus loves people by loving and caring or them too.

On October 10, 2012, directors o the Adventist Develop-ment and Relie Agency (ADRA) International appointedJonathan Duy, CEO o ADRA Australia, to serve as presi-dent o the humanitarian arm o the Seventh-day AdventistChurch. Duy has been CEO o ADRA Australia since 2008.To read the ull story, see the December issue oAdventistWorld or go to www.adventistworld.org.

Although they occasionally partner together, ADRA mostlyserves countries outside the United States, and Adventist Com-munity Services (www.communityservices.org) is the churchentity that responds to disasters and other humanitarian needs

within the United States.To learn more about ADRA, go to www.adra.org. You may also

ollow ADRA International on Facebook (www.acebook.com/joinADRA) and on Twitter (https://twitter.com/ADRAIntl).

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FindingByJames Park

Understanding how people respond to the gospe

Most o us have seen thepictures, watched thevideos, and read the reports

o large numbers o people being

baptized in araway lands. In contrastto these glowing reports, the church inmost developed countries is growingmuch more slowly and may evenexperience some decline.

While the above generalization hasa germ o truth in it, I think that somechurch members would be surprised tolearn that there are many places aroundthe world that are much harder to growthan North America. In this article I

am interested in painting a brie pic-ture o the growth o the Seventh-dayAdventist Church throughout theworld and how it might relate to theimportant principle o receptivity.

Seventh-day Adventists per

Capita

The basic statistical data I will useis the number o Seventh-day Adven-tists in a country per 10,000 popula-tion, based on the 2010 General Con-erence online yearbook.1

Using this basic ratio, we see thereis a very wide divergence in the pen-etration o the Adventist Church inthe world. To note two extremes, inthe country o Turkey the ratio oAdventists to the population is about.01 members per 10,000 population.

On the other hand, Zimbabwe has avery high ratio o 473 members per10,000 population.

In North America there are 32Adventists per 10,000 population,which is actually quite high or a devel-oped country. By contrast, the BritishUnion Conerence has 4.5, and Italy has1.4 per 10,000 population. These num-bers in Western Europe are close tosome o the most dicult elds in Asia.

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The modern Buddhist countries oThailand and Taiwan have about 2 per10,000, and secular Japan has 1.2 per10,000 population. One o the impor-

tant actors that help us understand thereason or this wide divergence can beound in the key principle o receptivity.

ReceptivityA Major Factor

Many examples in Scripture andeveryday lie illustrate that an individu-als or a countrys openness to the gos-pel is greatly aected by the amount ochange or trials they are acing. Theimprisonment o Manasseh (2 Chron.

33:10-13), the leprosy o Naaman (2Kings 5), and the judgment messageagainst Nineveh (Jonah 3) opened theselives to the healing power o the gospel.Negative changes, such as the loss o ajob, divorce, death, moving, a naturaldisaster, etc., tend to increase receptivityto the gospel, which oers answers to a

lie that has been challenged to its core.Ellen White states in The Desire o

Ages that this openness to the gospelcan occur in an individual (the apostleJohn was the most receptive)2 or in ageographic area ([the people o Gali-lee] were more open to the reception otruth).3 Stan Guthrie suggests thatcountries acing political instabilityand natural disasters have been par-ticularly ripe, especially when Chris-tians combine practical relie and

development ministries with theirwords o witness.4 In other words, aactor that should infuence the strate-gic planning o the church is to beready to respond in a wholistic way tospecic areas that are undergoing crisis.

Receptivity, Wealth, andCommunity

But what about areas o the world inwhich the majority o the population

Countries/Regions With

Low Ratio o Adventists toPopulation

Turkey, Indonesia, and countries in the

Euro-Asia and Southern Asia divisionsMuslims are among the most di-

cult religious groups to reach. Buteven here the principle o receptivityis helping to spread the gospel mes-sage. Turkey and Indonesia, both owhich are Muslim countries, mayserve as examples. Whereas pro-West-ern and secular Turkey only has 77Adventists in the whole country, Indo-nesia has 8.2 per 10,000 population.There is no doubt that Turkeys and

many other Muslim countries restric-tions o Christian work are a majorreason or the very low rate o growth.In some ways it could also be arguedthat the relative wealth o the MiddleEastern countries has insulated themrom being open to oreign infuencesand ideas.

