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So it is Now Official! - The President's Blog for April 9, 2010
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Employing the words of our West Indies Union Communication Director, “So it is official”. On Wednesday morning, April 7, the Executive Committee of the Seventh-day Adventist World Church voted the proposed territorial adjustment for the West Indies Union Conference of Seventh-day Adventists. As noted in an official news release “The Adventist Church in the island nation of Jamaica will become its own Jamaica Union Conference, thereby splitting the current West Indies Union Conference.” As for “The remaining areas of the former West Indies Union -- Bahamas, Cayman Islands and the Turks & Caicos Islands -- will become part of anewly formed Atlantic Caribbean Union Mission, with about 25,000 members.”
Forth is weekly update I have chosen to include the official story released by the General Conference following
the historical vote. However, before I share the story (which is posted on the Conference’s website) I wish to remind you fellow colleagues (pastors and elders) of a special-called meeting for Monday, April12th with Pastors Bignall and Leito of West Indies Union and the Inter American Division respectively. The meeting begins at 10:30 a.m. at the Hillview Seventh-day Adventist Church. By now all pastors and elders should have indicated their attendance as to ensure lunch provision.
Official Story Associate Secretary Agustin Galicia proposes administrative changes in the Caribbean and Central America to Spring Meeting at the Adventist Church world headquarters in Silver Spring, Maryland, Wednesday, April 7. The church in Inter-American needed final approval from the world church's Executive Committee before restructuring management in four of its local regions.
Four administrative restructuring moves of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in and around Central America highlight the church's membership growth in the region, home to nearly 3.3 million members.
The action, approved today by the world church's Executive Committee, creates new management regions in the Caribbean, Colombia, El Salvador, Honduras and Venezuela. Church leaders said the adjustments reflect the growth and maturity of the church in those regions.
The Adventist Church in the island nation of Jamaica will become its own Jamaica Union Conference, thereby splitting the current West Indies Union Conference. Jamaica has nearly 250,000 members and is home to one of the highest ratios of Adventist Church members to population. Nearly 1 out of 11 people in Jamaica is a member of the Adventist Church, the largest denomination on the island.
The remaining areas of the former West Indies Union -- Bahamas, Cayman Islands and the Turks & Caicos Islands -- will become part of a newly formed Atlantic Caribbean Union Mission, with about 25,000 members.
A union is made up of several local administrative fields. A union with the"conference" designation is financially self-supporting, while a union with a "mission" status relies on its parent management structure, a "division," for support and oversight.
Today's committee action also doubles the administrative structure for Colombia. The church in the South American nation is now managed by one union conference for some 265,000 members. It will soon be managed by the newly created North Colombian Conference and the South Colombian Union Mission.
Also, a newly formed East Venezuela Union Mission will be added, replacing an eastern section of the Venezuela-Antilles Union Mission, which now serves 210,000members.
In addition, the countries of Honduras and El Salvador, now operated by the Mid-Central American Union Mission, will each have their own union missions. Honduras currently has about 230,000 members, while El Salvador has about195,000.
The move affecting Honduras and El Salvador is effective January 1 of 2012. The other changes will go into effect following this summer's Adventist Church World Session.
"We're wanting to make these changes in recognition of the development of the mission of the church in those territories," said Agustin Galicia, an associate secretary of the Adventist world church.
"Take Venezuela, they had five local fields when they reorganized the territory in1989," Galicia said. "Now there are 11."
"This reflects not just development and growth in those areas, but also maturity of the church and its finances in those areas," he said.
Once the changes are implemented, the church's Inter-American Division will be comprised of 21 unions, the most in of any of the church's 13 world divisions.
Both Inter-America and South America are home to some of the world church's latest structural adjustments. In recent years, the Executive Committee has approved conference status for the Inter-Oceanic Mexican Union Mission, the Dominican Republic, and added a second union mission for Peru. Last year, the committee approved unions for Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay, countries that used to comprise the former Austral Union Conference.
Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
Ansel Oliver/ANN
BahamasAcademy Needs You. Plan to attenda town meeting scheduled for Wednesday, April 21, at Hillview, beginning at 7 p.m. The way forward tocomplete the New Bahamas Academy will be discussed. See you there!
