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Adventist World November 1 2007
Adventist World November 1 2007
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!DVENTIST 7ORLD \ .OVEMBER
&ROM THE APPROACHABLE OR ELSE WE WILL CEASE TO LOVE IT TO VISIT IT TO
%DITORS 0EN SPEND TIME WITH IT
3O HERES A WORD OF PRAISE FOR ALL WHO REGULARLY PUT THE
STEPPING
STONES IN THE STREAM (ERES APPRECIATION TO THE
MEN AND WOMEN ACROSS THE WORLD OF !DVENTISM WHO DO
.EARING "EAUTIFUL THE HARD AND OFTEN THANKLESS WORK OF BRINGING BEAUTY NEAR
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HERE IS A SUN
KISSED STREAM ) KNOW THAT mOWS BESIDE ENOUGH TO TOUCH
THE GREENEST MEADOW IN THE WORLD 2IPPLES DANCE ON 4O THE HANDS THAT CLEAN THE SANCTUARY AND THE SCHOOL TO THE
THE WATERS SURFACE BENEATH GIANT OAKS THAT LINE THE FEET THAT TRUDGE THROUGH SNOW AND MUD AND SAND TO PREPARE
BANK )RIS AND PURPLE mAGS mY IN LIGHT BREEZES 3OMEWHERE THE PLACES WHERE WE WORSHIP LEARN AND CELEBRATE TO THE LOVELY
TROUT MOVE GENTLY UPSTREAM AGAINST THE CURRENT SOULS WHO REMEMBER TO PUT THE CLUTCH OF WILDmOWERS JUST
)T IS AN IDYLLIC SCENE WORTHY OF A POETS RHAPSODYUNTIL BELOW THE PULPIT) SAY THANKS WE ALL SAY THANKS 4HE HOURS
YOU HAVE TO CROSS THE STREAM UNTIL THE TASK AT HAND REQUIRES SPENT PRACTICING THE THREE
MINUTE SONG ARE ALWAYS SEEN AND
SOMETHING MORE SUBSTANTIAL THAN IMAGERY AND VERSE KNOWN BY HEAVEN EVEN IF HIDDEN TO THE CHURCH
&ORTUNATELY THERE ARE STEPPING
STONES ACROSS THIS 4O ALL AMONG US WHO INVEST IN BRINGING CLEANLINESS
STREAMGIANT BLOCKS OF CARVED GRANITE CAREFULLY POSITIONED ORDER AND BEAUTY WE OWE AN ONGOING CHORUS OF
A METER APART THAT SPAN THE WATERS AND OFFER A PATH TO APPRECIATION 4HE CHURCH IS STRONGER lNER BECAUSE YOU
THE OTHER SIDE 4HAT WHICH WAS BEAUTIFUL BUT IMPASSABLE UNDERSTAND OUR 'OD
GIVEN NEED TO RISE ABOVE THE DIRT AND
NOW BECOMES LOVELY AND ACCESSIBLE BECAUSE SOMEONE DRUDGERY OF EVERYDAY EXPERIENCE AND hWORSHIP THE ,ORD IN
LONG AGO PUT THE STEPPING
STONES IN THE STREAM 3OMEONE THE BEAUTY OF HOLINESSv
UNDERSTOOD THAT THE BEAUTY THAT ATTRACTS US MUST BE MADE "ILL +NOTT
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(USBAND AND &ATHER OF !DVENTISTS 6ISITS
7ORLD (EADQUARTERS
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DAY !DVENTIST #HURCH PLANS TO HOLD ITS
!NNUAL #OUNCIL IN -ANILA 0HILIPPINES IN /CTOBER - ! 2 + ! + % , , . % 2 ! $ 6 % . 4 ) 3 4 7 / 2 , $ 0 ( / 4 /
THE 0ACIlC NATIONS 53 !MBASSADOR RECENTLY MET WITH
