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GENERAL CONFERENCE COMMITTEE

December 6, 1990, 10:00 a.m.

MEMBERS PRESENT

Robert S Folkenberg (Ch), Harold W Baptiste (Sec), M J Allen,

R E Appenzeller, W Conn Arnold, Rosa T Banks, B B Beach, W Floyd
Bresee, C D Brooks, Shirley Burton, G Tom Carter, Larry R Colburn,
D E Crane, G H Crumley, Eric C Fehlberg, D F Gilbert, Charles J
Griffin, B E Jacobs, Warren L Johns, Murray E Joiner, Herbert Kiesler,
K J Mittleider, W L Murrill, J David Newman, R E Osborn, Gary B
Patterson, Humberto M Rasi, G W Reid, Rowena R Rick, Gary M Ross,
A C Segovia, William H Shea, Calvin Smith, Virginia Smith,
Elizabeth A Sterndale, Michael H Stevenson, John M Stephenson,
G Ralph Thompson, M A Tyner, Mario Veloso, Alan W White,
Ted N C Wilson, K H Wood, F Donald Yost.

PRAYER REQUESTS
Prayer was requested for C E Bracebridge who is in the hospital
and Herbert Hohensee who lost his wife, mother, and a brother-in-law in
an automobile accident. Prayer was offered by K H Wood.

MINUTES of the meeting held November 29, 1990 were approved.

GCO/GCC to GRT
GENERAL CONFERENCE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE--ELECTIVE MEMBERS

VOTED, To elect the following as members of the General

Conference Executive Committee as provided for in the General
Conference Constitution, Article V, Section 1-b:

James, David C - General Conference Staff

Ferguson, Charles - Minister, North Pacific Union

Komarniski, Ruth - Layperson, North Pacific Union

OVERSEAS ELECTIVE MEMBERS

Eastern Africa Division Gombwa, R J, Layperson

Euro-Africa Division Guenin, Patrick, Layperson
Far Eastern Division Aleman, Fortunato, Layperson
Inter-American Division Martinez, Kethy, Layperson
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South Pacific Division Goodin, D P, Layperson

USSR Division Gritsuk, Galina, Layperson

GCO/GCC to LR

GC HEALTH AND TEMPERANCE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR--

PATRICIA MUTCH - APPOINTMENT

VOTED, To appoint Patricia Mutch as Assistant Director of the

General Conference Health and Temperance Department.

GCO/GCC to FGT

SPD DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION DIRECTOR--

LESTER DEVINE - ELECTION

VOTED, To elect Lester Devine as Director of the Department of

Education for the South Pacific Division.

GCO/GCC to TNCW

EUD PUBLISHING DIRECTOR-PAUL BLEECKX - RUCTION

VOTED, To elect Paul Bleeckx as Director of the Publishing

Department for the Euro-Africa Division.

GCO/GCC to TNCW

SOUTHERN ASIA DIVISION FLPCTIONS

VOTED, To elect the following individuals to positions in the

Southern Asia Division:

Field Secretary, Owen Austin Troy

Communication Director, D S Poddar
Ministerial Association Secretary, P V Jesudas
Publishing Director, T K Joseph

GCO/GCC to CBR

JOURNAL OF ADVENTIST EDUCATION, EDITOR--

BEVERLY RUMBLE - APPOINTMENT

VOTED, To appoint Beverly Rumble as Editor of the Journal of

Adventist Education.
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CA/GCC to SEC

COMMITTEE ON APPOINTERS

VOTED, To approve the following report of the Committee on

Appointees:

Appointments
Hernandez, Edwin Ivan (Miami, FL)--Teacher, Religion Dept,
Antillian Adv Col, Puerto Rico (IAD)
Matthews, Neville Osborne (GC)--President, Spicer Memorial Col,
India (SUD)
Troy, Owen Austin (NAD)--Field Secy, Southern Asia Division

Calls and Transfers Between Divisions

Music Teacher (SAD)—Call of IAD for Colombia Adv U, Colombia
Myers, Kenneth (SPD)--Call of FED as Developer-Manager, Health
Food Industry, Thailand
Nurse (EUD)—Request of AID for Adv Orphanage, Rwanda Un Mission,
AVS basis, 1 yr
Nursing Instructor (EUD)--Call of AID for Mugonero School of
Nursing, Rwanda
Pastoral Assistant-Evangelist (EUD)—Request of AID for Mauritius
Conf, Indian Ocean Un Mission, AVS/SVA basis, 2 yrs
Pollin, Maurice (EUD)--To record acceptance of open call as
Principal, Gitwe Col, Rwanda (AID)
Rhiner Rostan, Ruben Alcides (SAD)--Call of AID as Physician/
Surgeon, Masanga Hosp, Sierra Leone
Riches, Robin (TED)--Change of position voted Nov 21, 90 from Dept
Director, Southern Asia Division to President, Central Indian
Un (SUD)
Undrits, Margareta (EUD)--Call of USSRD to serve as Greek Language
Teacher, Zaokski SDA Seminary, Tula's Region, USSR, AVS
basis, 12 mos

Releases
Chaddic, James from appt as Administrator, Port-of-Spain Adv Hosp,
Trinidad (IAD) Financial Difficulties
de Sousa Matias, Jorge Alberto (SAD) from call as Administrator,
Songa Mission Station, Zaire (AID) Budgetary Considerations
District Director-Pastor (EUD) open call for Moundou, Chad,
C African Un Mission (AID) Budgetary Considerations

Permanent Returns
Davenport, James Ellis, System Analyst-Programmer, Eastern Africa
Division, Zimbabwe (EAD) to NAD, Assignment Completed, eff
Feb 91
Dybdahl, Jon Lee, Vice President, Thailand Mission Col (FED) to
NAD, Call of General Conf to Andrews U, eff Sep 90
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Dysinger, Edwin Paul, Community Development Director, ADRA Sudan

(MEU) to NAD, Assignment Completed, eff Oct 90
Gustin, Penny Jo (dtr, Patricia Jo Gustin, Ekamai English Language
School, Thailand) (FED) to NAD, Education, eff Jan 91
Mitchell, Gerald Alexander Jr, Physician/Oral Surgeon, Guam SDA
Clinic (FED) to NAD, Personal, eff Mar 91
Zukovski, Joel Jr (son, Joel Zukovski, Inter-American Food
Company, Miami, FL) (IAD) to SAD, Personal, eff Dec 90

ADCOM/GCC to MAB

INTERDIVISION TRAVEL

VOTED, To approve the following interdivision travel:

1. GENERAL CONFERENCE STAFF

ADRA

Bing, Pamela Africa-Indian Ocean Division,

Dec 6-19, 1990 to conduct a
program review and spot audit
in Ghana. Travel will be paid
from the Strengthening Grant.

