THE JOURNAL OF ADVENTISTWebsite: http://jae.adventist.org EDUCATION April-June 2017 E DUCATINGD U C A T I N G FORF O R E TERNITY TheThe GreatGreat TheThe DivineDivine CognitiveCognitive andand IIncreasingncreasing SStrengtheningtrengthening CCommissionommission BBlueprintlueprint fforor NNon-cognitiveon-cognitive SStudenttudent AAccessccess AAdventistdventist and the Education Factors in K-12 Education Education in Educational Contributing the North Imperative to Academic American Division Success SPECIALSee page 37 ISSUE The Journal of CONTENTS ADVENTIST EDUCATION EDITOR Faith-Ann McGarrell EDITOR EMERITUS Beverly J. Robinson-Rumble ASSOCIATE EDITOR S PECIAL I SSUE (INTERNATIONAL EDITION) Julián Melgosa SENIOR CONSULTANTS John Wesley Taylor V Lisa M. Beardsley-Hardy Geoffrey G. Mwbana, Ella Smith Simmons CONSULTANTS APRIL-JUNE 2017 • VOLUME 79, NO. 3 GENERAL CONFERENCE John M. Fowler, Mike Mile Lekic, Hudson E. Kibuuka EAST-CENTRAL AFRICA Andrew Mutero EURO-AFRICA 3 Editorial: Educating for Eternity Marius Munteanu By Lisa M. Beardsley-Hardy EURO-ASIA Vladimir Tkachuk INTER-AMERICA 4 The Great Commission and the Educational Imperative Gamaliel Florez By George R. Knight MIDDLE EAST-NORTH AFRICA Leif Hongisto NORTH AMERICA 11 The State of Adventist Education Report Larry Blackmer By Lisa M. Beardsley-Hardy NORTHERN ASIA-PACIFIC Richard A. Saubin SOUTH AMERICA 16 CognitiveGenesis: Cognitive and Non-cognitive Factors Edgard Luz Contributing to Academic Success in Adventist Education SOUTH PACIFIC By Elissa Kido Carol Tasker SOUTHERN AFRICA-INDIAN OCEAN EllMozecie Kadyakapitando 20 The Divine Blueprint for Education—A Devotional SOUTHERN ASIA By George W. Reid Prabhu Das R N SOUTHERN ASIA-PACIFIC 22 Increasing Student Access in K to 12 Education: A Challenge Lawrence L. Domingo TRANS-EUROPEAN for Adventist Schools in the 21st Century Daniel Duda By David R. Williams WEST-CENTRAL AFRICA Juvenal Balisasa COPY EDITOR 32 Strengthening Adventist Education in the North American Randy Hall Division—Recommendations for Educators ART DIRECTION/GRAPHIC DESIGN By Jerome Thayer, Anneris Coria-Navia, Aimee Leukert, Harry Knox ADVISORY BOARD Elissa Kido, and Larry Blackmer John Wesley Taylor V (Chair), Sharon Aka, Ophelia Barizo, Lisa M. Beardsley-Hardy, Larry Blackmer, Jeanette Bryson, Erline Burgess, George Egwakhe, Keith Hallam, Hudson E. Kibuuka, 39 Joining and Remaining: A Look at the Data on the Role of Brian Kittleson, Linda Mei Lin Koh, Gary Krause, Davenia J. Adventist Education Lea, Mike Mile Lekic, Julián M. Melgosa, James Mbyirukira, By John Wesley Taylor V Carole Smith, Charles H. Tidwell, Jr., David Trim THE JOURNAL OF ADVENTIST EDUCATION publishes articles con- cerned with a variety of topics pertinent to Adventist education. 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Conference of SDA. 2 The Journal of Adventist Education • April-June 2017 http://jae.adventist.org EDITORIAL Lisa M. Beardsley-Hardy EDUCATING FOR ducation is front and center! It made recommendations on how to is the focus of a year-long se- ETERNITY achieve higher visibility for education E ries of conferences and church globally and how to coordinate action publications globally. Educa- through a united, empowered network. tion was the cover story for the Febru- Educators especially appreciated the ary 2017 issue of Adventist World.* discussion across different regions and This issue of THE JOURNAL OF ADVENTIST the participation of division officers EDUCATION shares a collection of talks and treasurers. Presentation topics and presentations made during the addres sed current trends, steps to over- 2016 General Conference Leadership coming chal lenges, and the influential Education and Development (LEAD) role of Adventist education in the lives Conference, the North American Divi- of those who become and remain Sev- sion Year-end Meetings, and the 2017 enth-day Adventists (John Wesley Tay- Pan-African LEAD Conference. Each lor V). one presented stakeholders with a call Adventist education in the North to action to ensure that all God’s American Division (NAD) is addres sed children are taught of the Lord within this issue (Jerome Thayer, (Isaiah 54:13, KJV). Anneris Coria-Navia, Aimee The 2016 LEAD Con- Leukert, Elissa E. Kido, ference took place Octo- and Larry Blackmer). ber 5-7, 2016, in Silver Spring, Maryland. The theme This article reports the findings and recommendations “Educating for Eternity” underscored daily devotionals, from two study groups—The North Am eri can Division plenary and invited addresses, panels, and sessions Education Taskforce (NADET) and the Strengthening that outlined plans for