EDITORIAL

Lisa M. Beardsley-Hardy

A Heart for ive years ago, the General It draws on the expertise of hundreds Conference (GC) Department of educators who share a passion for of Education set four goals to Mission the mission of Adventist education. F accomplish during the 2010- The GC Department of Education 2015 quinquennium. These were: (1) also operates the IBE and IBMTE to to strengthen Adventist mission and in a World of foster the success of new institutions identity, (2) to strengthen leadership of higher learning and new pro - and boards, (3) to expand the capac - Learning grams. Teacher conferences through - ity of teachers to achieve the redemp - out the world divisions and two pub - tive purposes of Adventist education, and (4) to disciple lications— THE JOURNAL OF ADVENTIST EDUCATION (JAE ) and nurture Seventh-day Adventist students in non-Ad - and Dialogue— have helped facilitate a strong Adventist ventist colleges and universities. identity and mission. This issue of the JOURNAL shares the During the quinquennium, divisions, unions, confer - reports on the progress of Adventist education during the ences, and schools worked together to achieve these goals past five years from the 13 divisions and one attached with support from the Accrediting Association of Sev - union. enth-day Adventist Schools, Colleges, and Universities Between December 31, 2009, and the end of 2014, the (AAA), the International Board of Education (IBE), and total number of Adventist schools has increased by 25 the International Board of Ministerial and Theological percent, with 96,388 teachers now educating 1,942,828 Education (IBMTE). The AAA surveys academic stan - students in 7,946 schools. Primary enrollment has re - dards and other quality-assurance measures and func - mained constant, tertiary enrollment has increased 11 tions as the denominational accrediting agency of Sev - percent, and secondary enrollment has increased 27 per - enth-day Adventist educational institutions at all levels. cent. 1 During this same period of time, the number of medical schools in the Advent - ist system worldwide has dou - bled from three to six. The Adventist Church’s com mitment to establishing and maintaining Adventist schools remains strong. Some regions, such as the East-Cen - tral Division (ECD), have carried on the work of education in the face of major challenges such as rebel activ - ities (Congo), civil war (South Sudan), and terrorism inci - dents (). Nevertheless, according to Andrew Mutero, ECD education director, the sense of mission and commit - General Conference Department of Education Office Staff: Back row, left to right: Chandra ment among teachers has re - Goff (JAE Administrative Assistant), Susana Schulz ( Dialogue Managing Editor), Faith-Ann mained undiminished. McGarrell (JAE Editor), Esther Rodriguez (Administrative Assistant), Beverly Robinson-Rumble (JAE Editor Emeritus). Front row, left to right: John Wesley Taylor V (Associate Director), Luis Other regions have had to Schulz (Associate Director), Lisa Beardsley-Hardy (Director), Hudson Kibuuka (Associate Di - work amid severe military rector), Mike Lekic (Associate Director). Not shown: Linda Torske (Administrative Assistant). crises. For example, Vladimir Continued on page 62 http://jae.adventist.org The Journal of Adventist Education • April/May 2015 3 MIDDLE EAST and NORTH AFRICA UNION MISSION

dress many of the current educational creative ways of dealing with this huge Donovan Cleary, challenges confronting our Middle East 10/40 Window region! We are praying M.B.A., F.C.C.A ., is and North Africa region as we seek to de - earnestly that God will use each member Coordinator of Edu - velop the potential of our young people. to spread the good news and add new cation for the Mid - The challenge for every Adventist teacher converts to the church so that an even dle East and North is to become an expert in his or her field greater work can be done. May God give Africa Union Mis - of work and to be a powerful witness for us insights into how to effectively share sion of Seventh-day the true and living God we serve. His great love for the people of the Adventists in Beirut, MENA region. May we also comprehend Lebanon. conclusion the limitless resources He has at His dis - Change is occurring on a daily basis, posal just waiting for willing human and the church must continue trying channels through which they may be made manifest. i

Editorial Continued from page 3 Tkachuk, director of education for the Euro-Asia Division the Internet. Since pastors are vital partners for our schools, a (ESD), reports that in Ukraine, the local conference in Lviv do - Bible study on Christian education was added to the baptismal nated its headquarters to become the city’s first Adventist manual to help new converts understand its value. school, and the members in Chernovtsy renovated and trans - Managing the demand for Adventist education is a challenge formed their conference office building into the first Adventist in most regions, and affordability continues to be an issue. As school in that city. In independent assessments of academic per - colleges grow in size and in the number and level of degrees formance, Adventist schools in Ukraine and Russia outperform they offer, the cost of an Adventist education rises. There are the national average by wide margins. insufficient work-study programs for the many young people The CognitiveGenesis Study demonstrated that students in who would like to attend an Adventist school but do not have Seventh-day Adventist primary and secondary schools in the the funds to do so. But the greatest need is not for money or U.S., , and Bermuda also have an academic advantage. for students, but for qualified teachers “who love children and In standardized tests, students in Adventist schools outper - can see in them souls to be saved for the Master.” 3 As a result, formed the national average in every subject and for every we will continue to promote Adventist mission and identity grade level tested. The benefits of an Adventist education were through conferences and seminars, as well as our other goals. cumulative: The longer a student attended, the higher the aca - And through publications like THE JOURNAL OF ADVENTIST ED- demic performance compared to the national average in both UCATION , we will directly support Adventist educators with ar - achievement and cognitive ability. 2 ticles that strengthen teachers, administrators, and boards; During the current quinquennium, we have witnessed a demonstrate how to integrate faith with learning; and provide range of events in Adventist education. For example, while models for nurturing and discipling Seventh-day Adventist stu - Brazil Adventist University celebrated 100 years of continuous dents at every institution. Together, we will foster the best of operation, on the other side of the world, the newly started ed - theory and practice in Adventist education, and inspire in ed - ucation work in Mongolia adds a new grade level each year at ucators a heart for mission in a world of learning. Tusgal Adventist School. It will soon outgrow the building it occupies in downtown Ulaanbaatar. Elsewhere, as part of train - ing future pastors, the eight theological seminaries in the Inter- Lisa M. Beardsley-Hardy, Ph.D., serves as the Director of Edu - European Division (EUD) continue to engage in outreach ac - cation for the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, Sil - tivities in their region and abroad. One such activity is ver Spring, Maryland, U.S.A. Friedensau Adventist University’s ProMission project among the Maasai ethnic group in . The Inter-American Division (IAD) took a truly bold step NOTES AND REFERENCES 1. All data are from the Annual Statistical Reports for the years 2009 to 2014 by designating 2010-2015 as the “Quinquennium of Educa - (latest available) (Silver Spring, Md.: Office of Archives, Statistics, and Research, tion.” Gamaliel Floréz, IAD director of education, describes General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists). how 80 percent of the division budget was allocated to the 2. Jerome Thayer and Elissa Kido, “Assessing Academic Achievement and strategic development of Adventist education, which included Cognitive Ability in Adventist Schools,” Journal of Research on Christian Edu - the distribution of five-year, interest-free loans totaling U.S.$5.7 cation 21:2 (August 2012):99-115: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full /10. 1080/10656219.2012.698826#preview. million to 15 universities and 22 unions. Nearly 10,000 teachers 3. Ellen G. White, Counsels to Parents, Teachers, and Students (Mountain participated in the division’s first Virtual Teachers Council on View, Calif.: Pacific Press Publ. Assn., 1913), p. 166.

62 The Journal of Adventist Education • April/May 2015 http://jae.adventist.org Why operate Adventist schools? weapons for the advancement of the cause.” 4 That is a good question, but one that was seen as irreverent Unquestionably, the denomination’s early leadership in - and irrelevant by the earliest Adventists. After all, wasn’t Jesus tended that the Battle Creek School would train people to going to come soon? And if so, why educate Adventist children preach the gospel. Ellen White agreed with this aim. “We need for a world that would end before they grew up? In fact, didn’t a school,” she wrote in “Proper Education” (1872), “where those sending children to school indicate a lack of faith in Christ’s who are just entering the ministry may be taught at least the soon coming? common branches of education, and where they may also learn This mentality led W. H. Ball in 1862 to ask if it was “right and more perfectly the truths of God’s word for this time.” 5 consistent for us who believe with all our hearts in the immediate But Mrs. White’s vision for the goals of Adventist education coming of the Lord, to seek to give our children an education?” 1 was broader than that of other church leaders. Thus, in her 1872 Note that this question was being asked 18 years after the Mil - article, she also dealt with the importance of education, the dis - lerite disappointment. The anti-education “bug” had firmly im - tinction between education and training, discipline as self- con - planted itself in the Adventist mentality. trol, the need for a prac tical/ useful education, and the impor - James White’s reply is of interest, since he argued that “the fact tance of balancing the mental and spiritual aspects of education that Christ is very soon coming is no reason why the mind should with the physical. 6 In short, while she agreed with the worker- not be improved. A well-disciplined training goals of the church leaders, and informed mind can best receive she also introduced themes that fore - and cherish the sublime truths of the shadowed a much broader education. Second Advent.” 2 His wife, Ellen G. During the next 30 years, her writings White, agreed. Ten years later, she fleshed out the implications of those wrote that “ignorance will not in - The Aims aims. crease the humility or spirituality of Meanwhile, by 1873, James White any professed follower of Christ. The and other denominational leaders re - truths of the divine word can be best alized the inadequacy of their school. appreciated by an intellectual Chris - White wrote that “there is no branch tian. Christ can be best glorified by of Adventist of this work that suffers so much at those who serve Him intelligently.” 3 the present time as the proper educa - tion of men and women to proclaim early Adventists Grapple the third angel’s message.” While, he With the issue noted, “we have no time to give stu - By 1872, however, the Whites Education: dents a thorough course of educa - were not the only Adventists inter - tion,” the church needs to prepare ested in formal education. Twenty- “young men and women . . . to be - eight years had passed since the Mil - A Historical come printers, editors, and teachers.” lerite disappointment, and nine years In addition, they should be taught since the formal organization of the Perspective the “living languages” (rather than Seventh-day Adventist Church. The the dead classical ones), since we have church was growing and needed “a message . . . that is to be pro - ministers. The former Millerites were aging, so the church claimed before many nations and tongues and people.” James needed to train future leaders. Furthermore, by the early 1870s, White took pains to point out that such education should not the denomination was earnestly considering its responsibility cover a long period of time, since time was short. 7 for foreign missions. In April 1873, J. N. Andrews expressed the consensus of With those concerns in mind, the General Conference cre - church leadership in his editorial in the Review and Herald : “the ated the School Committee, which reported in May 1872 that calls that come from every quarter, from men speaking other “there are persons all through our ranks, who have come to languages, must be answered by us. We cannot do this in our years of maturity, who have convictions that they ought to do present circumstances. But we can do it if the Lord bless our something to directly forward the glorious and important effort in the establishment of our proposed school. We have de - cause in which we are engaged. To this end, they want imme - layed this effort too long.” 8 diately to acquaint themselves thoroughly with the teaching of In 1874, the denomination sent its first official missionary— the Bible in reference to those great truths which pertain to this J. N. Andrews—to a foreign land and opened up its first colle - time. ” The committee also noted that these people needed giate institution—Battle Creek College. Those events are inex - general instruction so they could more effectively speak and tricably connected. After all, the foremost purpose of the write. As a result, the denomination established a school in denomination’s early educational enterprise was to train its Battle Creek to prepare church workers “to wield those members to spread the third angel’s message. So, it is fitting

BY GEORGE R. KNIGHT

4 The Journal of Adventist Education • April/May 2015 http://jae.adventist.org that ’s first institution of higher learning would ied the arts and sciences in the context of a biblical worldview. eventually be renamed in honor of Adven - That position was evident in the 1885 struggle at South Lan - tism’s first official missionary. caster Academy when S. N. Haskell and others sought to narrow But all was not well at Battle Creek College in the late 1870s. the curriculum to the specifically religious. 13 Over the years, she The founders’ goals were not being met. There was no required and other educational leaders guided Adventism to adopt a re - Bible course, no practical or missionary training, and no physical/ ligiously oriented liberal-arts approach to collegiate study. mental balance in the curriculum, which was largely dominated by the Greek and Latin classics and teacher training for public placing christ at the center institutions. The school’s catalogs even went so far as to advertise The real turning point in Adventist education came in the that “there is nothing in the regular courses of study, or in the 1890s. Early in the decade, the Harbor Springs educational con - rules and practice of discipline, that is in the least denominational vention was held in northern Michigan. Just as the General or sectarian. The biblical lectures are before a class of only those Conference ministerial institutes in the post-1888 period helped who attend them from choice.” “The managers of this College pastors to recognize the centrality of Christ and His righteous - have no disposition to urge upon students sectarian views, or to ness to Adventism, so the Harbor Springs convention helped give such views any prominence in their school work.” 9 Adventist educators see the centrality of Christ for the denom - ination’s academic curriculum. Midcourse Reflections on the Looking back from 1893, the Aims of Adventist education church’s educational leader, W. W. For various reasons, things went Prescott, proclaimed to the General from bad to worse at Battle Creek Conference session that Harbor College between 1874 and 1881. Fi - Springs had marked a turning in Ad - nally, the unimaginable happened— ventist education. “While the general the college closed for a year, with no purpose up to that time,” he claimed, sure promise of reopening. During had “been to have a religious element that time, Ellen White issued several in our schools, yet since that insti - powerful testimonies on Christian tute, as never before, our work has education in an attempt to get Advent- been practically [rather than theoret - ist education back on track. “If a ically] upon that basis, showing itself worldly influence is to bear sway in in courses of study and plans of work our school,” she penned in December as it had not previously.” 14 1881, “then sell it out to worldlings Three months after the Harbor and let them take the entire control; Springs convention, Ellen White and those who have invested their sailed for Australia, taking with her a means in that institution will estab - heightened awareness of the possibil - lish another school, to be conducted, ities of Christian education and the not upon the plan of popular schools, Battle Creek College gospel’s implications for education. nor according to the desires of prin - While in Australia, she would have cipal and teachers, but upon the plan an unequaled opportunity to influ - which God has specified.” 10 ence the Avondale School for Christian Workers to develop ac - Three months earlier, she had plainly told her audience that cording to the principles enunciated at Harbor Springs. “the Lord never designed that our college should imitate other The Avondale School looms large in Adventist educational institutions of learning. The religious element should be the history because Ellen White saw it as an “object lesson” or “pat - controlling power. If unbelievers choose this influence, it is well; tern” for other church educational institutions. 15 Milton Hook, if those who are in darkness choose to come to the light, it is as in his extensive study of Avondale’s first six years, concluded God would have it. But to relax our vigilance, and let the that the two central goals associated with Avondale were the worldly element take the lead in order to secure students, is conversion and character development of the students and prepar - contrary to the will of God. The strength of our college is keeping ing them to be denominational workers. 16 the religious element in the ascendancy .” 11 Paralleling the development of Avondale was Adventism’s Mrs. White had not the slightest doubt that the central pur - mission thrust during the 1890s. For the first time, the denom - pose of the college was to train church workers. On the other ination was sending missionaries to every corner of the globe hand, she did not advocate a narrow Bible college or Bible insti - and establishing educational, medical, and publishing institu - tute curriculum. As she put it in her forceful December 1881 ad - tions to buttress those missions. The expansion stimulated the dress to the General Conference and educational leadership, rapid development of Adventist education at all levels, as the de - “God’s purpose has been made known, that our people should nomination looked to its schools around the world to supply have an opportunity to study the sciences and at the same time workers for its rapidly expanding endeavors. By the early 1900s, to learn the requirements of His word.” 12 Her overall counsel many of these schools had followed Avondale in incorporating pointed toward a broad-based education in which students stud - the word missionary into their name. (For example, “Washington

http://jae.adventist.org The Journal of Adventist Education • April/May 2015 5 Missionary College” and “Emmanuel Missionary College.” 17 ) possible to man. It is the harmonious development of the phys - Another educational spin-off of Mrs. White’s Australian ical, the mental, and the spiritual powers. It prepares the student years was the beginning of the Adventist elementary school sys - for the joy of service in this world, and for the higher joy of wider tem. Because school attendance was required in Australia, she service in the world to come. ”21 wrote her son, W. C. White, in May 1897: “In this country par - Within the framework of the primary aim of education as ents are compelled to send their children to school. Therefore conversion and the ultimate aim as service to God and other in localities where there is a church, schools should be estab - people, Ellen White discussed such intermediate aims as char - lished, if there are not more than six children to attend.” 18 acter development, the role of work, and the Christian under - Her counsels inspired reformers in America, including E. A. standing of historical, literary, scientific, and biblical knowl - Sutherland and Percy T. Magan, who immediately began to edge. From her perspective, all of those intermediate aims were push for the rapid development of an Adventist elementary sys - based upon a conversion experience and were instrumental in tem. Under their leadership and that of Frederick Griggs, pro - preparing young people for service. viding a Christian education for every Adventist young person became a church goal by 1910. 19 A 20th-century Refinement The changing nature of 20th-century education and work ellen White’s Mature thoughts led to a major adjustment in the on the Aims of education manner of achieving the goals of Ad - Another outgrowth of Ellen ventist education. As time went on, White’s involvement with the early both work and education became Avondale School was the constant more professional. This created ten - stream of education-related letters sions in the denomination. and articles from her pen. Those Taking one side of the issue were writings, along with the publication educators such as E. A. Sutherland, of Christian Education in 1893 and who had led out in abolishing aca - Special Testimonies on Education in demic degrees at Battle Creek College 1897 (both compiled by W. W. in the late 1890s. At that time, degrees Prescott) not only helped guide the had not been necessary to enter fields development of existing Adventist such as medicine, teaching, nursing, schools, but also made Adventist ministry, or the world of business or leaders and members more aware of government. In 1899, Sutherland Christian education. wrote that “the first degree was granted Ellen White’s 1890s writings on ed - by a pope,” and that degrees were the ucation also prepared the way for the “germs” of the disease that permeated publication of her mature thoughts the from which the on the topic in Education (1903) . In third angel’s message was calling peo - that book more than any other, she ple. By 1915, he was asserting that “any addressed the primary goals and aims Seventh-day Adventist school that of education, framing education grants degrees, thereby invites State within the context of the Great Controversy. In masterful strokes, inspection, and must accept the world’s standard and come into she re-told the Genesis 1-3 story in educational terms, concluding conformity to the worldly system of education.” The time was that “to restore in man the image of his Maker, to bring him back coming, he claimed, when degrees would be granted directly by to the perfection in which he was created, to promote the devel - the Papacy and would constitute “a seal or the mark of the opment of body, mind, and soul, that the divine purpose in his beast.” 22 creation might be realized—this was to be the work of redemp - But even as Sutherland was making this pronouncement, pro - tion. This is the object of education, the great object of life. ” Again fessionalism and education were being transformed. A case in she penned: “In the highest sense the work of education and the point was medicine. In 1910, the Flexner Report exposed the dis - work of redemption are one. . . . To aid the student in compre - mal state of medical education in the and eventu - hending these principles, and in entering into that relation with ally led to the closing of more than half of the nation’s medical Christ which will make them a controlling power in the life, schools. Using this report, the American Medical Association should be the teacher’s first effort and his constant aim.” 20 (AMA) evaluated Adventism’s fledgling College of Medical Evan - Beyond making conversion the primary aim of Christian gelists (Loma Linda, California) in 1911 and gave it the lowest education, Education was clear that the ultimate aim of Advent- possible rating. The medical school would either have to achieve ist education is service. “Our ideas of education,” she penned, a higher rating or be closed, since without AMA approval, its “take too narrow and too low a range. . . . True education means graduates could not practice medicine. Achieving a higher rating, more than the perusal of a certain course of study. It means however, meant that the schools sending students to CME also more than a preparation for the life that now is. It has to do had to be accredited by the regional accrediting associations. with the whole being, and with the whole period of existence Thus, the issue of degrees evolved into one of accreditation. 23

