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Progressive Adventism

January 26, 2023

"Evangelical Adventist" redirects here. For the early Millerite group, see Evangelical Adventist Church.

Progressive Adventists are members of the Seventh-day Adventist Church who prefer different emphases or disagree with certain beliefs traditionally held by mainstream Adventism and officially by the church.[1] While they are often described as liberal Adventism by other Adventists, the term "progressive" is generally preferred as a self-description.[2] This article describes terms such as evangelical Adventism, cultural Adventism, charismatic Adventism, and progressive Adventism and others, which are generally related but have distinctions.

Progressives typically disagree with one or more of the church's basic beliefs such as the Sabbath or "distinctive" beliefs such as the investigative judgment, the remnant, a future global Sunday-law, or a use of Ellen G. White's writings.[3] They also tend to question some of the denomination's 28 fundamental beliefs: with debate arising on the nature of the Trinity, perpetuity of the Law of God, the Nature of Christ, the Gift of Prophecy, Creation or observance of the seventh-day Sabbath."[4][5]

It also has many similarities with the ecumenical emerging church movement, as both are characterized by their disillusionment with the organized and institutional church.[6][better source needed][opinion] Perceptions and definitions of it may differ somewhat depending on the author, although much in common is also clearly discernible.[opinion]

History

The movement emerged with certain interactions with evangelical Christians in the 1950s, which included the publication of Questions on Doctrine in 1957.[7] This period marked a shift in the broader Christian world's perception of Adventists, from being viewed as a sect to being more commonly accepted as a legitimate Christian denomination.[citation needed] The term "progressive Adventist" was first used in the mid-1960s in Spectrum magazine, according to one author.[8]

One scholar wrote in 2001:

"It is only within the last few decades that the Adventist Review has recognized editorially that there exists within the Seventh-day Adventist Church, at least in North America, 'liberals,' 'liberal churches,' 'liberal colleges/universities' and 'liberal conferences.' Depending on the author and his/her agenda, Adventist liberals are compared and/or contrasted with 'conservative Adventists,' 'historic Adventists,' 'Bible-believing (or EGW-believing) Adventists,' 'traditional Adventists,' 'evangelical Adventists,' 'cultural Adventists,' and/or 'ecumenical Adventists.'"[9]

Beliefs and practices

Progressives tend to agree on some beliefs, but differ or have a greater variation on others. According to one author, Progressive Adventism "regrets the anti-intellectual, authoritarian and obscurant tendencies that characterize a significant segment of traditional, historic Adventism, along with the attempts at creating a creed out of the "27 Fundamental Doctrines"."[9]

Ron Corson identifies four common areas of progressive belief:[10]

  • Investigative judgment. A different view of the investigative judgment, or a denial of its biblical basis.
  • Remnant. An inclusion of other Christians in the term remnant.
  • Ellen White. A less rigid view of the Inspiration of Ellen White that may recognize her fallibility or express skepticism of her prophetic abilities.
  • Sabbath. Progressive Adventists tend not to hold to the traditional view of Sabbath as a Holy day of worship, but emphasize some of the positive aspects of Sabbath such as it being made for human benefit (Mark 2:27), and deny that Sunday-keeping is or will be the mark of the beast.[11]

Origins

Progressive Adventists tend to challenge traditional teachings such as young earth creationism and some have accepted old earth creationism or evolutionary creationism.[5]

Church structure

Progressive Adventists typically believe the present church structure is very "top heavy" with too many levels of leadership, and possibly too much hierarchical control.[9] Many mainstream Adventists such as George Knight have also called for change in this area.[12]

Free press

Progressive Adventists tend to believe there should be candid reporting of news and information about the church whether positive or negative. They believe in open discussion in a free press.[9] This view is also shared by many more mainstream Adventists such as former editors of the Australian Record James Coffin[13] and Bruce Manners.[citation needed]

Music

Progressive Adventists are typically open to a variety of styles of worship music in church, including contemporary Christian music.[14][15]

Movie theaters

Progressives typically disregard the church's stand on movie theater attendance. For instance, the adventist publication Spectrum does reviews of movies and TV shows.[16]

Varieties of evangelical/progressive Adventism

Cultural Adventism

See also: Cultural Christian

A similar group have been referred to as "cultural Adventists".[17] This term may be used by Adventists who are not overly concerned with theology, such as evangelical Kenneth Samples' description of "a segment that is atheological in nature and reflects what [he] would call a cultural Adventism."[18] It may also refer to those who feel an attachment towards the Adventist church for cultural reasons only rather than beliefs or strict theological conformity.[citation needed]

