It's Time to Stop Playing Church

In the aftermath of a rather unorthodox General Conference Session and the NAD's CALLED Conference - events that unfortunately illustrated just how much we can mimic the rest of the world, perhaps a few Seventh-day Adventists are waking up to the fact that the corporate church no longer resembles the organization established by our pioneers. However, there is something even more concerning than that. There has been a longstanding phenomenon in our church that I have observed over the years, much to my chagrin. It is an attitude, or perhaps a lack of one, that transforms sound reasoning into wishful thinking. It is a proclivity to tune out the obvious by donning rose-colored glasses rather than facing reality and responding accordingly. It is a process of denial that ultimately results in sheer impotence when it involves calling out error so that the work of the Gospel can go forward unhampered.

What will it take to awaken those who are slumbering comfortably in a pew every Sabbath? The 61st General Conference session should clearly be seen as the defining moment for our church. The use of a secret ballot to re-elect leaders whose tenure was already in question by a number of faithful Seventh-day Adventists around the world is an anomaly, ironically similar to the questionable practices that caused the controversy surrounding the 2020 U.S. presidential election. The plea by Conference leadership to "trust" them with the authentication of the votes is a sheer absurdity in light of the way they managed Covid-19 mandates and their intractable stance on the vaccine. I cannot even fathom the level of naivety involved in accepting this incongruous plea for such an illegitimate political maneuver. Although no one seemed to have made the point, it is diametrically opposed to the tenets of Christianity. Our faith is all about transparency - not secret or covert activities.

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