6 The Journal of Adventist Education • April/May 2015 http://jae.adventist.org Deciding how to relate to these developments divided Ad - George R. Knight, Ed.D., is Professor ventist leadership. Some believed the church should train Bible Emeritus of Church History at Andrews instructors at Loma Linda who could also give natural treat - University, Berrien Springs, Michigan, ments, while others thought the church needed to train fully U.S.A. Dr. Knight has authored and edited certified physicians. In their concern, they placed the matter be - a number of books and articles on Adventist fore Ellen White, whose reply was unequivocal. “We must,” she history and education. He writes from claimed, “provide that which is essential to qualify our youth Rogue River, Oregon. who desire to be physicians, so that they may intelligently fit themselves to be able to stand the examinations required to prove their efficiency as physicians. . . . We are to supply what - ever may be required, so that these youth need not be compelled NOTES AND REFERENCES to go to medical schools conducted by men not of our faith.” 24 1. “Questions and Answers,” Review and Herald (December 23, 1862):29. 2. Ibid. She realized that this would also affect Adventist colleges. 3. Ellen G. White, Fundamentals of Christian Education (Nashville, Tenn.: “Our larger union conference training schools in various parts Southern Publ. Assn., 1923), p. 45. of the field should be placed in the most favorable position for 4. School Committee, “The Proposed School,” Review and Herald (May 7, qualifying our youth to meet the entrance requirements speci - 1872):168 (italics supplied). fied by state laws regarding medical students. . . .The youth . . . 5. White, Fundamentals of Christian Education, op. cit., pp. 45, 46. 6. See ibid., pp. 15-46; George Knight, “Ellen G. White: Prophet,” in Early should be able to secure at our union conference training Adventist Educators, George R. Knight, ed. (Berrien Springs, Mich.: Andrews schools all that is essential for entrance into a medical college. University Press, 1983), pp. 27-30. . . . Inasmuch as there are legal requirements making it necessary 7. James White, “Conference Address Before the General Conference of S. that medical students shall take a certain preparatory course of D. Adventists, March 11, 1873,” Review and Herald (May 20, 1873):189, 181. study, our colleges should arrange to carry their students to the 8. J. N. Andrews, “Our Proposed School,” Review and Herald (April 1, 1873), point of literary and scientific training that is necessary.” 25 p. 124; cf. G. I. Butler, “What Use Shall We Make of Our School?” Review and Herald (September 21, 1874):44, 45. That counsel provided the basis for the eventual accreditation 9. Battle Creek College Catalogue, 1876-1877, p. 10; 1879-1880, p. 6. of Adventist colleges. It also meant a continued emphasis on the 10. Ellen G. White, Testimonies for the Church (Mountain View, Calif.: Pa - service function of Adventist education, since by the middle of cific Press Publ. Assn., 1948), vol. 5, pp. 25, 26. the 20th century, accredited degrees were needed in a large num - 11. Ibid., p. 14 (italics supplied). ber of professions. Times had changed, and, fortunately, the 12. Ibid., p. 21 (italics supplied). 13. See Myron F. Wehtje, And There Was Light: A History of South Lancaster church’s educational system was in a position to face those Academy, Lancaster Junior College, and Atlantic (South Lancaster, changes as it continued to prepare young people for service. Mass.: Atlantic Press, 1982), pp. 64-84; George R. Knight, “The Missiological Roots of Adventist Higher Education and the Ongoing Tension Between Ad - conclusion ventist Mission and Academic Vision,” The Journal of Adventist Education 70:3 Why operate Adventist schools? (April/May 2008):20-28. 14. W. W. Prescott, “Report of the Educational Secretary,” Daily Bulletin of The Adventist pioneers clearly believed their schools were the General Conference (Feb. 23, 1893), p. 350. to preach the third angel’s message and do the work of the 15. Ellen G. White, Life Sketches of Ellen G. White (Mountain View, Calif.: church. According to Ellen White, the ultimate educational aim Pacific Press Publ. Assn., 1943), p. 374; Ellen G. White, Diary, MS 92, 1900. is “service. ” 16. See Milton Hook, “The Avondale School and Adventist Educational But being able to serve implies training in both the intellec - Goals, 1894-1900,” Ed.D. dissertation, Andrews University, 1978. 17. See George R. Knight, “The Dynamics of Educational Expansion,” The tual and moral realms. The early believers generally agreed that Journal of Adventist Education 52:4 (April/May 1990):13-19, 44, 45. (1) character development was crucial, that (2) the common 18. Ellen G. White to W. C. White, May 5, 1897; cf. White, Testimonies, vol. branches of study as well as the arts and sciences were impor - 6, pp. 198, 199. tant, and that (3) the biblical worldview must provide the ma - 19. See Warren S. Ashworth, “Edward Alexander Sutherland and Seventh- trix in which Christian understanding takes place. day Adventist Educational Reform: The Denominational Years, 1890-1904,” Ph.D. dissertation, Andrews University, 1986; Arnold C. Reye, “Frederick Thus, although early Adventists largely agreed on the ulti - Griggs: Seventh-day Adventist Educator and Administrator,” Ph.D. dissertation, mate goal of Christian education as service and the instrumen - Andrews University, 1984. tal aims as character development and acquiring knowledge 20. Ellen G. White, Education (Mountain View, Calif.: Pacific Press Publ. from a biblical perspective, it was Ellen White who supplied the Assn., 1952), pp. 15, 16, 30 (italics supplied). church’s educators with the primary aim of Christian education 21. Ibid., p. 13 (italics supplied), cf. p. 309. 22. E. A. Sutherland, “Why the Battle Creek College Can Not Confer De - when she equated true education with redemption . In addition, grees,” Review and Herald (October 10, 1899):655; (November 14, 1899):740; she provided the denomination with the means to fulfill its ul - E. A. Sutherland, Studies in Christian Education, reprint ed. (Payson, Ariz.: timate aim of service to God and humanity in the modern Leaves-of-Autumn Books, 1977), pp. 137, 138. world when she counseled the church to move in the direction 23. For more on the accreditation struggle, see George R. Knight, Myths in of accredited programs. Adventism: An Interpretive Study of Ellen White, Education, and Related Issues The Adventist Church in the late 19th and early 20th cen - (Washington, D.C.: Review and Herald Publ. Assn., 1985), pp. 37-45. 24. E. G. White, letter reproduced in “A Medical School at Loma Linda,” Re - turies was repeatedly forced to clarify its educational goals. The view and Herald (May 19, 1910):18; cf. Ellen G. White, Counsels to Parents, Teach - Adventist Church in the 21st century needs to keep its eyes on ers, and Students (Mountain View, Calif.: Pacific Press Publ. Assn., 1943), p. 480. those aims as it seeks to serve contemporary society. i 25. White, Counsels to Parents, Teachers, and Students , op. cit., pp. 479, 480.

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Growth and New E C D Opportunities

he East-Central Africa Divi - Accomplishments of Adventist sory meeting helped set the tone for sion (ECD) includes 11 coun - education in ecd the quinquennium and offered many tries: Kenya, , Burundi, From 2010 to 2014, the number of opportunities for consultation as plans Tanzania, Congo (DRC), schools and/or educational programs were developed. T Ethiopia, Djibouti, Eritrea, in ECD increased by 400, for a total of South Sudan, Rwanda, and Somalia. about 1,900 elementary and secondary ecd Annual Higher education This region has a total population of schools, and 19 colleges, universities, consultative Meetings about 350 million people, and part of it and training institutions. During the Every year during the quinquen - falls within the 10/40 Window that the same period, the number of teachers nium, the leaders of the seven universi - church is particularly targeting for grew by 1,000, and the student enroll - ties in ECD (University of Eastern evangelism. ment (all levels) expanded by 50,000. Africa Baraton, , The ECD launched the 2010-2015 Specific programs and initiatives in - , Adventist Univer - quinquennium with the theme “Re - cluded the following: sity of Central Africa, Adventist Uni - vival and Reformation.” Despite many versity of Lukanga, Ethiopia Adventist challenges, such as rebel activities in 2011 education Advisory Meeting College, and Adventist University of Congo, civil war in South Sudan, and The quinquennium began with an Central Africa) met for consultation, terrorism incidents in Kenya, the divi - advisory meeting in June 2011 at Ad - training, planning, and fellowship. 1 sion moved forward to fulfill its mis - vent Hill, Nairobi, Kenya, attended by These meetings have resulted in greater sion with total and undivided commit - union education directors and heads of collaboration, cooperation, team spirit, ment. This report highlights the major tertiary institutions in ECD. Mike mission, and unity; and have also accomplishments of the East-Central Lekic, General Conference associate di - helped to re-emphasize evangelism, Africa Division during the 2010-2015 rector of education and ECD liaison, Adventist mission and identity, quinquennium, the challenges faced, along with Hudson Kibuuka, former human-resource development, leader - and plans for the future. ECD director of education and now ship training, and improvement of ed - GC associate director of education, ucational quality. served as major facilitators. The advi -

BY ANDREW MUTERO

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2013 ecd Biblical Foundations teachers conference A major highlight of the five-year period was the second teachers conven - tion held in ECD and the first of its kind in a Francophone area of our ter - ritory. Attended by more than 800 teachers, the conference was held from December 11-21, 2013, at Gahogo Ad - ventist Academy in Rwanda. Upgraded to a boarding academy, the school now has dormitories for boys and girls (each with beds for 500 students); a new cafeteria and a modern kitchen, and is renovating the chapel. The boarding facility also has the capacity to accommodate about 1,000 confer - ence participants. 2 The Honorable Dr.

Above: A Maxwell Adventist Academy student is baptized. Below: The East Kenya Union Adventist Teachers Convention was held in April 2014.

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Vincent Biruta, Rwanda minister of ed - ecd Medical school in AucA Union Conference plans to upgrade its ucation, who officially opened the con - Plans are underway to establish a di - more-than-100-year-old college in Ka - ference, expressed his appreciation for vision medical school in Kigali, Rwanda, magambo to a full-fledged university. the contributions by the Seventh-day to train medical doctors for the Advent - Goma Adventist University in Doma, Adventist Church in the development ist hospitals in the region. The school DRC, formerly run by Adventist lay- and uplifting of educational standards will admit its first students in 2016 and persons, will now be operated by the in Rwanda. launch the first rotation of courses. North East Congo Union Mission.

Revival and Reformation universities Awarded charters ecd Human Resource initiative Two ECD universities were awarded development Each division educational institu - government charters during this quin - The division has invested significant tion is required to have a committee re - quennium: Adventist University of funds to develop leaders and human sponsible for Revival and Reformation Africa in Nairobi, Kenya; and The Uni - resources during this quinquennium. activities, a Spiritual Master Plan, and versity of Arusha in Usa River, Tanzania. More than U.S.$1.5 million has been in-reach/outreach evangelism. This ini - invested to train and educate some 500 tiative has produced tangible results in new university initiatives workers in division universities, in evangelism, nurturing, and disciple - The East Congo Union Mission in Master’s programs in pastoral theology, ship, leading to 60,000 baptisms in our the Democratic Republic of the Congo leadership, business (M.B.A.), public schools between 2010 and 2014. (DRC) is establishing Philip Lemon health, and the new doctor of ministry University to provide opportunities for program. More than 300 workers have young people to access Adventist graduated from AUA. Supplemental higher education. The West Kenya

General Conference Department of Education representatives and participants attending the annual East-Central Africa Division Higher Education Consultation on the campus of Ethiopia Adventist College.

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plans for the coming Quinquennium • Construction of an Adventist pri - mary school in the Republic of Dji - bouti, an unentered territory in the 10/40 Window; • Construction of at least three Ad - ventist primary schools in Somalia once the political situation stabilizes; • Encouraging the construction of Adventist schools in the 10/40 Window, especially in the East African coastal area, which is dominated by Islam; • Continued support and infrastruc - tural development of the ECD medical school in Kigali, Rwanda; • Development and construction of new tertiary institutions in Burundi and Ethiopia; The Advent Hill School Pathfinders drill squad and instructors pose for a photo after a World • Collaboration between ECD union Pathfinders Day celebration in the school chapel. The school is located in Nairobi, Kenya. education departments and the Safeliz Publishing House in Spain to develop textbooks that both incorporate Ad - funds from the General Conference (Kenya): Library, student hostels, and ventist principles and meet govern - have paid for the education of more faculty housing; ment curriculum standards. i than 200 workers from the DRC, Bu - • Gahogo Adventist Academy rundi, and South Sudan. 3 (Rwanda): Modern boarding facilities. Andrew Mutero, development of ultramodern challenges Facing Adventist Ph.D., is Director of infrastructure education in the east-central Education for the One of our greatest needs in ECD is Africa division East-Central Africa new, modern infrastructure. During this The following are some of the major Division in Nai - quinquennium, we have been able to challenges that are facing the education robi, Kenya. achieve the following, to mention a few: work in ECD: • Adventist University of Central • Preserving Adventist ethos, iden - Africa (Rwanda): ultramodern multi - tity, and mission; purpose hall with seating for more • Meager resources for much- than 1,000 people; needed development and growth; REFERENCES • Adventist University of Central • Stiff competition from private and 1. These meetings were held at various uni - Africa Gishushu Campus: four-story public schools; versities on a rotational basis: in 2011 at Univer - sity of Eastern Africa Baraton, in 2012 at Bugema science and technology building; • Providing affordable Adventist ed - University, in 2013 at the University of Arusha, in • Bugema University (Uganda): the ucation in difficult financial times; 2014 at Ethiopia Adventist College, and in 2015 purchase of a modern building in • Recruiting and retaining qualified at Adventist University of Central Africa. , Uganda, for a city campus; Adventist teachers; 2. Funds that could have been spent to ac - • Bugema University Medical Centre; • Civil unrest and conflicts in some commodate the 800 teachers for eight days in ho - tels in Kigali, Rwanda’s capital, were used in the • University of Arusha (Tanzania): parts of the division; construction of the boarding facility, which will multipurpose hall and a new women’s • Low student enrollment. be used for many years to come to provide Ad - hostel; The ECD has developed a number of ventist education for many young people in • Adventist University of Lukanga strategies to address these challenges, Rwanda. Polyclinic (Congo): men’s and women’s including additional training for its ed - 3. These pastoral workers have been up - graded and trained, and earned a degree in theol - hostels; ucators, local resource mobilization, ogy at Adventist University of Central Africa, • Adventist University of Africa upgrading infrastructure, and aggres - Bugema University, and Adventist University of sive marketing of Adventist education. Lukanga.

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Leading Students To Christ Through E S D True Education

ometimes we need to look than just knowledge; its goal is to in - conference Leaders Give up back to draw important les - spire a life-transforming redemption. office Building sons from our past so we can Adventist education’s goal must be to During the past quinquennium, the more effectively move for - nurture wholesome Christians whose ESD opened seven new elementary and Sward into the future. The first desire is to cultivate a relationship secondary schools. An inspiring exam - Seventh-day Adventist Church’s co- with God. ple comes from Ukraine, where despite founder, Ellen G. White, defined true These concepts are the foundation the political crisis, by God’s grace, we education with the following words: for our strategy in the ESD Education were able to open new schools. In the “True education is the inculcation of Department, which includes opening city of Lviv, local conference adminis - those ideas that will impress the mind elementary and secondary schools trators, realizing the potential of having and heart with the knowledge of God throughout our territory, facilitating an Adventist school in their city, de - the Creator and Jesus Christ the Re - the development of our higher educa - cided to donate their conference head - deemer. Such an education will renew tion institutions, and opening new quarters building to become Lviv’s first the mind and transform the character” English language centers as missionary Adventist school. Children of church (Review and Herald [August 22, 1912]). projects. We want to see our church members as well as those who heard In the Euro-Asia Division (ESD), we growing, filled with young adults, and about our church from their friends have made Adventist education one of united in fulfilling its mission! and neighbors were invited to enroll. our highest priorities. As we peer into While our mission faces many chal - The community now has a school that the future with the eyes of faith, we see lenges, it has also achieved amazing provides a wholesome, Adventist it filled with graduates from Adventist successes, which should encourage ed - Christian education for their children. schools serving the Lord and sharing ucation employees, leaders, and lay Another example comes from the the gospel with their peers. We recog - members worldwide. Providing quality Ukrainian city of Chernovtsy, where a nize the uniqueness of Adventist edu - Christian education is true evangelism, decision to open a school was made cation and believe it embraces more true redemption, true salvation, and in April 2014. Parents, grandparents, eternal freedom!