Flemmer, Kenneth D Middle East Union, Jan 3-21,

1991 to work with ADRA
Directors and to prepare
proposals in Egypt and Jordan.

Gainer, R I Euro-Africa Division,

Dec 14-21, 1990 to attend the
EUD ADRA Board meeting and to
work with the Italian Union
officers on the new Italian
program.

Jenson, William H Euro-Africa Division,

Jan 26-Feb 15, 1991 to hold a
Strategic Planning Workshop in
Mozambique and to design a
potential program in Angola.
Travel will be paid from the
Strengthening Grant.

Katrib, Nahla Southern Union Mission,

Dec 8-21, 1990 to assist with

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the project review in Lesotho.
Travel will be paid from the
Matching Grant III.
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Tetz, Raymond D Euro-Africa Division,

Dec 14-21, 1990 to attend the
EUD ADRA Board meeting and to
work with the Italian Union
officers on the new Italian
program.

Tobing, Sharon Inter-American Division,

Feb 17-24, 1991 to evaluate the
Institutional Support Grant
activities in Haiti. Travel
will be paid from the
Institutional Support Grant.

Adventist World Radio

Hodgson, Gregory Trans-European Division,

(AWR-Europe) Jan 14 and 15, 1991 to hold an
AWR consultation in St Albans,
England; June 17-July 26, 1991
to teach a radio course at
Newbold College; and Sept 1-6,
1991 to participate in a radio
workshop in Budapest, Hungary.

Jacobsen, Terje Trans-European Division,

(AWR-Europe) Jan 18-24, 1991 to hold a radio
consultation with the Pakistan
Union in Lahore, Pakistan;
Apr 3-6, 1991 to hold a radio
consultation with the Hungarian
Union in Budapest, Hungary;
Sept 1-6, 1991 to hold an AWR
radio workshop in the Hungarian
Union in Budapest, Hungary;
Sept 29-Oct 6, 1991 to do a
radio evaluation for the
Yugoslavian Union in Belgrade,
Yugoslavia; and Oct 18-24, 1991
to do a radio evaluation for
the Polish Union in Warsaw,
Poland.

Education

Segovia, Agripino C Southern Asia Division,

five weeks in May 1991 to
conduct a Bible Teachers'
Workshop in the SUD Unions.
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Public Affairs and Religious Liberty

Beach, B B Trans-European Division,

May 17-June 2, 1991 to attend
the St Albans Church
Anniversary in London, England;
to visit state officials and
church leaders in Budapest,
Hungary; and to visit
government officials and church
leaders in Iceland; Far Eastern
Division, Sept 1-6, 1991 to
attend the International
Commission for the Prevention
of Alcoholism Congress in Kuala
Lumpur, Malaysia;

Eastern Africa Division,

Sept 8-13, 1991 to attend the
Africa Religious Liberty
Congress in Nairobi, Kenya;
Euro-Africa Division, Sept 16-
29, 1991 to attend the Euro-
Africa Division Advisory
Council and to visit Spain and
Portugal; Euro-Africa
Division, Oct 22-24, 1991 to
attend the Christian World
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Communions meeting in Geneva,
Switzerland;

Trans-European Division,
Oct 25-Nov 3, 1991 to
participate in the
International Religious
Liberty Association chapter
inauguration in Warsaw,
Poland; to attend the Nordic
Religious Liberty Seminar in
Hultafors, Sweden; and to visit
state and church officials in
Helsinki and Turku, Finland.

2. NORTH AMERICAN DIVISION HEADQUARTERS STAFF

Board of Higher Education

Smith, Charles T Jr Euro-Africa Division,

Oct 16-Nov 23, 1991 to visit
and film Colegio Adventista de
Sagunto, Institut du Saleve,
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and Seminar Schloss Bogenhofen

in the interest of Adventist
Colleges Abroad. Expenses will
be paid by Adventist Colleges
Abroad.

3. OTHER DENOMINATIONAL WORKERS

Loma Linda University

Minder, Wallace D Far Eastern Division, Mar 1-

17, 1991 to participate in
academy evaluations and to make
a presentation at the Adventist
International Institute of
Advanced Studies.

North American Division

Duerksen, Richard E Euro-Africa Division,

(Pacific Union College) Oct 16-Nov 3, 1991 to visit
and film the Colegio Adventists
de Saunto, Insitut du Saleve,
and Seminar Schloss Bogenhofen
in the interest of Adventist
Colleges Abroad. Airfare will
be at personal expense, and
Adventist Colleges Abroad will
pay for other incidental
expenses.

Maxwell, Malcolm Euro-Africa Division,

(Pacific Union College) Mar 20-Apr 11,1991 to visit
Colegio Adventista de Saunto,
Insitut du Saleve, and Seminar
Schloss Bogenhofen in the
interest of Adventist Colleges
Abroad. Expenses will be paid
jointly by Pacific Union
College and Adventist Colleges
Abroad.

Vail, Steve Africa-Indian Ocean Division,

Vail, Connie Jan 12-Feb 16, 1991 to conduct
(Amazing Facts) an evangelistic crusade in
Lagos, Nigeria. Travel will be
paid by Amazing Facts.

• Williams, Gerald
(Layperson)
Middle East Union, Dec 12-23,
1990 to meet with government
officials to prepare for church
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properties to be registered in
Turkey and on the Turkish side
of Cyprus. Travel will be paid
from the Office of General
Counsel funds.

