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July 2014 Volume 10 Issue 07
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by Sakae Kubo, who since 1940s taught at the Theological Seminary at Andrews
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President of Newbold College, and as Vice-President and Academic Dean at Atlan-
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In This Issue
Headship od Adam or Headship of
one (Adam + Eve)?......................1

Book Review of change
Leader...4

Retired General Conference Presi-
dent Reflects on Challenges.5

Restructuring of Publishing
Houses Voted.....6

The garden corner....8

Reflections on the TOSC Delibera-
tions .....9

Decision from the final session of
TOSC (Theology of Ordination
Study Committee).......9

A.C.E.S Graduation.11

CHIP Fall Program 2014..12

Western District schedule of
Speakers....12
by Suzanne Ocsai
Headship of Adam or Headship
of One (Adam + Eve)?
In the recently concluded Theology of Ordination Study Committee
(TOSC), those opposing the ordination of women leaned heavily upon the head-
ship argument. The headship argument maintains that God granted headship of
Adam over Eve at creation. That this was done at creation before sin entered the
world is a very important point for proponents of this argument. They want to
maintain that headship was given to Adam before sin entered into the world and
therefore is not like slavery or circumcision, which could be supplanted. In other
words, because it was instituted before sin entered into the world, it is an eternal
principle that can never be changed.
This means that the headship principle must still be in effect today. Apply-
ing this to the matter of womens ordination means that women cannot be or-
dained because man still holds the headship role. Women being ordained and
holding the office of pastor would mean that women would have a headship role
in churches. Thus if the headship principle still holds we cannot ordain women
today.
There are several serious problems with the headship principle.
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Book Review of
change Leader
By Michael Fullan
Headship of Adam
or Headship
of One
(Adam + Eve)?

1.The first and most important is
that we do not have a clear statement
that Adam was given headship over
Eve at creation. If God clear ly institut-
ed a male headship principle at creation,
we would expect to find it clearly stated
in Genesis. However, the fact that there is
no discussion at all regarding this matter
indicates that it is not made clear and is,
therefore, questionable.
What we find clearly stated in Gene-
sis is the following: a. God created both
male and female in his image (Gen 1:27).
God gave headship (dominion) to man
and woman over the creatures of the earth
(Gen 1:28). c. In the second account of
creation (Gen 2:1-25), man is created
incomplete needing a helper as a partner
(Gen 2:20-23). d. Having found a helper
as a partner, they become one flesh (Gen
2:21).
That is all we find stated in Gene-
sis. Nothing is stated or even hinted at
concerning the headship of Adam over
Eve. It seems to me that the claim that the
headship principle was instituted at crea-
tion cannot be maintained.
So how do those who argue it find
support for their position? Since it is not
clearly stated, they infer it. It seems to me
that their conclusion results not from their
inference, but their inference comes about
because of their conclusion. In other
words, because they believe in the head-
ship theory, they make the inference to
support it.
One inference is that Adam is in the
position of headship because he was cre-
ated first (Paul had to infer this also since
there was no clear statement of headship
he could refer to.) However, the animals
were created before Adam and yet Adam
is given dominion over them. Thus priori-
ty in creation does not imply headship.
Besides, though created first, he was im-
perfect until his helper-partner was creat-
ed.
Let me quote from their summary
regarding their inferences and see how
unconvincing they all are: Male head-
ship in Genesis 2-3 may be briefly sum-
marized and confirmed by Adams priori-
ty associated with: 1) Creation and Estab-
lishment in the Garden, 2) The Forbid-
den Tree Test, 3) Communication,
4) Naming, 5) Marriage 6) Nakedness, 7)
Apprehension 8) Indictment and Interro-
gation,9) Accountability (heeding his
wife), and 10) Death Sentence Ro-
mans 5:12, and 11) Expulsion from Gar-
den.
Male headship is based on all of
these inferences. All of these inferences
would be unnecessary if there was one
clear statement of headship. On the con-
trary, it is because there is no clear state-
ment that all of these questionable infer-
ences have been developed.
2. Clear support for headship sup-
porters comes from Paul instead of
Genesis; Paul refers to Genesis and
supports his contention also by infer-
ence. If the claim is to be sustained that
headship was established at creation, then
we should find our support for this claim
clearly in Genesis. However, much of the
support for their position is found in
Paul.
We must be very careful how we use
Paul, since we would not use Paul to sup-
port slavery or certain practices. For ex-
ample, regarding the qualifications of
church offices, he says that an elder must
not be a drunkard. And with regard to a
deacon, that he should not be a person
indulging in much wine. Today we
would say that he should not indulge in
any wine.
Or regarding slavery: Slaves, obey
your earthly masters in everything,. .
. (Col. 3:22).
Or on veils: but any woman who
prays or prophesies with her head un-
veiled disgraces her head is one and
the same thing as having her head shaved.
For if a woman will not veil herself, then
she should cut off her hair; but if it is dis-
graceful for woman to have her hair cut
off or to be shaved, she should wear a
veil (1 Cor 11:5-6).
Or on womens participation in
church: As in all the churches of the
saints, women should be silent in the
churches. For they are not permitted to
speak, but should be subordinate, as the
law also says. If there is anything they
desire to know, let them ask their hus-
bands at home. For it is shameful for a
woman to speak in church (1 Cor 14:34-
35).
In these matters Paul was a man of
his time, as was Abraham when he took
Hagar to have a child, David when he
was a polygamist, and Philemon when he
had a slave. At the time of Paul we know
that women were in a very subordinate
position, and Pauls comments reflect
this. Therefore, we should not use Paul to
support the role of women today.
But the headship supporters quote
from Paul, especially I Timothy 2:11-
14: Let a woman learn in silence with
full submission. I permit no woman to
teach or to have authority over a man; she
is to keep silent. For Adam was formed
first, then Eve; and Adam was not de-
ceived, but the woman was deceived and
became a transgressor. Yet she will be
saved through childbearing, provided
they continue in faith and love and holi-
ness, with modesty.
If there were a clear-cut headship
principle stated in Genesis, Paul would
have quoted it here to support his conten-
tion. But he does not quote a Genesis
text; he instead does the same thing head-
ship proponents do he infers. Pauls
point here iwomen to men. He has done
what any normal person would do. How-
ever, we have already shown the fallacy
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of using the priority of creation as a point of superiority.
And in regard to the second point, it seems that Adams sin
was greater because he was not deceived but he knowingly
sinned. At any rate we should discount Pauls support in this
matter because he was a man of his times regarding the subor-
dination of women, and we should note that he does not quote
a Genesis text but infers inferiority.