BY VLADIMIR TKACHUK

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qualified workers, and sponsors partic - ipated in renovating and transforming the conference office building into a fu - ture school. It took less than half a year for the dream to come true! On Sep - tember 1, 2014, 54 young boys and girls entered grades 1 through 5 for the first time at an Adventist school in this city. Church leaders, together with city ad - ministrators, attended the festive event, where prayers for the future of the Ad - ventist school were lifted up in the presence of the many attendees.

stepping Forward by Faith In late 2012, the Vinnytsia Adventist School in Ukraine started operations in a temporary room at a local conference church. The response was so over - whelming that the school staff had to purchase a new location: an unfinished building. Lacking resources or funds, the church called on their pastors for help. The pastors helped for several weeks, and now teachers and parents are collaborating to ensure that the children have a quality structure where

Above: Parents join with students and teachers of the Heritage Christian School in Tokmak, Kyrgyzstan, as a new school year is launched. Below: Theology students at Zaoksky Adventist Seminary and Institute, Russian Federation.

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they can receive the best education. But gree program, a yearly cohort to study that helps them better understand God. the greatest reward comes from the for the Doctor of Ministry program, For the ESD, the number of baptisms children themselves who say: “Schools and a Bachelor in Information Tech - from the English language centers is not like this change our lives!” nologies in Business program. about quantity. Although few in number, the people baptized as a result of our prepared and committed to Reaching others through english special English language summer camps Fulfill the Mission Language centers are precious in the eyes of the Lord! Higher education is also a priority English language centers provide a for the ESD Education Department. At new opportunity for the ESD to build our challenges Ukrainian Adventist Center of Higher new bridges to the communities served Adventist education changes lives Education (UACHE), Kyiv Region, by the Adventist Church. We are working for eternity. Yet, it does face challenges Ukraine, the church recently opened a to reach out to many who are interested such as lack of funds, difficulty in ob - theological seminary, which has been in learning English and do it in a way taining government accreditation, and accredited by the Accrediting Associa- tion of Seventh-day Adventist Schools, Colleges, and Universities (AAA) to offer a Bachelor of Theology program. Students may also choose new degree options such as journalism, teacher of physical culture, and cybernetics. An- other new program, Master of Arts in Pastoral Theology: Children and Ado- lescent Ministry Emphasis, provides opportunities for professional growth. New degree programs are being of- fered elsewhere in the ESD, as well. Zaoksky Adventist Seminary and Insti- tute (ZASI), Russian Federation, has initiated a new Pedagogy in Music de-

Above: Students listen attentively as the first lesson is taught at Vinnytsia Adventist School, Ukraine. Below: A group of students at Ukranian Adventist Center for Higher Education enjoy studying outdoors.

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inadequate support from parents. De - participating was half as large as from ference occurred in June 2014 at the spite the challenges, we know that it some other schools, but despite this Ukrainian Institute of Arts and Science will all be worthwhile when we see our fact, our Zaoksky Christian School took (UIAS) in Bucha, near Kiev. We also children gaining true knowledge, and second place, being just a bit more than express our gratitude to Mike Lekic, becoming wholesome Christians and 100 points behind the school at the top GC associate director of education, for exemplary members of the communi - of the list. Praise the Lord for our his guidance in dealing with multiple ties in which they live. That is what teachers, administrators, and dedicated issues related to education in our terri - moves us and gives us strength! school employees who spend their lives tory. We are thankful to the Lord for Our biggest challenge is convincing serving our children and young adults. our faithful ministers, union, confer - local church leaders, pastors, as well as ence, and mission leaders and educa - parents, that our educational institu - Growing demand for Adventist tion directors, as well as lay members tions have high academic standards. We education who support education throughout the have evidence that our students outper - The number of Muslim parents vast territory of the Euro-Asia Divi - form their peers from other schools in who desire an Adventist education for sion. many ways. An independent committee their children continues to grow in of experts evaluated all the higher edu - Tokmak, a town in Kyrgyzstan. There is vision for the upcoming cational institutions of Ukraine, exclud - a waiting list for most primary and sec - Quinquennium ing medical and military institutions. ondary schools in this region of Cen - During the next quinquennium Using the Bologna system, the team as - tral Asia. In December, the schools stop (2015-2020), our highest priority will sessed 78 tertiary institutions. The enrolling students for the next school be to continue opening and developing Ukrainian Adventist Center of Higher year, which begins in September of the schools at the elementary and high Education in Kyiv Region , Ukraine, following year. Many government offi - school levels. We believe that this will placed sixth on the list. cials and local business professionals also support our higher education in - Another example of the excellence want their children to study in our stitutions, and our churches will grow of our educational offerings is seen at schools. What a powerful witness! The and be filled with young people eager Zaoksky Christian School, Russian success already achieved is inspiring to finish God’s work! Federation. Regional results of the the ESD to expend greater effort in this Training new teachers to bless thou - country-wide school contest were sphere. We believe we are called to par - sands of children is our goal as well. At made available to the community in ticipate in the salvation of God’s chil - ESD, we seek to apply the advice of the late 2012. At the municipal level, our dren and the best way we can do this is Spirit of Prophecy: “As the highest school in Zaoksky placed first with through true education. preparation for your work, I point you 1,035 points, while the school in sec - to the words, the life, the methods, of ond place had only 475 points, more Appreciation of God’s Blessings the Prince of teachers. I bid you con - than 560 points behind our school. We are thankful to the Lord for the sider Him. Here is your true ideal. Be - Points were given for academic success support received from the General hold it, dwell upon it, until the Spirit of in various subjects (mathematics, Conference (GC) Department of Edu - the divine Teacher shall take possession chemistry, history, biology, geography, cation. The International Conference of your heart and life. ‘Reflecting as a etc.). on the Bible and Science in St. George, mirror the glory of the Lord,’ you will Utah, U.S.A., in August 2014, reaf - be ‘transformed into the same image’ united in support of the sabbath firmed our schools’ commitment to (2 Corinthians 3:18, E.R.V.). This is the The following year, in reaction to the creationism and enriched our profes - secret of power over your pupils. Re - outcome of the assessment, local au - sors’ teaching methods. We are thank - flect Him” ( Education , p. 282). i thorities scheduled most subject tests ful for the wisdom of the GC educa - on Saturdays, knowing that students tional personnel and the practical from the Adventist school would not assistance they have provided. John Vladimir Tkachuk, appear. And they were right—our stu - Wesley Taylor V, GC associate director M.S.A., is Director dents did not take the subject tests on of education, served as one of the main of Education for the Sabbath. Moreover, even many of our speakers at the International Scientific Euro-Asia Division students from non-Adventist families, and Practical Conference for educators, of Seventh-day Ad - after a discussion with their parents, de - which had as its motto: “In the Foot - ventists in Moscow, cided not to participate in any subject steps of the Great Teacher.” This con - Russian Federation. tests on Saturdays. What a powerful witness! Thus, the number of students

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Educating Citizens for I A D God’s Kingdom

hile touring an Adventist through providing what their citizens by designating 2010-2015 as the “Quin - hospital, I visited the in - need to thrive. quennium of Education,” challenging tensive care unit. A new - The Adventist Church recognizes the church leaders and members to iden - born baby, the child of a need to provide education to equip tify and solve the problems faced by W family of artisans, was young people for service here and to our schools, colleges, and universities. connected to sophisticated medical prepare them for the heavenly king - The IAD headquarters set an exam - equipment and cared for by highly dom. Additional needs include reten - ple by increasing its Department of Ed - trained medical personnel, all in order tion in our schools and evangelism ucation staff in order to enhance the to sustain his life. Each day the child throughout the community. Investment assistance provided to its institutions, was there cost thousands of dollars. in education will enhance the future of as well as the development of primary Perhaps in the course of this child’s life, individuals and of society in general. education. A development model was he would never earn the equivalent of The Inter-American Division (IAD) created that identified three strategies what it cost to save him. However, his (comprised of Mexico, the Caribbean, to be used in meeting the expected ob - life was so valuable that the expense Central America, Colombia, Venezuela, jectives: Revival and Reformation, and the effort to save him were worth - Guyana, Surinam, and French Guiana) Growth and Institutional Develop - while. places a high value on Adventist educa - ment, and Community Outreach. De - Who can measure the value of a tion. The church has both a solemn re - scribed below are some of the achieve - human life? God is the one who gives sponsibility to introduce its young peo - ments in these areas. true value to the lives of human be - ple to Jesus and to ensure their lifelong ings—so much so that He willingly loyalty to the church. The rapid growth Revival and Reformation gave His own life to save humanity in membership within this region stim - Prayer leads to revival. Therefore, (John 3:16). Education is about life. ulates excitement and hope for the fu - within the educational institutions of The most authentic way that societies ture; however, it also presents enor - the IAD, the students and teachers pray show their love and respect for life is mous challenges. Because of this, the together and with the community, as IAD Board voted to emphasize Advent - ist education throughout its territory

BY GAMALIEL FLOREZ

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well as with and for the regional and magazines for ministers and elders sors. Among the speakers were the national authorities. The first Wednes - (Ministry and The Elder) were dedi - church’s world director of education day of March was chosen as an annual cated to the philosophy of Adventist and the administrators of the Inter- day of prayer for all IAD educational education and distributed to every pas - American Division. Using the Internet, institutions. The event included prayer, tor, church elder, and teacher in the di - we were able to reach nearly 10,000 Bible studies, and testimonies. The di - vision. teachers. In March 2015, the Second vision employees, as well as the union Ellen White’s Education was chosen Virtual Congress of Education was held and field staff, travel to the division ed - as the 2014 book for the year, and IAD following the same successful pattern ucational institutions in order to par - unions were challenged to distribute it as the previous event. This time, the ticipate with the students in this pro - free to their members along with the special guest was Pastor Shane Ander - gram. IAD President Israel Leito speaks Sabbath school Quarterly . The IAD Ed - son. to a live audience gathered at a central ucation Department financed this dis - The second division-wide Educa - location, and his message is shared tribution. tional Congress, which had as its theme with the division institutions over the In order to re-emphasize the mis - “The Teacher: A Minister of the Gos - Internet. sion of Adventist education, on No - pel,” took place in September 2014 and Emphasizing the philosophy of Ad - vember 16, 2013, the IAD scheduled its brought together 1,020 delegates (ele - ventist education will bring revival in first Virtual Teachers Council. Partici - mentary and secondary teachers, uni - the home and among our young peo - pants included representatives from the versity professors, educational admin - ple. Therefore, special issues of our local fields and our university profes - istrators, and directors of education

University deans of education who participated in the Bilingual Education Council sponsored by the IAD Department of Education in 2013.

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from each union and local field). educational institutions. and curricula. For quite a number of At the suggestion of the IAD De - During this quinquennium, through - years, we have had primary-level Bible partment of Education, the Division out the division, professional-develop - textbooks in Spanish, but the IAD pub - Committee voted to add to the bap - ment seminars were held for primary lishing house has now produced these tismal manual a Bible study on Chris - and secondary school administrators textbooks in English and French. Com - tian education to help new converts dealing with philosophy, administration, missioned by the IAD Department of understand its value. finances, and academics. Other seminars Education, Montemorelos University and meetings included the following: (Mexico) is developing secondary-level Growth and institutional special seminars for (1) university presi - Bible textbooks for the secondary development dents and administrators, (2) the secre - schools, with the first two volumes al - During the Quinquennium of Edu - taries of governing boards, (3) the staff ready distributed. cation, the Inter-American Division of the vice presidents of student affairs, IAD expanded its university pro - voted to dedicate 80 percent of its and (4) university church pastors; a grams during this quinquennium; as a budget to the strategic development of bilingual education seminar for deans result, there are now 21 new undergrad - Adventist education, which included of education; and a workshop for uni - uate programs, as well as 20 new Mas - the distribution of five-year, interest- versity directors of research. To address ter’s and six new doctoral programs. free loans totaling U.S.$5.7 million to the challenges posed by globalization Several IAD universities have recog - our 15 universities and 22 unions. and enhance the mission of the church, nized the need for extension campuses To promote the ideals of Adventist the IAD Department of Education of - to provide denominational education education, a “Model Schools” project fered seminars in bilingual education to to students who cannot attend the was created, which honored one school leaders of local fields and bilingual edu - main campus. As a result, six new ex - in each union that most closely resem - cation teachers to strengthen and en - tension campuses were opened be - bled the goals set for the project. Each courage the development of bilingual tween 2010 and 2015. of these schools was given U.S.$10,000 education programs. The Inter-American Adventist Theo - to develop a smart classroom, which The IAD also has an ongoing com - logical Seminary (IATS), which offers will serve as prototypes for our other mitment to improving Bible teaching graduate theological education at vari -

Construction of Greaves Hall, the men’s residence of the University of the Southern Caribbean campus in Trinidad.

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unions reported 3,000 baptisms, which surpassed the results of previous years. Throughout the division, 2014 was designated as the year of “non-formal education.” All the IAD departments participated in training of their lay lead - ership. On October 25, 2014, 181,179 lay leaders were certified during a cere - mony that was broadcast online.

challenges for the Future Inter-America has made a serious commitment to its educational system, but despite the many positive accom - plishments, the division continues to face a variety of challenges: • Implementing the ideals of the Elementary-level Bible textbooks in English, French, and Spanish. philosophy of Adventist education; • Providing increased educational opportunities for church members; ous sites throughout the division, has cal Schools (ATS). In addition to its • Enhancing the quality of our insti - also made significant progress, receiving Master’s and Doctor of Ministry tutions; full accreditation both by the Accredit - (D.Min.) programs, it plans to initiate • Increasing the number of univer - ing Association of Seventh-day Advent - its first Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) sity programs. ist schools, Colleges, and Universities program soon. Our biggest challenge, however, is to (AAA) and the Association of Theologi - prepare a people to meet the Lord community outreach/evangelism when He returns. We are dedicated to The Great Controversy book distri - this mission. Through division-wide bution project was enthusiastically em - revivals, conventions, education initia - braced by the Inter-American Division, tives, and outreach, we are resolved to which challenged its educational insti - partner with Christ to fulfill His mis - tutions to distribute two copies to each sion that “whoever believes in Him student, one as a personal copy and should not perish, but have everlasting one to share with someone else. The life” (John 3:16, NKJV).* i families of non-Adventist students and community members also received a copy of the book. * Texts credited to NKJV are from the New We believe that making Adventist King James Version . Copyright © 1979, 1980, 1982, by Thomas Nelson, Inc. Used by permis - education available to our young peo - sion. All rights reserved. ple is the primary strategy to ensure the retention of members. The large num - bers of non-Adventist students en - Gamaliel Florez , rolled in our schools, however, present D.Min. , is the Direc - an evangelistic challenge that must be tor of Education for addressed. The IAD has designated the Inter-American April as the month of evangelism in all Division of Seventh- of our educational institutions. Each day Adventists, head - year during this month, union and quartered in Miami, conference directors of education hold Florida, U.S.A. evangelistic meetings in institutions throughout the IAD territory. Upon the completion of the 2014 educational evangelism outreach program, the

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Keeping the Flame E U D Ablaze

ooking back at the past five always available to provide assistance. other outreach Activities years of Adventist education in The interaction between students As part of training future pastors, the Inter-European Division and guesthouse personnel also helps to our eight theological seminaries con - (EUD), I am full of gratitude transform CasAurora into a commu - tinue to engage in outreach activities. Lfor God’s guidance and provi - nity of influence for the church. This is One activity is Friedensau Adventist dence that, despite our shortcomings reflected in the following letter from a University’s ProMission project among and deficiencies, have brought us so guest: “In this corner of paradise, the Maasai ethnic group in Tanzania. far. It has been exciting to see the new where I stayed . . . to be close to my For 15 years, two university lectur - projects completed and best practices wife . . . hospitalized in a neighboring ers, László Szabó and Stefan Höschele, implemented. clinic, and where people hitherto un - worked in Tanzania as missionaries and Italian Adventist College recently in - known to us have been praying for her made friends with many indigenous augurated a new multi-functional and offered flowers, I could appreciate people. This opened the way for teams building that hosts the library, the cafe - again the dimension of living in a fel - from Friedensau (located in Möckern, teria, and the guesthouse of the institu - lowship. . . . I discovered the vitality of Germany) to make annual three-week tion. Located in the center of a vast in a community that is ac - visits to distribute water and help pro - hospital area serving Florence and its tive and young in spirit. I appreciated vide a constant water supply by in - environs, the guesthouse “CasAurora” the deep faith, commitment, consis - stalling water pipes. offers accommodation at an affordable tency and, at the same time, open- Because of the drought, little food is price for relatives of patients who face mindedness of staff, theology students, available in this area. So the students an extended stay in the hospital. Being and pastors. Thanks to [personal also distribute fruit, vegetables, rice, confronted with the suffering of a names] and others whose names I have and beans. Basic education is not yet loved one often causes guesthouse visi - forgotten, but not the faces or the con - common among the Maasai, and most tors to ponder the ultimate questions versations. . . . Even if [though] I am of the adults can neither read nor about life and death, and a is not a Christian, I found a world where write. For their children, chances are I feel I belong culturally.”

BY BARNA MAGYAROSI

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better now, but public schools are very ple wholeheartedly. different from theirs in order to start far away, so another goal of the project Another area of activity that re - an open dialogue between believers is to build school and community quires even more attention is Adventist and non-believers. houses in the steppe where the Maasai Ministry to College and University Stu - live. During the week, the buildings dents (AMiCUS) attending non-Ad - Facilitating Faculty interaction will be used as schools, and during ventist universities. Its most active Even when language barriers hinder weekends as churches. The EUD cur - chapters in Germany, Italy, Portugal, networking between our schools, EUD rently operates seven preschools, with Romania, and Spain have rich and educational leaders create events that more than 400 children attending. multi-faceted approaches to providing facilitate interaction among teachers But people need more. They need spiritual support for college students, and staff members such as conferences hope. This is why preaching the gospel and involving young adults in outreach for teachers in Portugal and Spain, as is also a crucial part of this project. to their peers and faculty. An example well as for German-speaking countries During their stay in Tanzania, the stu - of this is the ¿Por qué? initiative by the (Austria, Germany, Switzerland), a dents regularly visit the people in their Spanish AMiCUS, 1 a series of public convention for librarians, dormitory homes, where they pray for the sick lectures that stimulates conversation deans, and organized in part - and share their hope. After the stu - about transcendental matters such as nership with the Trans-European Divi - dents return to Germany, the work the existence of God, the veracity of the sion, and the now-traditional, bien- continues. ProMission hires local evan - Bible, and the reconciliation of faith nial Convention of the European The - gelists and teachers who serve the peo - and science. Students are encouraged ology Teachers (ETTC). to invite friends whose worldview is

The ProMission project at Friedensau Adventist University, Möeckern, Germany, provides opportunities for intercultural exchange between university students and the Massai people of Tanzania.

