Unity & Authority Conference

[Gregory Matthews]

June 15 - 17, in London, England, an International, SDA, conference is scheduled to discuss unity and authority in the history of the SDA denomination.  All Union Conference Presidents have been invited to attend.  Adventist Today is sending a reporter.  See:

https://atoday.org/adventist-leaders-to-discuss-denominational-unity-at-international-conference-next-week/

Study papers to be presented at the meeting include “History of Authority in the Adventist Church” by the noted Adventist historian, Dr. George Knight; “Issues in Church Policy” by Pastor Lowell Cooper, retired vice president of the General Conference (GC); “Ellen White’s Relationship to and View of GC Authority and Her Understanding of Unions” by Dr. Radisa Antic, professor of systematic theology at Newbold College; “Early 20th-century Restructuring of the Church and Implications for the Church Today” by Dr. Barry Oliver, retired president of the South Pacific Division.

Also among the presentations will be “Ellen White and Her Understanding of Unity/Disunity” by Dr. Wendy Jackson, professor of theology at Avondale College; “What is Jesus Saying in John 17?” by Dr. Jan Barna, professor of biblical theology at Newbold College; “Liberty of Conscience and Freedom” by Dr. Olive Hemmings, professor of religion at Washington Adventist University; and “Justice and Equality: Is God Interested?” by Dr. Russell Seay, assistant professor of theology at Oakwood University. Seay will also present a study paper entitled “Toward a Theology of Unity.”

 

[Gregory Matthews]

For more detailed information on this Conference see:

https://adventistunity2017.files.wordpress.com/2017/06/unity_2017_conference_brochure1.pdf

I find it of interest that while it is held in England, it has good participation from the U.S.