3. If the headship principle was already in force at
creation why was it repeated when sin came in?
The proponents of the headship theory consider it very
important that headship was granted at creation. They recog-
nize that headship was granted when sin came in but they
want to establish its beginning at creation.
However, if male headship was already in force, it is dif-
ficult to explain why it should be repeated again as a result of
the entrance of sin. There would be no need to mention this
since it would be all the more needed at this time. It is very
strange that it should be mentioned at this point, and it seems
to me it is a real problem for those who maintain that it was
already established at creation. What headship proponents
should note is that here the headship principle is clearly enun-
ciated. If it was established before sin entered, why was it
not stated as clearly there?

4. Headship limited to males is too arbitrary since it
requires leadership qualities.
There are several other problems with the headship prin-
ciple. First, headship requires leadership qualities and such
qualities are not necessarily limited to males. Thus, it seems
quite arbitrary that headship should be limited to males. Alt-
hough in male-dominated societies, it still would be difficult
for a woman to take a leadership role, instances do arise when
a womans leadership becomes necessary.
During the time of David, we have the story of Nabal and
Abigail in 1 Sam 25. Abigail is described as an intelligent
woman and Nabal as surly and mean. David and his men had
protected Nabal's flocks and had asked for some recompense.
Nabal rudely refused but one of his men told Abigail what had
happened; she immediately gathered a great amount of food,
bread, wine sheep, raisins, and figs to give to David and his
men. She approached David and apologized for her husband,
describing him as wicked and foolish, and warned him not to
avenge but to let the Lord take care of the matter. Clearly
Nabal had the headship legally, but Abigail in fact had the
real headship qualities. In this case headship was only a for-
mal affair; the real headship belonged to Abigail as is evident
by her actions.
We also have the example of Deborah. In our time we
have the example of Ellen White.
5. Headship based on leadership qualities is difficult to
maintain as an eternal principle since great changes invar-
iably take place in societies.
It is claimed that headship is an eternal principle and val-
id for every time and place, but it becomes a difficult princi-
ple to maintain when society undergoes changes such as we
see taking place today. Since male headship is such an arbi-
trary thing, it is very difficult to maintain when the develop-
ment of women in various types of skills such as leadership,
financial management, academic achievement, and profes-
sional capabilities have taken place. In other words, headship
qualities are no longer the sole property of the male sex. To-
day in Western societies we find women in all positions of
leadership. And in the home, headship takes on various forms.
It is what I would call the headship of one: by having become
one, a couple together takes the headship position. They share
it by having the person with a strength in a particular area take
the headship in that area there is no one head but a sharing
of headship according to abilities.

6. The Adventist church with the woman prophet goes
against the male headship principle.
In the Adventist church male headship would be a real
problem if we truly enforced it since we have a woman as a
prophet who was as Gods spokesperson more authoritative
than the General Conference president. The headship princi-
ple cannot be strictly maintained in such a case.

7. There is no clear statement regarding the applica-
tion of the headship theory if valid to other areas besides
the home
Assuming that the headship principle is valid, there is no
clear statement that this headship principle can be applied
across the board even in a church situation. It would clearly
apply if valid to the home situation but nothing is said about
its validity in regards to church or other types of positions,
such as education, politics, business, professions, etc. Again
we have to infer this.
8. Jesus was more interested in service than in head-
ship and authority.
Jesus obviously was not interested in a position of author-
ity, or headship, considering it a secular concern; he wanted
us to concern ourselves with service (Mk 10:41-45). In this
respect, headship is gained not by arbitrary appointment but
by willing service. He said that those who are concerned
about headship are like the Gentiles. Jesus said: Whoever
wishes to be first among you must be a slave of all. for the
Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his
life a ransom for many (Mark 10:44-45).
Unfortunately in the discussion of headship by its propo-
nents the emphasis has been upon authority and power, char-
acteristics Jesus said were of the Gentiles (non-Christians),
rather than on humility and service.
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Book Review of Change
Leader By Michael Fullan

George Perez
September, 2013

Introduction

In Change Leader (2011), Mi-
chael Fullan argues for the importance
of practice as a learning tool for lead-
ers, arguing that it plays a more central
roll than theory in leading to effective
change. He presents the case that re-
search and theory should be used in the
service of practice, and not the other
way around (p. xii, xiii). This last book
in his trilogy on Leadership presents a
seven-part solution to change leader-
ship which places practice front and
center and then adds six other compo-
nents of combining resolve, motivation,
collaboration, confidence, impact and
simplexity.
For Fullan, experience is every-
thing. It is easy to appreciate that
through the chapters, Fullan keeps
making a point that most good ideas
come from practice, either personal or
others. Since most change initiatives
fail, it makes leadership difficult be-
cause people resist to experiencing
change, people are complicated and
sometimes unmanageable. This is why
the author invites us in the book, again
and again, to look inside our practice,
experiences, and ourselves. Hence, here
I discuss Fullans conception of Being
Resolute for todays leaders that prom-
ises to differentiate a powerful leader
from one that is merely competent.