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Language programs change Lives Five of our colleges 2 offer language programs that, beyond introducing stu - dents to a foreign culture, also often prove to be catalysts of a new life in Jesus. Sharon 3 wanted to spend the sum - mer of 2013 in France learning the local language. She arrived at the Ad - ventist University of France in Col - longes crushed in spirit and feeling burned out after struggling through a deep darkness that destroyed her self- worth, her relationships with others, and her faith. There were, of course, people who wanted to help her: family, friends, and a coach, but nothing seemed to work. God seemed really far away. Slowly, she became convinced that a different en - vironment could help, and through in - teraction with teachers, peers, and supportive personnel, she started to re - capture her joie de vivre . The spiritual theme of that summer, “Jesus Tweets,” reignited her interest in a relationship with her Savior. But the summer passed quickly, and she was afraid of suffering a relapse. However, with new determination and through God’s providence, she was able to return to Collonges in September filled with op - Marius Marinescu was reunited with his family after 12 years of separation. timism for the future and the desire to be baptized. its giant universities, we need sustained grandparents in Romania. Out of re - significant challenges creativity and consistent quality to bellion and despair, he and his 11-year- This bird’s eye view of the richness show the relevance of Adventist educa - old cousin decided to run away. They and quality of the educational experi - tion. But because of the commitment traveled 120 km (74.5 miles) to the ence in our territory is not an attempt of almost 800 teachers in 67 institu - capital of the country, Bucharest, where to deny or ignore Adventist education’s tions, almost 6,000 students have the they slept at the North Railway Station. manifold difficulties in Europe. In a privilege of receiving quality education When their parents heard about the predominantly tuition-free public based on the foundational premise that boys’ disappearance, they hurried school setting, it is a constant challenge “the work of redemption and the work home to search for them. The police to maintain enrollment and to keep the of education are one.” 4 were alerted, posters printed, flyers dis - accounts balanced. In an overtly secu - In closing, let’s look at another tributed, but to no avail. The boys had lar environment, leaders and faculty transformational experience, which oc - vanished into the metropolis. must be intentional in maintaining the curred at “Maranatha” Adventist High The guards chased the two vaga - Adventist identity and philosophy of School in Cluj-Napoca, Romania. bonds outside the precinct of the education. In a Europe fragmented by North Railway Station building, which national pride, languages, and cultures, it’s About saving Lives forced the boys to live in makeshift it takes persistent efforts to network Although barely 8 years old, the lit - cardboard shelters. On a November among our schools. In this area, with tle boy already felt lonely, abandoned, morning, policemen found them shiv - and angry. His parents had immigrated to Spain, leaving him in the care of his

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family. In his junior year, he reopened a chapter of his life that had been sealed, choosing to reveal his real identity and reconnect with his family. On the way home, questions flooded his mind. Would anyone recog - nize him? Would his parents welcome him back? How would the family react to his newly discovered faith? Encour - aged by the story of the prodigal son, which he had learned in Bible class, and guided by the intrigued residents of his home village, whom he asked for directions, he found the beautiful house that belonged to his parents. Even though 12 years had passed, his mother recognized him. Providentially, Attendees at the 2014 Chaplains, Deans, and Librarians Convention at Newbold College in during his absence, his parents, too, England. had become acquainted with God. Shedding tears of joy, he began to un - derstand more fully everything he had learned about God. Our academy experienced these mo - ments of spiritual intensity with joy and gratefulness. Marius is only an example of many students whose hearts have been changed through Adventist educa - tion and whose longing for a better place is kindled in our classrooms. Soli Deo Gloria [Glory to God alone]! i

Barna Magyarosi, Th.D., is the Direc - tor of Education for Biennial Convention of European Theology Teachers at Middle East University, near Beirut, the Inter-European Lebanon, in 2013. Division of Seventh - day Adventists in ering in the cold. Horrified at the mates, understanding and motivating Berne, Switzerland. thought of being sent home, the boys teachers, caring dormitory deans, and a pretended not to know their identities. worldview that opened his mind to Consequently, they were given new new possibilities. He never mentioned names and birth certificates, making it his family, though he was aware that NOTES AND REFERENCES 1. The name of the association in Spanish is unlikely that their parents would ever he had one, or spoke his real name, Asociación de Estudiantes y Graduados Universi - see them again. Placed in a child-care though he knew it. Nevertheless, tarios Adventistas de España (AEGUAE). unit, their lives seemed to have been set through the regular spiritual programs 2. Italian Adventist University (Italian), on an irreversible course. of the school, and the loving relation - Friedensau Adventist University (German), Bo - However, due to providential cir - ships he developed with the faculty and genhofen Seminary (German), Sagunto Adventist Seminary (Spanish), and Adventist University of cumstances, the younger boy, Marius, chaplain, and with his classmates, Mar - France (French) currently offer a language pro - was moved to a Christian home, and in ius embraced the reality of a heavenly gram. 2010 he was sent to “Maranatha” Ad - Father and began to long for his earthly 3. Not her real name. ventist High School. But he received 4. Ellen G. White, Education (Mountain View, more than an education: loving class - Calif.: Pacific Press Publ. Assn., 1903), p. 30.

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Education N A D Report Card

he North American Division in the image of God?). The NAD is oped elementary programs have just (NAD) Office of Education using this lens to make the Adventist been published— ByDesign Science for embraces four domains worldview visible in student standards grades 1-8 and Kindergarten Stepping through which it seeks to ac - as well as classroom resources. Stones . ByDesign, built on a foundation T complish its goals: Purpose, of inquiry, encourages wonderment, Plan, Practice, and Product. These do - Blueprint Film questioning, collaboration, and explo - mains serve as a framework that guides In addition to making the Adventist ration of multiple resources. Kinder - our philosophy and mission, curricu - worldview visible to students, we seek garten Stepping Stones, based on the be - lum, instruction, and assessment. to share it with constituents and com - lief that kindergarten is a stepping stone munities. The NAD Office of Education between early childhood education and Maintaining our philosophy and collaborated with award-winning inde - the primary grades of school, integrates Mission: An Adventist Worldview pendent film maker Martin Doblmeier a rich array of children’s literature and The Adventist worldview embraces to produce The Blueprint. Released in inquiry-based activities that encourage the Bible as the standard by which 2012, this one-hour film on Adventist exploration and discovery. everything else is measured. Four key education was well received by audi - • Encounter Adventist Bible Cur - concepts (with accompanying essential ences. An estimated 40-60 million peo - riculum . In 2014, a number of NAD questions) emerge from a biblical ple worldwide have had the opportu - classrooms piloted the K-10 Encounter worldview and can be used as a lens for nity to view the documentary on Public curriculum that was developed by Ad - the Adventist curriculum development: Broadcasting Stations. Doblmeier’s vi - ventist Schools Australia, which advo - CREATION (What is God’s intention?); sion and determination to see this film cates a head, heart, and hand approach FALL (How has God’s purpose been succeed has been inspiring. to Bible instruction, rather than a distorted?); REDEMPTION (How does purely content-based approach. Stu - God help us to respond?); and RE- curriculum and instruction dents are provided opportunities to ex - CREATION (How can we be restored initiatives pand their biblical knowledge, develop • ByDesign Science and Kindergarten a personal relationship with God, and Stepping Stones. Two new. NAD-devel -

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be involved in service to others. Ulti - more than 100 faith -integrated, bibli - Higher education mately, the Encounter Bible curriculum cally based lessons and activities. The For more than a century, the North offers an experiential approach to Bible Cobblestones Pre-kindergarten Compan - American Division’s colleges and uni - study using the Bible as the perfect ion is designed to assist teachers of pre- versities have provided quality Seventh- standard of truth. Implementation will kindergarten students (age 4). day Adventist education to hundreds of begin with grade 9 during the 2015- • PhysicalGenesis. The NAD Office thousands of people from throughout 2016 school year, with other grade lev - of Education, in collaboration with the division and beyond. Enrollments els in successive years. Nico Rizzo of have fluctuated somewhat in recent • Early Childhood Curriculum. NAD and Rob Thomas of La Sierra Univer - years because of economic conditions is developing three early childhood sity, is coordinating a division-wide and the continued slide in the number curriculum resources: CREATIONKids, health study called PhysicalGenesis for of NAD academy graduates. During Be Like Jesus Faith-based Companion, Adventist students in grades 5-11, this past quinquennium, the number of and Cobblestones Pre-kindergarten which will focus on identifying health undergraduate students, in general, de - Companion— a companion to the behaviors and fitness levels of children creased slightly, although the total grad - Kindergarten Stepping Stones curricu - and adolescents across the North uate and adult education numbers rose. lum. The CREATIONKids curriculum American Division. PhysicalGenesis There were some notable exceptions, is designed to help young children data will provide valuable insights including and Pa - learn; communicate; adopt a healthy about health habits and lifestyles that cific Union College, which have had all- mind, body, and spirit; and grow secure can be used to inform teaching and time-high enrollments. in the love of Christ and the church. learning practices within the division. NAD colleges and universities have The Be Like Jesus Faith-based Compan - received many fantastic blessings and ion, a Web-based resource, provides accomplished remarkable achieve - ments. Notable happenings include the following: • Adventist University of Health Sci - ences in Orlando, Florida, underwent a name change in 2012 (previously Flo - rida Hospital College of Health Science). In 2014, a new 66,000-square-foot Grad - uate Building was completed. • Andrews University in Berrien Springs, Michigan, and Griggs Univer - sity (formerly in Silver Spring, Mary - land) merged. A new School of Dis - tance Education was formed, and now more than 3,000 distance students study to obtain Andrews University credits and degrees. Even though Griggs University had merged with An - drews University, it was still named as one of the top distance-education pro - grams in the U.S.A. • in South Lancaster, Massachusetts, ceased opera - tions in 2012 but hopes to resume classes in the fall of 2015. • Canadian University College in Lacombe, , officially changed its name to on May 1, 2015, in honor of its founders, a hus - band-and-wife team, Charles A. and Leona Burman. • in Kettering,

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Ohio, experienced record enrollments and recently transitioned from a mostly Associate Degree-granting col - lege to a Bachelor of Arts, Master’s, and doctoral degree-granting institution. In 2015, it began to offer one of the few U.S. direct-to-doctoral occupational- therapy programs. • La Sierra University in Riverside, California, received several awards, in - cluding inclusion on the President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll (2015) and the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Top: In August 2012, 6,500 educators attended the NAD convention in Nashville, Teaching’s community engagement re- Tennessee. classification (an honor first given to the school in 2008), which recognizes Bottom: Canadian University College in Lacombe, Alberta, officially changed its institutional collaboration with its name to Burman University on May 1, 2015. local, national, and global communi - ties. In 2013, the university hosted a grand opening for its new $16 million, ventist institution. The university is cre - to become the first North American award-winning Vi and Tom Zapara ating an additional campus in nearby Division-sponsored institution of School of Business building. downtown San Bernardino, where it higher education. The university con - • Loma Linda University in Loma will offer a number of certificate train - ducted a series of studies on the spiri - Linda, California, recently launched Vi - ing programs for high school students. tual needs of its students; purchased sion 2020, the largest philanthropic • in Huntsville, two nationally franchised businesses to campaign ever attempted by an Ad - Alabama , transferred, at their request, increase its revenue and support its from a General Conference institution

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mission; earned commendations from physician-shadowing pilot program; Accreditation of Seventh-day Adventist its accrediting body, the Southern As - the Star Project, which supports people Schools document addresses the NAD’s sociation of Schools and Colleges; and recently released from prison; and a commitment to continuous improve - received a gift of $2 million to aid in Master’s degree in media ministry, a ment in the attainment of excellence in constructing a university health and Bachelor’s degree in international busi - student learning. The accreditation wellness center. ness, and a global humanitarian engi - process outlined in this document pro - • in Angwin, neering emphasis. vides North American Division schools California, celebrated its highest enroll - • Washington Adventist University with a robust structure for reflecting ment in 24 years in fall 2013 (1,678 stu - in Takoma Park, Maryland, spearheaded upon programs and practices, raising dents). In fall 2014, the college experi - the translation of the Russian Orthodox quality, achieving excellence, and deliv - enced the largest on-campus enrollment Bible into English; completed the Leroy ering better outcomes for students and in 19 years. PUC is the only Adventist & Lois Peters Music Building and a stu - their families. The Core of Adventist Ed - college or university recognized as a Na - dent-activity center; partnered with the ucation Conceptual Framework organ - tional Liberal Arts College by U.S. News REACH Columbia Union Urban Evan - izes the accreditation standards within & World Report , and has been ranked in gelism School; and rejoiced over more the context of four domains—Purpose, the top tier of its Western regional cate - than 70 baptisms in 2014 alone. Plan, Practice, and Product. i gory for 17 consecutive years. • Southern Adventist University in professional Growth Collegedale, Tennessee, recently gradu - Two NAD system-wide professional Larry Blackmer, ated its first doctoral student (Doctor conferences, the NAD teachers conven - Ed.D., is Vice Presi - of Nursing Practice), and received tion and the Association of Seventh- dent of the North nearly $70,000 in grants for Christian day Adventist School Administrators American Division service and outdoor-education pro - (ASDASA) conference, are scheduled of Seventh-day Ad - grams for at-risk communities in every six years. In August 2012, 6,500 ventists in Silver nearby Chattanooga. educators attended the NAD conven - Spring, Maryland, • Southwestern Adventist University tion in Nashville, Tennessee, and in U.S.A. in Keene, Texas, celebrated its 120th February 2015, ASDASA met in Dallas, year of operation; began training fire - Texas. Educators were inspired and had Carol Campbell, fighters through a new A.A.S. in Fire many opportunities for both profes - Ph.D., is Director of Science; was featured in a dinosaur sional and spiritual renewal. Elementary Educa - documentary for the National Geo - tion for the North graphic Channel; and sent its students technology tools American Division. to build churches, conduct health Two major online portals were devel - screenings, install water purification oped during this quinquennium: Data systems, and teach English in countries Roll-up and eCertification. Data Roll- across the globe. up consolidates classroom data (grades, • Union College in Lincoln, Ne - attendance, demographic information, Arne Nielsen, braska, inaugurated the Krueger Center etc.), into one database. eCertification M.Ed., is Director for Science and Mathematics, which allows educators to review their denom - of Secondary Edu - contains many high-tech laboratories inational certification status online and cation for the North for biomedical science, biology, engi - determine what is needed to move from American Division. neering, and physics, as well as seven basic certification to professional certifi - labs dedicated to student and faculty re - cation. In addition, the newly revised search; added new scholarships and de - NAD Website (adventisteducation.org) gree programs; and added a nursing provides invaluable resources for early early admission track. New students can childhood, elementary, and secondary Davenia Lea, sign up to be matched with a college teachers and administrators, as well as Ph.D., is Director of employee as mentor to help them de - pastors and parents. Early Childhood velop a personal spiritual-growth plan. Education for the • in College product: school improvement North American Place, Washington, initiated several Accreditation Division. new programs: in collaboration with The recently revised Standards for the Walla Valley Medical Society, a

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“Mission First ”: Our Reason N S D for Being

he Adventist mandate for all up, I took them around the campus that was important to them—whether schools in the Northern Asia- and school buildings, giving them the Christ was part of the school. Pacific Division (NSD), which usual speech about how we are a small “Today, their son is enrolled in our is comprised of China, Korea, school with a park-like campus and school, and his mother faithfully walks T Japan and Mongolia, is “Mis - how parents liked that. Every now and him to campus despite the long dis - sion First.” This positive focus propels then, they would tell me a little about tance. This family reminded me that us even as we encounter challenges. their family. I learned that they had our primary mission was not to be the lived in the United States and were re - top private school in Taiwan, but to taiwan Adventist conference turning to Taiwan so the father could share Jesus and hope that by God’s In January 2013, the Taiwan Ad - obtain medical treatment. They wanted grace, the students who pass through ventist Conference officially became an to enroll their son in our school. our school will reflect the love of Jesus attached conference to the Northern “In my mind, I was thinking that to their families and throughout Tai - Asia-Pacific Division. Within this con - they were looking for a good, Ameri - wan.” ference, we have two elementary can-style school that would ensure that schools, two secondary schools, and a their son could go to school in the U.S. Korean union conference college. Elliot Fullmer, principal of the when they returned. So I was promot - The Korean Union Conference has Taipei Adventist American School in ing that aspect. But the father inter - the largest number of schools of any Taipei, Republic of China, tells how this rupted me, and said that he had just territory in NSD—two tertiary institu - mission mandate is achieved on his one question: ‘Do the students have tions, seven high schools, two junior campus: “The school year had just time for Bible study?’ high schools, and 10 elementary started when parents of a potential stu - ‘“Yes,’ I said. ‘Every day, each class schools. It also operates 34 language dent called because they were inter - has time for morning worship and a schools that enroll some 13,000 stu - ested in our school. When they showed Bible class. Then on Friday, we have a dents. The profit from the language joint assembly in the morning for more schools is specifically dedicated to mis - Bible study time as a school.’ sion. The mandate of “Mission First” “I had answered the one question

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The three-pillar gateway to Honam Adventist School in Gwangju, Korea, represents three schools (elementary, middle, and high school), three values (mental, physical, and spiritual), and the three angels’ messages of Revelation.

thus is translated into this motto: grown from a certificate and diploma- links in academic, structural, and mis - “Schools With Happiness and Students granting school to a degree-awarding sion-related objectives, the university With Vision.” tertiary institution. On September 25, has established links with more than 20 The South Korean government has 2014, SHUC inaugurated a new build - institutions of higher learning in Asia, ranked Donghae Sahmyook Middle ing that houses all of its specialty pro - the United States, Europe, and Inter and High School as 27th among 117 grams. and South America. middle schools in Gangwon Province A short distance away, Sahmyook and third among schools in Donghae University, the oldest Adventist tertiary Japan union conference City. At a time when other schools are institution in Korea, was chosen by the The Japan Union Conference (JUC) struggling with decreases in student government as one of the tertiary insti - is not lagging behind the changes that enrollment (due to population de - tutions to receive U.S.$8.6 million to are sweeping through the country. The cline), Donghae Sahmyook Middle and become a “University of Creative Ko - conference has a tertiary institution, High School has seen a small increase rean Projects” within five years. Their one high school, three junior high in the number of students. Since 2012, Department of Science, Information schools, and 10 elementary schools. Samsung, one of the world’s leading and Communication Technology, and Like many of the developed countries electronics and media giants, has se - Future Planning was also granted in Asia, the birth rate has been declin - lected Donghae as the experimental site U.S.$280,000 by the government for ing, which continues to affect school for its electronic pads and has provided university-based enterprises in 2014. In enrollments. Hence, JUC is reaching tablets and PCs to all the teachers and order to strengthen its international out to other countries to recruit stu - students in the middle school. dents and make the institution more Sahmyook Health University Col - mission oriented. lege (SHUC) in Seoul, Korea, has Hiroshima Saniku Junior and Sen -

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ior High School has become a testing center for the International Test of English Proficiency (iTEP), an assess - ment that is equivalent to the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL). chinese union Mission The Chinese Union Mission (CHUM) is the largest union in the NSD in terms of territories and popu - lation. It is divided into Organized Ter - ritories (OT) and Unorganized Territo - ries (UT). In the OT (Hong Kong and Macau), CHUM has one senior college, four secondary schools, and two ele - mentary schools, all of which are ac - credited by the Accrediting Association of Seventh-day Adventist Schools, Col - leges, and Universities (AAA). In the OT, most of the schools re - Above: School is a safe ceive some funds from the government and happy place for and have been conscientious in at - students in NSD schools. tempting to integrate Christian values Right: Samsung provided into their classes in addition to meeting Smartpads for students the government’s requirements for aca - and teachers at Donghae demics. Since church membership in Sahmyook Middle and the OT is not large, the majority of stu - High School in Korea. dents are not Adventists. These schools have become a major target for mission

Donghae Sahmyook Middle and High School.

