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ROGERS, Statistical Secretary of the General Conference PUBLISHED BY REVIEW AND HERALD PUBLISHING ASSOCIATION WASHINGTON, D. C. PRINTED IN THE U. S. A. :+++++++++++++++++++++++4••:++++++++++++++++++++ + + + + + + + + +. + '(cid:9) + + 44; + 4. +4.(cid:9) ++ + + + + + INA 5I +(cid:9) •I• + + 4.(cid:9) • + . .... 4. + + + + + + + 44 + THE SOURCE OF VICTORY(cid:9) + + + 4.(cid:9) By C. P. Bollman(cid:9) 4. + ..... ++ On the cross our Saviour died, + + Victory to win;(cid:9) + +(cid:9) + 4.(cid:9) And we, too, like Him must die— (cid:9) • +(cid:9) + 4.(cid:9) Die to every sin.(cid:9) + + + 4(cid:9) We who preach must live the truth,(cid:9) + ++(cid:9)(cid:9) Walk with our dear Lord;(cid:9) 1...*.• + + 4.(cid:9) Daily seeking not our own,(cid:9) 4 + 4 + But the will of God. 4 4(cid:9) 4 4(cid:9) Onward! Onward! be our cry,(cid:9) + + Victory will come;(cid:9) + 1,*(cid:9) + .+ (cid:9) Jesus Christ is ever with us;(cid:9) 4. 4(cid:9) He will lead us home.(cid:9) 4 4 ÷ * , 4.(cid:9) + 4(cid:9) 4 4 4 + 4 + + + 4 + + +4 (cid:9) Reensi l (cid:9) +4 +(cid:9) + ++ ++ +(cid:9) + + + + + + 4 + + + + 4.(cid:9) + + + + 4. + + 4.(cid:9) '1' ++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ++++++++++'•++++++++ PREFACE The following pages present a directory of the conferences, missions, and institutions connected with the Seventh-day Adventist denomination. The territory is divided into the following Division Conferences, each of which has the evangelistic organizations, churches, and membership indicated below: Confer- Total Mem- Division Unions ences Missions Orgs. Churches bership Australasian 1 9 15 25 335 17,000 Central European 7 24 29 60 1,377 51,920 China 7 38 45 273 16,066 Far Eastern 4 25 29 500 24,447 Inter-American 5 6 22 33 517 28,521 North American 9 48 6 63 2,457 162,735 Northern European 10. 21 39 70 644 33,572 South American 5 5 17 27 217 26,752 Southern African 5 3 81 89 171 26,077 Southern Asia 5 34 39 115 5,174 Southern European 8 15 15 38 856 27,169 U. S. S. R. 4 17 6 27 677 13,709 Totals, .1936 70 148 327 545. 8,139 433,142 Total, 1935 69 146 320 535 7,996 417,049 .,_(cid:9) y Gains 1 2 7 10 143 16,093 Evangelistic Laborers Total Ordained Licensed Missionary Col- Evangelistic Division Ministers Ministers Licentiates porteurs Laborers Australasian 115 116 504 104 947 Central European 287 113 222 691 1,530 China 1.29 144 477 194 1,614 Far Eastern 95 106 195 306 777 Inter-American 89 56 185 188 525 North American 1,046 294 469 881 2,886 Northern European 140 79 174 301 742 South American 59 46 82 286 526 Southern African 109 74 791 54 1,105 Southern Asia 72 83 99 56 644 Southern European 145 72 180 317 714 U. S. S. R. 70 30 50 175 Totals 2,356 1,213 3,428 3,378 12,185 LCS'(cid:9) To find matter readily, use the Index. 3 4 PREFACE Institutional Laborers Primary Advanced Total In- School(cid:9) School(cid:9) Publishing Sanitarium Miscel- stitution Division Teachers(cid:9) Teachers Employees Employees laneous Laborers Australasian 282 73 53 125 655 1,188 Central European 115 41 129 158 20 463 China 189 223 75 513 ... 1,000 Far Eastern 125 107 66 153 10 461 Inter-American 65 48 ... 5 ... 118 North American 1,073 1,602 480 3,209 35 6,399 Northern European 208 125 110 806 40 1,289 South American 180 71 50 91 392 Southern African 622 204 28 90 944 Southern Asia 204 168 51 123 546 Southern European 11 36 48 65 '40 200 U. S. S. R. .(cid:9). (cid:9). .