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• GENERAL CONFERENCE COMMITTEE
94-411
December 20, 1994, 9:00 a.m.
MEMBERS PRESENT
Matthew A Bediako (Ch), Athal H Tolhurst (Sec), Roy Adams, Malcolm J Allen,
Ronald E Appenzeller, Karl H Bahr, Rosa T Banks, Harold W Baptiste, Richard E Barron,
Bert B Beach, Enrique Becerra, S Peter Campbell, Jose Luis Campos, G Tom Carter,
Donald E Crane, James A Cress, George H Crumley, Robert L Dale, Rajmund Dabrowski,
Robert S Folkenberg, Philip S Follett, John M Fowler, Erwin R Gane, Reo Ganson, Paul A
Gordon, Clarence Hodges, Donald Jacobsen, William G Johnsson, David E Johnston,
Gerry D Karst, Herbert Kiesler, Robert J Kloosterhuis, Alfred C McClure, Kenneth J
Mittleider, J David Newman, Robert E Osborn, Rose M Otis, Ruth E Parish, Gary B
Patterson, Walter L Pearson Jr, Leo Ranzolin, Humberto M Rasi, G Edward Reid,
Rowena R Rick, Donald E Robinson, Gary M Ross, Michael L Ryan, Monte Sahlin, Joel
Sarli, Walter Scragg, Agripino C Segovia, William H Shea, John M Stephenson, Elizabeth A
Sterndale, Owen A Troy Jr, Mario Veloso, Juan Carlos Viera, Martin Weber, Albert S
Whiting, Myron K Widmer, Neal C Wilson, Kenneth H Wood, F Donald Yost, Samuel
Young, F Martin Ytreberg.
PRAYER Roy Adams, S Peter Campbell, Neal C Wilson
GCC to MAB
DENNIS, DAVID D—REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL TIME TO

PRODUCE EVIDENCE
David D Dennis appeared before the General Conference Executive Committee to

make a statement and to request that he be given an additional 30 days to produce more
evidence to support his position. Following his departure from the committee room, it was
VOTED, To consider the documentary evidence available, and then to take a vote
regarding the request of David D Dennis for an additional 30 days to produce evidence.
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94-412
December 20, 1994 - GCC
GCC to MAB
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ADJOURNMENT FOR LUNCH
At 12:00 it was
VOTED, To adjourn one hour for lunch.
Robert E Osborn opened the afternoon session with prayer.
GCC to MAB
DENNIS, DAVID D—DENIAL OF REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL

TIME TO PRODUCE EVIDENCE
VOTED, To deny the request of David D Dennis for an additional 30 days to

produce evidence.
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Humberto Rasi requested that it be recorded that he voted against the above motion.
Preceding the final vote by secret ballot, Walter L Pearson Jr offered prayer.
ADCOM/GCC to AHT
DENNIS, DAVID D—REMOVED AS DIRECTOR OF THE

GENERAL CONFERENCE AUDITING SERVICE
Based on allegations of moral misconduct brought against David D Dennis, which

were unrelated to his professional work as an auditor, a five-member Panel of Inquiry was
established to review the charges. This panel reported its findings to the General Conference
Administrative Committee on December 19, 1994. After hearing the report, ADCOM voted
the following recommendations to the General Conference Executive Committee.
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• 1.
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GCC - December 20, 1994
To receive the report of the Panel of Inquiry relative to David D Dennis. A

copy of the report is filed with the official copy of the minutes.
2. To release David D Dennis as Director of the General Conference Auditing

Service and to terminate his denominational employment, effective immediately. Final
settlement will be made according to policy.
3. To withdraw David D Dennis' ministerial credentials, and to record that by his

conduct he has made void his ordination.
After considering these recommendations, it was
VOTED, 1. To remove David D Dennis as Director of the General Conference

Auditing Service,
2. To terminate his denominational employment, effective immediately,
3. To make final settlement with David D Dennis according to policy,
4. To withdraw David D Dennis' ministerial credentials, and
5. To record that by his conduct David D Dennis has made void his ordination.
(The above action was voted by a 73 percent majority.)
94YE/ADCOM/GCC to HWB
HODGES, CLARENCE E—DIRECTOR, PUBLIC AFFAIRS AND

RELIGIOUS LIBERTY DEPARTMENT, NORTH AMERICAN
DIVISION - ELECTION
VOTED, To elect Clarence E Hodges as Director, Public Affairs and Religious

Liberty Department, North American Division.
SEC/ADCOM/GCC to LCC
GENERAL CONFERENCE SESSION - 1995—TWENTY PERCENT

ALLOCATION
VOTED, To approve the allocation of delegates at large for the 1995 General
Conference Session, based on the twenty percent discretionary quota, as follows:
94-414
December 20, 1994 - GCC
Adventist Media Center (9): Benson, Rodney A

•
Finley, Mark A
Hollingsead, Gladys
Johnson, Bill
Judd, Warren D
Matthews, Daniel G
Melashenko, E Lonnie
Peverini, Milton
Vandeman, George E
Andrews University (6): Gibson, Annetta M

Greig, F Estella
Hoilett, Newton W
Kootsey, J Mailen
Minder, Warren E
Vyhmeister, Werner K
Loma Linda University (2):
Loma Linda University Medical Center (1):