Being Resolute
In this section Fullan reviews
the critical role of impressive empa-
thy (the ability to understand and share
the feelings of another) and how
change leaders combine impressive
empathy with moral purpose. Fullan
invites us to remember two things: stay
the course against all odds and be em-
pathetic when it comes to antagonism.
When in the process of adopting
change, and if this is to occur, disagree-
ments must be resolved with resolution
and empathy. After all, values of reso-
lute leaders have a moral attribute, Ful-
lan says.
It is known that firm action is
crucial in change leadership and at the
same time in chapter two and through
the rest of the steps, the author empha-
sizes the vital, if not indispensable, role
of impressive empathy empathy for
others that disagree with us. The reason
impressive empathy is important is be-
cause effective leadership must involve
and motivate people affected by
change. Motivating people, after all, is
what change is about (p.48).

Other chapters in the book
Using a combination of prac-
tice and research theory obtained by his
consulting and teacher career, Fullan
presents through out the chapters a
practical and rich picture of how to
become effective leaders of change. He
admits that most changes initiatives fail
and throughout the book he shows that
we cannot force people to change, that
rewards do not work or have short-
lived impact, and that inspiration is not
enough. What is very valuable is
Fullans assertion that his book pro-
vides protection against bad training
because it provides leaders of change
with the right reasons to learn and trust
in themselves.
In the final analysis, the author
of Change Leader reminds us that his
book is for the wise practitioner rather
than the abstract theorist. This book is
important for the progress and growth
of the leaders of change as it presents
and sustains all along the ten-year rule:
be a deliberate and intentional learner
and you will master any field in ten
years. By sharing and linking own
practices to the seven elements suggest-
ed by Fullan, leaders of change will
move to not only improving effective-
ness but make them better leaders. His
argument that to be an effective leader
of change we must go out our way to
know ourselves and use our brain is,
pragmatically speaking, life changing.
The author presents deep, applied prac-
tice feasible for anyone who wants to
implement it, and where impressive
empathy together with deliberative
practice is the trademarks of leader-
ship.
This book has value for the
leader going through organizational or
team change and wants to make sense
of individual change management first.
Of all that Fullan offers, I found step-
two Be Resolute the most valuable. In
particular, impressive empathy, the
ability to understand others who disa-
gree with you, is presented as a critical
soft-skill to becoming an effective lead-
er of change. As a Christian and as
leader, deeply agree on the emphasis
and the critical role the author gives to
being impressively empathetic. As a
Christian, I feel the responsibility to
Love my neighbor as myself and
Whatever you wish that men would do
to you, do so to them. In this, Fullan
asserts If you want to have any chance
of changing a negative relationship you
have to give other people respect before
they have earned it (pp.32). It has
been my experience that there is no
other way to reach out to others, partic-
ularly during the change process. Im-
pressively empathy with others does
exactly that.
What reduced the value of this
work was that even though the authors
emphasis about the leaders as a learner,
Fullan fails to go deeper into exploring
and putting together the learning cycle
of a leader. The author establishes the
relationship between leadership and
learning quite well. However, the
changeover from reflective doing to
theory is vague and confusing. In sev-
eral of the steps and throughout the
book the learning cycle, which involves
experience, reflection, and theory, is no
well presented or not presented at all,
leaving an immediate gap in under-
standing. Since reflection is so central
to the learning cycle, a better effort
could have been done in establishing
reflection as connecting practice
(concrete experience) and (abstract)
theory. In addition, step-seven Sustain
Simplexity it reads more as a conclu-
sion rather than a valid step and a part
of the change solution. This left me
with a page-flipping reaction to find
more about Simplexity and perceived
lack of deserve book conclusion.

Even with those apparent re-
strictions, I would recommend Change
Leader by Michael Fullan as a es-
teemed reference in learning more
about ourselves as proactive leaders
and in particular Christian leaders of
change.


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In conclusion, this volume provides us with a lot of
common sense and helps develop a new kind of leader, a lead-
er that values experience and reflective learning. By under-
standing the seven-step change process leaders will become
effective and successful leaders of change in their organiza-
tions. This book is full of discernment and knowledge that
comes from someone with vast experience in the change pro-
cess.
Reference:
Fullan, M. (2011). Change leader: learning to do what matters
most (1st ed.). San Francisco: Jossey-Bass/Wiley.



Retired General Confer-
ence President Reflects on
Challenges.
by Jan Paulsen, former president of the General Con-
ference of Seventh-day Adventists.
Paulsen born in northern Norway. After finishing his education,
he served as a pastor, a professor and then dean at Adventist uni-
versities in Africa. He later taught at Newbold College in Eng-
land, where he was appointed dean. He earned his doctorate in
theology at the University of Tbingen (Germany) in 1972. In
1980 he was elected secretary and in 1983 president of the de-
nomination in northern Europe. In 1999 he was elected GC presi-
dent and served until the age of 75 in 2010. In 2012 the King of
Norway decorated Paulsen for his meritorious service to the
welfare of mankind. Paulsen is married to Kari and they have an
adult daughter and son.