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as Adventist leaders operate schools the best way possible. I believe Tusgal is supported largely by funds from the the school for them, as it is safe and se - government. cure and can lead my granddaughters Although the UT contains no offi - to a bright future not only in this world cial denominational schools, Advent- but also in the life hereafter.” ist education is active there. Many Mongolia Mission educators con - churches run home schools without vi - sider Adventist education an important olating the government guidelines, link in the chain that binds the church using curricula from Griggs Interna - to her young people. The mission has a tional Academy and Griggs University. tertiary institution in the making. During a recent visit to Tai Po Sam Housing in Ulan Bator is expensive, Yuk Secondary School in New Territo - and many students who attend secular ries, Hong Kong, evaluators from the universities struggle to find a place to AAA interviewed the chairperson of live. With help from the fourth-quarter the Parents-Teachers Association, who 2009 13th-Sabbath offering, MM said, “It is this school that has changed added two floors above its office to my son, who had no interest in study - house 37 university students. Adventist ing. He is so different now, and I am chaplains are available to provide Bible thankful. This is why I want to share a studies and counseling sessions as part of my ability and means to assist needed, and we believe that the hous - this school that makes a difference in ing arrangements, which opened in students’ lives.” This is not an isolated 2014, will help to introduce the resi - story, but one that is repeated every - dents to Adventist lifestyle and beliefs. where when teachers, administrators, parents, and the local church work to conclusion instill the mission of Adventist educa - “Mission First” as Adventist educa - tion. “Mission First” is not just a high- tion’s “Reason for Being” in the NSD sounding mantra, but a living reality in will continue to unfold. Our educa - our schools throughout the NSD. tional institutions are portals that will continue to happily fulfill this call to Mongolia Mission service until Christ comes to take His The Mongolia Mission (MM), with children home. We may not know the a church membership of 2,000, has one future, but as long as we know the One language institute and a K-12 school, who holds the future, we have nothing called Tusgal meaning “Reflection.” Li - to fear as we press on with our man - censed by the government since 2011, date. i it currently has an enrollment of 79. Chuluunbat Rentsen, who has enrolled three of her grandchildren in Tusgal, Chek Yat Phoon, has this to say: Ph.D ., is Director of “Tusgal was first established in Education for the 2009, when they opened only one Northern Asia- kinder [kindergarten] class. So I sent Pacific Division of my twin granddaughters to this class. Seventh-day Ad - Thank God, after they finished kinder - ventists in Goyang garten, they were able to continue into City, Gyeonggi-do, the elementary grades. Now both are Republic of Korea. Grade 4 students. Recently, I brought another granddaughter, whose father has just died, to Tusgal as well, and now she is in Grade 10. As a grandmother, I want to bring up my granddaughters in

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Nurturing Hope for a New S A D Generation

uring the past five years, Ad - and for university presidents; a univer - of the establishment of the education ventist education in the sity professor exchange; a scientific re - Web portal. South American Division search meeting; TV programs in Span - (SAD) has received many ish and Portuguese; distance education; Meetings for deans and chap - Dblessings. Looking back, we the development of ADEMS (Adventist lains of Boarding schools can see how God has guided us in every Educational Management System); as SAD’s first biennial meeting of plan and every project from beginning well as the development of digital text - boarding school deans and chaplains to completion. We have experienced books and training of high school took place in 2011. Reaffirming the God’s blessings as we have attempted to teachers in the use of tablets. work of these vital employees was an accomplish the mission entrusted to Adventist education participated in important goal of the meeting, along us. the International Education Fair, which with helping them feel a part of the Ellen White describes well the goal featured more than 15,000 participants Adventist education team throughout of Adventist education: “Since God is and 180 exhibitions by international the division territory. the source of all true knowledge, it is, companies that focus on education. We as we have seen, the first object of edu - are also excited about the progress in education councils and univer - cation to direct our minds to His own developing curricular materials for Ad - sity presidents Meetings revelation of Himself” (Education, p. ventist education, starting in Brazil and The SAD Department of Education 16) . expanding to the remaining countries held annual meetings for its education Among the notable projects we de - of the SAD. directors and university presidents. Up veloped during this quinquennium to 200 attendees have participated in were the following: enrollment cam - enrollment campaigns each of the events held in Brazil, Peru, paigns; professional meetings for Every year, the SAD Department of and Chile, which featured topics such boarding school deans and chaplains, Education organizes enrollment cam - as “Management and Research,” “Iden - paigns that complement other school tity and Mission,” and “Every Student a activities. In Brazil, the enrollment Disciple.” process has been centralized as a result

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In 2012, our 16 tertiary schools Research initiatives Council) held in 2012 dealt with the signed inter-institutional agreements, Since research sponsored by higher following topics: teaching strategies, in - which have facilitated interaction with education institutions generates im - tegration of faith and learning, school the education ministries of the differ - portant information and knowledge management, basic education, finance, ent countries. Other highlights of the and contributes to wise decision-mak - and institutional scientific research. meetings have included the scheduling ing, we have created a SAD research Additional research councils will be of a council for professors from SAD committee, which will establish policy organized by each of the SAD higher and several other divisions, as well as and take action to promote research education institutions, under the coor - the signing of bilateral agreements be - projects that foster the mission of the dination of the division education de - tween universities. church and contribute to the develop - partment. ment of society. Among its objectives In 2013, the annual SAD education professor exchange are the following: create research poli - meeting, dealing with the topic of Another innovative project imple - cies, establish inter-institutional net - “Identity and Mission,” was held in mented this quinquennium was an works, promote relationships and Peru, where we also held the first col - intra-division faculty exchange pro - training; establish research branches laborative meeting with the Inter- gram among our higher education in - and a project bank; conduct projects in American Division. stitutions, with each school receiving areas of common interest; create chan - one or more professors from another nels for the diffusion of the results of program evaluation: pAAeB country. This provided a rich experi - the investigations; and maintain up-to- and pAee ence for the host institutions as well as date databases of the research that has The Adventist Evaluation Program for the professors, who were able to been conducted. of Basic Education (in Portuguese, share and acquire new knowledge, ex - During the past quinquennium, Programa Adventista de Avaliação da periences, and discoveries. many important events were organized Educação Básica , or PAAEB), and the by the SAD: The South American Re - Adventist Evaluation Program of Aca - search Management and Investigation Council (Quinquennial Education

Meeting for directors of education and higher education administrators at Ñaña, Peru, in 2013.

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demics (in Spanish, Proyecto Adventista new degrees Adventist Schools, Colleges, and Uni - de Evaluación Educativa, or PAEE) are The South American Division re - versities (AAA), the International programs that evaluate the perform - cently received approval from the Board of Education (IBE), or the Inter - ance of schools in the division’s educa - church’s International Board of Educa - national Board of Ministerial and tion network and help administrators tion to implement its own new pro - Theological Education (IBMTE). After discover strategies to help schools ad - gram-approval process for most under - the assessment visits, each school re - dress deficiencies. graduate programs, which will facilitate ceives feedback and makes the neces - We started in 2011 with a single as - faster approval of new majors/degrees sary changes within the allotted time. A sessment in Brazil, for 5th graders. The and ensure that our schools focus on final report is sent to the IBE/IBMTE/ following year, 9th graders from ele - mission and remain competitive with AAA for its confirmation and to be mentary school (in Brazil, elementary state institutions while maintaining recorded by those boards. So far, 11 school goes up to 9th grade, and high high quality. Site visits for proposals for programs at five campuses have been school is only three years long) were new degrees in theology, medicine, and evaluated in areas as diverse as infor - included in the areas of language and teaching programs, as well as all post - mation technology; financial engineer - mathematics. In 2014, the program was graduate degrees, will continue to be ing; architecture; and physical educa - expanded to include freshman, sopho - approved by the IBE and IBMTE. tion, activity, and sports. more, and junior high school students Every institution identifies desired (all subjects). new majors and degrees and includes initiatives of the creation • Three hundred and fifteen schools this information in reports submitted committee participated in the initial evaluation in during institutional evaluations by the During the past quinquennium, the Brazil: Accrediting Association of Seventh-day SAD has developed several initiatives to • 12,000 students (5th grade) partic - ipated in 2012; • 26,000 students (5th and 9th grade) participated in 2013; • 36,000 students (5th grade, 9th grade, and high school sophomores) participated in 2014. Thus far, the assessment groups, comprised of two or three researchers each, have focused on areas such as identifying academic and evaluation needs, designing and implementing re - search projects, developing evaluation instruments, printing and distributing evaluations, creating teacher-training tutorials, and presenting reports pro - duced by the assessment teams. In 2013, the pilot evaluation was carried out in the Spanish-speaking countries; in 2015, two additional members were added to the evaluation team; and the project continues. tv programs The weekly program entitled Educa - tion (Educación in Spanish, and Edu - cação in Portuguese) was launched in early 2011, followed by a Spanish ver - sion later that year. The programs are also distributed through social media via Facebook and Twitter. South American Division delegates to the 2014 International Conference on the Bible and Science, St. George, Utah, U.S.A., visit the Grand Canyon.

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line IT course. Nearly 200 professors in the largest Brazilian unions have al - ready participated in the training; a second group of 200 Brazilian and His - panic professors will complete the course in November 2015.

virtual training for educators During 2015, the SAD Education Department plans to offer its teachers a variety of in-service training topics in a virtual-learning environment. These will include Integration of IT in Educa - tion for elementary teachers; Coordi - nation of Adventist Evaluation Pro - gram of Basic Education (PAAEB); and Adventist Evaluation Program of Aca - demics (PAEE) for union, field, and Drs. Maximina Contreras and Loren Agrey sign an Interagency Agreement between school coordinators; as well as training Peruvian Union University and Asia-Pacific International University in 2013. for education directors; children’s edu - cation workshops; and creationism. increase support for creationism. Re - distance education In 2015, approximately 15,000 cently, the division education depart - A large number of church members teachers from all the fields in the SAD ment signed a collaboration agreement choose distance education for a variety participated in the South American with the Brazilian Creationist Society of reasons, such as Sabbath keeping, fi - Online Teacher Congress to celebrate (BCS), which will result in BCS receiv - nances, the need to work while study - 120 years of Adventist education in ing more support for collaborative ac - ing, and the lack of high-quality insti - South America. The congress will also tivities. In August 2014, the division tutions near their homes. Thus, the include continuing-education training sent 50 delegates (up to three delegates SAD’s long-term goal is to start offer - for teachers in several areas of elemen - from each college and university) to ing online courses in Brazil in 2016 tary and high school teaching. the International Conference on the and then to expand distance learning We thank God for the great blessings Bible and Science in St. George, Utah, to the entire South American conti - bestowed upon the South American Di - U.S.A. nent. vision during this quinquennium and Throughout the division territory, feel certain that He has abundant bless - the SAD Department of Education has Adventist educational ings in store for the future. We want to organized a variety of courses, meet - Management system (AdeMs) continue to place ourselves in the hands ings, and mini-councils on the topic of and it training of the Giver of Life so that He can use creation. It also supported the produc - In 2010, the division voted to ap - us according to His will. i tion of the film Creation , and plans to prove the creation of a unique inte - distribute more than 260,000 copies of grated technology system for its higher the DVD throughout the division edu - education institutions, which will ben - Edgard Luz, M.L., cational network. Finally, the magazine efit a large number of services such as is the Director of Historia da Vida [The Story of Life ], secretariat, finance, library, philan - Education for the which already has many editions in thropy, research, emergency systems, South American Portuguese, will also become available and more. In addition, because of rap - Division of Sev - in Spanish during 2015, with an ex - idly advancing technology, the SAD enth-day Adventists pected print run of 650,000 copies. will seek ways to incorporate informa - in Brasilia, Brazil. This book will be distributed to every tion and communication technologies elementary and high school student in in every institution in our network to the SAD. ensure that our teachers stay up to date in these areas. In support of this initiative, we are providing our professors with an on -

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Adventist Education: An S I D Inspiring Journey

dventist education in the mission comes from Isaiah 54:13: “‘All new schools Southern Africa-Indian your children shall be taught of the Church membership in the SID Ocean Division (SID) has Lord’” (NKJV)* and Deuteronomy 6:7: continues to increase. The growing faced numerous challenges “‘You shall teach them diligently to number of children and young adults A but also received numerous your children, and shall talk of them who desire Adventist education has blessings during the past quinquen - when you sit in your house, when you stimulated a need for new church nium (2010-2015). Despite the many walk by the way, when you lie down, buildings and schools. Maranatha Vol - difficulties and problems, our institu - and when you rise up’” (NKJV). unteers International, a non-profit or - tions have continued to grow and To remain true to this vision and ganization that constructs buildings succeed in creating new programs, de - mission, the SID Education Depart - with assistance from volunteers, re - veloping new projects, and taking ad - ment operates 410 schools, with 6,134 sponded to this need by building vantage of new opportunities. teachers and 148,177 students, an in - schools throughout the division. For The SID Education Department has crease of 65 schools from 345 in 2009. example, during 30 years of civil war, the following vision : “To See Every our Portuguese-speaking unions Teacher Become a Minister and Every education planning and Advisory (Mozambique and Angola) had no sys - Child Become a Candidate for Heaven” In June 2011, all SID union educa - tem of Adventist education. In 2012, and this mission : “To Provide Adventist tion directors and college/university Nova Esperanza and Liberdade in Education That Prepares Learners Spir - presidents attended an education advi - Mozambique were the first schools to itually, Mentally, Physically, and So - sory that set the pace for the quinquen - be accredited, both of which were built cially for Productive Service in This nium. Facilitators included General by Maranatha. World and Prepares for the World to Conference Associate Director of Edu - The Botswana Union built its sec - Come.” cation and SID liaison Hudson E. ond Adventist secondary school— The motivation for this vision and Kibuuka. Other facilitators came from Mogoditshane Secondary School, and within the division and represented en - second primary school—Emmanuel tities such as Adventist Risk Manage - Adventist Academy. Both schools are ment and Treasury.

BY ELLAH KAMWENDO

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within the South Botswana Confer - tion of a library and computer science rooms, dormitories, offices, and a cafe - ence. building, while in Bu - teria with equipment for cooking. In 2011, the government, lawayo, Zimbabwe, completed the Fac - impressed by what our schools have ulty of Business Complex. Rusangu new programs been able to accomplish, handed over University in Monze, Zambia, added In 2013, the Huambo English Lan - 10 schools to the Seventh-day Adven - new, modern buildings. Mozambique guage School was opened in Huambo, tist Church. Adventist Seminary in Beira, Mozam - Angola, by Dr. and Mrs. Richard Sit - bique, had been condemned by both hole. Solusi University has upgraded its new developments—Major the church and the Mozambique gov - undergraduate programs to honors Building projects ernment due to its dilapidated wooden level to fulfill government require - Adventist University Zurcher in buildings. Maranatha Volunteers Inter - ments, established several teaching cen - Madagascar completed the construc - national responded and built class - ters in Zimbabwe, and plans to expand to neighboring countries.

successful outreach/evangelism projects The Luanda Para Cristo (“Luanda for Christ”) evangelistic meeting was held in Luanda, Angola, in September 2013, and attended by SID person - nel. The SID director of education preached at the Antonov Church in Lu - anda, and 37 people were baptized.

scholarships SID and its unions and institutions continue to provide bursaries to teach - ers and administrators studying for advanced degrees. Each year, SID spon - sors about 200 workers to attend Ad - ventist University of Africa (Kenya), Plastic plates and toys made by students in their practical classes at Eastern Gate Helderberg College (South Africa), and Academy, Botswana. other institutions within the division. The GC has also provided scholarships for students to study at Adventist Inter - national Institute of Advanced Studies (Philippines) for advanced degrees.