Carter, Ronald
Murdoch, Lamont
Moorhead, J David
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EAD/ADCOM/GCC to MTB
SOUTH-EAST AFRICA UNION MISSION—NAME CHANGE TO

MALAWI UNION MISSION
At the request of the Eastern Africa Division, it was
VOTED, 1. To change the name of the South-East Africa Union Mission to the
Malawi Union Mission, effective January 1, 1995.
2. To record that the following field name changes have been approved by the
Eastern Africa Division:
North Lake Field to the North Malawi Field

Central Lake Field to the Central Malawi Field
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South Lake Field to the South Malawi Field
• 94-415
GCC - December 20, 1994
ADCOM/GCC to RJK
KORFF, ERIC A—INTERIM DIRECTOR, GENERAL CONFERENCE

AUDITING SERVICE - ELECTION
VOTED, To elect Eric A Korff as interim Director of the General Conference

Auditing Service until the 1995 General Conference Session.
TRE/ADCOM/GCC to KHB
GENERAL CONFERENCE SESSION - 1995—PER DIEM

ALLOWANCE
VOTED, To modify the Schedule of 1995 General Conference Session Allowances to

indicate that the per diem when one meal is provided will be $27. A revised chart of
•
allowances is filed with the official copy of the minutes.
SEC/ADCOM/GCC to AHT
GENERAL CONFERENCE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE (GCC-S)--

MEMBERSHIP ADJUSTMENT
VOTED, To adjust the membership of the General Conference Executive Committee

(GCC-S) as follows:
Delete Liu, Richard
(Charles B Hirsch was present for the morning session, and Walter E Carson and Roger
Weiss were present both morning and afternoon.)
Adjourned.
• Matthew A Bediako, Chairman

Athal H Tolhurst, Secretary
Carol Rasmussen, Recording Secretary
General Conference al'
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PERSONNEL FACT FINDING COMMITTEE
(Ecclesiastical Panel of Inquiry)
Monday, December 12, 1994
General Conference, Silver Spring, Maryland
This Panel of Inquiry, in executive session, upon careful consideration of the case
involving versus David D Dennis, is making the following
recommendation:
That upon considering the charges of , witnesses called by her,

and upon careful reflection on the documents presented at that hearing, and after giving equal
consideration to the defense of David D Dennis to these charges and hearing witnesses called
by him, and considering the documents presented on his behalf, it is this panel's finding that
the allegations of are true. Therefore, we conclude David D Dennis
did engage in sexual misconduct with the said in a manner
inconsistent with and unbecoming to an ordained minister and elected official of the Seventh-
day Adventist Church,
Charles Hirsch, Chairman
Richard Barron
Ruth Komarniski
Rowena R Rick
Roger Weiss

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• GENERAL CONFERENCE COMMITTEE

December 20, 1994, 9:00 a.m.

PRAYER Roy Adams, S Peter Campbell, Neal C Wilson

DENNIS, DAVID D—REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL TIME TO

David D Dennis appeared before the General Conference Executive Committee to

VOTED, To adjourn one hour for lunch.

Robert E Osborn opened the afternoon session with prayer.

DENNIS, DAVID D—DENIAL OF REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL

VOTED, To deny the request of David D Dennis for an additional 30 days to

DENNIS, DAVID D—REMOVED AS DIRECTOR OF THE

Based on allegations of moral misconduct brought against David D Dennis, which

To receive the report of the Panel of Inquiry relative to David D Dennis. A

2. To release David D Dennis as Director of the General Conference Auditing

3. To withdraw David D Dennis' ministerial credentials, and to record that by his

After considering these recommendations, it was

VOTED, 1. To remove David D Dennis as Director of the General Conference

2. To terminate his denominational employment, effective immediately,

3. To make final settlement with David D Dennis according to policy,

4. To withdraw David D Dennis' ministerial credentials, and

(The above action was voted by a 73 percent majority.)

HODGES, CLARENCE E—DIRECTOR, PUBLIC AFFAIRS AND

VOTED, To elect Clarence E Hodges as Director, Public Affairs and Religious

GENERAL CONFERENCE SESSION - 1995—TWENTY PERCENT

Adventist Media Center (9): Benson, Rodney A

Andrews University (6): Gibson, Annetta M

Loma Linda University (2):

Loma Linda University Medical Center (1):

SOUTH-EAST AFRICA UNION MISSION—NAME CHANGE TO

At the request of the Eastern Africa Division, it was

North Lake Field to the North Malawi Field

KORFF, ERIC A—INTERIM DIRECTOR, GENERAL CONFERENCE

VOTED, To elect Eric A Korff as interim Director of the General Conference

GENERAL CONFERENCE SESSION - 1995—PER DIEM

VOTED, To modify the Schedule of 1995 General Conference Session Allowances to

GENERAL CONFERENCE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE (GCC-S)--

VOTED, To adjust the membership of the General Conference Executive Committee

Delete Liu, Richard

• Matthew A Bediako, Chairman

PERSONNEL FACT FINDING COMMITTEE

(Ecclesiastical Panel of Inquiry)

Monday, December 12, 1994

General Conference, Silver Spring, Maryland

That upon considering the charges of , witnesses called by her,

Charles Hirsch, Chairman

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