GC Delegates Vote to Tighten Language of Fundamental #6 on Creation
On Tuesday of the 2015 GC session (July 7) the delegates overwhelmingly voted to update the language of the statement of Fundamental Belief #6 on Creation to specifically highlight the Seventh-day Adventist position on the historical and, in particular, the literal nature of the creation week described in Genesis (the changes in wording are highlighted below). God…
2013 Annual Council Votes to Change Wording of Adventist Fundamental Belief #6
On October 15, 2013, the delegates for the “Annual Council” of the Seventh-day Adventist Church “approved the next step in a five-year process to better articulate the church’s core beliefs, using clearer—and frequently more inclusive—language.” Adventist theologians led delegates through a reading of an edited draft of all 28 Fundamental Beliefs prepared by the church’s…
Lawrence Geraty, Fritz Guy, and the Framing of Fundamental Belief #6
By Sean Pitman . In 2010 Sergio Silva published an interesting article in the Journal of the Adventist Theological Society entitled, “Development of the Fundamental Beliefs Statement with Particular Reference to the Fundamental Belief #6: Creation.” In this article Silva explains the process of how the current wording of Fundamental Belief #6 of the Seventh-day…