Clifford Goldstein has declared,

"A cultural Adventist? The concept's incomprehensible to me... I'm an Adventist for one reason: the beliefs, the teachings, the doctrines that this church—and this church alone—espouses. If it were not for them, I'd be gone faster than the junk food at church potlucks. The Seventh-day Adventist culture had nothing to do with bringing me here. On the contrary, coming as I did from a secular Jewish background, the culture was the biggest obstacle."[19]

Charismatic Adventism

Main article: Charismatic Adventism

While Adventist church worship is commonly conservative, a few minor segments in their history may be looked at as charismatic in nature. Phenomena of this nature have been present throughout Adventist history, resulting in such things as the Holy Flesh movement which Ellen White strongly rebuked."[20]

Liberal Adventism

The term liberal Adventist or left-wing Adventist usually means "progressive Adventist" (the preferred self-designation; see above).[9][21] This is appropriate because most progressive Adventists are still "conservative" or evangelical Christians. For example most do believe in the resurrection of Jesus.[10] They do not hold to a "libertine" or "anything goes" attitude which the term "liberal" sometimes implies.[9] A number of Progressive Adventists are actually liberal Christians, accepting such things as homosexuality and even support for LGBTQ individuals at the college and university level.[22]

According to evangelical Kenneth Samples, "It should also be mentioned that, though small, there was and is a segment in Adventism which could be described as being theologically liberal" or even "very liberal".[23][18] He claims it rejects Christ's vicarious substitutionary atonement.

Ron Corson wrote,

"[Progressive Adventists] could be termed liberal, except that the term 'liberal Christian' generally refers to those who don't believe that Christ was resurrected nor that he performed miracles, and who hold other tenets with which most Progressive SDA's would not agree. These 'liberals' are often involved in the Jesus Seminars.[10]

Social action

Many Progressive Adventists describe themselves as "liberal" to mean they are liberal or left-wing politically, and have a concern for political or social justice action.[24]

Other terms

Also compare to the "Evangelical left" and "Progressive Christianity". Also compare to the "Christian/religious left" (although this term is associated with left-wing politics).[citation needed]

Other terms such as ecumenical Adventist and evangelical Adventist have been used, with presumably related meaning.[21] (Compare the much broader movements "Ecumenism" and "Evangelicalism" within Christianity as a whole).[citation needed]

Moves toward mainstream Christianity

The 1957 publication of Questions on Doctrine (QOD) as a result of dialog with critic Walter Martin is seen as a beginning for Progressive Adventism. According to one author, the roots of evangelical Adventism can be traced to scholars who met with Martin and Barnhouse,[23] or earlier.[18] "The seeds of this movement were sown within the denomination via the book QOD in 1957, and the seed-plot was watered by the public ministries of such men as R. A. Anderson, Robert Brinsmead, Desmond Ford, Smuts van Rooyen, and others."[25][26] This book precipitated the different factions. The movement emerged with Ford and Brinsmead as its main spokesmen.[23] Brinsmead changed his stance while Desmond Ford openly differed with several church viewpoints in the 1970s., echoing some of the ideas of A.F. Ballenger.[27] Many liberals left the church in this period and liberals still follow and cite his viewpoints.

According to one author, Progressives reject the mainstream views on and are united by belief in the pre-fallen nature of Jesus (and hold he was primarily our substitute not our example), assurance of salvation without sanctification, that overcoming sin or perfectionism is impossible, that Jesus ascended straight to the Most Holy Place rather the Holy Place in the tabernacle in heaven at his ascension (although opinions varied on a pre-advent judgment), that Ellen White had the gift of prophecy but was not infallible nor should be used for doctrine.[23]

Media

Operational

Main article: Spectrum (magazine)
"Adventist Heritage" redirects here. Not to be confused with Adventist Heritage Ministry.

Progressive Adventists, such as Raymond Cottrell, were responsible for the progressive-leaning Spectrum (), a newsmagazine published by Adventist Forums, that has been the premier independent Adventist magazine since its founding in 1969. In addition to its quarterly journal, Spectrum also runs a regularly updated website with news and analysis on developments within the Church and other areas. Progressive Adventists also established Adventist Today (), a bimonthly magazine first published in 1993. In 2008 Adventist Today made a renewed commitment to reporting on a greater diversity of Adventist views.