(cid:9). (cid:9). ' 3,074 2,698 1,090 5,338 800 13,000 Total institutional workers (cid:9) 13,000 Total evangelistic laborers (cid:9) 12,185 Grand Total (cid:9) 25,185 CONTENTS Fundamental Beliefs (cid:9) General Conference and Departments (cid:9) 9-23 Divisions: North America (cid:9) 24-68 Australasian (cid:9) 69-77 Central European (cid:9) 78-99 China (cid:9) 100-120 Far Eastern (cid:9) -122-133 Inter-American (cid:9) 135-148 Northern European (cid:9) 149-169 South American. (cid:9) 172-183 Southern African (cid:9) 184-201 Southern Asia (cid:9) 203-211 Southern European (cid:9) 213-226 U. S. S. R. (cid:9) 226 Institutions: Educational (cid:9) 227-265 Publishing Houses (cid:9) 266-278 Periodicals Issued (cid:9) 279-294 Sanitariums (cid:9) 295-310 Treatment Rooms (cid:9) 311-313 Statistical Tables (cid:9) 316 Constitution (cid:9) 329 Ministerial Directory (cid:9) 338 Obituary Record (cid:9) 416 Index (cid:9) 418 FUNDAMENTAL BELIEFS OF SEVENTH- DAY ADVENTISTS Seventh-day Adventists hold certain fundamental beliefs, the principal features of which, together with a portion of the scriptural references upon which they are based, may be summarized as follo ws: 1. That the Holy Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments were given by inspiration of God, contain an all-sufficient revelation of His will to men, and are the only unerring rule of faith and practice. 2 Tim. 3:15-17. 2. That the Godhead, or Trinity, consists of the Eternal Father, a personal, spiritual Being, omnipotent, omnipresent, omniscient, infinite in wisdom and love; the Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of the Eternal Father, through whom all things were created and through whom the salvation of the redeemed hosts will be accomplished; the Holy Spirit, the third person of the Godhead, the great regenerating power in the work of redemption. Matt. 28:19. 3. That Jesus Christ is very God, being of the same nature and essence as the Eternal Father. While retaining His divine nature He took upon HirnSelf the nature of the human family, lived on the earth as a man, exemplified in His life as our Example the principles of righteousness, attested His relationship to God by many mighty miracles, died for our sins on the cross, was raised from the dead, and ascended to the Father, where He ever lives to make intercession for us. John 1:1, 14; Heb. 2:9-18; 8:1, 2; 4:14-16; 7:25. 4. That every person in order to obtain salvation must experience the new birth; that this comprises an entire transformation of life and character by the recreative power of God through faith in the Lord Jesus Christ. John 3:16; Matt. 18:3; Acts 2:37-39. 5. That baptism is an ordinance of the Christian church and should follow repentance and forgiveness of sins. By its observance faith is shown in the death, burial, and resurrection of Christ. That the proper form of baptism is by immersion. Rom. 6:1-6; Acts 16:30-33. 6. That the will of God as it relates to moral conduct is comprehended in His law of ten commandments; that these are great moral, un- changeable precepts, binding upon all men, in every age. Ex. 20:1-17. 7. That the fourth commandment of this unchangeable law requires the observance of the seventh day Sabbath. This holy institution is at the same time a memorial of creation and a sign of sanctification, a sign of the believer's rest from his own works of sin, and his entrance into the rest of soul which Jesus promises to those who come to Him. Gen. 2:1-3; Ex. 20:8-11; 31:12-17; Heb. 4:1-10. 8. That the law of ten commandments points out sin, the penalty of which is death. The law can not save the transgressor from his sin, 5 6(cid:9) FUNDAMENTAL BELIEFS nor impart power to keep him from sinning. In infinite love and mercy, God provides a way whereby this may be done. He furnishes a substi- tute, even Christ the Righteous One, to die in man's stead, making "Him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in Him." 2 Cor. 5:21. That one is justified, not by obedience to the law, but by the grace that is in Christ Jesus. By accepting Christ, man is reconciled to God, justified by His blood for the sins of the past, and saved from the power of sin by his indwelling life. Thus the gospel becomes "the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth." This experience is wrought by the divine agency of the Holy Spirit, who convinces of sin and leads to the Sin- Bearer, inducting the believer into the new covenant relationship, where the law of God is written on his heart, and through the enabling power of the indwelling Christ, his life is brought into Conformity to the divine precepts. The honor and merit of this wonderful transformation belong wholly to Christ. 