Speaking in Stuttgart, Germany,
about the challenges faced by the
Adventist movement, he stressed
that the decision about womens
ordination as pastors is one of
the top priorities.
A wide range of committees in
the world church have tackled
this question for the past 40
years. In 1990 the GC Session
denied ordination to women
serving as pastors.
In 1995, when the denomina-
tions North American Division asked for permission to make
a decision only within its area of responsibility, the majority of
the world delegates meeting in Utrecht rejected the request.
This very same question is again on the agenda for the GC in
2015.

Asked about fears that a decision to allow women to
be ordained might divide the denomination, Paulsen replied,
Perhaps so. But equally, not to ordain women has the same
probability to divide our church." It is, therefore, important to
find a solution which is acceptable to both parties. All argu-
ments, whether for or against, have been presented and the
problem cannot be postponed again.
The Church: An active part of life or irrelevant
sect. Accor ding to Paulsen, ther e ar e, however , a number
of other challenges for the Adventist denomination. Despite
cultural differences and theological challenges it is necessary
for the global church to preserve its unity and identity. A glob-
al community of faith faces the difficult task of integrating
their spiritual values into the practical aspects of daily life in
many different cultures. It is necessary to resist the easy solu-
tions, to withdraw from people who have completely different
values into what some think of as their own perfect world.
Paulsen cautioned, "Either the public accepts us as
part of society and sees that we want to be an active part of life
in the larger community, or the public considers us as an irrele-
vant sect which dissociates itself from all others. Our world
may no longer be interested in God, but it is a world full of
people whom we, under no circumstances, can leave to fend
for themselves." Adventists should therefore live out their val-
ues, prepare people for the future, such as by way of education
and act as peacemakers.

Inter-denominational relations. Tur ning to the
topic of Adventist relationships with other Christian denomina-
tions and world religions, Paulsen posed the question, "are we
having an open-minded attitude and a constructive dialogue?
Do we explain to them who we are, what we believe and which
duties we have? Or, do we seal ourselves off, withdraw and
consider any communication with other faiths as dangerous?"

Either Adventists introduce themselves "or others will
do it for us, Paulsen observed. Then we will be most likely
misrepresented or even ridiculed. It is, of course, easier to
only interact with like-minded people. However, the Truth
does not have to be afraid of scrutiny. It is the duty of Advent-
ist church members, pastors, teachers and leaders to demon-
strate how one's own convictions and the respect for other
faiths co-exist.
Continued from page 4.
Jan Paulsen
London Seventh Day Adventist Church
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Restructuring
of Publishing
Houses Voted

On June 17 the Review and Her-
ald and the Pacific Press publishing
houses have approved the biggest re-
structuring in Adventist publishings 153
-year history, embracing a plan that Ad-
ventist leaders hope will strengthen the
churchs U.S. digital presence and en-
sure the long-term viability of its pub-
lishing work.
Constituency meetings of the
two corporations, held consecutively on
Tuesday at the denominations world
headquarters in Silver Spring, Maryland,
voted 153-66 (Review and Herald) and
42-1 (Pacific Press) in favor of the re-
structuring.

I believe that God led
the deliberations that took
place today for both of the
publishing houses,