Renewed Accreditation of institutions Five SID tertiary institutions were evaluated by the Accrediting Associa - tion of Seventh-day Adventist Schools, Colleges, and Universities (AAA) with the following outcomes: Candidacy sta - tus was extended for Rusangu Univer - sity in Zambia, while the following in - stitutions received continued regular accreditations until the indicated dates: Solusi University in Zimbabwe (2016), Adventist University Zurcher in Mada - Southern Africa Union and Cape Conference officers holding a check awarded to gascar (2016), and Helderberg College Helderberg Primary School for maintaining a high accreditation term. in South Africa (2018). Mozambique

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Adventist University will receive an on - these buildings have been refurbished, Africa. Four hundred participants and site visit in the upcoming quinquen - resulting in the schools being awarded 15 presenters attended. Presentations nium. longer terms of accreditation. To con - focused on how t o accomplish the aims Four schools are pursuing accredita - tinue motivation for improvement, the of Adventist education, and presenters tion with the intent to upgrade to de - SID Administrative Committee charged attendees to anchor their work gree-granting institutions: Malawi Ad - (ADCOM) voted in 2005 that effective in God’s Word and model their lives ventist University in Ntcheu, Malawi; January 2006, a financial incentive of after Jesus Christ. Angola Adventist University in U.S. $1,000 would be paid to each Twelve SID college and university Mbongo, Angola; Maluti Nursing school granted accreditation of at least presidents attended the International School in Mapoteng, Lesotho; and four years. Conference for College and University Kanye Nursing School in Kanye, Unfortunately, this was not imple - Presidents in Silver Spring, Maryland, Botswana. The process will continue mented. However, some schools and U.S.A., in March 2014. From July 9 to into the upcoming quinquennium. colleges continued to excel in their ac - August 1, 2014, the SID organized an creditation. This challenged the SID education tour to Israel for all office special incentives Education Department to revisit and personnel and their spouses; after Among the countries of Central subsequently implement the action. A which the elected staff participated in a Africa, SID has some of the oldest total of 19 schools were each paid Great Controversy tour of Italy, Swit z - schools, where the church’s early mis - U.S.$1,000 to pursue ongoing improve - erland, France, and Germany. Seventeen sionary work started. These buildings ment. participants from SID attended the In - have deteriorated and require remodel - ternational Conference on the Bible ing or replacement. Because AAA re - international special events and Science in St. George, Utah, U.S.A., quires quality infrastructure, some of From July 27 to August 4, 2012, the August 2014. And approximately 600 SID hosted the Biblical Foundations Conference in Bloemfontein, South

Heritage Day Celebration on September 24, 2014, at Helderberg College, South Africa.

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teachers from Zimbabwe attended a na - • Adventist College . Adventist Col - • Language Barriers. SID continues tionwide teachers convention at lege in Mauritius has achieved a level of to face challenges in reaching its con - Tshipise, Musina, South Africa, in April excellence in all its programs. The stituency in three major languages— 2014. “Fruits of the Spirit,” listed in Galatians English, French, and Portuguese— 5:22 and 23, are painted on the walls of making it difficult and expensive to specials events at schools buildings and the brick fence for the share important information and cur - • Heritage Day, South Africa. Hel - students to internalize and apply in ricula among the unions. derberg College celebrates its diversity their lives. The staff and students cre - every year on September 24, Heritage ated a prayer garden beside the stream plans for the coming Quinquen - Day. Students, lecturers, and guests at - that runs past the school, where they go nium (2015-2020) tend and participate in a colorful cele - to pray and to enjoy the cool breezes. • To accredit more schools, in order bration filled with music, poetry, and • Safeliz Textbook Project . The divi - to assure high-quality personnel, infra - stories that represent different cultural sion is thankful to the Safeliz Publishing structure, and academic programs. It is backgrounds; this celebration is fol - House in Spain for producing Bible text - the goal of the SID Education Depart - lowed by a food fair where dishes pre - books for SID schools. Through an - ment to only allow fully accredited pared by each cultural group are show - swered prayer, this dream has finally be - schools to identify themselves as Ad - cased. come a reality. With the guidance from ventist schools. • Southern Africa Union Confer - Mario Martinelli and Mirta Citera, Bible • To encourage institutions to sub - ence—Helderberg College 120-year textbooks have already been delivered to scribe to THE JOURNAL OF ADVENTIST Celebration. The year 2013 marked 120 the Southern Africa and Zimbabwe EDUCATION so that every teacher and years since Helderberg College’s estab - unions. SID anticipates further collabo - school library receives a copy, and to lishment under the leadership of E. B. ration to ensure delivery of the textbooks encourage teachers to read the publica - Miller from Battle Creek College. to additional unions in the near future. tion. Alumni came from across the globe to • To urge educators to integrate participate in the activities connected challenges of Adventist Bible lessons with life experiences. to this milestone, which were held in education in sid • To require school administrators conjunction with graduation weekend • Increased Enrollment . The church to develop and implement Spiritual in early December. is growing rapidly; and as many people Master Plans for their schools. seek to better themselves through edu - • To urge institutions to establish vi - stories of Answers to prayer cation, classrooms have become over - able industries and work-study pro - • A Teacher’s Testimony. In Zim - crowded. This is both a blessing and a grams to enable students and schools babwe, non-Adventist teachers were challenge. SID continues to address the to become self-financing, and to sell hired to keep our church’s schools open need for adequate facilities and quali - commodities to their communities. i because of the nationwide brain drain fied Adventist staff. that occurred a few years ago. During • Scarcity of Qualified Adventist this period, many teachers and other Teachers . The majority of the students * Texts credited to NKJV are from the New professionals seeking economic oppor - and teachers on our campuses are not King James Version . Copyright © 1979, 1980, 1982, by Thomas Nelson, Inc. Used by permis - tunities migrated to neighboring coun - members of the Adventist faith. As a re - sion. All rights reserved. tries and overseas. A teacher from the sult, it requires constant effort to create Apostolic Faith Church was converted a wholesome campus environment and to Adventism after she joined our to ensure that behaviors reflect Ad - Ellah Kamwendo, school. She testified that at first, she ventist values. Ed.D., is the Direc - embraced the Adventist lifestyle be - • Effects of HIV/AIDS. Although the tor of Education for cause it was part of the school’s culture. HIV/AIDS infection rate has decreased, the Southern However, fellow teachers and students the disease continues to kill children Africa-Indian were so friendly that it penetrated her and young adults, leaving orphans to Ocean Division of heart and helped to reshape her life. fend for themselves. Many of our Seventh-day Ad - As the result of the church’s Revival schools feed and educate these or - ventists in Pretoria, and Reformation initiatives, the spiritual phans, which further strains the limited South Africa. life of our campuses continues to grow. resources of the institutions. Through campus evangelism and teach - ers’ personal witnessing, about 4,000 students are baptized in schools yearly.

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Directing Children to S U D the Creator

dventist education in the core prerogative, Adventist education in Spicer Memorial College in Pune, Southern Asia Division (SUD) Southern Asia uses an integrative ap - India, has been the primary institution (comprised of India, Nepal, proach to education to build characters for collegiate education, sending out Bhutan, and the Maldives) both for now and for eternity. graduates throughout the division and A began 120 years ago with one The past quinquennium (2010- many other parts of the world. Its grad - student and one teacher in Kolkata (for - 2015) has been a time of change and uates hold high positions in church merly Calcutta), India. Today, Adventists growth for the educational system in leadership at the General Conference, operate more than 356 K-12 schools, 10 the Southern Asia Division. A number several universities and divisions in professional schools offering nursing of schools have been upgraded to sec - Africa and Asia, and have made a sub - and paramedical programs, eight senior ondary level. The fast-growing enroll - stantial impact on international bodies. colleges, and one university in SUD. At ment (see charts on page 63), sup - But the college has struggled with the end of 2014, student enrollment at ported by effective educational policies, the challenge of not being fully recog - all levels stood at 205,891 with 9,896 fac - are meeting the goals set by each union nized by the governmental university ulty members. as well as by the division. While all of system. To rectify this and ensure that The curriculum in Adventist schools our schools serve as avenues for wit - Spicer took its rightful place among the in SUD focuses not only on offering the nessing what God can do for all our distinguished universities of the coun - very best in the acquisition of knowl - students and faculty, our boarding try has for many years been the prayer edge, skills, attitudes, and capacities schools stand out for their effectiveness of Adventists throughout the country. pertinent to each level, but also on the in leading students to greater spiritual The college and its board have been harmonious development of the physi - commitment and maturity. actively working on this, and last year, cal, moral, spiritual, and social dynam - as the college entered its 99th year of ics of the students in order that they Higher education operation, the Lord heard the prayers may become active and responsible par - During this past quinquennium, of His people: Spicer finally obtained a ticipants in society. With that as the Adventist higher education in India ex - charter to operate a self-financed uni - perienced a phenomenal honor and significant achievement. For years,

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versity. From now on, it will be free to leges—one in Ranchi in the northern frequently conducts SWOT (Strengths, implement its own curriculum and part of India; the other in Nuzvid in Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats) offer its own degrees—without any eastern India. The three institutions Analyses. A recent one produced the problems of Sabbath observance or in - have brought much strength to these following results: terference in the educational philoso - fields, in which the church has a strong • Strengths: Adventist philosophy of phy of the institution. membership. education, Adventist culture and Another SUD institution that has Lowry Adventist College in Banga - lifestyle on campus; strong academic made fresh moves and advances is lore, which has begun to offer an M.Sc. programs with well-qualified staff; METAS of Seventh-day Adventist Col - in nursing, is the only college exempted spiritual growth and nurture. lege in Surat, a bustling city north of by India’s University Council/Senate • Weaknesses: Poor infrastructure; Mumbai. The school has been offering from Sabbath examinations. lack of fully trained and committed courses in nursing, paramedic training, Though our education system has Adventist staff; large number of non- business administration, management, experienced great growth and abun - Adventist students; excess staff in some and computer science. In addition, dant blessings, the schools and colleges institutions; and low college enroll - during the past quinquennium, the require the prayers of the church at ments. college undertook a major step to share large so that they can function and ful - • Opportunities: Use of capital assets its blessings with the rest of the divi - fill the blueprint of Adventist educa - to develop a world-class education sys - sion. METAS College used its financial, tion without any loss of their philo - tem; more broadly expand our witness academic, and stewardship responsibil - sophic core. regarding the moral and spiritual di - ities to begin operating two other col - The SUD Department of Education mensions of Adventist education; extend

METAS of Seventh-day Adventist College, Surat, India.

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educational opportunities to the large gram and/or philosophy of education; ing quality infrastructure and dedicated numbers of economically underprivi - and the possibility of losing Sabbath teachers in every Adventist institution. leged Adventists in our constituency. privileges for classes and examinations. The Southern Asia Division strongly • Threats: The prospect that schools In spite of all the ups and downs of promotes the idea that Adventist edu - might be forced to close due to inade - Adventist education in Southern Asia, we cation is essential to the mission of the quate infrastructure; possible loss of thank God for what has been accom - church. Opportunities and challenges vacant lands due to insufficient plan - plished through the denominational continue to inspire us to do our best ning and adequate usage; the adverse school system in the division. As we with God’s help. During the next quin - effect on campuses of low Adventist strengthen our commitment to the quennium, SUD plans to upgrade three enrollment and teacher support; the church and its educational system, our more colleges into universities and to possibility of various universities/affili - steadfast objective is to achieve God’s ensure that there is at least one Ad - ating bodies interfering with our pro - ideal for every Adventist child by provid - ventist school in every district in India, Nepal, and Bhutan. We believe that God mandates the pursuit of these goals and will ensure their success through His providence and grace. i

Gollakoti Nagesh - war Rao, Ph.D., is Education Director for the Southern Asia Division of Seventh-day Ad - ventists in Hosur, Tamil Nadu, India.

Above: Students at the Seventh-day Adventist Higher Secondary School at Hosur having special prayer during Week of Prayer. Below: South Central India Union Educational Administrators Council held in Bangalore, India, 2013.

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Great Challenges, Even Greater S S D Opportunities

“In him lie hidden all The church invests astounding schools have been averaging 4,463 bap - amounts of resources in terms of fund - tisms every year, for a total of 22,313 the treasures of wisdom ing and personnel for training of the students baptized between 2010 and and knowledge” young, in accord with the statement by 2014. Ellen White that “ Nothing is of greater (Colossians 2:3, NLT).* importance than the education of our seminars, conferences, and children and young people” ( Counsels conventions to Parents, Teachers, and Students , p. During this past quinquennium, he Southern Asia-Pacific Divi - 165). SSD held five regional teachers conven - sion (SSD) is comprised of tions for the various unions in its terri - Bangladesh, Brunei Darus - tory. The three Philippine unions held salam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Growth in size and numbers The past quinquennium (2010- one convention each; the two Indone - Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the T 2015) demonstrates the growth of the sian unions held one at Indonesian Ad - Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka, SSD educational system. There was an ventist University in Bandung, West Thailand, Timor-Leste, Vietnam, and increase in the number of schools and Java, Indonesia; and Southeast Asia Pakistan. The SSD Education Depart - the number of personnel in our insti - Union Mission (SAUM) hosted a con - ment oversees approximately 13 per - tutions, but the enrollment decreased vention for the nearby unions (Myan - cent of the church’s educational insti - rather sharply between 2010 and 2014. mar, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and the tutions, with 864 elementary schools, SAUM countries) at Asia-Pacific Inter - 115 secondary schools, and 20 tertiary Accreditation visits and national University in Muak Lek, Thai - schools. SSD’s 999 schools employ land. 7,758 teachers to train 103,158 students Baptisms This past quinquennium, the Edu - The division also convened annual at all levels from pre-kindergarten cation Department has been averaging councils for college/university adminis - through graduate school. 31 accreditation visits every year, 26 visits to secondary schools, and five to our colleges and universities. Our

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Above: Week of Prayer circles.

Right: Baptism of high school students in Indonesia.

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Principals council in Johor Bahru, Malaysia.

trators and union education directors educational aid funds for elementary ment (LEAD) Scholarship for pastors and for college and university board and secondary school teachers, and the supported by SSD funds allocated for chairs, as well as seminars on risk man - Leadership Education and Develop - this purpose. A newly created under - agement and school leadership. More than 100 secondary school principals, conference/mission superintendents, table 1. number of ssd personnel participating in Graduate-level and other educational leaders from scholarship programs, by Year, 2010-2014 throughout the division participated in a 2014 principals council in Johor Year B.A./B.E./B.S. M.A./M.S./M.B.A. Ph.D. Total Bahru, Malaysia. 2010 1315 scholarships SSD’s commitment to quality Ad - 2011 6 69 5 80 ventist education is demonstrated by 2012 1 37 7 45 its provision of four graduate-level scholarship programs: bursary funds 2013 05510 for college and university instructors, 2014 09211

Total 8 123 20 151

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each year. We have strengthened the Grades 1-10 Bible curriculum, so that the spiritual climate of our schools will combine nurture and outreach. Our accreditation visits monitor the spiri - tual programs of the schools to ensure that they are distinctly Adventist and prepare the young people for leader - ship, both in the church and in their chosen disciplines.

closing thoughts Colossians 2:3 calls attention to the focus of true education: “In him [Jesus Christ] lie hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge” (NLT). That’s what sets Seventh-day Adventist education apart from secular educa - tion. Jesus is the center of all classroom instruction, school programs, and ac - tivities in all our educational institu - tions. This is indeed the hallmark of Adventist education! i

*Bible texts credited to NLT are quoted from the New Living Translation copyright © 1996, 2004, 2007 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved. Welcome ceremony for the Accrediting Association of Seventh-day Adventist Schools, Colleges, and Universities team visitors. Lawrence L. Do- mingo, Ed.D. , is graduate scholarship program will help challenges Director of Educa - prepare future teachers for our church During this past quinquennium, the tion for the South - schools and academies. number of SSD schools and teachers ern Asia-Pacific Table 1 shows the statistics of our has increased. However, between 2010 Division of Sev - upgrading program. Since 2010, we and 2014, the number of students enth-day Adventists have had a yearly average of 28 individ - shrank by 6.1 percent, from 109,000 to in Silang, Cavite, uals sponsored by the bursary funds 103,000, which has created financial Philippines. and an average of 136 sponsored by the challenges for our institutions. Des - educational-aid fund. Many of the par - pite this difficulty, we continue to Canadian Z. Pan - ticipants have completed their degrees. strength en the educational programs jaitan, Ph.D. , is As - Since the LEAD Scholarships and the of our institutions throughout the SSD sociate Director of undergraduate scholarships just com - territory, as we see the tremendous Education for the menced in 2014, the first class sessions opportunities to advance the Great Southern Asia- are expected to begin by the summer of Commission through the ministry of Pacific Division. 2015. our schools.

opportunities Education is a powerful evangelistic tool of the church. The SSD schools produce many thousands of baptisms

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Steady Growth and S P D Improvement

eventh-day Adventist educa - ness to assist one another by sharing Ted N. C. Wilson attended its inaugu - tion in the South Pacific Divi - resources and increasing the opportu - ration at the new site in February 2014. sion (SPD) continues to grow nities for research. Administrators had expected that en - steadily in numbers and qual - Our tertiary-level schools have seen rollment would drop due to the reloca - ity, enjoying a reputation of increased enrollment and growth: tion; instead, enrollment increased to a S record level. spiritual growth and strong academic • While Avondale College of Higher performance. SPD is comprised of Aus - Education (Cooranbong, New South • in West Aus - tralian Union Conference (AUC), New Wales, Australia) progresses toward tralia, which provides excellent quality Zealand Union Conference (NZUC), university status, the “Avondale experi - education to the First Australian com - Papua New Guinea Union Mission ence”—fellowship, connections, shared munities across the country and the (PNGUM), and the Trans Pacific Christian experiences and compara - Torres Strait Islanders in North East Union Mission (TPUM), which serves tively smaller classes—continues to in - Australia, also reports record enroll - Fiji, Kiribati, Samoa, the Solomon Is - volve high levels of service, both local ments. lands, Tonga, Vanuatu, Niue, and Tu - and international. valu. During this quinquennium, the • Pacific Adventist University in elementary and secondary total enrollments have grown from Papua New Guinea, which now in - education 54,724 to 69,194. cludes the campuses of Sonoma Col - Papua New Guinea Union Mission lege on the island of New Britain and schools continue to enjoy a reputation tertiary education the Atoifi School of Nursing in the for offering a warm and caring class - Six SPD tertiary entities have signed Solomon Islands, has so many appli - room environment and above-average a Memorandum of Understanding in cants that although it now requires full academic results in the government an effort to achieve greater cooperation payment of fees on registration day, exams. As a result, a number of govern - and collaboration. Initial meetings many hundreds of prospective students ment leaders have offered the church have shown the administrators’ willing - still have to be turned away each year. an invitation to run specific govern - • Fulton College moved to a new lo - ment schools. Unfortunately, not all of cation. General Conference President