1 John 3:4; Rom. 7:7; Rom. 3:20; Eph. 2:8-10; 1 John 2:1, 2; Rom. 5:8-10; Gal. 2:20; Eph. 3:17; Heb. 8:8-12. 9. That God "only bath immortality." 1 Tim. 6:15. Mortal man pos- sesses a nature inherently sinful and dying. Eternal life is the gift of God through faith in Christ. Rom. 6:23. "He that hath the Son bath life." 1 John 5:12. Immortality is bestowed upon the righteous at the second coming of Christ, when the righteous dead are raised from the grave and the living righteous translated to meet the Lord. Then it is that those accounted faithful "put 'on immortality." l Cor. 15:51-55. 10. That the condition of man in death is one of unconsciousness. That all men, good and evil alike, remain in the grave from death to the resurrection. Eccl. 9:5, 6; Ps. 146:3, 4; John 5:28, 29. 11. That there shall be a resurrection both of the just and of the unjust. The resurrection of the just will take place at the second coming of Christ; the resurrection of the unjust will take place a thousand years later, at the close of the millennium. John 5:28, 29; 1 Thess. 4:13-18; Rev. 20:5-10. 12. That the finally impenitent, including Satan, the author of sin, will, by the fires of the last day, be reduced to a state of non-existence, becoming as though they had not been, thus purging God's universe of sin and sinners. Rom. 6:23; Mal. 4:1-3; Rev. 20:9, 10; Obadiah 16. 13. That no prophetic period is given in the Bible to reach to the second advent, but that the longest one, the 2300 days of Dan. 8:14, terminated in 1844, and brought us to an event called the cleansing of the sanctuary. 14. That the true sanctuary, of which the tabernacle on earth was a type, is the temple of God in Heaven, of which Paul speaks in Hebrews 8 and onward, and of which the Lord Jesus, as our great high priest, is minister; and that the priestly work of our Lord is the antitype of the work of the Jewish priests of the former dispensation; that this heavenly sanctuary is the one to be cleansed at the end of the 2300 days of Dan. 8:14; its cleansing being, as in the type, a work of judgment, beginning with the entrance of Christ as the high priest upon the judgment phase of His ministry in the heavenly sanctuary foreshadowed in the earthly service of cleansing the sanctuary on the day of atonement. This work of judgment in the heavenly sanctuary began in 1844. Its completion will close human probation. FUNDAMENTAL BELIEFS 15. That God, in the time of the judgment and in accordance with His uniform dealing with the human family in warning them of coming events vitally affecting their destiny (Amos 3:6, 7), sends forth a proclamation of the approach of the second advent of Christ; that this work is symbolized by the three angels of Revelation 14; and that their threefold message brings to view a work of reform to prepare a people to meet Him at His coming. 16. That the time of the cleansing of the sanctuary, synchronizing with the period of the proclamation of the message of Revelation 14, is a time of investigative judgment, first with reference to the dead, and secondly, with reference to the living. This investigative judgment determines who of the myriads sleeping in the dust of the earth are worthy of a part in the first resurrection, and who of its living multi- tudes are worthy of translation. 1 Peter 4:17, 18; Dan. 7:9, 10; Rev. 14:6, 7; Luke 20:35. 