On the other hand, the standard oliving in Indonesia is somewhat lowerthan in Turkey and other countries othe Middle East. Despite being the larg-

est Muslim country in the world, theAdventist Church has a very solid workthere, especially among the Batak,Manadonese, and Timor peoples.

The Euro-Asia Division, whichincludes most o the ormer SovietUnion, has 5 Adventists per 10,000.Organized in 1990 ater the all oCommunism, this is a relatively neweld. The church strongly entered theeld ater the all o the iron curtainbecause o better receptivity at that

time. Recently Russia has become theworlds largest oil producer, and itsincreased wealth makes evangelismmore dicult.

The Southern Asia Division, whichis made up mostly o India, has 12.1Adventists per 10,000. The challenge oIndia and its adjoining elds is its mas-sive population. With less than hal thelandmass o the United States it hasmore than three times the population.

n dierent places

has been somewhat insulated rom aprolonged crisis? In The Fat Lady andthe Kingdom George Knight attempts tounderstand prosperity and its eect on

the mission o the church. Knightquotes John Wesley to show the patterno growth, institutionalization, anddecay: Whenever riches have increased,the essence o religion has decreased inthe same proportion. Thereore I donot see how it is possible, in the natureo things, or any revival o true religionto continue long. For religion must nec-essarily produce both industry and ru-gality, and these cannot but produceriches. But as riches increase, so will

pride . . . and love o the world in all itsbranches. . . . So although the orm oreligion remains, the spirit is switlyvanishing away.5

Wealth also tends to increase per-sonal privacy and decrease the criticalcomponent o community or oikosellowship within the church. In thelargest study o small groups in NorthAmerica, Robert Wuthnow ound thatwhen people meet together, they lookor ellowship and community. Com-

munity is what people say they areseeking when they join small groups.Yet the kind o community they createis quite dierent rom the communi-ties in which people have lived in thepast. These communities are morefuid and more concerned with theemotional states o the individual.6

Because o the smaller and morecrowded living spaces in developingcountries, there is much more oppor-tunity or people to be together physi-

cally as well as socially. These societiesare much closer to the New Testamentideal o community; and the churchesormed in these cultures are betterable to grow because o the naturalnetworking opportunities that arebuilt into the social abric. Lets seehow these principles o receptivitywork within specic areas and coun-tries marked by a low, medium, andhigh ratio o Adventists per capita.


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Ater securing a oothold or manyyears, the ruit o wise labor is showinga marked increase in the membership.Like Russia, this emerging world econ-

omy might become less receptive as itsgross national product increases.


Medium Ratio o Adventists toPopulation

Argentina, Australia, and South Korea

It is interesting to note how devel-oped countries outside Europe thathave been heavily infuenced by West-ern culture have nearly the same percapita gures as North America. Two o

these countries are Argentina and Aus-tralia, which both have a ratio o about25 per 10,000 population. It tends toshow that similar sociological orces areshaping receptivity to the gospel inother regions outside North America.

One o the modern Asian countriesthat has about the same ratio o Adven-tists as North America is South Korea.This wealthy Asian country boasts 29.7Adventists per 10,000, which stands indirect contrast to Japan, which has only

1.2 per 10,000 population. How didthis happen? It might partially beexplained by the excellent success thatearly missionaries had beore its cur-rent economic expansion, when thecountry still experienced many dicul-ties. According to research, the churchin Korea grew best during our periodso war in the twentieth century.Andrew Roy notes that this hardshiphas lowered the national pride andarrogance toward oreign ideas, thus

leading to raising the receptivity to thegospel.7 This again underlines thathardship increases receptivity in bothindividuals and countries.


High Ratio o Adventists toPopulation

Inter-American Division, Papua New

Guinea, Peru, Philippines, Rwanda,

Zimbabwe

The church has been particularlysuccessul in the ollowing regions andcountries with the number o Adven-tists per 10,000: Philippines, 70; Inter-

American Division, 120; Peru, 158;Papua New Guinea, 368; Rwanda, 463;and Zimbabwe, 473.

Anecdotal evidence throughoutthe world eld tends to show thatwhere there is little preparation o thesoil beore the gospel seed is sown orcultivation o the interests ollowingthe meetings, there is a airly low rateo discipleship. The principle o easycome easy go might be applied here,and the need or a longer cycle o dis-

cipleship training would no doubtresult in better long-term growth. Tocounter this tendency, Peru has devel-oped an excellent annual discipleshipcycle based on small groups.