4. SPECIALS

North American Division

Bradford, Charles E South Pacific Division,

Bradford, Ethel Sept 2-Oct 6, 1991 to meet
(Retirees) speaking appointments
throughout the Division.
Expenses will be paid by the
South Pacific Division.

Baynal, Andrew Trans-European Division,

(ADRA Consultant) Jan 7-25, 1991 to work on
implementing the Child Survival
Project in Pakistan. Travel
will be paid from the Child
Survival VI Grant.

Maranatha Group South American Division,

(Maranatha Volunteers Int'l) second semester of 1991 to do
construction work at Agro-
Industrial Adventist Trans-
Amazon Academy. Expenses will
be paid by the Maranatha Group.

McClintock, Jim Inter-America Division, May

McClintock, Ann 1991 to participate in the
(Laypersons) 20th anniversary celebration of
"Radio Paraiso." Expenses
will be paid by the West Puerto
Rico Conference.

Euro-Africa Division

Steveny, Georges South Pacific Division,

(Retiree) Dec 13-29, 1990 to conduct an
evangelistic series in French
Polynesia. Travel will be paid
by the French Polynesia
Mission.

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BRI/ADCOM/GCC to FGT

BIBLICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE COMMITTEE (BRICOM) (GCC-S)--

MEMBERSHIPADJUSTMENT

VOTED, To adjust the membership of the Biblical Research

Institute Committee (BRICOM) (GCC-S) as follows:

Add

Kiesler, Herbert, Secretary

Becerra, Enrique (SAD) McClure, A C

Christo, G (SUD) van Bemmelen, P (TED)
Escobar, E (IAD) Vyhmeister, Nancy
Folkenberg, R S Vyhmeister, W K
Gordon, Paul Wilson, Ted N C

Bursey, E Walla Walla College

Davis, D Atlantic Union College
Nelson, Deane Canadian Union College
Roeske, S Union College
Willis, Lloyd Southwestern Adventist College

Delete

Holbrook, F B, Secretary

Bacchiocchi, Samuele Provonsha, J W

Blazen, I T Spangler, J R
Bradford, C E Vine, K L
Economou, E H Watts, R S Jr
Kiesler, Herbert Wilson, Neal C
Lecher, W Richard Winn, Richard
Neall, Beatrice Wood, K H
Oliveira, Enoch Zachary, J H
Olson, R W Zurcher, Jean

Dybdahl, Jon Walla Walla College

Kubo, Sakae Atlantis Union College
Sheppard, Rob Southwestern Adventist College
Trenchard, Warren Canadian Union College

BRI/ADCOM/GCC to FGT
BIBLICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE SCIENCE COUNCIL (BRISCO)
(GCC-S)--MEMBERSHIP ADJUSTMENT
VOTED, To adjust the Biblical Research Institute Science Council
(BRISCO) (GCC-S) as follows:
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Add •
CLAUSEN, B L, Chairman
Muth, Gilbert J, Secretary

Aagaard, Earl M J PUC Johnson, G Gene AUC

Adetumbi, Moses OC Kiesler, Herbert BRI
Baldwin, Dalton D LLU Kloosterhuis, R J GC
Baldwin, John T AU Rasi, Humberto ED
Buttler, Bruce CaUC Rigby, D W WWC
Chilson, Robert A LLU Rock, C B GC
Ekkens, David B SC Roth, Ariel A GRI
Futcher, Anthony CoUC Steen, D A AU
Jaynes, David C MIN Younker, R W AU
Johns, Warren H AU Zuill, Henry UC

Delete
ROTH, ARIEL, Chairman
Kiesler, Herbert, Secretary
Allen, William SC Muth, Gilbert PUC
Anderson, Knut LLU Nyirady, Steve AUC
Bock, L L
Brown, Robert H
Carter, Ronald L
Fisk, Lanny H
GRI
WWC
LLU
Oliveira, Enoch
Olson, R W
Paul, Anthony
Show, D
GC
GC

UC
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Ford, Dwain L Tkachuk, R D LLU
Gladson, Jerry SC Vine, K L LLU
Holbrook, F B Wernick, F W
Holmes, Ivan G LLU Woodland, D W AU
Hughes, W Wm AU

Adjourned.
Robert S Folkenberg, Chairman
Harold W Baptiste, Secretary
Fay Welter, Recording Secretary

04.04-94—

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GENERAL CONFERENCE COMMITTEE

December 13, 1990, 10:00 a.m.

MEMBERS PRESENT

Robert S Folkenberg (Ch), Harold W Baptiste (Sec), Roy Adams,

R E Appenzeller, W Conn Arnold, M T Battle, B B Beach, W Floyd Bresee,
Shirley Burton, S Peter Campbell, Jose Luis Campos, E E Carman,
D E Crane, Eric C Fehlberg, Karen Flowers, P A Gordon, Charles J
Griffin, R R Hegstad, B E Jacobs, Warren L Johns, Gordon Madgwick,
W L Murrill, T R Neslund, J David Newman, R E Osborn, S H Parker,
G L Plubell, Stoy E Proctor, Humberto M Rasi, Rowena R Rick,
D E Robinson, Gary M Ross, A C Segovia, R S Smith, Virginia Smith,
Elizabeth A Sterndale, John M Stephenson, Michael H Stevenson,
G Ralph Thompson, 0 A Troy, M A Tyner, Mario Veloso, A S Whiting,
Myron K Widmer, Ted N C Wilson, F Donald Yost, Samuel Young.

Prayer was offered by J David Newman.

• INTRODUCTIONS

A S Whiting introduced Patricia Mutch, Director of the Institute

of Alcoholism and Drug Dependency and newly appointed Assistant
Director of the Health and Temperance Department; Clarence Omans, a
volunteer in the Health and Temperance Department who recruits
optometrists and ophthalmologists for overseas appointments; and John
Scharffenberg, Director of the Pacific Health Education Center and
consultant for the Health and Temperance Department.

REPORT

E E Carman, Assistant Director of the Health and Temperance

Department of the General Conference, reported on his work of
recruiting dentists for the world field.

