2024 Annual Council Presentations

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LEAD Conference Presentations

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Presentations: Friday, October 11, 2024

• Devotional: “You Shall Have No Other Gods Before Me” by Dan Houghton (Video Link)

• Devotional: “You Shall Not Make for Yourself a Carved Image” by Gonzalo L Pita (Video Link)

  • Presentation Slides (3 MB PDF)

• Life Application of the First and Second Commandments by Mark A Finley (Video Link)

• I Will Go Strategic Plan 2025-2030 by David Trim (Video Link)

  • Presentation Slides (2 MB PDF)

  • I Will Go Booklet (5 MB PDF)

• Three Angels’ Messages Report (Video Link)

  • Children’s Ministries by Orathai Chureson (1 MB PDF)

  • Hope Channel International by Chanmin Chung (848 KB PDF)

• Orientation of General Conference Executive Committee Members by Karnik Doukmetzian and Hensley Moorooven (Video Link)

• Thirteenth Sabbath Offering—Companion Name by Paul H Douglas (Video Link)

• Center for Urban Mission to the Cities by Bledi Leno (Video Link)

  • Presentation Slides (8 MB PDF)

• Adventist Heritage Ministries by Markus Kutzschbach (Video Link)

  • Presentation Slides (16 MB PDF)

• “Returning to Our Roots” by Ted N C Wilson (Video Link)

• “The Heart of the Seventh-day Adventist Message” by Artur A Stele (Video Link)

  • Presentation Slides (3 MB PDF)

• “Harmony and Interdependence of Seventh-day Adventist Beliefs and Mission” by Elias Brasil de Souza (Video Link)

• “The Bible” by Frank M Hasel (Video Link)

• “The Spirit of Prophecy” by Merlin D Burt (Video Link)

  • Presentation Slides (3 MB PDF)

• “Creation: Distinctiveness and Value of the Seventh-day Adventist Message” by Ronald Nalin (Video Link)

  • Presentation Slides (3 MB PDF)

Presentations: Sabbath, October 12, 2024

• Sabbath School Presentation Slides (7 MB PDF)

• Evangelistic Purpose of Sabbath School by James M Howard (Video Link)

• South American Division Sabbath School and Global Total Member Involvement by Edward Heidinger (Video Link)

• Mission Report on Southern Asia Division Global Total Member Involvement by Daniel Ebeneezer (Video Link)

• Alive in Jesus Update by Nina Atcheson (Video Link)

  • Alive in Jesus Website (Link)

• Lesson Study: “Signs of Divinity” by Kameron DeVasher and Mark Howard (Video Link)

  • Adult Bible Study Guide: Signs of Divinity (Link)

  • SSPM App in the Apple App Store (Link)

  • SSPM App in the Google Play Store (Link)

  • AudioVerse Website (Link)

    • AudioVerse App in the Apple App Store (Link)

    • Audio Verse App in the Google Play Store (Link)

  • Sabbath School Talking Points (Link)

• Sermon: “Called to be Faithful” by Ted N C Wilson (Video Link)

  • Presentation Slides (5 MB PDF)

  • Script (184 KB PDF)

  • Testimony by Giorgia Maghelli (Video Link)

• “Sabbath” by Felix H Cortez (Video Link)

  • Presentation Slides (2 MB PDF)

• “Marriage and Sexuality: The Biblical View” by Alberto R Timm (Video Link)

  • Presentation Slides (4 MB PDF)

• “State of the Dead” by Clinton L Wahlen (Video Link)

  • Presentation Slides (3 MB PDF)

• “Sanctuary” by Elias Brasil de Souza (Video Link)

• “Adventist Soteriology: How Does God Save Us?” by John Peckham (Video Link)

  • Presentation Slides (4 MB PDF)

• “The Second Coming: The Fact and Its Importance by Daniel K Bediako (Video Link)

  • Presentation Slides (429 KB PDF)

• Members/Pastors Survey: Trends by Galina Stele (Video Link)

• “United in Message: How We Move from Here” by Ted N C Wilson (Video Link)

• “United in Mission: How We Move from Here” by Erton C Kohler (Video Link)

  • Presentation Slides (6 MB PDF)

• “Harmoniously Moving Forward” by Paul H Douglas (Video Link)

Presentations: Sunday, October 13, 2024

• Devotional: “You Shall Not Take the Name of the Lord in Vain” by Andi Hunsaker (Video Link)

• Devotional: “You Shall Not Steal” by Harold E Butler (Video Link)

• Life Application of the Third and Eighth Commandments by Mark A Finley (Video Link)

• Secretary’s Report by Erton C Kohler (Video Link)

  • Presentation Slides (52 MB PDF)

  • Adventist Statistics Website (Link)

• Adventist Possibility Ministries Report by E Douglas Venn (Video Link)

  • Presentation Slides (1 MB PDF)

• Prophecy Odyssey Report by Doug Batchelor (Video Link)

• Adventist University of Africa Report by Vincent R Injety (Video Link)

• Adventist International Institute of Advanced Studies (AIIAS) Report by Ginger Ketting-Weller (Video Link)

  • Presentation Slides (5 MB PDF)

• Hope Channel Constituency Meeting Report (Video Link)

  • Presentation Slides (7 MB PDF)

• Adventist World Radio Constituency Meeting Report (Video Link)

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

  • Presentation Slides (559 KB PDF)

• Special Public Affairs and Religious Liberty Brochure by Ganoune H Diop and Nelu Burcea (Video Link)

