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July 2018 Page 6 16,000 Gather for Youth Congress Page 10 The Page 6 Page 10 Page 20 July 2018 16,000 Gather for The Religion of Sleeping Through Youth Congress Business the Storm Support Your Minister By Bill Knott astor, teacher, doctor, nurse . P For most of the first 125 years of this movement, these important helping professions—each one a noble calling—re- ceived a disproportionate share of attention and esteem among Seventh-day Adventists. Preparing for one of these occupations was a much-traveled path to denominational employment, for the norway church’s worldwide witness and medical ministry were expand- ing rapidly. Eager parents coached their children toward careers that would keep them closely tied to the church’s mission. Young adults recognized in these callings a way to express their personal commitment to fulfilling the Great Commission. In our early decades, a surprisingly high percentage of graduates from the church’s colleges moved into these roles. Professions not immediately connected with church employment—law, civil About the Cover service, music, graphic arts, and business, for example—were Linea Søgaard just completed her sometimes chiefly valued because those engaged in them would final year at Norwegian Junior College presumably return a faithful tithe. (Tyrifjord Videregående Skole). She is But a welcome breeze has been blowing through the church for a member of the college church, and the last 25 years that now both honors and affirms the great variety is active in both church and college. In of faithful career choices available to young Adventists. “Ministry” July she begins a one-year internship in is no longer a category reserved for those paid by tithe or employed the Youth department of the Norwegian by church institutions. A rediscovery of the biblical model of “tent- Union Conference. Linea is the editor making ministry”—begun by the hands of the apostle Paul him- of the union’s youth magazine, and she self—now validates the work and witness of millions of Adventists intends to study journalism when her who neither seek nor want employment by their church. In the real internship is completed. market of goods and services, in professions that increasingly inter- sect with culture, technology, agriculture, and emerging industries, Photo: Tor Tjeransen/ADAMS believers are discovering that they may make of almost any job a ministry. Ministry is not defined by where the paycheck comes from, but by the passion and commitment of the Focus architect, the judge, the engineer, and the artist. 10 The Religion of Business In this months’ edition of Adventist World, we tell the stories of those who are doing the The Word Lord’s business as entrepreneurs, innovators, 20 Devotional and providers of the products that the culture 26 Bible Questions Answered wants and needs. The things they create and the services they offer bring them into daily My Church contact with millions of people hungry for 16 Spirit of Prophecy quality workmanship, for ethical leadership, 18 Global View and for faithful Adventists who can offer moral 23 Millennial Voices guidance in the marketplace. 24 Looking Back Adventists everywhere should join these “minis- ters” in praying, “Let the favor of the Lord our God be upon us, and Living Faith prosper for us the work of our hands—O prosper the work of our 22 Faith in Action hands!” (Ps. 90:17, NRSV*). 27 Health and Wellness 28 May I Tell You a Story? * Bible texts credited to NRSV are from the New Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyright © 1989 by the Division of 30 Growing Faith—Children’s Pages Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the U.S.A. Used by permission. We believe in the power of prayer, and we welcome prayer requests that can be shared at our weekly staff worship every Wednesday morning. Send your requests to [email protected], and pray for us as we work together to advance God’s kingdom. 2 July 2018 AdventistWorld.org News Moment An It Is Written evangelistic team recently baptized 71 people in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, fulfilling a request by Kublai Khan, leader of the Mongol Yuan dynasty, in A.D. 1266 for Christian missionaries to come back and teach his people about the gospel. Photo: It Is Written AdventistWorld.org July 2018 3 News in Brief “We should never expect more if we Five have never invest- The number of elements that came 1,672 together in 2017 that resulted in ed anything at all.” a positive financial report for the Number of cataract —Eliki Kenivale, chaplain for the General Conference. They are: a surgeries performed by Pacific Tertiary Evangelistic Center positive U.S. financial market, a the It Is Written Eyes addressing attendees at a youth tithe increase in the North American rally in Fiji. Kenivale challenged Division church region, steady for India team in the attendees to personally invest in exchange rates in major foreign remote forest village