There are over 100 dental clinics around the world with
approximately 55 dentists from the North American Division. The
balance are staffed by nationals who can obtain visas in countries
where American-trained dentists cannot serve. Five women are working
overseas under regular appointment. Over 50 percent of the clinics
operated by nationals in the Philippines and Indonesia are staffed by
women. Dental clinics usually generate enough income to cover the
expense of their operation.

• For the most part dental clinics are located in metropolitan

areas. This does not mean that those living in rural areas do not
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have dental needs, but "The Lord desires that moneyed men shall be
converted and act as His helping hand in reaching others. He desires
that those who can help in the work of reform and restoration shall see
the precious light of truth and be transformed in character and led to
use their entrusted capital in His service" (9T 115). These dental
clinics are reaching a class of people we have never been able to reach
before. In many places government officials are patients in our
clinics. The United States Embassy in China sends its personnel to
our clinic in Hong Kong.

Some clinics are located in rural areas. Often these clinics

create so much goodwill that the work of our evangelists is made much
easier as they enter these areas. In Korea dentists go to villages in
the country on weekends, and as a result five churches have been
established where there has never been an Adventist church before. In
Indonesia one dentist arranges his program for the coming year to
include time for him to hold evangelistic meetings in a new area where
he builds a church before he leaves the village.

The dentists are very much concerned with Global Mission. In

Djibouti, East Africa the government donated a piece of property for a
dental clinic and a home; and government personnel in Somalia have also
invited us to establish a clinic there. These are the only two
Uhentered countries in the Eastern Africa Division.

Sole serious problem& have arisen also. In the Far Eastern

Division, Hong Kong will no longer be able to use American-trained
dentists as it takes up to nine months to be licensed there. Taiwan is
Cloied to American debtiatS since the board must be taken in the
Chinese language. Our training program in Taiwan, where our national
dentists went for upgrading, can no longer be operated. It may be
moved to our college in the Philippines. In Okinawa the board
examination is always scheduled on Sabbath. An American dentist can
practice there but only in our hospital, and he may not go out to the
villages.

A major area of concern is that we have no deferred dental

appointees at Loma Linda University. Due to financial constraints,
divisions can no longer give financial help to dental students.

Adventist dentists in North America have been extremely

supportive of the dental program. Each year they take up a mission
offering called YAM—Year-Around Mission Offering. Thus far they have
contributed over $200,000 for projects around the world. This year
they donated $18,000, $6,500 of which is to be sent to South America
far equipment.

Carman 'stated that his has been a work of love for his church, and
he has Ipeen'thiilled to see how dentistry has taken its place in the
aSSicin program of the organization.
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MINUTES of the meeting held December 6, 1990 were approved.

GCO/GCC to DFG

APPROPRIATION FOR SCHEER MEMORIAL HOSPITAL

Scheer Memorial Hospital in Nepal is operating under very crowded

conditions. The beds are always full to capacity with additional
patient beds placed on a porch. There is no room to expand the
hospital on the present site. Recently owners of small parcels of
land adjacent to that owned by the hospital have indicated a
willingness to sell their property to the hospital. It is anticipated
that $200,000 are needed for the purchase of this additional property.
The Southern Asia Division has agreed to appropriate $15,000, and a
private donor has agreed to donate $12,000 toward this project.
VOTED, To appropriate $25,000 from the 1991 Contingency Fund for
Scheer Memorial Hospital toward the purchase of additional property to
provide for expansion of the hospital.

GCO/GCC to RSF
GC PUBLIC AFFAIRS AND RELIGIOUS LIBERTY DEPARTMENT
ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR--SAMUEL YOUNG - ELECTION

VOTED, To elect Samuel Young as Associate Director of the Public

Affairs and Religious Liberty Department of the General Conference.
This is in addition to his previous assignment as Assistant to the
President.

GCO/GCC to CBR

GC DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR- -

MERLENE A OGDEN - ELECTION
VOTED, To elect Merlene A Ogden as Associate Director of the
Department of Education of the General Conference.

GCO/GCC to FGT
PROTOCOL COMMIUM (GCC-S)--MEMBERSHIP ADJUSTMENT

• VOTED, To adjust the membership of the Protocol Committee

(GCC-S) as follows:
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Add Young, Samuel

GCO/GCC to DER

SMITH, PAUL G--EXTENSION OF FINANCIAL PROVISIONS

VOTED, To extend the financial provisions for Paul G Smith to

March 31, 1991 with the understanding that he will take up his duties
in the Church Ministries Department of the Southwestern Union
immediately.

GCO/GCC to DER

MA1THEWS, NEVILLE- -EXTENSION OF FINANCIAL PROVISIONS

VOTED, To extend the financial provisions for Neville Matthews to
January 31, 1991 with the understanding that he will be under
appointment to the Southern Asia Division as of February 1, 1991.

CA/GCC to SEC

COMMITTEE ON APPOINTEES
VOTED, To approve the following report of the Committee on
Appointees:

Appointments
Legall, George P (IAD Natl, Knoxville, TN)--Associate Professor,
Science Dept, Caribbean Un Col, Trinidad (IAD) Natl Returning
Norman, Bruce Richard (Berrien Springs, MI)--Theology Teacher, Adv
Seminary of W Africa, Nigeria (AID)
Wegmuller, Hugo (Lacombe, AB, CAN)--Regularize AVS call voted
Nov 8, 90 as ADRA Director, Guinea-Conakry (AID)

Calls and Transfers Between Divisions

Kobialka, Martin H (EUD) Teacher, Spicer Memorial Col, India,
SUD--Call of MEU to transfer after furlough to Middle East
Col, Lebanon, as Teacher of Biblical Languages & Religion
Mitchell, Glenn Roy (NAD) Director, ADRA Project, Sudan, MEU--Call
of EAD to transfer after furlough to Ethiopian Un, Ethiopia,
as ADRA Director
Torkelsen, Arne (TED)--Call of FED as Physician/General Practice,
Hongkong Adv Hosp

Releases
Layous, Gerard (EUD) from call as Instructor, Burkina Faso Adv
Agricultural Training Ctr, Burkina Faso (AID) Budgetary
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Permanent Returns
Mitchell, Glenn Roy, Director, ADRA Project, Sudan, MEU--Rescind
PR to NAD voted Aug 16, 90, reassigned to EAD
Roth, Ray Lee, Coordinator, Dept of Christian Ministry, Adv
International Institute of Advanced Studies, Philippines
(FED) to NAD, Education, eff Jul 91

BUDGET AND COST CONTROL - MONTHLY REPORT

The budget and cost control report for the month of December was
presented by Don E Robinson.