• Adventist Development and Relief Agency International Members Meeting Report (Video Link)

  • Presentation Slides (4 MB PDF)

• Executive Committee Member Orientation by Karnik Doukmetzian and Hensley M Moorooven (Video Link)

  • Presentation Slides (3 MB PDF)

• Selections from Counsels on Diet and Foods (Video Link)

  • Counsels on Diet and Foods by Ellen G White (Link)

Presentations: Monday, October 14, 2024

• Devotional: “Honor Your Father and Your Mother” by Kathryn L Proffitt (Video Link)

  • Presentation Slides (2 MB PDF)

• Devotional: “You Shall Not Kill” by Neil Nedley (Video Link)

• Life Application of the Fifth and Sixth Commandments by Mark A Finley (Video Link)

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

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

  • Presentation Slides (4 MB PDF)

• The Adventist Health Message: Is It Worth It? by Peter N Landless (Video Link)

  • Presentation Slides (420 KB PDF)

• Special Appreciation: Peter N Landless (Video Link)

• Health Food Involvement in I Will Go: Sahmyook Foods (Video Link)

  • Presentation Slides (4 MB PDF)

• Health Ministries and Loma Linda University Health Report by Peter N Landless and Richard H Hart (Video Link)

  • Presentation Slides (18 MB PDF)

• Policy Agenda by Hensley M Moorooven (Video Link)

• Church Manual Agenda by Gerson P Santos (Video Link)

• Dedication of Ellen G White Estate Vault Annex and James R Nix Collection (Video Link)

Presentations: Tuesday, October 15, 2024

• Devotional: “You Shall Not Commit Adultery: Hate in Action” by Irene M Tarigan (Video Link)

  • Presentation Slides (4 MB PDF)

• Devotional: “Remember the Sabbath Day to Keep it Holy” by Adedeji Adeleke (Video Link)

  • Presentation Slides (882 KB PDF)

• Life Application of the Seventh and Fourth Commandments by Mark A Finley (Video Link)

• Global Total Member Involvement Harvest Events: Papua New Guinea for Christ (Video Link)

  • Presentation Links (24 MB PDF)

• Global Total Member Involvement Harvest Events: East-Central Africa Division Impact 2025 (Video Link)

• Global Total Member Involvement Harvest Events: Adventist World Radio and Rwanda 2025 (Video Link)

• Global Total Member Involvement 2025-2030 (Video Link)

• Global Total Member Involvement Global Bible School (Video Link)

  • Presentation Slides (9 MB PDF)

• Andrews University: 150th Anniversary by John Wesley Taylor V (Video Link)

  • Presentation Slides (44 MB PDF)

• Selections from Last Day Events (Video Link)

  • Last Day Events by Ellen G White (Link)

• Constitution and Bylaws Agenda by Hensley M Moorooven (Video Link)

• Policy Agenda by Hensley M Moorooven (Video Link)

• Adventist Risk Management Report by James S Winegardner (Video Link)

• Church Manual Agenda by Gerson P Santos (Video Link)

Presentations: Wednesday, October 16, 2024

• Devotional: “You Shall Not Bear False Witness Against Your Neighbor” by Marie Augstine Joseph Jasmin (Video Link)

  • Presentation Slides (4 MB PDF)

• Devotional: “You Shall Not Covet: The Cancer of Covetousness” by Philip R Mills (Video Link)

  • Presentation Slides (230 KB PDF)

• Life Application of the Ninth and Tenth Commandments by Mark A Finley (Video Link)

• 150th Anniversary of Mission Report (Video Link)

  • Presentation Slides (2 MB PDF)

• Church Manual Agenda by Gerson P Santos (Video Link)

• VividFaith Report by Fylvia F Kline (Video Link)

  • Presentation Slides (1 MB PDF)

• Seventh-day Adventist Understanding of the Biblical Trinity (Video Link)

  • Presentation Slides (4 MB PDF)

• Adventist World Radio and Hope Channel International Evangelism Plans (Video Link)

• Translations of Ellen G White Books: Sharing the Gift of Light (Video Link)

  • Presentation Slides (5 MB PDF)

  • Translate Ellen G White (Link)

• SULADS: Socio-economic Uplift, Literacy, Anthropological, and Developmental Services Report (Video Link)

• South Philippine Union Conference—Reorganization (Video Link)

• North Philippine Union Conference—Reorganization (Video Link))

  • Presentation Slides (1 MB PDF)

• Northern Ghana Union Conference—Reorganization (Video Link)

  • Presentation Slides (1 MB PDF)

• Cameroon Union Mission—Reorganization (Video Link)

  • Presentation Slides (1 MB PDF)

• Sudan Field—Transfer (Video Link)

• South Central American Union Mission—Reorganization (Video Link)

Videos of Full Meetings

Friday, October 11, 2024, 8:00 a.m.

Friday, October 11, 2024,6:30 p.m.

Sabbath, October 12, 2024, 9:00 a.m.

Sabbath, October 12, 2024, 2:00 p.m.

Sunday, October 13, 2024, 8:00 a.m.

Sunday, October 13, 2024, 2:00 p.m.

Monday, October 14, 2024, 8:00 a.m.

Monday, October 14, 2024, 2:00 p.m.

Tuesday, October 15, 2024, 8:00 a.m.

Tuesday, October 15, 2024, 2:00 p.m.

Wednesday, October 16, 2024, 8:00 a.m.