Also started by Progressives was Adventist Heritage: A Journal of Adventist History (), "which provided an important liberal platform"[28] from 1974 to 1998 in roughly 18 volumes.[29] It was supported by the Association of Seventh-day Adventist Historians and other groups.[30] Gary Land was a founding editor,[31] as was Ronald Numbers. Jonathan M. Butler served as editor for a decade.[32] Published twice yearly, it was acquired by Loma Linda University.[33]

Historical

Main articles: Present Truth Magazine and Evangelica

A number of Progressive Adventist publications have gone out of print in the last number of years. These include Present Truth Magazine (archives) founded by Robert Brinsmead in 1972 with a grace/gospel-centered focus. In 1978 Brinsmead changed its title to Verdict, to reflect his move away from evangelical Christianity. The material on the Present Truth Magazine website is produced by the "Gospel Friends Christian Fellowship", which they explain to be an association of evangelical Seventh-day Adventists. It does not necessarily represent Brinsmead's current views.[34] 52 issues were apparently published.[35]

The Good News Unlimited magazine (archives) is published by Desmond Ford's ministry of the same name. It began in 1981 as a bimonthly, switched to monthly publication in mid-2003, and continues to be published as of 2008.[36] A related magazine is Good News for Adventists.

Adventist Professional was an Australian magazine published quarterly from 1989 to 1999 by the Association of Business and Professional Members (formerly "[...] Men") based in Sydney, an organization of Australia and New Zealand Adventist business and professional laypeople established in 1961.[37][38] Eleven volumes were published,[37] and Trevor Lloyd is a former editor.[39]

The magazine Adventist Currents (archives) was published from 1983 to 1988 in California[40][41] as a response to Ford's dismissal.[42] Three volumes totaling 11 issues were published,[41] as well as several issues of a newsletter in 1990.[43]

The magazine Evangelica was published from 1980 until 1987 in 8 volumes[44] and promoted the cause of evangelical Adventism.[45][46][47] It was started in reaction to Desmond Ford's dismissal from the ministry.

Organizations and Conferences

Some claim that numerous Adventist conferences and meetings have a progressive flavor. Possibly see also the International Conference on Innovation.[48][49]

Adventist Society for Religious Studies

Main article: Adventist Society for Religious Studies

The Adventist Society for Religious Studies (ASRS) is a scholarly organization committed to the exploration of progressive religious issues and ideas in contrast to its more conservative spinoff group, the Adventist Theological Society. ASRS meets in conjunction with the annual meetings of the American Academy of Religion and the Society of Biblical Literature.

Adventist Forum Conference

Main article: Adventist Forums § Conference

Adventist Forum, publisher of Spectrum magazine and the Spectrum website, hosts an annual conference. Adventist Forum groups meet regularly around the world.

Adventist Today Conference

The publishers of the magazine Adventist Today held its first conference in 1998, a camp meeting in Riverside, CA.[50]

Spiritual Renaissance Retreat

The Spiritual Renaissance Retreat was an annual event (1994-2013) hosted by John and Joan Hughson of Pacific Union College Church,[51] and co-sponsored by Adventist Forum and Adventist Today.[52] Held in Monterey, California, it was based partly on the annual retreat concept popularized by Bill Clinton.[53] The featured speaker in 2008 was former Adventist Desmond Ford of Good News Unlimited.[51]

Relations with others

Relations with other Christians

See also: Seventh-day Adventist interfaith relations

Progressive Adventists claim that they display an open and inclusive attitude towards other Christians and other beliefs and doctrines that differ from the Adventist church. Other Christians such as Tony Campolo has had positive experiences speaking on numerous Adventist university campuses.[54] Clark Pinnock gave very favourable reviews of Alden Thompson's Inspiration, despite the significant attention given to Ellen White in the content, and Richard Rice's theology textbook Reign of God.[55] Pinnock was also impressed by Richard Rice's book The Openness of God, and later was the editor for another work of the same name, contributed by authors Rice, John E. Sanders and others.

The evangelical Christian Research Institute has offered "a hand of fellowship and encouragement" to what they describe as Evangelical Adventism.[23]

Progressive Adventists claim they are supportive or appreciate those statements by Ellen White which affirm other Christians, such as the instruction to come near to ministers of other denominations, to pray with and for them.[56]

Some authors report increased mixing of Progressive Adventists joining with other Christians worshiping on Sunday rather than the Sabbath. For instance in North America, "It’s not uncommon to find a member in church on Sabbath morning who, on another day, joins a study group of a different denomination or no denomination."[57]