ADCOM/GCC to MAB

INTERDIVISION TRAVEL

VOTED, To approve the following interdivision travel:

1. GENERAL CONFERENCE STAFF

ADRA

Watts, Ralph S Jr Southern Asia Division, Jan 2-

10, 1991 to negotiate the
acquisition of the Indreni
Soybean Industries in
Kathmandu, Nepal.
Adventist World Radio

Scott, Gregg Trans-European Division,

(AWR-Asia) Jan 18-24, 1991 to participate
in a radio consultation in
Pakistan.
International Health Foods

Fehlberg, Eric C Far Eastern Division, Jan 13-

29, 1991 to visit and to give
counsel to the Sri Lanka Union
of Churches regarding the
establishment of an income-
generating industry.

Office of General Counsel

Nixon, Robert W Southern Asia Division, Jan 2-

10, 1991 to negotiate the
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acquisition of the Indreni

Soybean Industries in
Kathmandu, Nepal; Far Eastern
Division, Jan 10 and 11, 1991
to attend the AWR -Asia
Broadcast Committee in Hong
Kong.

Publishing

Appenzeller, Ronald E Trans-European Division,

May 1-15, 1991 to participate
in the West Nordic Union
training programs for
literature evangelists.

Presidential

Mittleider, Kenneth J Southern Asia Division, Jan 2 -

10, 1991 to negotiate the
acquisition of the Indreni
Soybean Industries in
Kathmandu, Nepal; Far Eastern
Division, Jan 10 and 11, 1991
to attend the AWR-Asia
Broadcast Committee in Hong
Kong.
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Treasury

Rick, Rowena R Trans-European Division,

Jan 11-Feb 4, 1991 to
participate in treasurers'
workshops in Poland, Hungary,
and Yugoslavia.

2. OTHER DENOMINATIONAL WORKERS

Andrews University

Miles, Norman Inter-American Division,

Dec 26-30, 1990 to speak at the
Central Jamaica Conference Camp
Meeting. Travel will be paid
by the Central Jamaica
Conference.

Canadian Union Conference

Lazarus, Frankie
(Ontario Conference)
Trans-European Division,
Sept 1-21, 1991 to speak at the
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Huddersfield evangelistic
campaign. Expenses will be
paid by the South England
Conference.

Geoscience Research Institute

Coffin, Harold G South American Division,

Webster, Clyde Jan 13-Feb 5, 1991 to do
research in southern Argentina.
Expenses will be paid from the
Geoscience Research Institute
Fund.

3. SPECIALS

North American Division

Bradford, Charles E Inter-American Division,

(Retiree) Jan 16-20, 1991 to speak at the
West Indies Union and Bahamas
Conference Annual Convention.
Expenses will be paid by the
Bahamas Conference.

McNeilus, Garwin Southern Asia Division, Jan 2-

(Layperson) 10, 1991 to negotiate the
acquisition of the Indreni
Soybean Industries in
Kathmandu, Nepal. Travel will
be at personal expense.

PRE/ADCOM/GCC to FGT

SOVIET DEVELOPMENT COMMI1YEE (GCC -S) - -APPOINTMENT

VOTED, To appoint the Soviet Development Committee (GCC-S) as

follows:

MEMBERS:

FOLKENBERG, R S, Chairman
Thompson, G Ralph, Vice-chairman
Otis, H F Jr, Secretary
Otis, Rose

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Kulakov, M P
McKee, Ellsworth Ytreberg, F Martin
McNeilus, Garwin Zapara, Tom
Nixon, Robert
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(Terms of Reference are to be developed and submitted for approval

after the next meeting of the Soviet Development Committee.)

PER/GCC to GHC-RetirePlan

BERTOCHINI, GILBERT J--RETIREMENT

RECOMMENDED, To grant North American Division Retirement Plan benefits
to Gilbert J Bertochini following 40.33 years of service, effective
January 1; 1991.

GCC to HWB

BERTOCHINI, GILBERT J--APPRECIATION

VOlED, To express appreciation to Gilbert J Bertochini for his

40.33 years of service to the Seventh-day Adventist Church. He began
his work in the Carolina Conference in 1950 where he served as a junior
academy principal, ministerial intern, and district pastor until 1955.
He then accepted a call to the Far Eastern Division where he was
employed as a Union Home Missionary and Publishing Secretary, Union
President, and Division Young People's Secretary for 15 years. The
General Conference then called him to serve as Associate Secretary of
the Temperance Department until 1979 and as an Associate Director of
the Sabbath School and Church Ministries Departments until the present.
His leadership in departmental work has been outstanding, and he will
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be greatly missed.

PER/MC to GHC-RetirePlan

ESPINOSA, JOSEPH—RETIREMENT

RECOMMENDED, To grant North American Division Retirement Plan benefits

to Joseph Espinosa following 41.42 years of service, effective
January 1, 1991.

GCC to WS

ESPINOSA, JOSEPH—APPRECIATION
VOTED, To express appreciation to Joseph Espinosa for his 41.42
years of service to the Seventh-day Adventist Church. He began his
work in the Texico Conference in 1949 where he served as a minister and

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then later as a departmental secretary. He also served as a minister
in the Central California Conference. In the Southeastern California
Conference and Texas Conference he was employed as an evangelist. In
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• 1972 he accepted an overseas call as

Mission. His most recent assignment
GCC - December 13, 1990

President of the North Dominican

has been as General Field
Secretary for the General Conference and Director of the North American
Division Multilingual Committee. He will be especially missed by his
Spanish-speaking friends.

PER/GCC to GHC-RetirePlan

HOLBROOK, FRANK B--RETIREMENT

RECOMMENDED, To grant North American Division Retirement Plan benefits

to Frank B Holbrook following 40.59 years of service, effective
January 1, 1991.

