Church organization
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Historically, the organization of the Seventh-day Adventist Church developed as a response to the needs of the church. This has resulted in a structure composed of four organizational levels that has enabled significant church growth and provides a means for both local and organization-wide decision-making. However, the core structure has been largely unchanged for more than a century. and its ongoing maintenance is under threat due to issues the church is facing in the twenty-first century. These issues include a confused locus of authority, major demographic shifts, changed giving trends, a burgeoning number of administrators, and the need to address the limited roles and decision-making available to women within the structure.
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Jackson, W. (2024). Church organization. In M.W Campbell, C. Chow, D. Kaiser, N. Miller and D. F. Holland (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Seventh-day Adventism (pp. 417-430). New York: Oxford University Press.
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