LEADERS OF THE WORLD CHURCH
0HILIPPINE !MBASSADOR 7ILLY # 'AA TOLD *AN 0AULSEN
!DVENTIST WORLD CHURCH PRESIDENT AND OTHERS THAT HE WAS
PLEASED TO WELCOME !DVENTIST DELEGATES TO HIS COUNTRY NEXT
YEAR (E MADE THOSE REMARKS DURING AN !UGUST VISIT TO
THE WORLD CHURCHS HEADQUARTERS IN 3ILVER 3PRING -ARYLAND $)34).'5)3(%$ 6)3)4/23 !MBASSADOR AND
5NITED 3TATES -RS 7ILLY # 'AA AT LEFT FROM THE 2EPUBLIC OF THE
4HE CHURCHS !NNUAL #OUNCIL IS USUALLY HELD IN /CTOBER 0HILIPPINES MET 0ASTOR *AN 0AULSEN CENTER WORLD
AT THE CHURCHS HEADQUARTERS NEAR 7ASHINGTON $# 4HE PRESIDENT OF THE 3EVENTH
DAY !DVENTIST #HURCH
LAST SUCH MEETING HELD OUTSIDE THE 5NITED 3TATES WAS IN AND *OHN 'RAZ PUBLIC AFFAIRS AND RELIGIOUS LIBERTY
IN "RAZIL
DIRECTOR DURING A VISIT TO THE CHURCHS GLOBAL HEAD
h4HE 0HILIPPINES IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE VERY FEW
QUARTERS IN 3ILVER 3PRING -ARYLAND 53!
COUNTRIES IN !SIA WHERE FREEDOM OF RELIGION IS RESPECTEDv
.OVEMBER \ !DVENTIST 7ORLD
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!DVENTIST 7ORLD \ .OVEMBER
FOR THE CHURCH IN !USTRIA WELCOMED EXAMPLE OF THE 7ALDENSIAN COLPORTEURS WAS EXTREMELY RESTRICTED AND PUBLIC
SOME PARTICIPANTS INCLUDING DURING THE THIRTEENTH CENTURY THE PREACHING OF THE !DVENTIST MESSAGE
CURRENTLY WORKING BOOK EVANGELISTS 0IETIST hLITERATURE MISSIONARIESv OF THE WAS NOT POSSIBLE )N SPITE OF THESE
THEIR FAMILIES AS WELL AS FORMER EIGHTEENTH CENTURY AND THE hLITERATURE LIMITATIONS THE !DVENTIST MOVEMENT
COLLEAGUES AND GUESTS FROM !USTRIA EVANGELISTSv OF THE "IBLE AND MISSIONARY GREW WITH THE ESSENTIAL CONTRIBUTION
AND ABROAD )N SPITE OF OTHER MEDIA SOCIETIES OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY OF THE LITERATURE EVANGELISTS
&UCHS NOTED BOOKS AND MAGAZINES THE !DVENTIST MOVEMENT DEVELOPED ITS 3INCE LITERATURE EVANGELISTS
REMAIN POPULAR LITERATURE EVANGELISM PROGRAM HAVE SOLD APPROXIMATELY MILLION
(OWARD &AIGAO PUBLISHING h)T IS AN INTERESTING FACT v SAID BOOKS IN !USTRIA ALONE !BOUT
DIRECTOR FOR THE 3EVENTH
DAY (EINZ hTHAT THE BIRTHPLACE OF PERCENT OF ALL !DVENTISTS IN !USTRIA
!DVENTIST WORLD CHURCH DISCUSSED !DVENTIST LITERATURE EVANGELISM WAS WERE INTRODUCED TO THE CHURCH THROUGH
THE QUESTION OF KEEPING PUBLIC NOT IN .ORTH !MERICA BUT IN %UROPEv LITERATURE EVANGELISTS WHO ARE CONNECTED
INTEREST IN THE PRINTED PAGE (E -ICHAEL "ELINA #ZECHOVSKI A FORMER WITH THE PUBLISHING HOUSE KNOWN TODAY
INFORMED PARTICIPANTS THAT THERE 0OLISH PRIEST WHO JOINED THE !DVENTIST AS 4OP ,IFE 7EGWEISER 6ERLAG