GCC to HWB

HOLBROOK, FRANK B--APPRECIATION

VOTED, To express deep appreciation to Frank L Holbrook for his

40.59 years of service to the Seventh-day Adventist Church. He first
served as a ministerial intern and then pastor in the Potomac
Conference. After earning his Master of Theology degree at Andrews
University, he taught at Shenandoah Valley Academy for three years and
then taught religion at Southern Missionary College until 1981. He
has served at the General Conference as Associate Director in the
Biblical Research Institute for the past nine years. His scholarly
approach to Biblical research has been greatly appreciated.

PER/GCC to GHC-RetirePlan

KNECHTLE, EMILIO B--RETIREMENT

RECOMMENDED, To grant North American Division Retirement Plan benefits

to EMilio B Knechtle following 19.17 years of service, effective
January 1, 1991.

GCC to IIWB

KNECHTLE, EMILIO B--APPRECIATION

V011,0, To express appreciation to Emilio B Knechtle for his 19.17

years of service to the Seventh-day Adventist Church. He has spent all
of his years of service since 1971 as an evangelist and revivalist in

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the Greater New York Conference, Metro Ministries, and the General
Conference.
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PER/GCC to GHC-RetirePlan

KNOWLES, GEORGE E—RETIREMENT

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RECOMMENDED, To grant North American Division Retirement Plan benefits
to George E Knowles following 40.09 years of service, effective
January 1, 1991.

GCC to HWB

KNOWLES, GEORGE E—APPRECIATION

VOTED, To express deep appreciation to George E Knowles for his
40.09 years of service to the Seventh-day Adventist Church. In 1951 he
began his work as a teacher at Upper Columbia Academy and then as
pastor and conference evangelist in the Upper Columbia Conference,
Oregon Conference, and South England Conference. He then joined the
Canadian Union as its Ministerial Secretary and later served It Is
Written as a Field Coordinator. In 1976 the General Conference called
him as the Director of Lay Activities, then as Associate Director of

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Church Ministries, and finally as Director of Church Ministries. He
will long be remembered for his kindly and gentle manner as he worked
with individuals.

PER/GCC to GHC-RetirePlan

REYNOLDS, DONALD G--RETIREMENT

RECOMMENDED, To grant North American Division Retirement Plan benefits
to Donald G Reynolds following 40 years of service, effective
January 1, 1991.

GCC to HWB
REYNOLDS, DONALD G--APPRECIATION

VOTED, To express appreciation to Donald G Reynolds for his 40

years of service to the Seventh-day Adventist Church. For 17 years he
served in the Southern California Conference as a ministerial intern,
pastor, and pastor-evangelist. He went to the Ohio Conference in 1969
and became its Evangelism Coordinator for two years. He then served as
President of the Pennsylvania Conference, the Ohio Conference, and the
Upper Columbia Conference until coming to the General Conference in

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1985 as the Director of Christian Life Seminars. During the last year
he has served as Special Assistant to the President. His influence has
been felt around the world as he shared his expertise with the world
field.
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PER/GCC to GHC-RetirePlan

WATSON, CHARLES D--RETIREMENT

RECOMMENDED, To grant North American Division Retirement Plan benefits

to Charles D Watson following 47.68 years of service, effective
January 1, 1991.

GCC to HWB

WATSON, CHARLES D--APPRECIATION

VOTED, To express deep appreciation to Charles D Watson for his

47.68 years of service to the Seventh-day Adventist Church. He began
his work in the Welsh Mission where he served as a minister. He
continued his ministry in the North England Conference and then served
as the MV and Temperance Secretary in the British Union. In 1959 he
became a Departmental Secretary in the Northern European Division and
then Union President in the Ethiopian Union. After serving as an
Associate Secretary in the Temperance Department of the General

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Conference for seven years, he became President of the Afro-Mideast
Division. In 1980 he returned to the General Conference as an
Associate Secretary in Secretariat where he has served until the
present. He will be remembered as a real Christian gentleman who
always gave good counsel and presented wonderful devotional messages.

Adjourned.

Robert S Folkenberg, Chairman

Harold W Baptiste, Secretary
Fay Welter, Recording Secretary

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GENERAL CONFERENCE COMMITTEE

December 20, 1990, 10:00 a.m.

MEMBERS PRESENT

Leo Ranzolin (Ch), Harold W Baptiste (Sec), R E Appenzeller,

Karl H Bahr, B B Beach, M A Bediako, W Floyd Bresee, Jose Luis Campos,
Larry R Colburn, G H Crumley, John M Fowler, P A Gordon, David C
Jaynes, K J Mittleider, T R Neslund, S H Parker, Humberto M Rasi,
Rowena R Rick, D E Robinson, Gary M Ross, Virginia Smith,
Michael H Stevenson, G Ralph Thompson, 0 A Troy, M A Tyner,
Mario Veloso, J C Viera, Ted N C Wilson, K H Wood.

Prayer was offered by Tulio Haylock and Elaine Robinson.

DEVOTIONAL
The devotional message was presented by Bert B Beach. Two words
we have been talking about a great deal in recent years are Global
Mission, which was first called Global Strategy. At the beginning this
almost seemed like an impossible mission. However, the years 1989 and
1990 are probably going to go down in history as key years--exactly
200 years after 1789 when the French Revolution took place and the
United States Constitution was ratified.

Nineteen eighty-nine could also be thought of as a year in the

spirit of the American revolution with its emphasis on human rights.
The last two years will be considered very good ones because of the
collapse of Communism in 1989 and the presence of Christian soldiers in
Saudi Arabia in 1990, whose presence has been responsible for large
quantities of Christian literature being brought into the country.