each region of the world. Topics Adventist Education (SAE) research project. Officially ranged from Adventist education’s educational imper- shared with attendees at the 2016 NAD Year-end Meet- ative (George R. Knight), the divine plan for education ings in October, this report is made available through (George W. Reid), and cognitive and non-cognitive fac- THE JOURNAL OF ADVENTIST EDUCATION. A concurrent arti- tors contributing to academic success (Elissa E. Kido), cle, with specific recommendations for pastors who are to the state of Adventist education (Lisa M. Beardsley- the gatekeepers for church schools, will be available in Hardy), and challenges to increasing access (David R. the June 2017 issue of MINISTRY. Williams). Within this special issue are the adapted Work continues through the three remaining re- transcripts of the plenary and invited presentations gional summits in Slovenia (May 30-June 4, 2017), the shared during the conference. Dominican Republic (August 7-11, 2017), and Thailand The LEAD Conference “Educating for Eternity” will (January 29-February 3, 2018). But the real work oc- be replicated throughout various regions of the world curs day in and day out in thousands of classrooms church during 2017 and 2018. The first of these planned around the world where committed men and women conferences, the 2017 Pan-African LEAD Conference, faithfully and creatively carry out the teaching ministry took place in Kigali, Rwanda, February 15-19, 2017. of Christ. This issue is especially for them. There was a lot of energy in these meetings as educa- tors and church leaders from every part of Africa for- mulated educational plans to incorporate local, na- *Lisa Beardsley-Hardy, “Adventist Education: Rediscovering tional, and regional priorities and objectives. They Our Mission,” Adventist World (February, 2017): 24-27. http://jae.adventist.orghttp://jae.adventist.org The The Journal Journal of of Adventist Adventist Education Education •• April-JuneApril-June 2017 2017 3 THE GREAT COMMISSION and the Educational Imperative hristianity is primarily a But the Great Commission of flying in midheaven, with an eternal mission movement. And Matthew 28 is only one of at least gospel to proclaim to those who C the Seventh-day Adventist five mission commissions in the New dwell on earth, to every nation and Church exists for only one Testament. tribe and tongue and people.” reason: Mission, especially end-time • A second is in Acts 1:8: “‘But There are several interesting things mission as Planet Earth moves to- you shall receive power when the about these five gospel commissions. ward the long-awaited eschaton. Holy Spirit has come upon you; and The first is that they imply education When Adventism loses its mission-to- you shall be my witnesses in Jeru- and teaching, a fact made explicit in the-world orientation, it has lost its salem and in all Judea and Samaria Matthew 28 with its command to only reason for existence. and to the end of the earth.’” “teach” all things that Christ had • A third mission imperative is im- commanded. The Great Commissions plied in Matthew 24:14: “‘And this A second thing to note is that the When we think of mission, Mat - gospel of the kingdom will be first three of those commissions have thew 28:18 to 20 generally comes to preached throughout the whole been undertaken by the Christian mind: “‘All authority in heaven and world, as a testimony to all nations; Church in general. But the last two in on earth has been given to me. Go and then the end will come.’” Revelation 10 and 14 have been therefore and make disciples of all • The fourth commission is found sounded only by the Seventh-day Ad- nations, baptizing them in the name following the bitter experience of the ventist Church, which has put the of the Father and of the Son and of opening of the little book of Daniel in preaching of the end-time apocalyptic the Holy Spirit, teaching them to ob- Revelation 10:11: “Thou must prophesy package and the three angels’ mes- serve all that I have commanded you; again before many peoples, and na- sages at the very center of its identity. and lo, I am with you always, to the tions, and tongues, and kings” (KJV). In other words, Adventism has never close of the age’” (RSV).1 • And the fifth is found in Revela- viewed itself as merely another de- tion 14:6: “Then I saw another angel BY GEORGE R. KNIGHT 4 The Journal of Adventist Education • April-June 2017 http://jae.adventist.org nomination, but as a called-out move- cation “bug” had firmly implanted it- ment on education (“Proper Educa- ment of prophecy with a unique mes- self in the Adventist mentality.