2023 Annual Council Presentations

Annual Council Agenda

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• View the 2023 Church Manual agenda.

LEAD Conference Presentations

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Presentations: Friday, October 6, 2023

• Devotional: “Chosen” by James S Winegardner (Video Link)

• Future Plans Working Group: World Church’s Strategic Plan – 2025-2030 (Video Link)

  • Looking Back, Looking Ahead by David Trim (3 MB PDF)

  • Mission Refocus: A Variety of Methods by Gary D Krause (3 MB PDF)

• Adventist Review/Adventist World Report by Justin Kim (Video Link)

  • Report Video (Video Link)

  • Presentation Slides (3 MB PDF)

• Three Angels’ Messages Report (Video Link)

  • Children’s Ministries Resources (Video Link)

    • Three Angels and You Bible Studies (Link)

• 150th Anniversary of Mission by David Trim (Video Link)

  • Presentation Slides (3 MB PDF)

  • Mission 150 Program (Link)

  • VividFaith (Link)

Presentations: Sabbath, October 7, 2023

• Sabbath School Presentations (11 MB PDF)

  • Mission Report by Nina Atcheson (Video Link)

  • SSPM App in the Apple App Store (Link)

  • SSPM App in the Google Play Store (Link)

• Hope Sabbath School with Derek J Morris (Video Link)

  • Hope Sabbath School Lesson Outline: God’s Mission—My Mission (87 KB PDF)

  • Adult Bible Study Guide: God’s Mission to Us (Link)

• “Chosen for Mission” by Ted N C Wilson (Video Link)

  • Presentation Slides (6 MB PDF)

• Global Total Member Involvement Presentations (22 MB PDF)

  • The 10,000 Toes Campaign (Link)

  • Sidewalk Evangelism (Link)

Presentations: Sunday, October 8, 2023, 9:00 a.m.

• Prayer of the Lord’s Messenger (Video Link)

  • Prayer of the Lord’s Messenger Booklet (825 KB PDF)

• Secretary’s Report (Video Link)

  • Report Video (Video Link)

  • Presentation Slides (35 MB PDF)

  • Adventist Statistics (Link)

  • Adventist Research (Link)

• Youth Ministries Report by Sibusiso B Khumalo (Video Link)

  • Report Video (Video Link)

• Geoscience Research Institute Report by Ronald Nalin (Video Link)

  • Presentation Slides (6 MB PDF)

• Communication Report (Video Link)

  • Presentation Slides (10 MB PDF)

• New Sabbath School Curriculum: Alive in Jesus (Video Link)

  • Presentation Slides (12 MB PDF)

  • Alive in Jesus Brochure (4 MB PDF)

  • Alive in Jesus Website (Link)

• Hope Channel International Constituency Meeting Report (Video Link)

  • Report Video (Video Link)

Presentations: Monday, October 9, 2023, 8:00 a.m.

• Devotional: “Does the Fire Still Burn?” by Richard E McEdward (Video Link)

• Treasurer’s Report by Paul H Douglas (Video Link)

  • Presentation Slides (6 MB PDF)

• General Conference Auditing Service Report by Robyn W Kajiura (Video Link)

  • Presentation Slides (3 MB PDF)

• Andrews University Report by John Wesley Taylor V (Video Link)

  • Presentation Slides (11 MB PDF)

• Global TMI: Disciple-Making Evangelism and Harvest 25 (Video Link)

  • Presentation Slides (13 MB PDF)

  • Global TMI Church Planner-English (33 MB PDF)

  • Global TMI Church Planner-Spanish (8 MB PDF)

  • Global TMI Website (Link)

• Orientation of GC Executive Committee Members, Part 1 by Hensley M Moorooven and Karnik Doukmetzian (Video Link)

• ADRA International Annual Membership Meeting Report (Video Link)

  • Report Video (Video Link)

  • Presentation Slides (1 MB PDF)

• Adventist World Radio Constituency Meeting (Link)