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oratories, canteens, and general-pur - pose classrooms. With the use of vol - unteer labor and the careful spending of these grants, AUC was able to erect many excellent facilities and empower many schools to achieve their long- term plans in a vastly shorter-than- expected timeframe. The Encounter Adventist Curricu - Top: Avondale College of Higher Education students (Cooranbong, New South lum Project has been completed. This Wales, Australia) involved in an evangelistic service project in Malaysia. Bot - was initiated as a result of urgent calls tom, left to right: Barry Oliver, South Pacific Division president; Ted Wilson, from schools for a more relevant Bible General Conference president; Vuniwa Waisea, past president, Trans Pacific curriculum to address the changing Union Mission (TPUM); and Glen Townsend, current TPUM president, at the opening of the new Fulton College. school demographic and the rapidly shifting social context of young peo - ple’s lives. Adventist Schools Australia and the New Zealand Pacific Union these requests can be accepted due to just one example of many staff mem - Conference collaborated to develop shortage of staff. bers who go beyond the call of duty to this valuable teaching resource, which Committed staff members dedicate ensure that students are led to Christ. is being used to lead young people to a themselves to caring for the spiritual The Australian Union Conference greater knowledge of the Scriptures needs of students. Allen Vavuso, who (AUC) undertook four significant ini - and of a saving relationship with Jesus left school after grade 4 and now serves tiatives in 2014. With the onset of the Christ. Teachers in the British Union as a cook for the Jones Adventist Col - Global Financial Crisis, the Australian Conference are also using the curricu - lege in the Western Solomons, con - Federal Government’s stimulus pack - lum, and it is being piloted in the ducts regular Bible study sessions for age resulted in AU$65 million in grants North American Division. interested students. In the past five being allocated for the building of The AUC has conducted regular ac - years, he has been responsible for more community halls, libraries, science lab - creditation of Adventist schools for than 500 student baptisms. Vavuso is many years now, but recently has devel -

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oped a new approach to move the focus away from external sources to in - ternal review. The Quality Adventist Schools Improvement Framework evalu - ates these areas: Adventist identity, learning and teaching, school improve - ment strategies, and community and partnerships. In this process, all AUC schools are required to engage in professional con - versations as they collect data, and to reflect on the strengths and weaknesses of their current practices in relation to each component. Such conversations lead to ownership and consensus about appropriate strategies to improve cur - rent practice. Because the strategies were developed by each school and its community, they are leading to more sustained improvement. A new Student Management and Learning System has also been devel - oped. Its goals are to fully engage stu - dents in their learning, and to provide parents with real-time information re - garding their child’s progress. Eventu - ally, this system will facilitate the shar - ing of learning resources throughout the Adventist Schools Australia net - work. The Trans Pacific Union Mission (TPUM) spans a significant expanse of ocean with many island nations dotted throughout. Despite the significant challenges with transport, communica - tion, and navigating seven different ed - ucation systems, positive initiatives have been achieved. Several groups from TPUM have traveled to Australia and New Zealand to observe how these schools demonstrate special character or ethos and classroom management. In spite of the cost, this has resulted in significant development of local class - room practice. The knowledge gained from these observations has proved very valuable, not only to the partici - Top: Joe Ponduk, PNGUM director of education (extreme right); Parliament member pants, but also to other teachers with Honorable Richard Maru, standing next to him, and other dignitaries at the groundbreaking whom it was shared. ceremony for a school to be built by the government and run by the Adventist Church. Middle: An example of the buildings constructed by the Adventist schools in Australia challenges from government grants. Division wide, Adventist education Bottom: A line-up of some of the teaching resources developed for the Adventist En - is experiencing a number of challenges. counter Bible Curriculum Project.

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As the system expands, it is becoming and in-service activities. • Leading School Improvement . The more difficult to staff some of our • Christ-centered Learning and division’s structure and many of its schools with Adventist teachers. How - Teaching. Improved academic perform - policies are linked to a time when “one ever, Adventist Schools Australia has ance, which will be implemented size fitted all.” With the academic land - baptized 16 non-Adventist teachers in through the use of unique strategies in scape changing rapidly, our structures, the past quinquennium. each union and will also incorporate accountability processes, and policies Maintaining a strong Adventist whole-system programs, introduction need to keep pace. ethos and ensuring that staff members of online learning and formal reading • Completion of the Pacific Secondary understand and commit to the Ad- programs for adults, as well as the shar - Bible Curriculum Revision. This ongo - ventist worldview is also a challenge. In ing of learning resources. ing project will be brought to comple - the upcoming quinquennium, we will • Community and Partnerships. This tion during the next quinquennium. i continue to engage educators within has just begun with the signing of the the Adventist Schools Australia net - Memorandum of Understanding work in conversations about the Ad - (MOU), but it will also receive addi - Ken Weslake, M.Ed., ventist worldview and philosophy of tional attention as SPD seeks to create a is the Director of Ed - education through conferences and more vibrant and strengthened tertiary ucation for the South in-service activities. sector. Pacific Division of While climate change is a matter of It will also include the introduction Seventh-day Ad - discussion internationally, many Pacific of the Faith Shaper resource aimed at ventists in Wah - Island states are already affected. One reversing the heavy loss of young peo - roonga, New South school on the Sepik River delta in ple from the church by working with Wales, Australia. Papua New Guinea has had to relocate the homes, schools, and churches. inland 3 kilometers due to rising ocean levels. Kauma School, on Abemama Is - land in Kiribati, is facing a similar fate, as the highest point on the island is just 1 meter above sea level. The Pacific nations are experiencing considerable population growth. In the Solomon Islands, for example, popula - tion is predicted to increase by two to three percent over the next 25 years. Al - ready, this represents the birth of a new classroom of 50 students each day. Pro - viding the necessary infrastructure to meet this challenge is nearly impossi - ble. Classes of 80 students per class - room are commonplace throughout the region. To meet the demand for new teachers, the division is making plans to develop a local teacher-train - ing program that will initially lead to a diploma in teaching.

plans for 2015-2020 The SPD theme for the next quin - quennium is “Empowering Authentic Adventist Education,” which will in - clude five main objectives: • Adventist Worldview and Philoso - phy. Reaffirming the Adventist world - view and philosophy of education, which will be achieved via conferences

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Encouraging News From T E D Difficult Places

uring this past quin quen - work in the Middle East is now under world to come. Adventist edu cation in nium (2010-2015), Seventh- the Middle East and North Africa the TED aims to provide excel lent aca - day Adventist education in Union Mission (MENA); Sudan is demic training and intellectual devel - the Trans-European Division under the East- Central Africa Division opment, but also seeks to nurture spiri - D (TED) achieved mod est but (ECD), and Pakistan is under the tual growth and to provide students significant progress in spite of numer - Southern Asia-Pacific Division (SSD). with a solid grounding to becoming ous demanding challenges. We rejoice about their continuing suc - fully committed followers of Jesus TED has the smallest membership cess there, though as a result of the Christ. Thus, our schools continue to of the 13 world divisions, yet is very di - changes, we “lost” 42 institutions (38 fulfill a key role in the life and witness verse. It stretches from Greenland in percent) and 8,000 students (40 per - of the Seventh-day Ad ventist Church the north through Scandinavia (Nor - cent) from within the TED; thus, our throughout our division. way, Sweden, Finland, and Denmark); education work is now significantly from Iceland in the west through the smaller. difficult odds British Isles, Netherlands, Poland, and Delivering Adventist education In achieving the lofty goals set for the to the three Baltic countries in the east; throughout the 22 countries of the division, our 68 elementary, secondary, southward to Hungary, the Adriatic TED is no small task. These countries and higher education institutions battle countries, and all the way to Greece are organized into 11 unions and three against almost overwhelming odds. and Cyprus. The 204 million inhabi - attached fields. Because of the cultural High on the list of difficulties are the tants of these territories live in secular, diversity, there is no unified recipe that perennial problems of trying to attract postmodern, Catholic, and Orthodox will work everywhere. Administrators, paying students in countries with widely cultures and speak more than 20 offi - educators, and students are committed available free and government-subsi - cial languages and numerous dialects. to make sure that our educational sys - dized education; declining birthrates; Because the church reorganized the tem prepares people not only for useful lack of church subsidies, difficulty in TED territory in 2012, the education service in the specific conditions of the promoting and nurturing biblical stan - country in which they live and work, dards and values in the midst of secular - but also for the larger world and the

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ism and post-Christian societies; lack of across the division. However, some bold College of Higher Education in diversity in study options and majors; schools have had outstanding success Binfield, Bracknell, Berkshire, England, the difficulty of staffing institutions with in attracting students. For example, in and also a part-time Master of Theo - godly, motivated, and qualified profes - 2000, our Polish Spiritual Seminary in logical Studies at the Adriatic Union sionals; and the challenge of paying Podkowa Lesna had 15 full-time terti - College in Maruševec, Croatia, where market wages to professionals in a time ary theology students. Today, renamed 30 pastors from Croatia, Slovenia, and of global economic downturn. Small the Polish Senior College of Theology Serbia are earning a postgraduate de - churches and unions with a few thou - and Humanities, the college offers pro - gree that they would have difficulty ob - sand members struggle to sustain sec - grams in five departments, with media taining elsewhere. We are truly thank - ondary boarding schools. Yet, in spite of and health promotion being the latest. ful for this type of cross-divisional these daunting challenges, by the grace The institution found a niche in the cooperation, as Newbold does not have of God, our schools continue to prevail, Polish educational market—incorpo - its own degree-granting powers. celebrate success, and flourish in amaz - rating Bible knowledge and Christian To illustrate the growth of our sec - ing and innovative ways. values—and is now the largest Ad - ondary schools, let me give the exam - ventist school in Europe! Although its ple of our school in Maruševec, Croa - enrollment Gains current enrollment is down from 2010, tia, that has 200 students this year, in During the past quinquennium, we it still can boast an impressive 7,127 contrast with 126 in 2010—a 59 per - have seen a modest increase in the percent increase since 2000! cent increase (located in a village of num ber of students enrolled in our The Friedensau Adventist University 6,700 people)! schools. Because of the conditions, the in Friedensau, Germany, is accrediting However, mere num bers fail to re - gains have not been evenly spread the M.A. program in theology at New - veal some exciting and important as -

Top: Aerial view of Norwegian Junior College in Norway. Left: Moor Close at Newbold College of Higher Education in England.

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pects of school life in TED. High on this list is the enthu siasm of students engaged in the life-changing educa - tional experiences that are daily of fered in our schools. To hear their testi - monies, and to see the energy, vitality, and potential of children and youth, is always heart-warming for the visiting accrediting teams, church and school administrators, and teachers alike.

Higher education Achievements Newbold College of Higher Educa - tion, a few miles from London, England, is the TED’s flagship tertiary institution. It went through a difficult restructuring period during the past quinquennium. Since 2012, Newbold has been a mem - ber of the Adventist Colleges Abroad consortium, which means that it bene - Top: Swedish Junior College fits from a new influx of American stu - (Ekebyholmsskolan) in Rimbo, Sweden. dents each year. Currently, the student numbers are 33 percent higher than Right: Ekebyholmsskolan during the 2013-2014 academic year students canoeing. and in 2011. A new program in Health and Wellness has been added in collabo - ration with the Sanitarium Health and Wellbeing Company in Australia. The Centre for Christian Leadership is pro - viding short-term courses for members throughout Britain and beyond. A more formalized Leadership Program is planned for the future. The Department of Theological Studies, with 134 stu - dents, is the largest Adventist theology fil their requirements through correspon - TED continues to invest significant re - program in Europe. The college success - dence in order to earn their degrees. sources into contract sponsorships fully passed the Quality Assurance In Hungary and Serbia, our schools (more than £138,000 yearly). In ex - Agency review, and the Accrediting As - continue to have amazing success with change for sponsorship, the students sociation of Seventh-day Adventist the Bible Open University, where each agree to work for the church for a Schools, Colleges, and Universities visit book of the Bible is presented to the number of years. In 2009, the TED also in 2014 proposed upgrading Newbold general public from the point of view began to offer grants (£110,000 yearly) to a “Form B” institution, thus making of history, art, and literature. A great to help young people who would not it the first Adventist institution in Eu - deal of interest has been generated by otherwise have a chance to attend a rope achieving this status. the work of our teachers, and as a re - Seventh-day Adventist educational in - In Croatia, Hungary, Poland, and Ser - sult, a significant number of people stitution to study areas other than the - bia, excellent work has been done in have been baptized. ology. These students spend a year on weekend classes and correspondence Major financial support was pro - the campus of an Adventist institution, training of secondary-level religious- vided to enable students from econom - where their lives are shaped intellectu - education teachers. These motivated and ically challenged countries of the TED ally, educationally, and spiritually. Two committed people attend intensive to attend Newbold College of Higher hundred young people benefitted from classes one weekend each month and ful - Education for ministerial training, as this plan during the past quinquen - well as business education for church treasurers and financial workers. The

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Youth Evangelism. During the past quinquennium, 750 young people have taken part in 25 intensive annual two- week courses, which have been run in eight unions/countries. A diploma is earned at the end of each week and each course. Those who complete four courses (usually over two years) receive a certificate in Youth Evangelism. The TED in the past five years has invested £40,000 into 65 evangelistic projects that these trained young people have subsequently conducted in their local churches. Because we believe that God “is just as willing to work with the efforts of His people now” 1 as He was in the past, we have experienced the fulfillment of the Members of the 2015 graduating class, Danish Junior College, Vejlefjorddskolen, Denmark. promise that “God will meet all [our] needs according to his glorious riches in Christ Jesus” (Philippians 4:19, NIV). 2 nium. Committing almost $2 million heard chal lenging presentations, lectures, Therefore, the team of educators in the in five years to helping young people and work shops that provided high-qual - TED seeks to maintain a burning pas - attend an Adventist school shows the ity sessions during the convention. sion for the mission of Adventist ed - commitment of the TED to Adventist ucation. As followers of Christ, they education. Winning students to christ have had their personal lives changed. Finally, while we rejoice in numeri - As leaders, they embrace change in our in-service training for educators cal growth, statistics reveal little about institutions. As educators, they are the The success of our system relies on the dedication of faculty and staff who catalyst of change in our schools. They and is powered by our teachers’ faith in win many people to Christ through our envision an even more exciting and God and their dedication to delivering schools. From Norway to Croatia, Ad - challenging future as their work contin - high-quality education. The TED sup - ventist schools are igniting students’ ues to de liver Adventist education ports them by providing a variety of spiritual interests and aspirations and through the grace and empowerment of in-service training and nurturing pointing them toward eternal realities. our Lord Jesus Christ. i events; for ex ample, regional and divi - One indication of their suc cess is that sion educa tion conventions. Three bi- between 2010 and 2014, our schools ennial inter-division European theol - accounted for 726 baptisms. While we Daniel Duda, ogy teachers’ conventions took place give God the glory for this, we also ac - D.Min., is Director during this quinquennium (in Cernica, knowl edge an enormous debt of grati - of Education for the Romania; Beirut, Lebanon; and Brack - tude to our 749 teachers who inspire Trans-European nell, Berkshire, England). Each pro - the 5,437 students in our schools. We Division of Sev - vided significant en couragement, net - realize that for the future, the statistics enth-day Adventists working, and profes sional development may not increase as rapidly as in the in St. Albans, Eng - for the attendees—not only from the past, as we have given up a significant land. TED, but also from the EUD and ESD. number of schools to the MENA, ECD, All three European divisions jointly or - and SSD, but we rejoice about every ganized this event. young person who commits his or her REFERENCES To support teacher develop ment of life to Jesus. All of these young people 1. Ellen G. White, Patriarchs and Prophets (Mountain View, Calif.: Pacific Press Publ. Assn., mainly primary and secondary school are precious in God’s sight. 1913 ), p. 554. teachers, the division held its quin - Since 2007, the TED has been run - 2. Scripture quotations credited to NIV are quennial education convention in July ning “Relay,” the TED Institute of from The Holy Bible, New International Version. 2014 in the beauti ful Serbian town of Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Arandjelovac. More than 200 attendees Inc. Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide.