Criticism

Clifford Goldstein has criticized cultural Adventists and the Adventist left, as described above. He had a blog on the Adventist Today website for nearly one year.[58] He applies an Ellen White quote to liberal Adventists, "We have far more to fear from within than from without."[59][60] Samuel Koranteng-Pipim displays a strong concern about liberal Adventist scholars.[61] By Alden Thompson's count, "The footnotes label some 66 Adventist scholars, authors, administrators as being on the wrong side of the divide."[62] Former General Conference president Robert S. Folkenberg wrote "Will the real evangelical Adventist please stand up?"[63] An article in Proclamation!, a magazine produced by former Adventists critical of Adventism, criticizes progressive Adventism in particular, claiming that evangelicalism and Adventism are incompatible.[64] The authors of Seeking a Sanctuary have argued that a common theology keeps Adventists together. They claim religions usually remain unified by ethnicity, but this doesn't hold for Adventism which they consider culturally diverse.[65] Former Adventist J. Mark Martin gave talks entitled, "An Evangelical Adventist?"[66] Andy Nash encountered some within the Adventist Today and Spectrum groups who had a liberal view of Scripture. Some rejected the Bible's position on homosexuality, or believed Adam and Eve or Daniel were not real people. He commented,

"Do you see the irony here? At times, this movement has struggled to make room for those who took a high view of Scripture, who grappled with the biblical text but arrived at different conclusions. Yet today we have “thought leaders” willing to set aside major teachings of Scripture altogether."

He argues for an atmosphere of tolerance of different perspectives, as long as there is respect for the authority of the Bible.[67]

One book claims qualities of liberal "break-off congregations" as having the following: "1. Call your congregation something besides 'Seventh-day Adventist.'" "2. Mute and muffle distinctive Adventist doctrines." "3. And don't call the SDA Church 'the remnant.'" "4. Downplay our well-defined and long-held standards." "5. Keep the tithes and offerings in your own congregation." "6. Reduce Ellen White's role merely to 'wise old woman.'" "7. Resist any authority from the conference level or higher."[68]

University controversies

Progressive Adventists claim they believe in academic freedom for church theologians and scientists,[9] and claim that church administrators are generally more conservative, which has led to differences of opinion with the more liberal academics. The Spectrum editors have said, "Every ten years or so another witch hunt occurs" in Adventist higher education.[69]

Adventist historian Michael W. Campbell observes that Adventist "history teachers and the use of historical method became especially suspect as Adventism became more Fundamentalist during the 1920s," during which time its history teachers were "on the front line of those who were pushed out of the church".[70] According to Terrie Dopp Aamodt, one of the first major "purges" was at Walla Walla College in 1938.[69]

Raymond Cottrell, who some see as a "progressive Adventist", as he disagreed with certain traditional positions of the church, including the investigative judgment,[71] claims that for the first hundred years in the Seventh-day Adventist Church, scholars did not control the church's theology and sees the 1930s and perhaps earlier as a time church administrators effectively controlled theology, and the 1950s as a time of openness.[71] F. D. Nichol stated that the Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary would not have been possible without the theologically open climate in the church during the 1950s and 60s.[72] In the early 1980s, the presidents of Southern Missionary College and Pacific Union College were given leave of absence, after criticisms.[69] The 1980 Adventist Review article "Colleges in Trouble" by editor Kenneth Wood,[73] was seen by some as a contributing factor. Employees were fired at Southern.[74] Jerry A. Gladson, a lecturer was dismissed by the church.[75]

A few scholars went against proposals to introduce centralized oversight of theological education, such as former General Conference president Robert Folkenberg's "Total Commitment to God" initiative in 1996, and Folkenberg's action to establish an overseeing "Board of Ministerial and Theological Education" in every Division of the church to oversee its theological seminaries "evoked significant criticism in some areas, including North America",[76] which was put on hold.[77] There was concern over the document "International Coordination and Supervision of Seventh-day Adventist Ministerial and Theological Education".[78]

See also . Alden Thompson and John Brunt at what is now Walla Walla University, "continued to promote the virtues of reason",[79] prompting an official investigation of the educational institution.[80]

Progressive Adventists have been involved in or have even begun controversies over origins or creation/evolution. Since 2009, Adventist members criticised La Sierra University because some lecturers have allegedly affirmed biological evolution which met with criticism from pastor David Asscherick, and others such as on the website "Educate Truth" founded by graduate Shane Hilde.[81] As of 2009, church and university leaders had declined to discipline those involved.[69][82][83][84] General Conference president Jan Paulsen made "An Appeal" for the affirmation of the traditional Adventist belief supporting Creation, but also gave support of the work of Adventist lecturers.[85] The board of trustees of the university affirmed creationism.[86] The debate was reported in the Adventist Review in 2010.[87] Lawrence T. Geraty, president of La Sierra University (1993-2007), stated, "LSU continues to be a sound, loyal Seventh-day Adventist institution where victories for Christ happen every day."[88] Ricardo Graham, chair of the La Sierra Board of Trustees (2008-2021) affirmed the university and its commitment to a "recent six-day creation."[89]

See the 1987 official church statement "A Statement on Theological and Academic Freedom and Accountability".