  • Adventist World Radio App in the Apple Store (Link)

• Back to the Altar Report (Video Link)

  • Report Video (Video Link)

  • Promotion Video (Video Link)

  • Ten Days of Prayer Postcard (629 KB PDF)

    • Ten Days of Prayer Website (Link)

  • Back to the Altar Website (Link)

  • The Way Back to the Altar by Don MacLafferty (3 MB PDF)

  • Back to the Altar Discipleship Bookmark (344 KB PDF)

  • Back to the Altar Digital Balance Bookmark (191 KB PDF)

  • Revival and Reformation Bible Study Bookmark (284 KB PDF)

  • God Still Lives by Don MacLafferty (3 MB PDF)

  • Ministry Magazine October 2023 (5 MB PDF)

Presentations: Tuesday, October 10, 2023

• International Religious Liberty Association Constituency Meeting Report by Ganoune H Diop (Video Link)

  • Presentation Slides (796 KB PDF)

• “Hope for Africa in the East-Central Africa Division (Video Link)

• The Reminded Project by Peter Landless and Torben Bergland (Video Link)

  • Report Video (Video Link)

  • The Reminded Project Website (Link)

• Adventist HealthCare: Strategic Alignment by Terry Forde (Video Link)

  • Presentation Slides (4 MB PDF)

• Children’s Ministries Report by Orathai Chureson (Video Link)

  • Report Video (Video Link)

  • Faith Finders Website (Link)

  • Armor of God App Promotion (Video Link)

    • Armor of God App in the Apple Store (Link)

    • Armor of God App in the Google Play Store (Link)

• I Will Go! West-Central Africa Division Report by Robert Osei-Bonsu (Video Link)

  • Report Video (Video Link)

• Orientation of GC Executive Committee Members, Part 2 by Hensley M Moorooven and Karnik Doukmetzian (Video Link)

  • Presentation Slides, Part 1 and 2 (3 MB PDF)

• Mission to the Cities Report by Bledi Leno (Video Link)

  • Presentation Slides (6 MB PDF)

  • Mission to the Cities Website (Link)

• South Sudan Attached Territory—New Union Mission by Geoffrey G Mbwana, Elbert Kuhn, and George O Egwakhe (Video Link)

  • Presentation Slides (2 MB PDF)

• South Philippine Union Conference—Reorganization by Geoffrey G Mbwana and Saw Samuel (3 MB PDF)

  • Presentation Slides (3 MB PDF)

Presentations: Wednesday, October 11, 2023

• Devotional: “The Everlasting Message of Peace in Israel by D Daniel Stojanovic (Video Link)

• The Great Controversy: 2025 Missionary Book of the Year by Almir M Marroni (Video Link)

  • Presentation Slides (9 MB PDF)

• Global Mission Report: Center for Secular and Post-Christian Mission by Kleber Goncalves (Video Link)

  • Presentation Slides (17 MB PDF)

• Guideline for Online Churches by Ramon J Canals and Samuel H Neves (Video Link)

• Orientation of GC Executive Committee Members by Hensley M Moorooven and Tamara K Boward (Video Link)

• Human Sexuality Website Announcement by Maurice R Valentine and Audrey E Andersson (Video Link)

• Spirit of Prophecy Reading: Testimonies for the Church, Volume 5, Brotherly Love pp 167-177 (Video Link)

Videos of Full Meetings

Friday, October 6, 2023, 8:00 a.m.

Sabbath, October 7, 2023, 9:00 a.m.

Sabbath, October 7, 2023, 2:30 p.m.

Sunday, October 8, 2023, 9:00 a.m.

Sunday, October 8, 2023, 2:00 p.m.

Monday, October 9, 2023, 8:00 a.m.

Monday, October 9, 2023, 2:00 p.m.

Tuesday, October 10, 2023, 9:00 a.m.

Tuesday, October 10, 2023, 2:00 p.m.

Wednesday, October 11, 2023, 8:00 a.m.