said Daniel R. Jackson, presi-
dent of the Seventh-day Adventist
Church in North America. We believe
this is an opportunity for the Adventist
Church in North America. This is Gods
providence, and by His grace we will
utilize it to His glory.
Following the restructuring
vote, the constitution and bylaws of each
corporate entity were amended to reflect
the changed structure. A minimum vote
of two-thirds was required to amend the
documents of each corporation, and
Tuesdays decisions were the last step
needed to launch the plan to build Pacif-
ic Press into a market-sensitive publisher
capable of holding its own at a time
when readers increasingly turn to
smartphones and tablets rather than
books and magazines for information.
The General Conference Execu-
tive Committee had previously endorsed
the restructuring together with the
churchs North American Division, or
NAD. Operating boards of both Review
and Herald and Pacific Press voted to
recommend the plan to each constituen-
cy during their respective board meet-
ings held on May 8. Under the plan, the
expanded Pacific Press will become an
institution of the NAD.
The General Conference wants
the greatest expansion of publishing
work in the North American Division
and will be praying that this new restruc-
tured approach will be blessed by God in
its outreach to the vast public in the
NAD territory, said world church Presi-
dent Ted N.C. Wilson.
Wilson urged church members
to rally to the great opportunity of shar-
ing Adventist evangelistic and nurturing
materials in both printed and digital form
as we anticipate Christs soon return.
Why Revamp Is Needed
Under the restructuring, the fi-
nancially troubled Review and Herald
Publishing Association will unwind op-
erations at its 80-acre facility in Hager-
stown, Maryland, in a process that could
take several months to accomplish.
Some employees and assets may
be transferred to the Nampa, Idaho-based
Pacific Press Publishing Association,
which will become the North American
Divisions major institution with its own
printing facilities. Unneeded Review and
Herald equipment and property will be
sold, with the proceeds going to Pacific
Press to help strengthen the print opera-
tions by allowing presses to run multiple
shifts, making the print production more
cost effective. The income will also bol-
ster its mandate to develop e-books, apps
and other forms of digital media.
If we wont invest in the digital
world, we will be left in the same spot as
Kodak, which invented the digital cam-
era but refused to embrace changing re-
alities and now is virtually gone," said
Robert Lemon, General Conference
treasurer and a board member at both
Review and Herald and Pacific Press.
Eastman Kodak, the century-
long leader in photographic film, invent-
ed the digital camera in 1975 but failed
to keep up with a rapid shift toward digi-
tal photography in the late 1990s. It filed
for bankruptcy in 2012.
We believe there is a tremen-
dous future for publishing, but not neces-
sarily for printing, Lemon said by tele-
phone ahead of Tuesdays vote.
A Shift in Reading Patterns
No one disputes that people like
to read. The question is how they read
today compared to a decade ago, when
books and magazines dominated the
world just as they had done since the
days when early Adventist leaders start-
ed the Review and Herald, the churchs
first institution, in 1861.
Rather than relying on a handful
of weekly or monthly church publica-
tions to stay informed, Adventists nowa-
days can get information instantly
though various news websites and blogs,
and from Adventist-owned television
stations like the Hope Channel that have
a world-wide presence.
Its the same with many other
things, Lemon said. I get a hard copy
of the Sabbath school study guide at
home, but I use the app on my iPhone. I
have all of Ellen Whites books in my
library, but I seldom go to any of them
for reading other than The Great Contro-
versy, Desire of Ages or Steps to Christ. I
look up everything on my iPhone.
Lemon is not alone. In one ex-
ample, the Moscow International Church
in Russia recently canceled its annual
subscription for English-language Sab-
bath school guides from Pacific Press.
The reason for ditching the once-coveted
25 guides: Class members took a poll
and found that everyone was using
downloaded lessons on smartphones and
tablets.
Sales of Adventist Books Tum-
ble
The shift in the general reading
patterns of the public and a societal trend
toward digital media have hurt the sales
of Adventist publications, and church
leaders have expressed fears that both
Pacific Press and the Review and Herald
would fold without a major restructuring.
Consumers now get their news primarily
from digital and broadcast media, deliv-
ered on a variety of platforms, and trade
journals report that fewer print books are
being produced and read.
Measured in 2013 dollars, Re-
view and Heralds revenue dropped from
$45.8 million in 1985 to $21.8 million
last year, while its workforce shrank
from 315 full-time employees to 112
today. At Pacific Press, revenue slid
from $47.7 million in 1985 to $17 mil-
lion last year, and its headcount more
than halved from 210 full-time employ-
ees in 1985 to 99 today.
But those figures, provided by
the publishing houses to the General
Conference, reveal only a partial pic-
ture. Since 2000, Review and Herald
has posted a loss every year except in
2011 and 2012. In 2011, it sold 46 acres
of land for $11.5 million to the General
Conference to pay off debt, and in both
2011 and 2012 received significant or-
ders for Great Controversy books. In
2013, however, the company reported
an operating loss of $1 million, and
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statements issued to the Re-
view and Herald board through April
2014 showed a year-to-date loss of
nearly $965,000.
Pacific Press, meanwhile, has
shown profits every year since 2000
except in 2008, when it lost invest-
ments amid the U.S. financial crisis.
The companys long-term perfor-
mance stability has left it with $25
million in cash and investments to-
day.
The bottom line is that over
the last 28 years both organizations
have experienced multiple changes in
leaderships presidents, vice presi-
dents and board leadership and
have faced the same challenges of de-
clining sales and deteriorating distri-
bution systems, Lemon said. But
somehow with the corporate culture
at the Pacific Press, they have man-
aged to remain profitable, while the
Review and Herald has had more
years of loss than gains and especially
during the last 10 years.
Lemon stressed, however,
that even Pacific Press, founded in
1875, needs the restructuring because
the publishing business both in and
outside the church is declining, de-
clining, declining.
The emergence of digital me-
dia also poses a challenge to distribu-
tion. Traditional methods of distrib-
uting Adventist publications through
Adventist Book Center stores and lit-
erature evangelists are no longer via-
ble, at least in the U.S., Lemon said.
Bookstores are scrambling to survive,
as evidenced by the financial struggles
of major retailers like Borders and
Barnes & Noble, while the distribu-
tion system for books has gotten so
efficient that its nearly impossible to
earn a living selling books door-to-
door, he said.
The average Adventist-
published book sells 4,000 to 5,000
copies over its sales run, he said.
The Role of Pacific Press
How many Review and Her-
ald employees may be offered jobs at
Pacific Press and which product lines
may be moved there are among the
issues that the North American Divi-
sion and Pacific Press will need to
tackle in the coming weeks.
I probably have more ques-
tions in my mind than I have an-
swers, Dale Galusha, president of
Pacific Press, said in a recent tele-
phone conversation from his office in
Nampa.
He said Pacific Press would
only decide which assets it might ab-
sorb and how many staff it might
need once the North American Divi-
sion determined which product lines
it wanted to support.
But Galusha vowed that Pacif-
ic Press would honor all Review and
Herald magazine contracts, including
Message, Insight, and Guide. We will
make sure that promises are fulfilled,
he said.
Pacific Press digital strategy
also remains in the early stages, but
the company will be expected to add
to its line-up some of the 30-40 book
titles that Review and Herald pub-
lished every year.
Concerns at Review and
Herald
Perhaps understandably, Re-
view and Herald President Mark
Thomas is not thrilled with the immi-
nent changes.
I see this as a plan worked
out by people with reasonable busi-
ness concerns. They see a way to in-
crease efficiency by combining two
underutilized printing operations at
one facility, Thomas said in an e-
mailed response to questions. I con-
sider myself a businessman, and I
understand that part of the plan.
Obviously, I wish they would
choose our plant for the printing work
for personal reasons. But there are
also good business reasons to central-
ize printing work in Maryland,
Thomas said, citing the companys
location at a major U.S. shipping hub
as a way to lower shipping costs.
He also expressed concerns
that the centralization of the develop-
ment and marketing of products in
the U.S. would deeply wound Ad-
ventist publishing. As an example, he
noted that Pacific Press delighted
readers by picking up the Christmas in
My Heart book series after the Review
and Herald stopped publishing it.
Likewise, he said, Review and Herald
developed a "MagaBook" product line
which has put thousands of student
literature evangelists through school
over the years after the concept was
turned down by Pacific Press.
We and Pacific Press are like
Apple and Samsung phones, Thomas
said. We give people a choice. We
drive each other to do better work.
General Conference as a
Publishing House
Under the restructuring, Pa-
cific Press became an institution of
the North American Division follow-

