<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Rajmund Dabrowski</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:dabrowskir@gc.adventist.org">dabrowskir@gc.adventist.org</a>></span><br>
Date: 2007/5/21<br>Subject: Your enquiry<br>To: <a href="mailto:stephen.korsman@gmail.com">stephen.korsman@gmail.com</a><br><br><br><div style="">Dear Mr. Korsman<div><br></div><div>In reference to your enquiry, statements and other documents, including guidelines, are discussed and adopted by appropriate Church bodies, such as the Executive Committee of the General Conference of the Seventh-day Adventist Church. Between the quinquennial sessions of the world Church, the Executive Committee is the Church's highest authority to conduct Church business. The referenced document on abortion comes with the authority of the Church and constitutes the Church's official approval of these guidelines.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Blessings.</div><div><br></div><div>--<font face="Helvetica">Rajmund Dabrowski</font></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><font face="Helvetica">Communication Director</font></div><div style="margin: 0px;">
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<div><br></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="white-space: pre;"> </span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><font face="Helvetica">From: </font><font face="Helvetica"><a href="mailto:stephen.korsman@gmail.com" target="_blank">stephen.korsman@gmail.com</a></font></div>
<div style="margin: 0px;"><font face="Helvetica"><b>Date: </b></font><font face="Helvetica">May 20, 2007 5:02:28 AM EDT</font></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><font face="Helvetica"><b>To: </b></font><font face="Helvetica"><a href="mailto:info@nadadventist.org" target="_blank">info@nadadventist.org</a></font></div>
<div style="margin: 0px;"><font face="Helvetica"><b>Subject: </b></font><font face="Helvetica"><b>WebSite Contact</b></font></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><font face="Helvetica"><b>Reply-To: </b></font><font face="Helvetica"><a href="mailto:stephen.korsman@gmail.com" target="_blank">stephen.korsman@gmail.com</a></font></div>
<div style="margin: 0px; min-height: 16px;"><br></div><div style="margin: 0px;">Hi</div><div style="margin: 0px; min-height: 16px;"><br></div><div style="margin: 0px;">Could you please enlighten me as to who has the authority to formulate official Adventist teaching?</div>
<div style="margin: 0px; min-height: 16px;"><br></div><div style="margin: 0px;">Specifically, are the guidelines on abortion, as posted at <a href="http://www.adventist.org/beliefs/guidelines/main_guide1.html" target="_blank">http://www.adventist.org/beliefs/guidelines/main_guide1.html</a> official Adventist guidelines, or merely guidelines set out by a committee NOT able to formulate official teaching without the consent of a world-wide conference?</div>
<div style="margin: 0px; min-height: 16px;"><br></div><div style="margin: 0px;">The text states at the bottom, "These guidelines were approved and voted by the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists Executive Committee at the Annual Council session in Silver Spring, Maryland, October 12, 1992."</div>
<div style="margin: 0px; min-height: 16px;"><br></div><div style="margin: 0px;">Was this committee authorised to formulate official Adventist guidelines, or are these only official in the USA, or one specific area of the USA?</div>
<div style="margin: 0px; min-height: 16px;"><br></div><div style="margin: 0px;">Thanks!</div><div style="margin: 0px;">Stephen</div><div style="margin: 0px; min-height: 16px;"><br></div><div style="margin: 0px; min-height: 16px;">
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