What We Can Learn

1. For countries with a low ratio

per capita: In a world that is otenoverly xated on large numbers, itcan be discouraging to labor in aeld in which ew apparent results

are seen. However, all seed sowing isa matter o aith and Christ haspromised that all true labor or Himwill not be without ruit. It must beremembered that a little leaven willeventually aect the whole lump.Like Jesus, we have to ocus on theew receptive ones rst beore we canreach the many. Ellen White encour-ages us with the principle that thework done thoroughly or one soul isdone or many.8

2. For countries with a mediumratio per capita: Although wealth iscurrently inhibiting receptivity on amacro level in much o the devel-oped world, watch or the manyopportunities on a micro level, suchas individuals or areas going throughcrisis. Develop riendships and care-ully watch or the opportunity tosow gospel seed when trials come.Remember also that God oten pre-

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pares us to minister to others in trialby rst subjecting us to the pains olie. Soul winning is more than atechnique; it is a deeply spiritual pro-

cess whereby individuals who havebeen redeemed by aith now singtheir song o deliverance to otherneedy ones (Ps. 40:1-3).

3. For Countries with a high ratio

per capita: In countries in which bap-tisms are plentiul, there is need torestudy the Great Commission. Therisen Lord commissions His church tomake disciples by baptizing andteaching them all things He has com-manded. In reality, the viability o

baptism cannot really be measureduntil at least one year ater the com-mitment to the Lord and His church ismade. By that time it will become evi-dent i the plant has grown deep rootsand is producing ruit, or has met theate o the wayside, stony ground, orthorn-inested hearers (Matt. 13:1-8).

As we preach the good news osalvation, we need to pay attention todierent soils and contexts. This taskrequires careul analysis, humility,

hard work, andabove allthe samelove and vision that characterized theministry o Jesus.

Its time to sow!

1 www.adventistarchives.org/docs/YB/YB2010.pd. These ratiosrefect the numbers reported as o June 30, 2009.2 Ellen G. White, The Desire o Ages (Mountain View, Cali.:Pacic Press Pub. Assn., 1898), p. 292.3Ibid., p. 232.4 Stan Guthrie, Doors Into Islam, Christianity Today46, no. 10(Sept. 9, 2002): 34.5 In George Knight, The Fat Lady and the Kingdom (Boise,Idaho: Pacic Press Pub. Assn., 1995), p. 32.6 Robert Wuthnow, Sharing the Journey(New York: Free Press,1994), p. 3.7 Andrew T. Roy,On Asias Rim (New York: Friendship Press,1962), p. 29.8 Ellen G. White, Testimonies or the Church (Mountain View,Cali.: Pacic Press Pub. Assn., 1948), vol. 5, p. 255.

James Park, Ph.D., is anassociate proessor o

discipleship and mission

at the Adventist Inter-

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When Christ sent His disciplesout on their rst missionaryjourney, He said to them,

As ye go, preach, saying, The kingdomo heaven is at hand. Heal the sick,cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, castout devils: reely ye have received, reely

give [Matt. 10:7, 8, KJV]. And whenat the close o His earthly ministry Hegave them their commission, He said,These signs shall ollow them thatbelieve; In my name shall they castout devils; they shall speak with newtongues; they shall take up serpents;and i they drink any deadly thing,it shall not hurt them; they shall layhands on the sick, and they shallrecover [Mark 16:17, 18, NIV].

O the disciples ater Christs ascen-sion, we read, They went orth, andpreached every where, the Lord workingwith them, and conrming the wordwith signs ollowing [verse 20, KJV].

To Christs disciples today therecome countless opportunities to min-ister to sin-sick souls and to those inneed o physical healing. Physicalhealing is bound up with the gospelcommission. Medical missionary workis the pioneer work o the gospel.

Gods people are to be genuinemedical missionaries. They are tolearn to minister to the needs o souland body. They should know how togive the simple treatments that do somuch to relieve pain and remove dis-ease. They should be amiliar with theprinciples o health reorm, that theymay show others how, by right habitso eating, drinking, and dressing, dis-ease may be prevented and healthregained. A demonstration o the

means, we are to strive with ull pur-pose o heart to ulll the purpose oHim who is the Alpha and Omega omedical missionary work. Beside allwaters we are to sow the seeds o truth,winning souls to Christ by tender com-passion and unselsh interest.