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Wholistic Quality in Values-based W A D Education

he West-Central Africa Divi - integration of Faith and 3,000 (a 600 percent increase) through sion (WAD), which encom - Learning permission from the General Confer - passes 22 countries, experi - Because of our passion to redeem ence for us to print and mail the mag- enced a massive reorg an ization and restore the lost through the grace azine locally. Further, peer review of in - T during this quinquennium of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, struction, with its positive effects on (2010-2015), which resulted in six every WAD educational endeavor is de - teaching effectiveness, is gaining unions being reorganized into 10, and signed to include intentional, system - ground in our institutions. In addition 39 conferences and missions being re - atic inculcation of biblical faith and to high-quality, biblically based educa - organized into 49. These changes, in values. Primary emphasis on universal tion, most of our schools at all levels turn, resulted in an increase in the moral principles through values-based regularly provide free services to their number of people directing the educa - education (VBE) effectively opens the immediate communities in the areas of tional programs and activities of the hearts of students and their parents to health, welfare, sanitation, nutrition, new entities. As a result, the interest in faith in the Bible. and drug-free lifestyles (prevention and and motivation to establish and sup - To support the teachers in this disci - treatment). port Adventist education has increased pling ministry, the education depart - throughout the division. In addition, ment personnel at various levels K-12 schools in WAd the educational programs and activities throughout the division regularly con - Compared to the last report in 2010, are receiving closer supervision than in duct integration of faith and learning WAD has seen a reduction in the num - the past. seminars and workshops on the philos - ber of primary schools due to govern - The achievements listed in this re - ophy of Adventist education, best prac - ment takeovers in some countries in port are the outcomes of the Christ- tices in Christian teaching, learning, our territory. Despite this challenge, centered education offered by WAD in - and living, and faith and science, our K-12 schools continue to have a stitutions during this quinquennium. among others. In addition, the division significant impact. The large number has expanded the number of subscrip - of baptisms reported during this quin - tions to THE JOURNAL OF ADVENTIST ED- quennium are evidence of the commit - UCATION for our teachers from 500 to

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ment by teachers and staff to partici - Owerrinta, High education, theology, and church ad - pate in redemption and restoration School in Ilishan-Remo, Adventist ministration. AUC’s 27 full-time fac - through Adventist education. Technical Secondary School in Ohafia, ulty and staff members effectively pre - Academically, WAD students per - and Adventist High School in Osogbo pare a student population of about 320 form above the national and regional all earned several awards in math, sci - from 11 countries in their various areas averages of their peers. Although most ence, arts and culture, languages, writ - of specialization. The university has of the division’s schools operate in ing, and overall academic performance had a positive impact on the religious places where the majority of classifica - in various Olympiads and exhibitions. faith, health, and welfare of the local tion events are held on Saturdays, they Maranatha Volunteers Inter na - community. receive recognitions and awards for tional , a non-profit organization that outstanding performances in events constructs buildings worldwide, has • Adventist University of West Africa held on the other days. helped to strengthen the WAD K-12 (AUWA) in Monrovia, Liberia, com - For example, in , the Seventh- system by completing 90 classrooms menced operations on February 21, day Adventist Senior High School in and 37 one-day churches in Ghana 2011, with a limited number of two- Asokore earned first and second place during this quinquennium. year Associate Degree programs. For its in national debates marking the Afri- first term, beginning in March 2011, it can Union Day of the African Child; Higher education enrolled 206 students. In March 2013, and the students at the Seventh-day • Adventist University Cosendai AUWA received a full University Char - Adventist Health Assistant Training (AUC) in Nanga-Eboko, Cameroon, ter from the Liberian Government (ef - School (HATS) in Asanta scored a his - continues to offer bachelor’s degree fective from November 8, 2012) to offer toric 100 percent in the 2013 final ex - programs in business (including ac - bachelor’s degree programs in theology, amination—the first school in Ghana counting, administration, and finance), education, health science, and business. to achieve this honor. In Nigeria, Ad - software engineering, information It will hold its first graduation in 2015. ventist Secondary Technical School in management, computer maintenance, With a student enrollment of 570

Babcock University (Nigeria) students and faculty members participate in community service.

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from seven nations, and a faculty of 70 in 2014, this new school is already mak - ing a significant impact on its con - stituency. For example, the United Na - tions selected AUWA as one of the tertiary institutions to train its person - nel in Liberia. Moreover, the Liberian government is expecting AUWA to be one of the model universities in the country.

• Babcock University (BU) in Ikeja, Lagos State, Nigeria, continues to be rec - ognized as one of the country’s leading universities. Its development and growth since 2010 have been phenomenal. New, modern structures, enhanced infrastruc - ture, and facilities are spread across the campus. Enrollment has increased from 5,850 in 2010 to 9,246 in 2014 (includ - ing 410 graduate students) from eight nations; the number of faculty has in - creased from 248 to more than 476; and programs have grown from 30 to 61 (46 undergraduate and 15 graduate). According to UNICEF reports, in spite of Nigeria’s current status as Africa’s largest economy, it daily loses about 2,300 children under the age of 5 and 145 women of child-bearing age. For this reason, The Benjamin S. Car - son, Senior, School of Medicine (BCSSM), inaugurated in 2012, is a beacon of light and hope. Located on the campus of Babcock Babcock University students engaging in discussion outside of class. University, BCSSM’s goal is to produce doctors who, in addition to demon - strating practical skill for handling with medical organizations in the posing to establish a second university common health problems and medical U.S.A., Mexico, and India. Residency in the southwest region of Nigeria, emergencies, possess a strong inclina - programs are available in surgery, inter - , to be named in tion to broad community health and nal medicine, radiology, community honor of the British pioneer mission - preventative medicine, as well as the medicine, obstetrics and gynecology, pe - ary to this area, Pastor Jesse Clifford. ability to lead a health team and man - diatrics, family medicine, ENT, hematol - Already, the church’s International age, at least, a small health facility with ogy, anesthesiology and medical micro - Board of Education (IBE) has granted competence, commitment, and com - biology and chemical pathology. Future the school candidacy status to offer de - passion. plans include the establishment of a car - gree programs in the humanities, man - The program has grown from 14 pio - diac center and a renal center for dialysis agement, science, and technology, sub - neer and 33 pre-med students within the and kidney transplants. ject to licensure by the national past three years. Currently, the BCSSM accrediting body. enrollment stands at 252. Partnerships • Because of the need for more qual - and collaborations have been established ified church workers and the important • (VVU) in role of education in evangelism and so - , Ghana, remains one of Africa’s cietal development, the church is pro -

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foremost ecologically designed and de - ther, audio-video documentation of partners in Adventist education for veloped campuses.* Its expansion since best practices in different subjects and their encouragement and invaluable 2010 has been remarkable: Student en - topics will be produced and distributed support. But above all, we give glory to rollment has increased from 3,279 to to teachers so they can use them to up - our Creator God for the honor of wor - 9,200 (including students in distance grade their skills. shiping and serving Him! i learning and sandwich programs— Our universities are planning to modular sessions held three times a strengthen their research capabilities so year) from 22 nations; the number of they can expand their contributions to * See Dietmar Simmering, et al., “A Univer - faculty has grown from 130 to more the improvement of the mental, physi - sity Campus in Peri-Urban Accra (Ghana) as a Haven for Dry-Forest Species,” Flora et Vegetatio than 190; and programs offered have cal, social, and spiritual development of Sudano-Sambesica 16 (2013):10-21: http://www. increased from 17 to 27, including human beings around the world. Fur - uni-giessen.de/cms/fbz/fb09/ institute/ilr/ loek/ Master’s degrees in banking and fi - ther, they will engage in wider national publikpdf/ Sim_FVSS. nance, human-resource development, and international collaborations with and strategic management. other institutions, as well as student and faculty exchange programs and re - Chiemela Ikonne, plans for the Future search in medicine, nutrition, business, Ph.D., is the Direc - The transmission of biblical faith computer science, and technology. tor of Education for and values will remain the primary We remain very grateful to the Gen - the West-Central focus of WAD’s educational programs eral Conference and North American Africa Division of and activities. Peer review and clinical Division education departments, An - Seventh-day Ad - supervision of instruction will be con - drews University, and all our other ventists in Abidjan, ducted regularly to foster best practices Cote d’Ivoire. in teaching, learning, and living. Fur -

The commissioning of Ellen G. White Hall at Valley View University in Accra, Ghana, by Aulikki Nahkola, principal lecturer in Old Testa - ment at Newbold College, on July 6, 2014. At extreme right is Vice Chancellor Daniel Buor.

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“I mmense Investment” — M E N A Eternal Results

hange is occurring daily in the and start to focus on the evangelistic Growing numbers Middle East and North Africa opportunities peculiar to our surround - When it was organized in 2012, the Union Mission (MENA), ing cultures and needs. There is a des - Middle East and North Africa Union where the Adventist Church perate need to establish organized work Mission had approximately 2,788 stu - must continue to implement in cities thus far unentered by the dents in seven schools and one univer - C church. To break down prejudice and creative ways of sharing Christ’s love sity. Currently, there are approximately with almost 500 million people, the build strong relationships, we need to 272 full-time education workers serv - majority of whom live in cities. Height - be perceived as contributing to the local ing in this region. Teaching is part of ened readiness and responding quickly society, rather than as a threat. Projects ministry and is a systematic witnessing and decisively to whatever changes take such as the opening of the Adventist endeavor that takes place five days per place will prove effective in this region. Learning Center School for Syrian week, excluding holiday periods. Today, This new union, a special mission field refugees in Beirut, Lebanon, as well as teachers comprise approximately 71 for the world church, includes the the opening of the ADRA school for percent of the Middle East and North countries of Algeria, Bahrain, North refugees in Lebanon, will strengthen the Africa Union Mission workforce, thus Cyprus, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Ku - work of education and provide oppor - confirming their vital role in ministry. wait, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Oman, tunities to connect with communities. We are reminded of the important Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syrian Arab The goal for 2015 is to establish at least reason why the Seventh-day Adventist Republic, Tunisia, Turkey, United Arab 30 additional centers of influence Church is engaged in the work of edu - Emirates, and Yemen. Our education within the large cities of our region. cation in this statement by Ellen White: mission aims to continue addressing These centers can provide services that “In the highest sense the work of edu - huge challenges speedily and effectively. meet the “felt needs” of the local popu - cation and the work of redemption are lation, thereby winning their confidence one, for in education, as in redemption, new Approach and building bridges to share our faith. ‘other foundation can no man lay than During this new phase, the church in that is laid, which is Jesus Christ.’ ‘It MENA had to take a hard look at itself, was the good pleasure of the Father that in Him should all the fullness

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dwell.’ 1 Corinthians 3:11; Colossians enth-day Adventism in the region. Middle east university—islamic 1:19, R.V.” ( Education, p. 30); and the Since its organization three years ago, studies divine admonition given through the MENA Education Department has Many wonderful things have been Solomon, which reads: “Train up a focused on the following key educa - happening at Middle East University in child in the way he should go: and tional issues: Beirut, Lebanon. The mission of the Fac - when he is old, he will not depart from • Promoting the values of Seventh- ulty of Philosophy and Theology is to it” (Proverbs 22:6, KJV). day Adventist education throughout its furnish the Seventh-day Adventist constituency; Church with competent, highly moti - continued professional • Working with our institutions in vated, and consecrated graduates in pas - development developing systematic and effective toral ministry; and to prepare Bible Through the work of Adventist edu - school-improvement strategies; teachers for the church’s educational in - cation, leaders are groomed to fulfill • Building leadership capacities stitutions. Renovations to the Institute of the mission of the church, and workers through training and support; Islamic Studies were completed in antici - are trained for service in the church’s • Ongoing teacher development; pation of an expanding program that institutions. I am happy to report that • Implementing education goals set would attract students from Adventist in - our educational work in the Middle out in the MENA strategic plan; and stitutions (as well as other institutions of East and North Africa Union Mission is • Establishing more church schools higher education) from around the world making a significant contribution to in local fields. to learn more about Arabic culture, evangelism and the promotion of Sev - Islam, the Arabic language, and regional developments. The institute envisions it - self becoming the global Ad vent ist Church’s knowledge center on the Middle East and North Africa region, its cultures, its languages, and its religions. The MENA Union Mission’s com - mitment to the work of Adventist edu - cation is concretely demonstrated by the resources and strong support it provides to education. The MENA Ed - ucation Department invests in the de - velopment of existing school leaders and in nurturing and building the ca - pacities of emerging school adminis - trators. Recent training covered aspects such as a survey of current develop - ments in educational leadership and management principles, approaches to school self-evaluation, an introduction to Seventh-day Adventist education, nutrition and learning, legal updates, Top: Middle East University Ac - and innovative teaching and learning crediting Association of Seventh- styles. Regular in-service training pro - day Adventist Schools, Colleges, grams have been conducted by our and Universities team 2014. schools to meet the staff-development Right: Students at the Irbid needs of our teachers and to enhance School in Beirut, Lebanon. standards in teaching and learning. There is an urgent need to focus on the global development of employees across the MENA region. Seventh-day Adventist education can be at the forefront of our church planting movement. We have an educational phi - losophy and a perspective that can ad -

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dress many of the current educational creative ways of dealing with this huge Donovan Cleary, challenges confronting our Middle East 10/40 Window region! We are praying M.B.A., F.C.C.A ., is and North Africa region as we seek to de - earnestly that God will use each member Coordinator of Edu - velop the potential of our young people. to spread the good news and add new cation for the Mid - The challenge for every Adventist teacher converts to the church so that an even dle East and North is to become an expert in his or her field greater work can be done. May God give Africa Union Mis - of work and to be a powerful witness for us insights into how to effectively share sion of Seventh-day the true and living God we serve. His great love for the people of the Adventists in Beirut, MENA region. May we also comprehend Lebanon. conclusion the limitless resources He has at His dis - Change is occurring on a daily basis, posal just waiting for willing human and the church must continue trying channels through which they may be made manifest. i

Editorial Continued from page 3 Tkachuk, director of education for the Euro-Asia Division the Internet. Since pastors are vital partners for our schools, a (ESD), reports that in Ukraine, the local conference in Lviv do - Bible study on Christian education was added to the baptismal nated its headquarters to become the city’s first Adventist manual to help new converts understand its value. school, and the members in Chernovtsy renovated and trans - Managing the demand for Adventist education is a challenge formed their conference office building into the first Adventist in most regions, and affordability continues to be an issue. As school in that city. In independent assessments of academic per - colleges grow in size and in the number and level of degrees formance, Adventist schools in Ukraine and Russia outperform they offer, the cost of an Adventist education rises. There are the national average by wide margins. insufficient work-study programs for the many young people The CognitiveGenesis Study demonstrated that students in who would like to attend an Adventist school but do not have Seventh-day Adventist primary and secondary schools in the the funds to do so. But the greatest need is not for money or U.S., Canada, and Bermuda also have an academic advantage. for students, but for qualified teachers “who love children and In standardized tests, students in Adventist schools outper - can see in them souls to be saved for the Master.” 3 As a result, formed the national average in every subject and for every we will continue to promote Adventist mission and identity grade level tested. The benefits of an Adventist education were through conferences and seminars, as well as our other goals. cumulative: The longer a student attended, the higher the aca - And through publications like THE JOURNAL OF ADVENTIST ED- demic performance compared to the national average in both UCATION , we will directly support Adventist educators with ar - achievement and cognitive ability. 2 ticles that strengthen teachers, administrators, and boards; During the current quinquennium, we have witnessed a demonstrate how to integrate faith with learning; and provide range of events in Adventist education. For example, while models for nurturing and discipling Seventh-day Adventist stu - Brazil Adventist University celebrated 100 years of continuous dents at every institution. Together, we will foster the best of operation, on the other side of the world, the newly started ed - theory and practice in Adventist education, and inspire in ed - ucation work in Mongolia adds a new grade level each year at ucators a heart for mission in a world of learning. Tusgal Adventist School. It will soon outgrow the building it occupies in downtown Ulaanbaatar. Elsewhere, as part of train - ing future pastors, the eight theological seminaries in the Inter- Lisa M. Beardsley-Hardy, Ph.D., serves as the Director of Edu - European Division (EUD) continue to engage in outreach ac - cation for the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, Sil - tivities in their region and abroad. One such activity is ver Spring, Maryland, U.S.A. Friedensau Adventist University’s ProMission project among the Maasai ethnic group in Tanzania. The Inter-American Division (IAD) took a truly bold step NOTES AND REFERENCES 1. All data are from the Annual Statistical Reports for the years 2009 to 2014 by designating 2010-2015 as the “Quinquennium of Educa - (latest available) (Silver Spring, Md.: Office of Archives, Statistics, and Research, tion.” Gamaliel Floréz, IAD director of education, describes General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists). how 80 percent of the division budget was allocated to the 2. Jerome Thayer and Elissa Kido, “Assessing Academic Achievement and strategic development of Adventist education, which included Cognitive Ability in Adventist Schools,” Journal of Research on Christian Edu - the distribution of five-year, interest-free loans totaling U.S.$5.7 cation 21:2 (August 2012):99-115: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full /10. 1080/10656219.2012.698826#preview. million to 15 universities and 22 unions. Nearly 10,000 teachers 3. Ellen G. White, Counsels to Parents, Teachers, and Students (Mountain participated in the division’s first Virtual Teachers Council on View, Calif.: Pacific Press Publ. Assn., 1913), p. 166.

62 The Journal of Adventist Education • April/May 2015 http://jae.adventist.org World Education Statistics • December 31, 2014

Division Teachers Teachers/ Teachers/ Teachers/ Students Students/ Students/ Students/ Total Elementary Secondary Tertiary* Total Elementary Secondary Tertiary*

East-Central Africa (ECD) 17,427 10,762 6,075 418 + 172 592,725 413,563 145,501 19,322 + 14,339 Euro-Asia (ESD) 336 116 113 107 2,186 757 479 950 Inter-American (IAD) 10,266 4,656 4,351 1,259 172,130 90,322 63,046 18,762 Inter-European (EUD) 811 323 312 151 + 25 5,974 2,666 2,408 768 + 132 North American (NAD) 9,194 2,727 2,178 4,289 77,746 30,306 21,529 25,911 Northern Asia-Pacific (NSD) 1,276 241 732 303 20,383 4,809 8,697 6,877 South American (SAD) 18,616 10,924 4,906 2,786 292,466 210,462 52,460 29,544 Southern Africa- Indian Ocean (SID) 6,134 3,159 2,561 314 + 100 148,177 93,186 49,354 4,499 + 1,138 Southern Asia (SUD) 9,896 3,528 5,629 555 + 184 205,891 46,975 153,590 3,760 + 1,566 Southern Asia-Pacific (SSD) 7,758 4,585 1,935 1,238 103,158 62,911 21,929 18,318 South Pacific (SPD) 3,172 1,994 952 187 + 39 69,194 50,179 15,094 3,357 + 564 Trans-European (TED) 749 318 207 195 + 29 5,437 2,668 1,048 1,472 + 249 West-Central Africa (WAD)** 10,753 7,224 2,831 599 + 99 246,731 181,879 50,467 12,316 + 2,069

Division Schools Schools Schools Schools Education-related Total Elementary Secondary Tertiary* Baptisms

East-Central Africa 1,914 1,270 625 14 + 5 (ECD)

Euro-Asia 28 15 11 2 (ESD)

Inter-American 1,061 716 331 14 (IAD)

Inter-European 67 35 23 8 + 1 (EUD)

North American 852 728 111 13 (NAD)

Northern Asia-Pacific 46 22 19 5 (NSD)

South American 870 554 300 16 (SAD)

Southern Africa- 410 249 149 7 + 5 Indian Ocean (SID)

Southern Asia 293 107 158 9 + 19 (SUD)

Southern Asia-Pacific 999 864 115 20 2010 44,068 (SSD) 2011 49,611 South Pacific 384 308 68 4 + 4 2012 54,424 (SPD) 2013 61,143 Trans-European 68 32 26 5 + 5 2014 55,333 (TED)

West-Central Africa 954 869 76 4 + 5* TOTAL 264,579 (WAD)**

*Second number represents teacher/worker-training institutions. **2013 numbers

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