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Is Headship Theology Biblical? My Friend Moshen | Too Small a Thing | the Role of the Holy Spirit in Christian Spirituality | and Now We Are One…But Wait! Editing the 28 | Christ Our Law | Adventists Finding Identity in God | Is Headship Theology Biblical? My Friend Moshen | Too Small a Thing | The Role of the Holy Spirit in Christian Spirituality | And Now We Are One…But Wait! VOLUME 41 ISSUE 4 n FALL 2013 SPECTRUM is a journal established to encourage Seventh-day Adventist participation in the discus- sion of contemporary issues from a Christian viewpoint, to look without prejudice at all sides of a subject, to evaluate the merits of diverse views, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED COPYRIGHT © 2013 ADVENTIST FORUM and to foster Christian intellectual and cultural growth. Although effort is made to ensure accu- rate scholarship and discriminating judgment, the statements of fact are the responsibility of con- Editor Bonnie Dwyer tributors, and the views individual authors express Assistant Editors Midori Yoshimura and Heather Langley are not necessarily those of the editorial staff as a Subscriptions Cholé Robles-Evano whole or as individuals. Design Laura Lamar Spectrum Web Team Alita Byrd, Joelle Chase, Bonnie SPECTRUM is published by Adventist Forum, a Dwyer, Rich Hannon, Jonathan Pichot, Ruben Sanchez, nonsubsidized, nonprofit organization for which Cover Wendy Trim, Jared Wright, Midori Yoshimura Our little house, in a mythical gifts are deductible in the report of income for forest, on a foggy autumn morning, fused glass, 38" x purposes of taxation. The publishing of SPEC- 8" x 10". By Janene Evard. TRUM depends on subscriptions, gifts from indi- EDITORIAL BOARD Artist’s Statement viduals, and the voluntary efforts of the The essence of my work Beverly Beem contributors. involves the building of English translucent color layers and Walla Walla University SPECTRUM can be accessed on the World Wide textures that play with light. Richard Rice Themes are often musical or Theology Web at www.spectrummagazine.org. Roy Branson allegorical/fantastical in Loma Linda University nature. “Warm Glass,” for School of Religion Loma Linda University me, is the most exquisite way Charles Scriven Editorial Correspondence to create 3-D forms. As I cut Chairman of the Board, stacked and kiln-fused layers Alita Byrd Direct all correspondence and letters to the editor to: Adventist Forum of glass, I began to see forest Writer forms. 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Larson nars, she was the first director Religion ISSN: 0890-0264 of kite art for the American Loma Linda University Kite Association. Lately, glass has become a new fascina- Gary Land Subscriptions and Advertising tion. Evard says that she can’t History do any of this without God’s [email protected] help. “He tells me, ‘Be still, Andrews University and know that I am God. I (916) 774-1080 will guide you through it; Juli Miller calm down, breathe, and Marketing Communication keep going.’” View her art- Consultant work in the collections of Sun Valley, Idaho www.ovac-ok.org and www.surfacedesign.org. fall 2013 n VOLUME 41 ISSUE 4 SPECTRUM contents 12 Editorials 2 Doing the Numbers | BY BONNIE DWYER 3 And Now We are One…But Wait! | BY CHARLES SCRIVEN 31 Feedback 5 Summer reading responses | MCDOWELL AND MCCREERY Noteworthy 6 Editing the 28: Annual Council Delegates Review Suggested Rewording to 40 28 Fundamental Beliefs | BY ELIZABETH LECHLEITNER/ADVENTIST NEWS NETWORK Bible: Thinking Creatively About the Trinity 12 Christ Our Law | BY IVAN T. BLAZEN 47 18 Adventists Finding Identity in God | BY RICHARD RICE 31 The Role of the Holy Spirit in Christian Spirituality | BY HARRI KUHALAMPI Headship Theology: Is Headship Theology Biblical? 38 Ordination Summary Report | THE NAD THEOLOGY OF ORDINATION COMMITTEE 61 40 Is Headship Theology Biblical? | BY KENDRA HALOVIAK VALENTINE 47 Women in Scripture and Headship | BY EDWIN E. REYNOLDS, PH.D. AND CLINTON WAHLEN, PH.D. Reciprocal Gifts: Lessons from the Third Way 70 61 My Friend and Brother, Moshen | BY WILLIAM JOHNSON 70 Too Small a Thing: or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the World | BY RYAN BELL 77 Sabbath is Our Liturgy | BY VIKKI LEON-SALAS 77 Book Review 79 Servant God: A Review | BY CARMEN LAU Poem back cover Debris | BY CHRISTINE LAW WWW.SPECTRUMMAGAZINE.ORG 1 EDITORIAL n from the editor Doing the Numbers | BY BONNIE DWYER ith the help of its worldwide education- 40. By contrast, in the Southern Africa Indian Ocean Divi- al system, the