See also

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Evangelical Adventist redirects here For the early Millerite group see Evangelical Adventist Church This article uses bare URLs which are uninformative and vulnerable to link rot Please consider converting them to full citations to ensure the article remains verifiable and maintains a consistent citation style Several templates and tools are available to assist in formatting such as Reflinks documentation reFill documentation and Citation bot documentation August 2022 Learn how and when to remove this template message Progressive Adventists are members of the Seventh day Adventist Church who prefer different emphases or disagree with certain beliefs traditionally held by mainstream Adventism and officially by the church 1 While they are often described as liberal Adventism by other Adventists the term progressive is generally preferred as a self description 2 This article describes terms such as evangelical Adventism cultural Adventism charismatic Adventism and progressive Adventism and others which are generally related but have distinctions Progressives typically disagree with one or more of the church s basic beliefs such as the Sabbath or distinctive beliefs such as the investigative judgment the remnant a future global Sunday law or a use of Ellen G White s writings 3 They also tend to question some of the denomination s 28 fundamental beliefs with debate arising on the nature of the Trinity perpetuity of the Law of God the Nature of Christ the Gift of Prophecy Creation or observance of the seventh day Sabbath 4 5 It also has many similarities with the ecumenical emerging church movement as both are characterized by their disillusionment with the organized and institutional church 6 better source needed opinion Perceptions and definitions of it may differ somewhat depending on the author although much in common is also clearly discernible opinion Contents 1 History 2 Beliefs and practices 2 1 Origins 2 2 Church structure 2 3 Free press 2 4 Music 2 5 Movie theaters 3 Varieties of evangelical progressive Adventism 3 1 Cultural Adventism 3 2 Charismatic Adventism 3 3 Liberal Adventism 3 4 Social action 3 5 Other terms 3 6 Moves toward mainstream Christianity 4 Media 4 1 Operational 4 2 Historical 5 Organizations and Conferences 5 1 Adventist Society for Religious Studies 5 2 Adventist Forum Conference 5 3 Adventist Today Conference 5 4 Spiritual Renaissance Retreat 6 Relations with others 6 1 Relations with other Christians 6 2 Criticism 6 3 University controversies 7 See also 8 References 9 Other sourcesHistory EditThe movement emerged with certain interactions with evangelical Christians in the 1950s which included the publication of Questions on Doctrine in 1957 7 This period marked a shift in the broader Christian world s perception of Adventists from being viewed as a sect to being more commonly accepted as a legitimate Christian denomination citation needed The term progressive Adventist was first used in the mid 1960s in Spectrum magazine according to one author 8 One scholar wrote in 2001 It is only within the last few decades that the Adventist Review has recognized editorially that there exists within the Seventh day Adventist Church at least in North America liberals liberal churches liberal colleges universities and liberal conferences Depending on the author and his her agenda Adventist liberals are compared and or contrasted with conservative Adventists historic Adventists Bible believing or EGW believing Adventists traditional Adventists evangelical Adventists cultural Adventists and or ecumenical Adventists 9 Beliefs and practices EditProgressives tend to agree on some beliefs but differ or have a greater variation on others According to one author Progressive Adventism regrets the anti intellectual authoritarian and obscurant tendencies that characterize a significant segment of traditional historic Adventism along with the attempts at creating a creed out of the 27 Fundamental Doctrines 9 Ron Corson identifies four common areas of progressive belief 10 Investigative judgment A different view of the investigative judgment or a denial of its biblical basis Remnant An inclusion of other Christians in the term remnant Ellen White A less rigid view of the Inspiration of Ellen White that may recognize her fallibility or express skepticism of her prophetic abilities Sabbath Progressive Adventists tend not to hold to the traditional view of Sabbath as a Holy day of worship but emphasize some of the positive aspects of Sabbath such as it being made for human benefit Mark 2 27 and deny that Sunday keeping is or will be the mark of the beast 11 Origins Edit Progressive Adventists tend to challenge traditional teachings such as young earth creationism and some have accepted old earth creationism or evolutionary creationism 5 Church structure Edit Progressive Adventists typically believe the present church structure is very top heavy with too many levels of leadership and possibly too much hierarchical control 9 Many mainstream Adventists such as George Knight have also called for change in this area 12 Free press Edit Progressive Adventists tend to believe there should be candid reporting of news and information about the church whether positive or negative They believe in open discussion in a free press 9 This view is also shared by many more mainstream Adventists such as former editors of the Australian Record James Coffin 13 and Bruce Manners citation needed Music Edit Progressive Adventists are typically open to a variety of styles of worship music in church including contemporary Christian music 14 15 Movie theaters Edit Progressives typically disregard the church s stand on movie