ARE !DVENTIST PUBLISHING HOUSES CHURCH IN !MERICA AND RETURNED TO 4HE 3EVENTH
DAY !DVENTIST CHURCH
AROUND THE WORLD THAT PRINT #HRISTIAN %UROPE AS A MISSIONARY CALLED HIMSELF IN !USTRIA WWWADVENTISTENAT
LITERATURE IN DIFFERENT LANGUAGES A hBOOK COLPORTEURv )N THE MID
TO
LATE CONSISTS OF BAPTIZED MEMBERS
!BOUT MILLION BOOKS WERE SOLD NINETEENTH CENTURY HE WAS PRODUCING WORSHIPING IN CONGREGATIONS 4HE
WORLDWIDE BY LITERATURE AND SELLING A MISSIONARY PAPER AS WELL 4OP ,IFE 7EGWEISER 0UBLISHING (OUSE
EVANGELISTS DURING THE LAST lVE YEARS AS BOOKS CALLING ON PEOPLE IN THEIR WWWTOPLIFE
CENTERAT OFFERS A GREAT
$ANIEL (EINZ DIRECTOR OF THE HOMES IN .ORTHERN )TALY &RANCE VARIETY OF BOOKS AND MAGAZINES ON THE
%UROPEAN !RCHIVES FOR 3EVENTH
DAY 3WITZERLAND AND THE !LSACE ,ATER "IBLE AND FAITH HEALTH EDUCATION AS
!DVENTIST (ISTORY OUTLINED THE HISTORY THE 'ERMAN MISSIONARY ,UDWIG 2 WELL AS CHILDRENS BOOKS AND BOOKS FOR
OF LITERATURE EVANGELISM AND EXPLAINED #ONRADI TOOK UP THIS KIND OF ACTIVITY YOUNGER READERSBY #HRISTIAN 'RASSL
ITS IMPORTANCE IN THE CONTEXT OF THE ESPECIALLY IN 'ERMAN SPEAKING AREAS COMMUNICATION DIRECTOR 3EVENTH
DAY
!DVENTIST MISSION &OLLOWING THE &OR A LONG TIME RELIGIOUS FREEDOM !DVENTIST #HURCH IN !USTRIA
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#HURCH #OMPASS
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EDITOR OF #HURCH #OMPASS WRITING
FROM 3EOUL 2EPUBLIC OF +OREA
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DAY !DVENTIST #HURCH IN 3OUTH +OREA CELEBRATES THE TH
ISSUE OF THE MONTHLY CHURCH MAGAZINE #HURCH #OMPASS
!DVENTISM CAME TO +OREA IN A UNIQUE WAYNOT THROUGH A FOREIGN
MISSIONARY BUT THROUGH A NATIVE )N TWO +OREAN MEN ON THEIR WAY TO THE
5NITED 3TATES HAD A STOPOVER IN +OBE *APAN "ROTHERS 3OHN (EUNG
*O AND ,EE
-AGAZINE )S %UNG
(YUN SPOTTED A SIGN SAYING h3EVENTH
DAY !DVENTIST #HURCHv 4HEY ENTERED
AND MET THE ASSISTANT PASTOR +UNIYA (IDE !FTER LISTENING THEY ACCEPTED THE
2ELIGIOUS 'UIDE FOR !DVENT MESSAGE AND RECEIVED BAPTISM 4HEY WERE THE lRST +OREANS INTRODUCED
+OREAN 3EVENTH
DAY TO THE !DVENT TRUTH
"ROTHER 3OHN (EUNG
*O RETURNED TO +OREA INSTEAD OF CONTINUING ON /N
!DVENTIST #HURCH THE SHIP TO +OREA HE MET ,IM (YUNG
*OO WHO LATER CHANGED HIS NAME TO ,IM
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"AN 3OHN SHARED THE !DVENT MESSAGE WITH ,IM )N TURN ,IM CONTINUED TO
.OVEMBER \ !DVENTIST 7ORLD
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