An historic meeting of administrative leaders of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in North America met near Dulles Airport outside of Washington, D.C., May 13-15, to discuss the future of the church and its structure, organization, and mission.
At yesterday's constituency session, Ron Halvorsen Jr., was elected president of the Ohio Conference and Oswaldo Magaña was elected executive secretary. A new treasurer was also elected.
A recent Supreme Court decision (5-4) ruled it permissible to continue opening public town meetings with a prayer from a “chaplain of the month.” Justice Anthony Kennedy said, “ceremonial prayer is but a recognition that ...