theater attendance For instance the adventist publication Spectrum does reviews of movies and TV shows 16 Varieties of evangelical progressive Adventism EditCultural Adventism Edit See also Cultural Christian A similar group have been referred to as cultural Adventists 17 This term may be used by Adventists who are not overly concerned with theology such as evangelical Kenneth Samples description of a segment that is atheological in nature and reflects what he would call a cultural Adventism 18 It may also refer to those who feel an attachment towards the Adventist church for cultural reasons only rather than beliefs or strict theological conformity citation needed Clifford Goldstein has declared A cultural Adventist The concept s incomprehensible to me I m an Adventist for one reason the beliefs the teachings the doctrines that this church and this church alone espouses If it were not for them I d be gone faster than the junk food at church potlucks The Seventh day Adventist culture had nothing to do with bringing me here On the contrary coming as I did from a secular Jewish background the culture was the biggest obstacle 19 Charismatic Adventism Edit Main article Charismatic Adventism While Adventist church worship is commonly conservative a few minor segments in their history may be looked at as charismatic in nature Phenomena of this nature have been present throughout Adventist history resulting in such things as the Holy Flesh movement which Ellen White strongly rebuked 20 Liberal Adventism Edit The term liberal Adventist or left wing Adventist usually means progressive Adventist the preferred self designation see above 9 21 This is appropriate because most progressive Adventists are still conservative or evangelical Christians For example most do believe in the resurrection of Jesus 10 They do not hold to a libertine or anything goes attitude which the term liberal sometimes implies 9 A number of Progressive Adventists are actually liberal Christians accepting such things as homosexuality and even support for LGBTQ individuals at the college and university level 22 According to evangelical Kenneth Samples It should also be mentioned that though small there was and is a segment in Adventism which could be described as being theologically liberal or even very liberal 23 18 He claims it rejects Christ s vicarious substitutionary atonement Ron Corson wrote Progressive Adventists could be termed liberal except that the term liberal Christian generally refers to those who don t believe that Christ was resurrected nor that he performed miracles and who hold other tenets with which most Progressive SDA s would not agree These liberals are often involved in the Jesus Seminars 10 Social action Edit Many Progressive Adventists describe themselves as liberal to mean they are liberal or left wing politically and have a concern for political or social justice action 24 Other terms Edit Also compare to the Evangelical left and Progressive Christianity Also compare to the Christian religious left although this term is associated with left wing politics citation needed Other terms such as ecumenical Adventist and evangelical Adventist have been used with presumably related meaning 21 Compare the much broader movements Ecumenism and Evangelicalism within Christianity as a whole citation needed Moves toward mainstream Christianity Edit The 1957 publication of Questions on Doctrine QOD as a result of dialog with critic Walter Martin is seen as a beginning for Progressive Adventism According to one author the roots of evangelical Adventism can be traced to scholars who met with Martin and Barnhouse 23 or earlier 18 The seeds of this movement were sown within the denomination via the book QOD in 1957 and the seed plot was watered by the public ministries of such men as R A Anderson Robert Brinsmead Desmond Ford Smuts van Rooyen and others 25 26 This book precipitated the different factions The movement emerged with Ford and Brinsmead as its main spokesmen 23 Brinsmead changed his stance while Desmond Ford openly differed with several church viewpoints in the 1970s echoing some of the ideas of A F Ballenger 27 Many liberals left the church in this period and liberals still follow and cite his viewpoints According to one author Progressives reject the mainstream views on and are united by belief in the pre fallen nature of Jesus and hold he was primarily our substitute not our example assurance of salvation without sanctification that overcoming sin or perfectionism is impossible that Jesus ascended straight to the Most Holy Place rather the Holy Place in the tabernacle in heaven at his ascension although opinions varied on a pre advent judgment that Ellen White had the gift of prophecy but was not infallible nor should be used for doctrine 23 Media EditOperational Edit Main article Spectrum magazine Adventist Heritage redirects here Not to be confused with Adventist Heritage Ministry Progressive Adventists such as Raymond Cottrell were responsible for the progressive leaning Spectrum archives a newsmagazine published by Adventist Forums that has been the premier independent Adventist magazine since its founding in 1969 In addition to its quarterly journal Spectrum also runs a regularly updated website with news and analysis on developments within the Church and other areas Progressive Adventists also established Adventist Today archives a bimonthly magazine first published in 1993 In 2008 Adventist Today made a renewed commitment to reporting on a greater diversity of Adventist views Also started by Progressives was Adventist Heritage A Journal of Adventist History archives which provided an important liberal platform 28 from 1974 to 1998 in roughly 18 volumes 29 It was supported