Ellen White Issues Symposium

Virtual Ellen G. White Issues Symposium, April 1, 2024

Mark your calendar and join us for the virtual Ellen G. White Issues Symposium sponsored by the Center for Adventist Research, the Ellen G. White Estate Branch Office, and the Seminary Department of Church History.  It will be held on Monday, April 1, 2024, from 9:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. The purpose of this symposium is to break new ground in understanding Ellen White and issues relating to her life, ministry, and prophetic gift that have current importance.

Papers will be presented with a prepared response. There will be an opportunity to submit questions relating to Ellen White and current issues and as many of these questions as time will allow will be debated at the afternoon panel discussion.

The speakers this year are Mark Pearce, PhD cand., the director of the Ellen G. White/Seventh-day Adventist Research Centre at Avondale University in Cooranbong, Australia; James Mutua, PhD, the director of the Ellen G. White Research Centre and a lecturer in the department of Theology and Religious Studies at the University of Eastern Africa, Baraton, Kenya; Ingram R. London, PhD cand., an Assistant Professor of Systematic Theology and Ethics at Oakwood University, School of Theology in Huntsville, AL; Esther Louw, MA student, originally comes from Australia; Tim Poirier, MTS, the Vice-Director and Archivist of the Ellen G. White Estate at the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists; Gerson C. Rodrigues, PhD, a professor and director of the Ellen G. White Research Center in Northeast Brazil College.

There is no charge for attending the symposium and registration is not necessary.

A Zoom link: https://andrews.zoom.us/j/92419718029

The Program of the Virtual Ellen G. White Issues Symposium, April 1, 2024

 
9:00 am – Denis Kaiser – Welcome and Introduction
 
9:05 am“He Lets Him Be as Though He Had Not Been”: Reframing a Black Adventist “Text of Terror” – Ingram R. London, PhD cand., Oakwood University
 
Response: Kevin M. Burton
Facilitator: Daniela Pusic
 
10:00 am – In Context: A Brief Overview of the Ellen G. White Estate Letters and Manuscripts Annotation Project – Tim Poirier, MTS, Ellen G. White Estate
 
Response: Jón Hjörleifur Stefánsson
Facilitator: Daniela Pusic
 
11:00 am – Ellen G. White and the Love of God Through Jesus Christ – James Mutua, PhD, Ellen G. White Research Centre / University of Eastern Africa, Baraton
 
Response: Greg Howell
Facilitator: Daniela Pusic
 
12:00 pmLunch Break
 
1:00 pm – “An Example of Industry and Economy for Others”: The White Couple’s Spirit of Sacrifice in the Early Sabbatarian Adventist Movement – Gerson C. Rodrigues, PhD, Ellen G. White Research Center / Northeast Brazil College
 
Response: Doug Matacio
Facilitator: Jungkyu Park
 
2:00 pm – Sealed and Saved: The Development of Ellen G. White’s Soteriology between 1844 and 1863 – Esther Louw, MAR student, Seventh-day Adventist Theological Seminary
 
Response: Edwin Sully Payet
Facilitator: Jungkyu Park
 
3:00 pm – Divine Inspiration and the Staff of the Ellen G. White Estate, 1930–1970 – Mark Pearce, PhD cand., Ellen G. White/SDA Research Centre / Avondale University
 
Response: Denis Kaiser
Facilitator: Jungkyu Park
 
4:00 pm – Panel Discussion
Facilitator: Denis Kaiser
 
If you have any questions, please contact the Center for Adventist Research at car@andrews.edu.

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