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ADVENTIST oZC WEEKLY NEWS AND INSPIRATION FOR SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTS WHAT IT IS . It's the Adventist yellow pages. The Adventist world is simply too big to We dreamed up this concept more It's a book of facts. box up in 64 pages, even though that's than a year ago. It was fun to brainstorm It's an Adventist user's guide. double our normal size. So, if you don't the idea, but ultimately it involved a It's everything you always wanted to find some information here that you prodigious amount of work. know but didn't know where to find. expected, please realize that we didn't Andy Nash from Southern College, It's the Adventist Almanac! have space for it—chances are that it's who worked in our office as a summer You'll find here how to convert a lying with all the unused copy we devel- intern, made a beginning with the plan- recipe calling for meat to a vegetarian oped for this issue. ning and the data gathering. Eventually piece de resistance; and how to lead a Further, the Almanac focuses on someone had to shoulder the chief bur- child to Jesus. Adventists in North America. While we den, however, and Jackie Smith was the You'll learn who was the first treasurer give a lot of facts useful to Adventists one—she made the Almanac happen. of the General Conference, and who to anywhere, this issue is the NAD monthly, The Review and Herald Publishing contact to join the Adventist Horsemen's so our primary goal is to serve the home Association personnel helped wonder- Association. division. fully, with Melynie Tooley selling extra You'll discover where to buy a video Beyond that, the selection and the ads to cover the cost overrun, Byron on relcaiming missing members, and mix are entirely ours. Many readers sent Steele working with Bill Kirstein to where to find the most popular article the in suggestions; thank you for them, and develop a de novo design, and the entire Review ever published. we considered them all as we wrestled production staff gearing up for a special And also—"the ox in the ditch." with the problems of too many facts effort. Our Seventh-day Adventist faith chasing too few pages. touches all of life. Far more than with most denominations, it is a way of life. So the man or woman who joins our fellow- ship enters a network that includes not merely doctrines but how and what we eat, what we read, where we send our kids to school, how we treat the sick, and . AND HOW TO USE IT how we try to be Christ's hands and feet in these times. Because the Almanac contains so place in the almanac where you can find To pull together the most useful infor- many items of information, an index was what you need. mation for Adventists, "new" or "old"— simply out of the question. But the facing Happy reading! Scan, search, study, that's our goal for the Adventist Almanac. page—"What's in It"—is the key to its enjoy. We hope that this special issue of the use: And may the end result be more than Review will be so valuable that readers • Scan the nine general categories a source of facts, but a sense of wonder will keep it close by, maybe along with that frame the Almanac. at what the Lord has done and is doing their telephone directory, for quick refer- • Notice the individual items under through His Seventh-day Adventist peo- ence. each category. They will point you to the ple. Inevitably, we had to make choices. General paper of the Design Assistant Gen W. Busch without notice. Texts credited to NEB are from The New credited to RSV are from the Revised Standard Seventh-day Adventist Church Ad Sales Melynie Tooley English Bible © The Delegates of the Oxford Version of the Bible, copyright @ 1946, 1952, Subscriber Services Larry Burtned The Adventist Review (ISSN 0161-1119) is University Press and the Syndics of the 1971, by the Division of Christian