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Seventh-dayAdventist
CHURCHMANUAL
 
Revised 200517th Edition
Published by the SecretariatGeneral Conference of Seventh-day Adventists
 
 
Copyright © 2005 by the Secretariat,General Conference of Seventh-day AdventistsUnless otherwise indicated, all Bible texts are from the King JamesVersion.Scripture quotations marked NASB are from the
 New American Standard  Bible
, copyright © 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975,1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation. Used by permission.Texts credited to NEB are from
The New English Bible
. © The Delegatesof the Oxford University Press and the Syndics of the CambridgeUniversity Press 1961, 1970. Reprinted by permission.Texts credited to NIV are from the
 Holy Bible
,
 New International Version
. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, International Bible Society.Used by permission of Zondervan Bible Publishers.Bible texts credited to RSV are from the Revised Standard Version of theBible, copyright © 1946, 1952, 1971, by the Division of ChristianEducation of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in theU.S.A. Used by permission.Texts credited to RV are from
The Holy Bible
, Revised Version, OxfordUniversity Press, 1911.Printed in U.S.A.09 08 07 06 5 4 3 2 1ISBN 0-8280-1947-9 hardcover ISBN 0-8280-1948-7 paperback 
 
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Table of Contents
 
Introduction
...................................................................................... xixHistorical Development of the Seventh-day Adventist Church ... xixHistorical Development of the
Church Manual 
.......................... xixContent of the
Church Manual 
...................................................... xxiProcedure for Changes in the
Church Manual 
............................. xxiClarification of Meaning .............................................................. xxiiUse of Terms in the
Church Manual 
............................................ xxiiThe Present Edition ..................................................................... xxiiiCHAPTER 1
Authority of the Church and the
Church Manual 
......................... 1Church Authority in the Early Church .......................................... 1Church Authority in the Seventh-day Adventist Church ............... 1CHAPTER 2
Church of the Living God
................................................................ 3 No Wall of Partition ...................................................................... 3Supreme Object of Christ’s Regard ............................................... 4Opposition of the Enemy ............................................................... 5Church Complete in Christ ............................................................ 6CHAPTER 3
Fundamental Beliefs of Seventh-day Adventists
............................ 9CHAPTER 4
Organization Founded on Divine Principles
.................................. 21Biblical Basis for Organization ..................................................... 21Vital Importance of Organization .................................................. 22Divine Purpose in Organization .................................................... 23CHAPTER 5
Form of Organization in the Seventh-day Adventist Church
25Forms of Church Government ....................................................... 25Four Constituent Levels in the Seventh-day AdventistOrganization ....................................................................... 26Church’s Institutions ..................................................................... 26
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