Church Heritage Manual - Woodlands

1 1 Church Heritage Manual White sitting 3rd from the right at a campmeeting in Moss, Norway (June 1887) A course in Church History highlighting significant details of interest to the youth of the Seventh-day Adventist Church General Conference Youth Department, 2002 2 Table of Contents Introduction Page Section 1: The Christian Church Through the Ages 5 Section 2: Heralds of the Advent Message (1755-1843) 12 Section 3: The Birth of the Remnant Church (1844-1852) 19 Section 4: The Remnant Church Organized (1853-1863) 31 Section 5: Expansion and Reform (1864-1873) 34 Section 6: Worldwide Vision (1874-1878) 36 Section 7: Significant Advances and Losses (1879-1904) 37 Section 8: Continued Mission Expansion (1905-1923) 41 Section 9: Progress Despite Reverses (1924-1946) 45 Section 10: Consolidation and Expansion (1947- 1959) 48 Section 11.

2 Finishing the Gospel Commission (1960- [2000] 50 Section 12: The Departments of the Church 53 Section 13: The World Divisions of the Church 59 Section 14: Presidents of the General Conference 65 Section 15: Time-line Summary of the Great Advent Movement 73 Scenes at a campmeeting at Eagle Lake, Wisconsin 3 Introduction Two Purposes in One Manual This Manual covers the information needed for the courses in Church Heritage for the Master Guide and Senior Youth Leadership, in addition to serving as a reference source for pertinent requirements in the Pathfinder classes.)

3 Master Guide/Senior Youth Leadership candidates need to study all sections in the Church Heritage course. The passages in the course that are underlined or marked with an asterisk (*) are of particular importance. Reference Books Although this Manual covers all material in the examinations, some students will also want to refer to reference books. Many such books have been authored through the years and may be available. A partial listing of these follow. Instructors for this course should certainly secure at least one or more of these and study them carefully in preparation for teaching this course.

4 The Great Advent Movement Emma Howell Cooper Light Bearers to the Remnant Richard Schwarz Origin and History of Seventh-day Adventists Arthur W. Spalding Tell It to the World C. Mervyn Maxwell Movement of Destiny LeRoy Edwin Froom Anticipating the Advent George R. Knight Seventh-day Adventist Encyclopedia (revised edition) 4 For Instructors Church Heritage instructors should thoroughly master the subject before attempting to teach this important course.

5 In the introductory lessons the teachers should give an overall view of Church Heritage , so that when members are studying detail they can see how it relates to the whole course of Church Heritage . Instructors should prepare charts depicting various phases of Church Heritage and also have maps available for students to locate places that are unknown to them. Church Heritage should be an interesting class where the students receive inspiration as well as information. Do not simply read the book to the class members, pausing only to say, Learn this.

6 Make the history come alive, and the students will be eager to learn. For Students All who study the Church Heritage course should first of all study the table of contents to get the overall picture of the book. Students will note that this Church Heritage Manual follows a chronological order, and each section deals with a particular number of years. A comprehensive year-by-year summary of events is to be found under Section 15. Special instructions for Master Guide and Senior Youth Leadership candidates: 1. Read this Church Heritage Manual section by section and master all the facts, people and places that are underlined or marked with an asterisk (*).

7 2. As you come to a date underlined, mark it on the year-by-year summary in Section 15. 3. When studying subsections on the history of the Church in your division, you need to study in detail only the beginning of the work in your country or division. (Check with your youth director to see if there is any supplementary material available from them on your area of the world). 4. You will need to be able to supply a basic set of facts on all departments, divisions and several General Conference presidents.

8 Note: All Master Guide and Senior Youth Leadership candidates need a score of at least 75% to pass this course. 5 Examination papers have been prepared by the General Conference Youth Department and are supplied upon request to local conferences. All persons who have purchased this Church Heritage Manual are entitled to one free examination paper when they have completed this course. There will be two different examinations available for candidates wishing to take the test. These tests are to be completed under examination conditions and returned to the local conference or field office youth department for grading.

9 The examination papers are not to be returned to individuals and are not to be used for study purposes. All papers are short-answer and most are divided into sections as follows: Church Heritage Examination sample questions: Part 1. True or False No major changes have been made in the Seventh-day Adventist organization since the drafting of the original nine articles. Part 2. Multiple Choice The apostle to the Indians in South America was (a) Pedro Kalbermatter (b) F. H. Westphall (c) Abram La Rue (d) F.

10 A. Stahl Part 3. Fill in the Blanks The Personal Ministries Department began with an organization known as the _____ _____ Society. Part 4. Matching Missionaries and their field of labor; authors and their books; institutions and their addresses; dates and significant events. Section 1 6 The Christian Church Through the Ages a. The Church of the Old Testament God s Church stretches from Eden to Eden. Those who have obeyed God have been called by various names, such as the sons of god , the seed of Abraham, the children of Israel, Christians.