Southwestern Union Record for 1960
Features . THE * Missions Advance * Conference Reports r * Literature Evangelism Southwestern Union Conference of Seventh-day Adventists Vol. 59, No. 9 March 2, 1960 The Missing 144,000 R. R. FIGUHR, President General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists Some people have had a great burden to discuss the mission program. Regularity in Sabbath school attend- subject of the 144,000. What should and does burden ance brings innumerable blessings in its train." In dis- many of us is the startling announcement that 144,000 cussing this presentation, Elder C. L. Torrey, the General church members in North America are missing from Sab- Conference Treasurer, said: "I was stirred when I heard bath school. This subject of absenteeism from Sabbath these men talk about the question of missing members. school was discussed at considerable length at the recent Think of it, 144,000 missing members. That shouldn't Presidents' Council. be. I think in Africa we have (Continued on pg. 7) Basing his remarks on the statistics of North Amer- ica for the second quarter of 1959, one of the conference presidents pointed out that of the 317,000 church mem- bers in North America, only 173,785 of them, on the OPENING CEREMONIES average, attended Sabbath school. This, he maintained, . indicates that more than 144,000 members of our churches of were absent from Sabbath school during that quarter. Hays County Memorial Hospital In checking with the General Conference Sabbath School San Marcos, Texas Department, we find this to be a fairly accurate estimate. This conference president went on to comment on MARCH 6, 1960 the significance of these startling figures concerning missing members.
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