ing the June 17 vote, while the
General Conference will retain the
Review and Herald, as one of its insti-
tutions whose scaled-down operations
will move to its headquarters in Silver
Spring, Maryland, a 90-minute drive
from its current site.
The General Conference,
which allowed Pacific Press and Re-
view and Herald to operate as stand-
alone businesses without direct finan-
cial assistance, has acted as an unoffi-
cial publishing house without its own
presses for years. It employs an edito-
rial staff of 40 to 50 people who man-
age a variety of publications, includ-
ing Adventist Review, Adventist World,
KidsView, Ministry, Journal of Adventist
Education, Elders Digest, the Sabbath
School study guides, and materials for
the churchs Biblical Research Insti-
tute.
Even though writings by Ad-
ventist church co-founder Ellen White
are printed by both Pacific Press and
Review and Herald, their publisher is
the Ellen G. White Estate, an entity
closely associated with the General
Conference.
Delbert Baker, chairman of
the Review and Herald and a General
Conference vice president, under-
scored that the Review and Herald
would continue its ministry, albeit at
a different location and, without its
printing presses, with a different fo-
cus.
A most encouraging
reality is that the RHPA will
continue its historic pub-
lishing mission at the Gen-
eral Conference headquar-
ters uninterrupted, he said.
A most painful aspect of
this process is the phasing
out of the Hagerstown facil-
ity and the impact it has had
on the dedicated RHPA em-
ployees.

He said much thought and care
was going into the plans to care for the
affected employees at Review and Her-
ald, also known by its acronym, RHPA.
We can thank God and every-
one involved for the committed effort
that has been invested to make the tran-
sition for the RHPA employees as man-
ageable as possible, he said.
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The Need to Restructure
The restructuring was a long time in coming. Church
leaders have discussed a restructuring that would give the
North American Division more control over the publishing
houses for the past 15 years. Of the churchs 13 world divi-
sions, North America is the only one that does not have a pub-
lishing house as part of its institutions. The reason is historical:
The General Conference oversaw both the world church and
the North American region itself from its establishment in 1863
until it formed the North American Division in 1990.
The restructuring is something of a Plan B for the
General Conference and North American Division. A task
force formed in the summer of 2013 to study a possible merger
of the two publishing houses did not bring a recommendation
in light of questions about how Ellen Whites writings should
guide the current relationship of the two houses. Ellen White
had counseled against consolidating the two publishing houses
in the late 1800s. Church officials say the latest plan honors the
principles of Whites counsel because it is a merger of the
printing operations, not a merger of the publishing or editorial
operations.
In any case, the current Review and Herald itself was
the product of a merger. The debt-laden Southern Publishing
Association based in Nashville, Tennessee, was folded into the
Review and Herald in 1980.
Bill Knott, the editor-in-chief and executive publisher
of Adventist Review and Adventist World, which together ac-
count for nearly 25 percent of Review and Heralds annual
gross sales, expressed concern for the Review and Herald per-
sonnel, even as he said he looked forward to a new era of Ad-
ventist publishing after the latest restructuring.
The sense of loss is palpable for all of us who have
grown up with Review and Herald-published products, includ-
ing the Adventist Review, said Knott, who also is a member of
the Review and Herald board.
The editorial team of Adventist Review and, more
recently, Adventist World, has enjoyed a very close working
relationship with Review and Herald that goes back more than
150 years, he said. The enormous contribution made by the
men and women in that working relationship will never fully
be known until we hear the fuller story some day in heaven.
He said Adventist Review and Adventist World expects
to work as closely with Pacific Press as they had with Review
and Herald. At the end of the day, its our mission that we
must focus on, and that mission reminds us that we must al-
ways adapt our methods to bring the three angels messages to
the attention of the millions who dont know Jesus, he said.
THE GARDEN CORNER
By Maryland Topper

Summer has arrived, and with it new life and growth. How we
are rejoicing in the warmth and color and fragrance and flavors
of summer after such a long and cold winter. Our church gar-
den is starting to generate more interest and growth as well,
something very exciting to this gardener's heart!

Thank you to Dawn Williams for inviting me to get our ACES
schoolchildren involved in the garden. We had two ses-
sions...one where each of the junior students made a herb plant-
er to take home, and a second one where we identified all the
plants growing in the church garden and the students then de-
signed and made name tags for the plants. Now visitors to our
garden will know what is growing, and be invited to take a
taste as well. One of the more humorous moments (for me at
least!) was when I told the class that chive blossoms were edi-
ble. Several of the boys popped a whole large chive blossom in
their mouth. I should have been quicker to mention that the
blossoms are normally broken up into the tiny individual flo-
rets, and sprinkled over a salad. A whole blossom has a very
strong harsh onion flavor, something the boys will no doubt
long remember...!

I had the opportunity to demonstrate a recipe for quinoa salad
to the CHIP alumni, and of course promote the use of a multi-
tude of herbs, and explain how easy it can be to grow them.
Nothing tastes better, or is better for you, than incredibly fresh
food you have grown yourself and eaten shortly after picking.
This is local food at its' finest...