In 1 Cor 16:9 Paul said, "For a great door and effectual is opened
unto me, and there are many adversaries." This "door of opportunity"
(in modern versions) is especially true in Eastern Europe today. There
is a moral vacuum in Eastern Europe which the Seventh-day Adventist
Church could fill. In Albania religion was outlawed for years--no
church, synagogue, or mosque was open. In Yugoslavia tracts are being
translated into the Albanian language. Plans are being laid to
establish an FM radio station in Yugoslavia which will broadcast into
Albania. A publishing house is being established in Hungary and
literature evangelists are being recruited. These activities have
been prohibited since World War II. Hungary is looking for 10 thousand
English teachers and Poland wants 20 to 30 thousand of them. What an
opportunity for Seventh-day Adventist volunteers!
Someone has called for a Peace Corps for Eastern Europe. We need

• an SDA Global Mission Corps so we can move in when we have these

opportunities. We need to get into the act!
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The latter part of 1 Cor 16:9 says, "there are many adversaries."
The state churches in Eastern Europe are trying to recover the power
they had preceding World War II. They are hoping to again teach
religion in the schools, the religion of the state church. We need to
work while it is day for the night cometh when no man can work.

REPORTS

Karl II Bahr reported on his recent trip to South America. A new

university is being built in the city of Artur Nogueira, state of Sao
Paulo, Brazil. It has an excellent master plan and first-class
buildings are being erected.

Some of the Global Mission goals for the South American Division
are to reach 1.4 million in membership, to have 1.6 million Sabbath
School members, to have 5,000 churches, and to begin one new
congregation each day of this quinquennium. The goals include not just
baptisms but net retention of members.

There are still many interdivision workers in the South American

Division. Forty-five percent of them are from the Inter-American
Division, 35 percent from the North American Division, and the
remainder from other areas of the world. One-third of the
interdivision workers are employed in the field of education. Seventy
percent of the work being done by interdivision workers could be done
by nationals. It was pointed out, however, that there is no intention
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of discontinuing the use of interdivision workers. To have an
international work force in the division adds strength to the Church's
program.

Medical work has now begun in Uruguay where a layman and his wife
have been operating a better living center. The doctor and his wife
are now on regular denominational salary.

Leo Ranzolin also reported on his recent trip to the South

American Division. On December 1 the division reached one million
members. At the Sao Paulo Academy they had a baptism of two persons--
one was the millionth member and the other was the first member of the
second million members they hope to baptize during this quinquennium.

A major achievement has been reached by two of our businessmen,

Paulo Vaz and Wilson Rossi, in the city of Sao Paulo. They hope to
sign a contract for two television stations- -one in the city of Sao
Paulo and the other in Artur Nogueira- -as well as eight radio stations.
The government requires that some of its educational programs be
broadcast during the day, but we will be able to use the TV stations
for two hours a day and all during the night for religious,
educational, health and fitness programs, or anything else we wish to
broadcast.
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The South Brazil Union held its first quinquennial meetings in

the city of Curitiba state of Parana where Enoch Oliveira has retired.
He participated in the meetings by presenting one of the devotional
messages. All officers were reelected.
In the Inter-American Division Ranzolin reported that plans were
laid for Megaguate 91--an evangelistic thrust to reach the city of
Guatemala. The plan is to bring all pastors to the city of Guatemala
and leave only five ministers to supervise the districts which will be
under the leadership of layleaders. There is a similar program for
Bogota, Colombia. The IAD has a goal of 500,000 souls for the
quinquennium.
In spite of difficult circumstances in the Dominican Republic,
one layman reported winning 400 souls to the Church this year and 500
last year. In Colombia we have heard stories of great courage and
valor among our people in spite of the guerilla warfare being carried
on in the country.
The North Caribbean Conference headquarters building is almost
completed. The former building was destroyed last year by Hurricane
Hugo. There is still evidence all over the island of the devastation
wrought by this terrible hurricane.
Mario Veloso also visited the Inter-American Division and was
impressed with the well-organized work being carried on there. He
found this to be a very interesting, active, and colorful division.
While in the division he visited Mexico, Costa Rica, Netherlands
Antilles, Venezuela, and Haiti.

MINUTES of the meeting held December 13, 1990 were approved.

CA/GCC to SEC

COMMIME ON APPOINTEES
VOTED, To approve the following report of the Committee on
Appointees:
Calls and Transfers Between Divisions
Horikawa, Hiroshi (FED)—Call of NAD as Teacher, Central
California Conf, Pacific Un
Torres, Wesley R (SAD)—Call of SAAC as Pastor-Evangelist,
Transvaal Conf, So African Un
Stanic, Snjezana (EUD)—Request of AID as Accountant, Rwanda Un
Mission, AVS basis, 1 yr
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Wishart, Cynthia (SPD)--Request of FED as Art Teacher, Eden Valley

Academy, Thailand, AVS basis, 2 1/2 mos
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Permanent Returns
Anderson, David Lee, Computer Programmer-Accountant, Rwanda Un
Mission (AID) to NAD, Personal, eff Dec 90
Baker, Robert Evans, Associate Director, Church Ministries, Rwanda
Un Mission (AID) to NAD, Personal, eff Dec 90
Brown, Harold Floyd, Assistant Academic Dean, Korea SDA Language
Institutes (FED) to NAD, Family Cbnsiderations, eff Nov 90
Gallego, Jeremias Galvez, Financial Consultant, Advent Press,
Ghana (AID) to FED, Education, eff Nov 90
Robbie, Bruce Claremont, President, Physician/Surgeon, Penang Adv
Hosp, Malaysia (FED) to SPD, Health, eff Dec 90
Zukovski, Joel Jr (son, Joel Zukovski, Inter-American Food
Company, Miami, FL) (IAD)--Rescind PR voted Dec 6, 90

TRE/GCC to DER
EXCHANGE RATES

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VOTED, To approve the following adjustments to fixed rates of
exchange, effective January 1, 1991:
Local Currency US $ Per Local
Division/Union Symbol Units Per US $ Currency Units

Africa-Indian Ocean CFA 250.00 0.004000

Eastern Africa
Zimbabwe ZWD 2.57 0.389105

Euro-Africa
France FFR 5.00 0.200000
Switzerland SFR 1.30 0.769231

Middle East
Cyprus CYb 0.435 2.298851

South Africa R 2.52 0.396825

South America
Brazil BRZ 170.00 0.005882

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ADCOM/GCC to MAB

INTERDIVISION TRAVEL

VOTED, To approve the following interdivision travel:

1. GENERAL CONFERENCE STAFF

ADRA

Tobing, Sharon South American Division,

Mar 25-Apr 12, 1991 to evaluate
at midterm the Institutional
Support Grant in Bolivia and
Peru. Travel will be paid from
the Institutional Support Grant
fund.

