"We talk of telling the world [about the gospel], but sometimes we can't even summon the enthusiasm to tell the person sitting next to us on the plane," said Gary Krause, Adventist Mission director for the Seventh-day Adventist world church.
"Who defines our attitudes? Clearly Jesus Christ alone does it -- He who never sought favors and never became politically indebted to anyone! That is how it must be in our church."
Nearly 300 global leaders of the Seventh-day Adventist Church are gathered in Silver Spring, Maryland, to begin the 2006 Annual Council of the church's Executive Committee.
Nearly 300 registered delegates to the Seventh-day Adventist world church's fall Annual Council were given vivid reminders of the important contributions of lay ministries to the outreach work of Adventists around the world.
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If you were a part of a faith community of 500,000 and there were only 13 representative church buildings in use in your country, you would likely consider the prospect of 1001 new churches a heaven-sent one.