The garden itself provided a special gift from our Creator this
spring. I let some lettuce and flowers go to seed last fall, and
shortly after the snow finally melted, a large patch of self seed-
ed lettuce and annual flowers started sprouting. It grew into a
huge patch of dark red and frilly lime green leaf lettuce, with
some zinnias and cosmos and baby's breath coming up as well.
I was able to harvest three laundry baskets of lettuce and half a
basket of green onions and herbs from this small garden. Teresa
and Angelina and Amy delivered bags of lettuce and herbs to
over a dozen families in the neighborhood who were very sur-
prised and pleased to receive them.
The chives and perennial green onions (including the walking
onions) are doing very well, but probably the most impressive
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plants has been the
lovage, a perennial
herb with a strong celery leaf flavor that grew to be over six
feet tall. We pruned it back and removed the flowers, because
one of these big beauties is plenty! Ask Jack and Angelina
how to use lovage in the kitchen...we have plenty of leaves to
share.

Thank you to all of you who have shown an interest in the
garden...this new and renewed interest is what we were hoping
to accomplish when we built and planted it. Please take a look
and have a taste when you are at the church. Our goal for the
food growing is that it be given away...to both our church fam-
ily and community, but the main goal for the garden is that it
provide inspiration and encourage you to try growing some of
your own food.

Enjoy the rest of the summer, and Happy Gardening!

Reflections on the TOSC
Deliberations
by Mark Finley

For the past two years I have participated in the The-
ology of Ordination Study Committee (TOSC). In the last
three meetings we have especially focused on the subject of
womens ordination. Although I have my own convictions on
the subject, I have a different purpose in this editorial. My
purpose is to share with you three vital life-changing lessons I
have learned in the process.
The first is simply this: Although I have deeply held
and what I believe to be biblical convictions, there are others
who cherish different views they be-
lieve are rooted in Scripture as well.
Those who take different positions
on the subject of womens ordination
argue that their position is most faith-
ful to Scripture.
How shall I relate to those who think
differently than I do? Should our dif-
ferent views build walls between us?
Should different opinions about the
reading of the biblical text divide
friends? Ellen Whites meaningful
comment is insightful here: One
man blunders in his interpretation of
some portion of the Scripture, but
shall this cause diversity and disunion? God forbid. We cannot
then take a position that the unity of the church consists in
viewing every text of Scripture in the very same shade of
light.(Ellen G. White, Manuscript Releases (Silver Spring,
M.: Ellen G. White, 1993) vol. 15, p. 150.)
This statement does not open the door for theological
pluralism, where people can believe whatever they want. It
simply means that on some aspects of Scripture we will not
always see all things the same way. We are united in Christ
through the Holy Spirit on the eternal, timeless truths of Gods
Word as expressed in our 28 Fundamental Beliefs. A world-
wide church organization with a divine commission to take the
gospel to the entire planet to prepare people for our Lords
soon return unites us in a mission far greater than ourselves. I
have come away from the study committee with the settled
conviction that what unites us is far greater than what divides
us, and to me this is reassuring.
Second, throughout this process I have been im-
pressed to truly listen to and respect others who share a differ-
ent theological point of view than my own. It is far easier to
listen to discover flaws in someone elses argument than it is
to really listen to what they are saying. Pride of opinion is a
fatal spiritual malady. God often teaches us through others
who think differently than we do. One of the questions I have
had to ask myself is Am I willing to let the Holy Spirit speak
to me through others with whom I disagree theologically? Am
I so wedded to my personal opinions that my sole purpose is
to convince others that I am right and they are wrong? In my
attempt to maintain my convictions, is it Christlike to label
people as either being liberal or conservative,
progressive, moderate or traditional by putting them in
a box and assuming my characterization of them is true? Dur-
ing this process I have again been impressed that labels are
unfair characterizations of others. Christ calls us to love peo-
ple, not label people. For me, the deliberations have been an
appeal to humble my heart, confessing my arrogance and pride
of opinion.
Third, if the discussions over womens ordination are
merely a theological debate rather than a call to deeper spiritu-
ality, we have missed the point. Could it be that irrespective of
ordination, the Holy Spirit is appealing to the entire church
young and old, male and female, those with more and those
with lessto use the gifts He has given to participate with
Him in His mission of reaching a lost world? Is it possible that
one of Gods priorities in allowing this entire discussion to
surface is to focus our attention on the need for leadership on
all levels of church organization to reemphasize Christs call
to every member to witness of Christs grace and soon return?
Maybe if our eyes are open and our hearts are sensitive to the
moving of the Spirit, we will see God doing something we did
not expect.