by the Association of Seventh day Adventist Historians and other groups 30 Gary Land was a founding editor 31 as was Ronald Numbers Jonathan M Butler served as editor for a decade 32 Published twice yearly it was acquired by Loma Linda University 33 Historical Edit Main articles Present Truth Magazine and Evangelica A number of Progressive Adventist publications have gone out of print in the last number of years These include Present Truth Magazine archives founded by Robert Brinsmead in 1972 with a grace gospel centered focus In 1978 Brinsmead changed its title to Verdict to reflect his move away from evangelical Christianity The material on the Present Truth Magazine website is produced by the Gospel Friends Christian Fellowship which they explain to be an association of evangelical Seventh day Adventists It does not necessarily represent Brinsmead s current views 34 52 issues were apparently published 35 The Good News Unlimited magazine archives is published by Desmond Ford s ministry of the same name It began in 1981 as a bimonthly switched to monthly publication in mid 2003 and continues to be published as of 2008 36 A related magazine is Good News for Adventists Adventist Professional was an Australian magazine published quarterly from 1989 to 1999 by the Association of Business and Professional Members formerly Men based in Sydney an organization of Australia and New Zealand Adventist business and professional laypeople established in 1961 37 38 Eleven volumes were published 37 and Trevor Lloyd is a former editor 39 The magazine Adventist Currents archives was published from 1983 to 1988 in California 40 41 as a response to Ford s dismissal 42 Three volumes totaling 11 issues were published 41 as well as several issues of a newsletter in 1990 43 The magazine Evangelica was published from 1980 until 1987 in 8 volumes 44 and promoted the cause of evangelical Adventism 45 46 47 It was started in reaction to Desmond Ford s dismissal from the ministry Organizations and Conferences EditSome claim that numerous Adventist conferences and meetings have a progressive flavor Possibly see also the International Conference on Innovation 48 49 Adventist Society for Religious Studies Edit Main article Adventist Society for Religious Studies The Adventist Society for Religious Studies ASRS is a scholarly organization committed to the exploration of progressive religious issues and ideas in contrast to its more conservative spinoff group the Adventist Theological Society ASRS meets in conjunction with the annual meetings of the American Academy of Religion and the Society of Biblical Literature Adventist Forum Conference Edit Main article Adventist Forums Conference Adventist Forum publisher of Spectrum magazine and the Spectrum website hosts an annual conference Adventist Forum groups meet regularly around the world Adventist Today Conference Edit The publishers of the magazine Adventist Today held its first conference in 1998 a camp meeting in Riverside CA 50 Spiritual Renaissance Retreat Edit The Spiritual Renaissance Retreat was an annual event 1994 2013 hosted by John and Joan Hughson of Pacific Union College Church 51 and co sponsored by Adventist Forum and Adventist Today 52 Held in Monterey California it was based partly on the annual retreat concept popularized by Bill Clinton 53 The featured speaker in 2008 was former Adventist Desmond Ford of Good News Unlimited 51 Relations with others EditRelations with other Christians Edit See also Seventh day Adventist interfaith relations Progressive Adventists claim that they display an open and inclusive attitude towards other Christians and other beliefs and doctrines that differ from the Adventist church Other Christians such as Tony Campolo has had positive experiences speaking on numerous Adventist university campuses 54 Clark Pinnock gave very favourable reviews of Alden Thompson s Inspiration despite the significant attention given to Ellen White in the content and Richard Rice s theology textbook Reign of God 55 Pinnock was also impressed by Richard Rice s book The Openness of God and later was the editor for another work of the same name contributed by authors Rice John E Sanders and others The evangelical Christian Research Institute has offered a hand of fellowship and encouragement to what they describe as Evangelical Adventism 23 Progressive Adventists claim they are supportive or appreciate those statements by Ellen White which affirm other Christians such as the instruction to come near to ministers of other denominations to pray with and for them 56 Some authors report increased mixing of Progressive Adventists joining with other Christians worshiping on Sunday rather than the Sabbath For instance in North America It s not uncommon to find a member in church on Sabbath morning who on another day joins a study group of a different denomination or no denomination 57 Criticism Edit Clifford Goldstein has criticized cultural Adventists and the Adventist left as described above He had a blog on the Adventist Today website for nearly one year 58 He applies an Ellen White quote to liberal Adventists We have far more to fear from within than from without 59 60 Samuel Koranteng Pipim displays a strong concern about liberal Adventist scholars 61 By Alden Thompson s count The footnotes label some 66 Adventist scholars authors administrators as being on the wrong side of the divide 62 Former General Conference president Robert S Folkenberg wrote Will the real evangelical Adventist please stand up 63 An article in Proclamation a magazine produced by former Adventists critical of Adventism criticizes progressive Adventism in particular claiming that evangelicalism and Adventism are incompatible 64 The authors of