Wolfe, LynnDel Inter-American Division,

Jan 13-23, 1991 to provide
technical assistance for the
Child Survival IV program and
to review the reporting system.
Travel will be paid from the
Child Survival Grant.

Adventist World Radio

Scragg, W R L Far Eastern Division,

Jan 10 and 11, 1991 to attend
the AWR-Asia Broadcast
Committee; Trans-European
Division, Jan 14-15, 1991 to
attend the AWR-Europe
Broadcast Committee; Africa-
Indian Ocean Division, Jan 23
and 24, 1991 to attend the AWR-
Africa Broadcast Committee;
and the Euro-Africa Division,
Jan 18-22, 1991 to visit the
AWR-Europe facility in Forli,
Italy.
Communication

Burton, Shirley A Inter-American Division,

Mar 21-30, 1991 to conduct
communication workshops in the

• West Indies Union. This is in

connection with a previously
voted trip to the division.
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Presidential

Rock, Calvin B Inter-American Division,

Jan 9-12, 1991 to speak at a
workers' meeting in the East
Caribbean Conference.

Treasury

Ytreberg, F Martin Southern Asia Division,

Jan 2-10, 1991 to negotiate
the acquisition of the Indreni
Soybean Industries in
Kathmandu, Nepal.

2. OTHER DENOMINATIONAL WORKERS

Euro-Africa Division

Verfaillie, Maurice South Pacific Division,

Dec 28-31, 1990 to participate
in meetings at the French
Polynesia Mission. Travel will
be paid by the French Polynesia
Mission.

North American Division

Heise, Lyell South Pacific Division,

(Southeastern Calif Conf) Dec 28, 1990-Jan 5, 1991 to
participate in the North New
Zealand Conference Camp Meeting
as Music Director and to
conduct a series of meetings on
Church Family Life for the
Trans-Tasman Union Conference.
Travel will be at personal
expense.

Howard, John South American Division,

(ADRA-Canada) March and April 1991 to
evaluate ADRA projects in
Paraguay and Uruguay and to
study future projects. Travel
will be paid by ADRA-I.

Maxson, Ben Inter-American Division,

(Carolina Conference) May 3-5, 1991 to speak at the
Bella Vista Hospital Medical
Staff Retreat in Puerto Rico.
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Travel will be paid by the

Bella Vista Hospital.

McNealy, Thomas A Trans—European Division,

(South Atlantic Conf) Apr 21-28, 1991 to speak at the
North British Conference Camp
Meeting. Travel will be paid
by the North British
Conference.

Phipps, Wintley South Pacific Division,

(Allegheny East Conference) Mar 28—Apr 6, 1991 to speak at
the Western Australian
Conference Camp Meeting.
Travel will be paid by the
Western Australian Conference.

Ponce, Moises Inter—American Division,

(Texas Conference) Jan 13—Feb 13, 1991 to conduct
an evangelistic crusade in
Guatemala. Travel will be paid
by the Guatemala Mission.

Venden, Morris Trans—European Division,

(Southeastern Calif Conf) Jun 14 and 15, 1991 to speak at
the East Norway Conference Camp
Meeting. Travel will be paid
by the Trans—European Division.

Williams, Rick Trans—European Division,

(Columbia Union College) September 1991 to speak at the
youth camp and Continuing
Education Seminar for ministers
in the Hungarian Union. Travel
will be paid by the Hungarian
Union Conference.

3. SPECIALS

North American Division

Humphries, Weldon Southern Asia Division,

(Layperson) Jan 2-10, 1991 to negotiate
the acquisition of the Indreni
Soybean Industries in
Kathmandu, Nepal. Travel will
be at General Conference

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expense.
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Knechtle, Emilio Euro-Africa Division,

(Retiree) Sept 1-30, 1991 to conduct
revival meetings in the
division. Travel will be paid
by the Euro-Africa Division.

Murillo, Efrain Inter-American Division,

(Retiree) Feb 1-28, 1991 to participate
in "Megaguate 91" in Guatemala.
Travel will be paid by the
Guatemala Mission:

ADCOM/GCC to FGT

GENERAL CALLS
VOTED, To record the following call involving the General
Conference or its institutions:
Ogden, Merlene A (Andrews University)—Associate Director,
General Conference Department of Education

SEC/ADCOM/GCC to FGT

STANDING COMMITTEES CANCELLED

VOTED, To cancel the following regularly scheduled General

Conference standing committees from December 24, 1990 through
January 1, 1991 because the majority of staff will be away for the
holidays. All committees during this time will convene, if necessary,
at the call of the chair.

Administrative
Allowances and Adjustments
Appointees
General Conference
Personnel
Retirement Plan

Corp/NADOOM/GCC to GHC

GENCON INSURANCE COMPANY OF VERMONT—DENOMINATIONAL STATUS

VOTED, To approve denominational status for Gencon Insurance

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Company of Vermont, 102 South Winooski Avenue (P 0 Box 730),
Burlington, Vermont 05402-0730, subject to the filing of the Amendments
to the Articles of Association voted on December 18, 1990, by the
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General Conference Corporation of Seventh-day Adventists as the Sole

Stockholder. This will be effective December 19, 1990 in accordance
with the provisions of NAD C 47. This organization will not
participate in the SDA Retirement Plan for North America.

REPORT

K J Mittleider reported just receiving a FAX message from Guam

indicating that a typhoon with winds of 150 miles per hour is expected
within the next eight hours. Two families who were not located in
cement buildings have been moved into the station headquarters. It is
expected that the station will continue operating during the typhoon.
The prayers of the General Conference family have been requested. An
update will be sent every twelve hours until the typhoon has blown
over.

Adjourned.

Leo Ranzolin, Chairman

Harold W Baptiste, Secretary

• Fay Welter, Recording Secretary