Education of Editor William G. Johnson Marketing Representative published 40 times a year, each Thursday Cambridge University Press 1961, 1970. the National Council of the Churches of Christ Associate Editor Roy Adams Ginger Church except the first Thursday of each month. Reprinted by permission. Texts credited to NIV in the U.S.A. Used by permission. Associate Editor Myron K. Widmer Copyright © 1993 Review and Herald' are from the Holy Bible, New International PRINTED IN THE U.S.A. News Editor Carlos Medley Subscription prices: US$36.97 for 40 Publishing Association, 55 West Oak Ridge Version. 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Bible texts 2 (1258) ADVENTIST REVIEW ADVENTIST EW WHAT'S IN IT How We Serve 32 Mission Opportunities • Who's a What We Believe Missionary? • Volunteer Agencies Fundamental Beliefs of • Global Mission Seventh-day Adventists • Leading a Child to Jesus • How to Read the How We Learn .37 Entire Bible in One Year • The Colleges and Universities Treasury of the Spirit of • Academies • Professional Prophecy • 20 Things to Associations Do on Sabbath What We Are 11 How We Give What Happens at the Big Meetings God Was Ready the Day the • Important Addresses • Fast Facts o Banks Closed • How About Your Church • Important to Give Ongoing Sources • How to Order From Financial Support the ABC How We Proclaim What We Were 19 Adventese Spoken Here Key Moments in Adventist • Spreading the Word History • Test Your • Media Centers History IQ • Leading the Church Where We Find It How We Live 23 Videos • Tracts • Bible Lessons Meat Your Match • Nutritious and • Services • Supplies • Resources Delicious • Adventist Hospitals • Networks • Sabbath School • RecoveryPrograms • Church-affiliated Retirement Homes Cover and all illustrations are by Thomas Teague. Note: Information for all charts and graphs provided by North American Division Church Information System, except for pages 46-50, which are pro- vided by the General Conference Treasury Department. ADVENTIST REVIEW (1259) 3 Fundamental Beliefs of Seventh-day Adventists lthough Seventh-day 1. The Holy Scriptures 5. The Holy Spirit Adventists number nearly 2 Peter 1:20, 21; 2 Tim. 3:16, 17; Ps. Gen. 1:1, 2; Luke 1:35; 4:18; Acts million people in more 119:105; Prov. 30:5, 6; Isa. 8:20; John 10:38; 2 Peter 1:21; 2 Cor. 3:18; Eph. han 190 countries, we all 17:17; 1 Thess. 2:13; Heb. 4:12. 4:11, 12; Acts 1:8; John 14:16-18; 15:26, core doctrines in common. The 2. The Trinity 27; 16:7-13. 27 statements of fundamental Deut. 6:4; Matt. 28:19; 2 Cor. 13:14; 6. Creation beliefs, voted by the General Eph. 4:4-6; 1 Peter 1:2; 1 Tim. 1:17; Rev. Gen. 1; 2; Ex. 20:8-11; Ps. 19:1-6, Conference in session at Dallas, 14:7. 33:6, 9; 104; Heb. 11:3. Texas, in 1980, set out our shared faith. 3. The Father 7. The Nature of Man The full statement of the 27 points Gen. 1:1; Rev. 4:11; 1 Cor. 15:28; Gen. 1:26-28; 2:7; Ps. 8:4-8; Acts listed below can be found in the SDA John 3:16; 1 John 4:8; 1 Tim. 1:17; Ex. 17:24-28; Gen. 3; Ps. 51:5; Rom. 5:12- 34:6, 7; John 14:9. Church Manual, while the book 17; 2 Cor. 5:19, 20; Ps. 51:10; 1 John Seventh-day Adventists Believe . 4. The Son 4:7, 8, 11, 20; Gen. 2:15. gives a biblical exposition of them. Both John 1:1-3, 14; Col. 1:15-19; John 8. The Great Controversy the SDA Church Manual and Seventh- 10:30; 14:9; Rom. 6:23; 2 Cor. 5:17-19; Rev. 12:4-9; Isa. 14:12-14; Eze. day Adventists Believe . can be John 5:22; Luke 1:35; Phil. 2:5-11; Heb. 28:12-18; Gen. 3; Rom. 1:19-32; 5:12- 2:9-18; 1 Cor. 15:3, 4; Heb. 8:1, 2; John obtained at an Adventist Book Center 21; 8:19-22; Gen. 6-8; 2 Peter 3:6; 1 Cor. 14:1-3. 4:9; Heb. 1:14. 4 (1260) ADVENTIST REVIEW WHAT WE BELIEVE 9. The Life, Death, and 17. The Gift of Prophecy Gen. 1:26-28; 2:15; 1 Chron. 29:14; Resurrection of Christ Joel 2:28, 29; Acts 2:14-21; Heb. 1:1- Haggai 1:3-11; Mal.