Seeking a Sanctuary have argued that a common theology keeps Adventists together They claim religions usually remain unified by ethnicity but this doesn t hold for Adventism which they consider culturally diverse 65 Former Adventist J Mark Martin gave talks entitled An Evangelical Adventist 66 Andy Nash encountered some within the Adventist Today and Spectrum groups who had a liberal view of Scripture Some rejected the Bible s position on homosexuality or believed Adam and Eve or Daniel were not real people He commented Do you see the irony here At times this movement has struggled to make room for those who took a high view of Scripture who grappled with the biblical text but arrived at different conclusions Yet today we have thought leaders willing to set aside major teachings of Scripture altogether He argues for an atmosphere of tolerance of different perspectives as long as there is respect for the authority of the Bible 67 One book claims qualities of liberal break off congregations as having the following 1 Call your congregation something besides Seventh day Adventist 2 Mute and muffle distinctive Adventist doctrines 3 And don t call the SDA Church the remnant 4 Downplay our well defined and long held standards 5 Keep the tithes and offerings in your own congregation 6 Reduce Ellen White s role merely to wise old woman 7 Resist any authority from the conference level or higher 68 University controversies Edit Progressive Adventists claim they believe in academic freedom for church theologians and scientists 9 and claim that church administrators are generally more conservative which has led to differences of opinion with the more liberal academics The Spectrum editors have said Every ten years or so another witch hunt occurs in Adventist higher education 69 Adventist historian Michael W Campbell observes that Adventist history teachers and the use of historical method became especially suspect as Adventism became more Fundamentalist during the 1920s during which time its history teachers were on the front line of those who were pushed out of the church 70 According to Terrie Dopp Aamodt one of the first major purges was at Walla Walla College in 1938 69 Raymond Cottrell who some see as a progressive Adventist as he disagreed with certain traditional positions of the church including the investigative judgment 71 claims that for the first hundred years in the Seventh day Adventist Church scholars did not control the church s theology and sees the 1930s and perhaps earlier as a time church administrators effectively controlled theology and the 1950s as a time of openness 71 F D Nichol stated that the Seventh day Adventist Bible Commentary would not have been possible without the theologically open climate in the church during the 1950s and 60s 72 In the early 1980s the presidents of Southern Missionary College and Pacific Union College were given leave of absence after criticisms 69 The 1980 Adventist Review article Colleges in Trouble by editor Kenneth Wood 73 was seen by some as a contributing factor Employees were fired at Southern 74 Jerry A Gladson a lecturer was dismissed by the church 75 A few scholars went against proposals to introduce centralized oversight of theological education such as former General Conference president Robert Folkenberg s Total Commitment to God initiative in 1996 and Folkenberg s action to establish an overseeing Board of Ministerial and Theological Education in every Division of the church to oversee its theological seminaries evoked significant criticism in some areas including North America 76 which was put on hold 77 There was concern over the document International Coordination and Supervision of Seventh day Adventist Ministerial and Theological Education 78 See also 2003 Conference on Religious and Theological Education Alden Thompson and John Brunt at what is now Walla Walla University continued to promote the virtues of reason 79 prompting an official investigation of the educational institution 80 Progressive Adventists have been involved in or have even begun controversies over origins or creation evolution Since 2009 Adventist members criticised La Sierra University because some lecturers have allegedly affirmed biological evolution which met with criticism from pastor David Asscherick and others such as on the website Educate Truth founded by graduate Shane Hilde 81 As of 2009 church and university leaders had declined to discipline those involved 69 82 83 84 General Conference president Jan Paulsen made An Appeal for the affirmation of the traditional Adventist belief supporting Creation but also gave support of the work of Adventist lecturers 85 The board of trustees of the university affirmed creationism 86 The debate was reported in the Adventist Review in 2010 87 Lawrence T Geraty president of La Sierra University 1993 2007 stated LSU continues to be a sound loyal Seventh day Adventist institution where victories for Christ happen every day 88 Ricardo Graham chair of the La Sierra Board of Trustees 2008 2021 affirmed the university and its commitment to a recent six day creation 89 See the 1987 official church statement A Statement on Theological and Academic Freedom and Accountability See also Edit Christianity portalCharismatic Adventism Emerging church Historic Adventism Liberal Christianity Progressive Christianity Postmodern Christianity Sabbath in seventh day churches Seventh day Adventist education Seventh day Adventist theology Seventh day Adventist worship Spectrum magazine References Edit We Can be Progressive Adventists without Exploiting Anti Catholic Feelings The Problem of Progressive Adventists 3 January 2012 Two false teachings Atsjats 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