Decision from the final session
of TOSC (Theology of Ordina-
tion Study Committee)
June 2-5 members of the TOSC met for the final met-
ing to advise the General Conference leadership on the matter
of women ordination. The majority of the members of the
committee assigned to study the topic by Seventh-day Advent-
ist denominational leaders expressed a willingness to permit
the ordination of women serving as pastors at its final meeting
this week in Silver Spring, Maryland. A total of 95 of the 106
members of the committee voted with the following results:
A total of 32 voted affirmatively on the Proposal 1 by Don
Macintosh, to continue the "practice of ordaining/
commissioning only qualified men to the office of pastor/
minister throughout the world church. The official news
release gave no explanation of why this option seems to
have ignored the fact that the denomination's Working
Policy has since the 1990s allowed women to serve as
commissioned ministers.
Mark Finley
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A total of 40 members voted Yes on a Proposal 2 by Barry
Oliver that each entity responsible for calling pastors be
authorized to choose either to have only men as ordained
pastors or to have both men and women as ordained pas-
tors.
A total of 22 members voted their choice of Proposal 3 by
Nicholas Miller and David Trim stating we recommend
that denominational leadership at a proper level be author-
ized to decide ... whether such an adaptation [permission to
ordain both men and women] may be appropriate for their
area or region," despite the widely-held belief that there is
a biblical pattern of male leadership ... in the office of the
ordained minister.
This means that a total of 62 out of 95 members who
voted (a two-thirds majority) expressed a willingness for the
extension of ordination to women pastors in those divisions or
union conferences that decide to do so. Yet, denominational
leaders seemed to steer away from coming to a conclusion on
the question which Adventists have debated since the 1970s.
The results of todays poll shouldnt dictate any out-
comes for the world church, but they should be given their ap-
propriate weight, said Pastor Geoffrey Mbwana, a vice presi-
dent of the denomination's General Conference (GC) and vice
chairman of the study committee. No one should quickly say,
This is all a clear matter. All that is really clear at this mo-
ment is that we have strong differences about the matter of or-
daining women to ministry. The official news release labeled
the vote "an informal poll" and stated that was seen by denomi-
national leaders an evaluation tool to determine if consensus
positions had developed in the committee.
The assignment of the committee was to do an in-
depth study and analysis of the subject of ordination with input
from GC divisions around the world. The committee wasnt
organized to be proportionately representative of the number of
members around the world. The next steps in the decision-
making process will come in groups where the large imbalance
between the number of members in North America, Europe and
Australia and those in Africa, Asia and Latin America may
become significant.
One committee member wistfully noted to the group
that Wednesday (June 4) was Pentecost in the Jewish calendar.
He said he hoped that a miracle of unanimity might conclude
the two years the committee has spent on in-depth study of the
Bible, theology, church history and the Adventist heritage. The
committee included many of the denomination's Bible scholars,
as well as key denominational administrators and some pastors
and lay members.
Pastor Ted Wilson, president of the GC, addressed the
committee after the poll results were announced by Dr. Artur
Stele, the chairman of the committee. As we move forward
with this process, Im asking that we each act with humility,
not authoritatively or in an overbearing manner, Wilson
urged. We should do all things in the spirit of Jesus. He has
repeatedly over recent years expressed concern about the unity
of the very international, multicultural denomination.
Wilson also thanked the committee members for an
action they had voted unanimously earlier in the meeting. They
had voted to affirm that in spite of the differences of opinion
on the subject of womens ordination, the members of the The-
ology of Ordination Study Committee are committed to the
message and mission of the Seventh-day Adventist Church, as
expressed through the 28 Fundamental Beliefs. The Funda-
mental Beliefs document does not take a position for or against
the extension of ordination to women pastors.
We will be very open and fair in the way we ap-
proach the handling of this matter, Wilson assured the com-
mittee as he sketched key steps the denomination will take in
the months ahead. First, several administrative groups at de-
nominational headquarters will consider the written report of
the study committee during meetings June 16-19, Wilson said.
Those groups will position the matter for the agenda of the an-
nual meeting of the denominations governing body October 9-
14 in Silver Spring, Maryland.
GC administration has promised to make all materials
from the study process and supplemental documents available
in advance to the more than 300 members of the body. It will
decide what to recommend to the denominations quinquennial
GC session attended by delegates from all nations which is
planned for San Antonio, Texas, in July next year. Wilson said
that multiple presentations will be made at the scheduled meet-
ings to help the members openly review the subject.
Wilson urged committee members to remain hopeful
about the ultimate outcome of the process as the Wednesday
session ended. We may not yet see just where the Spirit is
taking us on this issue, he said. But we firmly believe that
God will open the way for His church to fulfill its mission.

Stele praised the spirit of committee members during
four weeks of meetings over the past 24 month. Though
weve had challenging and difficult discussions at times, weve
developed a camaraderie, a respect for each other, during the
last two years, he said. A large majority of participants
learned to trust each other as they prayed together, ate meals
together, and talked in the hallways. This is the first truly glob-
al study process on this issue that has ever been attempted. Its
been gratifying to see and feel how much this unique process
has built up mutual understanding and better relationships.

Dr. Lisa Beardsley-Hardy, GC education director and
a committee member, focused on the long-term gain to the
church from the study process. One of the most important
developments for us as a global, multi-national church was to
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revisit our hermeneutics, and
think about how we study the Bible
across many cultures, she stated. This
experience helped us to clarify what we
believe, and why we believe it, as well
as focusing us on how we unitedly pur-
sue our mission.


Graduation
at A.C.E.S was
very special this year as we not only
had our first Kindergarten graduation
but we also had graduates from Kinder-
garten all the way to Ph.D. ! Pastor (Dr)
Alex Golovenko, Alonso Lopez, (MA)
and Joyette Cush (BA) marched ahead
of the students celebrating their own
achievements this year but also fore-
shadowing the future for our students!
The graduation service had several
highlights, the ACES students sang 3
musical numbers, one of which includ-
ed Alexis Gordon (local singer/actor)
who gave us all a preview of what the
Autumn fundraiser is going to sound
like! Kindergarten performed a delight-
ful little poem where they ended with '
the future is so bright, I have to wear
shades' as they put on sunglasses and
gave an adorable thumbs up to the audi-
ence. Among all the awards and presen-
tation of certificates by Donald Mc
Intyre, Education Superintendent, there
were 2 Valedictorians this year, Jeremy
Morales and Daniel Golovenko, and
all 3 Grade 8 boys gave short speeches
about the future, charges to younger
ones, and a personal testimony about
Christian Education. The sponsors were
celebrated with special plaques and
service ended with individual balloon
send-off prayers for each grade. Special
thanks to all the teachers and volunteers
who made this day a blessed success!


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A.C.E.S celebrated its first Kindergarten graduation .
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