Not too long ago the news staff of Adventist Today posted this news article:
Adventist Today received a letter from the General Conference official responsible for the administration of the 2010 Seventh-day Adventist General Conference session in Atlanta, Georgia asking that Adventist Today not "stock, sell, promote, or advertise" three books at its booth during the week of the Atlanta General Conference session.
These three books are (1) Fatal Accounts: The Audacity of an Adventist Auditor's Quest for Transparency by David Dennis, (2) Truth Decay: A Call for Accountability and Transparency in the Adventist Church by Albert C. Koppel, DDS, and, (3) Who Watches? Who Cares: Misadventures in Stewardship by Douglas Hackleman.
The letter asked that Adventist Today withdraw as an exhibitor should it be unwilling to comply with the request. After careful deliberation, the Executive Committee of the Adventist Foundation Board decided that it would accede and not display these three books at its booth during the GC session.
These books are available for purchase in our store or by calling 1-800-236-3641.
As the GC session has the right to censor material present at it’s functions the folks at Adventist Today really had no other choice but to agree to the removal of the three books in question.
The troubling aspect of this is that the GC has never addressed the subject of these three books. The Adventist Review has been silent on all three of these books, there are no reviews to these books no references to the fact that these books point out some rather glaring problems in the SDA church. Of course the Adventist News Network is as equally silent on the request that Adventist Today not show these books at their booth either.
Hopefully the booth will at least offer a sign that says something to the effect of:
“Adventist Today Offering You Important Books That The GC Will Not Allow Us To Show You Here”
Here are some links to information about some of this material that the gatekeepers of the Denomination are afraid you will see should you attend the GC session in
Who Watches, Who Cares book description “from the Members for Church Accountability (MCA) is a group of Seventh-day Adventist church members concerned about improving accountability within the SDA church. We are working together using responsible and constructive means to improve church accountability.”
Who Watches Who Cares, Adventist Today article which preceded the book
"Who Watches, Who Cares" a 22 page teaser of several book chapters
Church Accountability: Seven Cautionary Narratives "Spectrum"
Adventist Today Book Commentary: Who Watches? Who Cares? Misadventures in Stewardship
Filthy Lucre a later chapter in Who Watches, Who Cares
On a some what related subject is James Coffin’s account of Justice Denied Because after all Church cover ups and attempts to ignore problems are attempts to deny justice and hardly worthy of a church that is seeking truth.
No comments:
Post a Comment