17. That the followers of Christ should be a godly people, not adopt: ing the unholy maxims nor conforming to the unrighteous ways of the world, not loving its sinful pleasures nor countenancing its follies. That the believer should recognize his body as the temple of the Holy Spirit, and that therefore he should clothe that body in neat, modest, dignified apparel. Further, that in eating and drinking and in his entire course of conduct he should shape his life as becometh a follower of the meek and lowly Master. Thus the believer will be led to ab- stain from all intoxicating drinks, tobacco, and other narcotics, and the avoidance of every body- and soul-defiling habit and practice. 1 Cor. 3:16, 17; 9:25; 10:31; 1 Tim. 2:9, 10; 1 John 2:6. 18. That the divine principle of tithes and offerings for the support of the gospel is an acknowledgment of God's ownership in our lives, and' that we are stewards who must render account to Him of all that He has committed to our possession. Lev. 27:30; Mal. 3:8-12; Matt. 23:23; 1 'Cor. 9:9-14; 2 Cor. 9:6-15. 19. That God has placed in His church the gifts of the Holy Spirit, as enumerated in 1 Corinthians 12 and Ephesians 4. That these gifts operate in harmony with the divine principles of the Bible, and are given for the perfecting of the saints, the work of the ministry, the edifying of the body of Christ. Rev. 12:17; 19:10; 1 Cor. 1:5-7. 20. That the second coming of Christ is the great hope of the church, the grand climax of the gospel and plan of salvation. His coming will be literal, personal, and visible. Many important events will be asso- ciated with His return, such as the resurrection of the dead, the de- struction of the wicked, the purification of the earth, the reward of the righteous, the establishment of His everlasting kingdom. The Almost complete fulfillment of various lines of prophecy, particularly those found in the books of Daniel and the Revelation, with existing condi- tions in the physical, social, industrial, political, and religious worlds, indicates that Christ's coming "is near, even at the doors." The exact time of that event has not been foretold. Believers are exhorted to be ready, for "in such an hour as ye think not, the Son of man" will be revealed. Luke 21:25-27; 17:26-30; John 14:1-3; Acts 1:9-11; Rev. 1:7; Heb. 9:28; James 5:1-8; Joel 3:9-16; 2 Tim. 3:1-5; Dan. 7:27; Matt. 24:36, 44. 8(cid:9) FUNDAMENTAL BELIEFS 21. That the millennial reign of Christ covers the period between the first and the second resurrections, during which time the saints of all ages will live with their blessed Redeemer in Heaven. At the end of the millennium, the Holy City with all the saints will descend to the earth. The wicked, raised in the second resurrection, will go up on the breadth of the earth with Satan at their head to compass the camp of the saints, when fire will come down from God out of Heaven and devour them. In the conflagration which destroys Satan and his host, the earth itself will be regenerated and cleansed from the effects of the curse. Thus the universe of God will be purified from the foul blot of sin. Rev. 20; Zech. 14:1-4; 2 Peter 3:7-10. 22. That God will make all things new. The earth, restored to its pristine beauty, will become forever the abode of the saints of the Lord. The promise to Abraham, that through Christ he and his seed should possess the earth throughout the endless ages of eternity, will be fulfilled. The kingdom and dominion and the greatness of the king- dom under the whole heaven will be given to the people of the saints of the Most High, whose kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and all dominions shall serve and obey Him. Christ, the Lord, will reign su- preme and every creature which is in heaven and on the earth and under the earth, and such as are in 'the sea will ascribe blessing and honor and glory and power unto Him that sitteth upon the throne and unto the Lamb forever and ever. Gen. 13:14-17; Rom. 4:13; Heb. 11:8-18; Matt. 5:5; isa. 35; Rev. 21:1-7; Dan. 7:27; Rev. 5:13.