Employing the words of our West Indies Union Communication Director, “So it is official”. On Wednesday morning, April 7, the Executive Committee of the Seventh-day Adventist World Church voted the proposed territorial adjustment for the West Indies Union Conference of Seventh-day Adventists. As noted in an official news release “The Adventist Church in the island nation of Jamaica will become its own Jamaica Union Conference, thereby splitting the current West Indies Union Conference.” As for “The remaining areas of the former West Indies Union -- Bahamas, Cayman Islands and the Turks & Caicos Islands -- will become part of anewly formed Atlantic Caribbean Union Mission, with about 25,000 members.”
Forth is weekly update I have chosen to include the official story released by the General Conference following
the historical vote. However, before I share the story (which is posted on the Conference’s website) I wish to remind you fellow colleagues (pastors and elders) of a special-called meeting for Monday, April12th with Pastors Bignall and Leito of West Indies Union and the Inter American Division respectively. The meeting begins at 10:30 a.m. at the Hillview Seventh-day Adventist Church. By now all pastors and elders should have indicated their attendance as to ensure lunch provision.Official Story Associate Secretary Agustin Galicia proposes administrative changes in the Caribbean and Central America to Spring Meeting at the Adventist Church world headquarters in Silver Spring, Maryland, Wednesday, April 7. The church in Inter-American needed final approval from the world church's Executive Committee before restructuring management in four of its local regions.
Four administrative restructuring moves of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in and around Central America highlight the church's membership growth in the region, home to nearly 3.3 million members.
The action, approved today by the world church's Executive Committee, creates new management regions in the Caribbean, Colombia, El Salvador, Honduras and Venezuela. Church leaders said the adjustments reflect the growth and maturity of the church in those regions.
The Adventist Church in the island nation of Jamaica will become its own Jamaica Union Conference, thereby splitting the current West Indies Union Conference. Jamaica has nearly 250,000 members and is home to one of the highest ratios of Adventist Church members to population. Nearly 1 out of 11 people in Jamaica is a member of the Adventist Church, the largest denomination on the island.
The remaining areas of the former West Indies Union -- Bahamas, Cayman Islands and the Turks & Caicos Islands -- will become part of a newly formed Atlantic Caribbean Union Mission, with about 25,000 members.
A union is made up of several local administrative fields. A union with the"conference" designation is financially self-supporting, while a union with a "mission" status relies on its parent management structure, a "division," for support and oversight.
Today's committee action also doubles the administrative structure for Colombia. The church in the South American nation is now managed by one union conference for some 265,000 members. It will soon be managed by the newly created North Colombian Conference and the South Colombian Union Mission.
Also, a newly formed East Venezuela Union Mission will be added, replacing an eastern section of the Venezuela-Antilles Union Mission, which now serves 210,000members.
In addition, the countries of Honduras and El Salvador, now operated by the Mid-Central American Union Mission, will each have their own union missions. Honduras currently has about 230,000 members, while El Salvador has about195,000.
The move affecting Honduras and El Salvador is effective January 1 of 2012. The other changes will go into effect following this summer's Adventist Church World Session.
"We're wanting to make these changes in recognition of the development of the mission of the church in those territories," said Agustin Galicia, an associate secretary of the Adventist world church.
"Take Venezuela, they had five local fields when they reorganized the territory in1989," Galicia said. "Now there are 11."
"This reflects not just development and growth in those areas, but also maturity of the church and its finances in those areas," he said.
Once the changes are implemented, the church's Inter-American Division will be comprised of 21 unions, the most in of any of the church's 13 world divisions.
Both Inter-America and South America are home to some of the world church's latest structural adjustments. In recent years, the Executive Committee has approved conference status for the Inter-Oceanic Mexican Union Mission, the Dominican Republic, and added a second union mission for Peru. Last year, the committee approved unions for Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay, countries that used to comprise the former Austral Union Conference.
Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
Ansel Oliver/ANN
BahamasAcademy Needs You. Plan to attenda town meeting scheduled for Wednesday, April 21, at Hillview, beginning at 7 p.m. The way forward tocomplete the New Bahamas Academy will be discussed. See you there!
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