Seventh-day Adventist sion, 68% are under the age of 40 and only 6% are over W church has embarked on unprecedented the age of 60; in the South American Division 65% of the data gathering in recent years. Two membership is under the age of 40 and 6% are over the major surveys on beliefs, attitudes, experiences in the local age of 60. There are four large divisions where less than church and on spiritual life practices have been conducted 10% of the membership is over 60. in the last three years. Survey teams from the various These figures raise questions as well as provide direc- Adventist universities around the world helped to conduct tion for strategic planning. What does it mean to the cur- interviews and distribute questionnaires with 26,000 rent issues within the church that the membership is church members on six continents in nine divisions. An young? The only age-related result that Trim shared in his additional 1,200 current students/graduates (aged 20–30) report came from the survey in North America of current of Adventist universities in North America have been students and recent graduates in the 20–30 age category. questioned. The views of ex-SDAs were sought, too, and That survey showed a 49% acceptance of practicing over 900 of them filled out questionnaires. In another homosexuals as church members. Acceptance of practicing study, tithing was the topic taken to church members on homosexuals as church leaders got 21% approval. four continents. Responses were gathered from 9,000 Anyone who has tried to explain the current discussion members. Pastors (4,260 of them) from all divisions have about women’s ordination to someone under the age of 25 been surveyed. knows they respond to the discussion very differently than Why all the studies? Reporting to the General Confer- someone over 50. “You mean we don’t ordain women?” ence Executive Committee in October, Archivist David they will say with a look of astonishment on their face. Trim said the data is being collected to assist with strate- “Why is this still an issue?” gic planning. Data-driven decisions are becoming the Well, one of the reasons it is still an issue is because of norm. headship theology. In this issue we take a look at the con- And what do the numbers from those worldwide sur- versation about headship that has taken place within the veys say? I found the demographics of the church mem- North American Division theology of ordination study bership particularly interesting. The official stance is now committee by including some of the documents from their that the church is 56.8% female and 43.2% male globally. report. The entire report is available online at www.nador- That varies, of course, depending on where in the world dination.com. you are. The divisions with the greatest extremes are the Other divisions will be adding more papers in the East Central Africa Division where it is 35% male and weeks to come in anticipation of a 2015 vote when our 65% female and the West Central Africa Division that is prayer is that the Spirit will guide the numbers. n 60% male and 40% female. Globally-speaking, we are a young church. Those over 60 comprise only 10.22% of the membership, but in the North American Division the over-60 crowd makes up 43% of the church and less than 20% are under the age of 2 spectrum VOLUME 41 ISSUE 4 n FALL 2013 from the forum chairman n EDITORIAL And Now We are One…But Wait! | BY CHARLES SCRIVEN he leadership of the General Con- her presidency. ference has learned that you can put Wilson’s objection reflected his belief that Tyour shoulder against Tomorrow, Roberts’ ordination—a prerequisite for the but you can’t guarantee that Today office of conference president—was invalid. will last forever. Policies voted in the Pacific Union and the With moral support from some entities in Southeastern California Conference under- [Sandra K. other parts of the world, North American girded her ordination, but General Conference Adventism has reached two new milestones. leaders do not accept the legitimacy of these Despite the opposition of General Conference policies. Roberts]…won executive officers, a woman has become the On this point, too, North America has president of a conference here. And despite weighed in. In the NAD Executive Committee her job despite similar opposition, the Division’s leadership deliberation on November 4, members lis- has voted overwhelming support for the full tened to a report from their division’s Theolo- equality of men and women in ordained gy of Ordination Study Committee.
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