Seek to Understand

We are to seek to understand thenecessities o those with whom we arebrought into contact, and to obtaintheir condence. People are eager tohear the truth rom those whose lipsare governed by the law o kindness.The divine word, spoken by such mes-sengers, will be as music in their ears.Thus many o those whose minds arenow lled with prejudice against pres-

ent truth may be won to Christ.Our work is a great and solemn

one, and it needs men who under-stand what it means to give themselvesto unselsh eort or the saving o thelost. But there is no need or the ser-vice o men who are lukewarm. Menand women are needed whose heartsare touched with human woe and su-ering, men and women who haveheard a message rom heaven, andwhose lives give evidence that they are

receiving and imparting light and lieand grace.

The pioneer work o the gospel

value o the principles o healthreorm will do much toward removingprejudice against our evangelicalwork. The Great Physician, the origi-nator o medical missionary work,will bless every one who will go or-ward humbly and trustully, seeking to

impart the truth or this time.

Establishing Health Institutions

Sanitariums are to be established inmany places, to stand as memorials orGod. I know that the truth will reach thehearts o many who, but or the agencyo these institutions, would never beenlightened by the brightness o thegospel message. Sel-sacricing workers,who have ull aith in God, should bechosen to take charge o these institu-

tions. They are to take up this work, notwith the hope o gaining nancialadvantage, but because their hearts areweighted with the burden o the mes-sage or this time. They are to be willingto sacrice personal gain and personalconvenience or the sake o saving souls.

A Work Demanding Sacrifce

The work o God is to be carriedorward in sel-denial and sel-sacrice.Whosoever will come ater me, Christ

said, let him deny himsel,and take up his cross, and ollow Me[Mark 8:34, KJV]. Christ became poorthat we might be partakers o the armore exceeding and eternal weight oglory [2 Cor. 4:17, KJV]. We are topractice the same sel-sacrice that ledHim to give Himsel up to the death othe cross to make it possible or humanbeings to have eternal lie. In all that wedo or say, in all our expenditure o

This article is a selection taken rom

an article The Blessing o Service,

originally published in the Advent Review

and Sabbath Herald, May 5, 1904, by Ellen

G. White. Seventh-day Adventists believe

that Ellen G. White (1827-1915) exercised

the biblical git o prophecy during more

than 70 years o public ministry.

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hat kind o sermon would you expect to heari the church you usually attend had burned tothe ground just our days beore? What would

have been the topic o your pastors sermon i one o themost important hospitals or publishing houses o yourdenomination had been devastated by a re? What kind oarticles would you expect to be published in the very rstissue oAdventist Worldater such a hypothetical disaster?

First Reactions

On February 18, 1902, the renowned Seventh-dayAdventist Battle Creek Sanitarium in Michigan, UnitedStates, burned to the ground. This event was the source o ageneral eeling o dismay among church leaders, and,understandably so, an obvious reerence rom many pulpits

and in the Advent Review and Sabbath Heraldpublishedexactly one week ater the catastrophe.

Outstanding among reactions to the catastrophe wasthe report made by the sanitarium director John HarveyKellogg, who made it clear that he planned to start imme-diately rebuilding a larger and better sanitarium.1

A project like the one he envisioned would cost at least$250,000, but Kellogg had it all gured out. With the insur-ance money he was expecting to get, plus donations by someo the well-o regular patients o the institution, the visionaryleader hoped to reach his goal without running into debt.2

Kellogg, however, was not the only one eeling thrilledwith his plans or new acilities. The emotional sermon thatW. W. Prescott preached at the Battle Creek Tabernacle the

rst Sabbath ater the re is a proo o the predominant eel-ing. In his sermon, which he based on Haggai 2:9, Prescottassured his hearers that in the same way the glory o the sec-ond temple had been greater as a result o Christs presence,the glory o a second sanitarium would also be greater.3

But beyond these converging opinions, had the pro-phetic voice anything to say? Would the Lord send a par-ticular message or moments like these? The same issue othe Review and Herald, published on February 25, 1902,includes an important inspired message in that regard.

A Dierent View

At the beginning o that issue, Ellen G

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