Moderators Gregory Matthews Posted January 6 Moderators Share Posted January 6 Alvin (a pen-name) was a faithful member and leader in the small SDA congregation that I attended. He was unique in one respect, from the other members of that congregation. He kept the Sabbath from 6 PM Friday to 6 PM Saturday. He did not observe the typical sundown to sundown that defines the Sabbath boundaries for most of our members. He never pushed his belief on anyone else. He simply lived his understanding of what God wanted of him. My point: Every denomination has members who do not fully comply with the official teachings of that denomination. If we are to interact with members of other denominations, we must not confuse the unique beliefs of a member with the official teachings of their denomination. In my opinion, this is often an issue with us as we relate to people from a Catholic background. The author of the article cited below has given us some excellent principles for building positive relationships with people from other religious backgrounds. https://adventistreview.org/magazine-article/on-the-path-to-fruitful-interfaith-interactions/ Kevin H and phkrause 2 Quote Gregory Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Gregory Matthews Posted January 6 Author Moderators Share Posted January 6 The book cited below presents the first comprehensive analysis of Seventh-day Adventist interchurch relations - a 20-million member body whose ecumenical stance has so far been under researched. For the sake of interpreting denominational involvement and reservations in Adventism as well as beyond, the study develops a new academic approach to ecumenism based on Relational Models Theory, a comprehensive social science paradigm of interpreting human relationships. The resulting typology of ecumenical interactions and the historical case study of Adventism suggest that such a relational interpretation of ecumenical interaction sheds light on many of the unresolved issues in ecumenics - such as divergent concepts of unity, difficulties in recognition processes, and the permanence of denominationalism. https://www.amazon.ca/Adventist-Interchurch-Relations-Study-Ecumenics/dp/3847114638 The above book may be hard to obtain. The following URL will take you to an article that will inform as to the content of the above book. https://spectrummagazine.org/views/eight-models-to-help-adventism-get-over-its-ecumenism-aversion/ phkrause 1 Quote Gregory Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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