of people before inviting them to an currencies, an intentional focus on Hardiakol, Barabanki, evangelistic meeting. “One cannot fiscal discipline, and a maintaining in the northern state of lead a soul to Jesus if he or she of an adequate liquidity level. The has not invested some effort, time, General Conference reported a Uttar Pradesh, India’s money and the like to develop surplus of US$1.6 million at the end most populous state. and build up a relationship with a of 2017. Total global tithe for the Approximately 60 per- friend or colleague,” he concluded. year was reported at US$2.44 billion. cent of registered pa- tients were blind in both eyes. The Eyes “God’s church will rise to its for India project seeks, destiny, and the gates of hell through a simple cata- ract surgery and intra- will not prevail against it.” ocular lens implanta- —Mark Finley, evangelist and assistant to the Adventist world church tion, to restore sight to president in his address to members of the world church’s Executive Committee attending Spring Meeting in Silver Spring, Maryland, United some of the 15 million States, in April. Finley outlined challenges facing the church, but concluded in India who are blind. that the church’s survival is guaranteed because of God’s grace. “Adventist Radio London will unashamedly extend the teaching, preaching, and healing ministries of Christ to the diverse millenni- al mindset of London, discipling them to wholistic living and know- ing Jesus their Savior, the only hope for mankind.” —Michael Hamilton (center), director of Adventist Radio London (ARL). In collaboration with Adventist World Radio, ARL went on the air in April after receiving a highly coveted license. Programming will be millennial staff (pictured). Photo: Trans-European Division News 4 July 2018 AdventistWorld.org News in Brief “We are talking about the Government Harassment largest generation of young adults in human history.” and Use of Force Against —Allan Martin, teaching pastor of Younger Generation, a Religious Groups ministry of the Arlington Seventh-day Adventist Church in Texas, United States. Martin spoke for the Reaching Percent of countries in each region with increases Millennial Generations symposium recently hosted on in government harassment or use of force against the campus of Andrews University. Multiple presenters religious groups between 2014 and 2015 tackled subjects dealing with the relationship between 53% Europe the Adventist Church and its millennial members. 48% Sub-Saharan Africa 37% Americas “A development of 30% Middle-East–North Africa the system of reli- 26% Asia-Pacific gious education is 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 of great importance 95% Middle-East–North Africa 89% Europe for our society. Thus 83% Sub-Saharan Africa the Russian govern- 80% Americas ment is interested 72% Asia-Pacific Percent of countries in each region that in helping religious experienced government harassment or use of force against religious groups in 2015. organizations solve Source: Pew Research Center urgent problems re- lated to the work “Electronic Bibles have the effect of reshaping the ef- of religious educa- fective canon, the form and tional institutions.” content of the Scriptures as they are experienced —Alexander Kudryavtsev, deputy head of the Department for Humanitarian Policy and Public in a particular communi- Relations for the Russian Federation, in opening re- ty or by an individual.” marks at an event entitled “Actual Problems in the Development of Religious Education and Science in —Tim Hutchings, research fellow in Digital Discipleship the Russian Federation.” Adventist administrators at Durham University, England, discussing the oppor- were among other public and religious leaders who tunities and challenges of digital technology in the attended the event, which sought to discuss the future context of the church in a recent lecture at Newbold of religious education in the Russian Federation. College, a Seventh-day Adventist institution in England. AdventistWorld.org July 2018 5 News in Depth More Than 16,000 Gather for Twenty-four-hour prayer feature Adventist Youth Congress highlighted the five-day event. By Teresa Costello and Jade Yerro-Soreno, Southern Asia-Pacific Division News A youth congress held in the south- The prayer room offered a new For many attendees, connecting ern Philippines attracted more than feature: hourly prayer for each day with other Adventist youth reminded 16,000 young people. With a theme of the congress. During that time them that they are part of something “Pass It On: Equip, Engage, and Em- more than 800 youth volunteers larger than themselves and added power,” the April 9-14, 2018, biunion prayed for the event and attendees, to their growing faith. “Knowing event challenged young people to in addition to the 4,000 prayer that you have a loving community step away from gadgets and other dis- requests received.
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