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Sources cited in our articles (122)

Official (43)

• ADRA Portugal, "Estafeta das Possibilidades," Sept. 24, 2026
  Cited in: Portuguese Adventists report on disability-inclusion campaign marking 120 years in Portugal
• Adventist Asia News, "After Decades of Waiting, Adventist Congregation in Jakarta Celebrates New Church Home," Oct. 29, 2026
  Cited in: Jakarta governor opens Adventist church after permit process of more than 25 years
• Adventist Review, “Economic Uncertainty Hasn't Stopped God's Blessings, Church Officers Say
  Cited in: GC's 2027 budget presentation keeps North America at 3 percent as other divisions move to 2.7 percent
• Adventist Review: "Put a Pin in It
  Cited in: Pins, Patches and Long Sashes: An Archived Pathfinder Note on Display
• Adventist.org: "Sabbath Planning Ideas
  Cited in: Before Sundown: How Adventists Describe Friday as "Preparation Day"
• Allen Shepherd, "Hebrews 4:9: Yes, it is a key text," *Ministry*, August 2024
  Cited in: Is Hebrews 4:9 About Keeping the Sabbath, or About the Rest the Sabbath Points To?
• ANN, "Delegates Vote 'No' on Issue of Women's Ordination" (July 9, 2015)
  Cited in: Women's Ordination: What the Study Committee's Positions Argue From Scripture; Northwest ordination vote: a shared appeal to unity, different views of authority
• Brace, "God's Ingenious Antidote to 'Performative' Religion," Adventist Review
  Cited in: What Does Daniel 8:14 Mean for Adventists Today?
• Church manual will undergo “comprehensive” revision before 2030
  Cited in: A clearer Church Manual: what October’s vote settled—and what it did not
• Church-State Relations
  Cited in: Digital euro contracts advance preparations—not a decision to issue the currency; Preschool funding reaches the Supreme Court: religious accommodation or unequal access?
• Columbia Union Conference: "Nostalgia in Every Bite
  Cited in: The Haystack and the Potluck: Documented Threads of Adventist Fellowship Meals
• Downloads Adventistas, bulletin landing page, Oct. 29, 2026
  Cited in: South American Pathfinder camporee scraps early park entry in new official bulletin
• East-Central Africa Division, "New leadership elected to serve East-Central Africa Division," Nov. 2, 2026
  Cited in: East-Central Africa Division reports election of Moses Maka as president
• Financial Statements 2022–2025, Greater Sydney Conference
  Cited in: Greater Sydney’s 2025 property accounts return to surplus—but are not the whole conference picture
• Fundamental Beliefs (Belief 18)
  Cited in: "The Testimony of Jesus": One Phrase, Two Adventist Emphases; Is Hebrews 4:9 About Keeping the Sabbath, or About the Rest the Sabbath Points To?; What Does Daniel 8:14 Mean for Adventists Today?; Can the Final Generation Live Without Sin? Two Adventist Readings of the Same Texts; Who Is the Remnant? How Adventist Writers Relate the Church to Faithful People Elsewhere; Women's Ordination: What the Study Committee's Positions Argue From Scripture; Adventist AI: useful answers are not the same as spiritual authority; A clearer Church Manual: what October’s vote settled—and what it did not; Delegate privacy and church accountability: what the Northwest reports leave unresolved; A growing church can still lose members: reading Adventism’s retention reports; Northwest ordination vote: a shared appeal to unity, different views of authority; OneVoice27’s $99 million commitment and stewardship evidence; Digital euro contracts advance preparations—not a decision to issue the currency; Preschool funding reaches the Supreme Court: religious accommodation or unequal access?
• Gane, "A Divine Appointment," Adventist Review (undated)
  Cited in: What Does Daniel 8:14 Mean for Adventists Today?
• General Conference announces new apps built for OneVoice27
  Cited in: Adventist AI: useful answers are not the same as spiritual authority
• General Conference: "Sabbath Observance" document
  Cited in: Before Sundown: How Adventists Describe Friday as "Preparation Day"
• Gerhard Pfandl, "The testimony of Jesus," *Ministry*, October 2016
  Cited in: "The Testimony of Jesus": One Phrase, Two Adventist Emphases; Who Is the Remnant? How Adventist Writers Relate the Church to Faithful People Elsewhere
• Jerry N. Page, "What Does Hebrews 4 Really Say?" *Ministry*, June 1978
  Cited in: Is Hebrews 4:9 About Keeping the Sabbath, or About the Rest the Sabbath Points To?
• Ministry Magazine: "Quality church potlucks
  Cited in: The Haystack and the Potluck: Documented Threads of Adventist Fellowship Meals; A growing church can still lose members: reading Adventism’s retention reports
• North American Division: "More than a Festival: Helping Young Creatives Find Their Voice
  Cited in: "Storytellers First": Young Adventist Filmmakers on Faith Without the Sermon
• North American Division: "Sonscreen 2026: Where Storytelling Becomes a Calling
  Cited in: "Storytellers First": Young Adventist Filmmakers on Faith Without the Sermon
• Northwest Adventists: "Pin Trading Brings Conversation, Fun, and Memories
  Cited in: Pins, Patches and Long Sashes: An Archived Pathfinder Note on Display
• Northwest Adventists: "UCA Students Share Jesus With Peers
  Cited in: A Week to Slow Down: How Students Describe Campus Week of Prayer
• Notícias IASD Portugal, "Todos no mesmo passo: juntos pela inclusão," Oct. 21, 2026
  Cited in: Portuguese Adventists report on disability-inclusion campaign marking 120 years in Portugal
• NPUC delegates’ decisions
  Cited in: Delegate privacy and church accountability: what the Northwest reports leave unresolved; Northwest ordination vote: a shared appeal to unity, different views of authority
• Official Bulletin No. 02/2026, VI Campori DSA 2027 (PDF), Oct. 29, 2026
  Cited in: South American Pathfinder camporee scraps early park entry in new official bulletin
• Proposed bylaw amendments and rationale
  Cited in: Delegate privacy and church accountability: what the Northwest reports leave unresolved
• Randy Robinson, "Divine Genius: Funding the Seventh-day Adventist Worldwide Movement," North American Division, Jan. 31, 2024
  Cited in: Claim Check: Did Conrad Vine say not to give your tithe to the church?
• SDA International Biblical-Theological Dictionary, "Last Generation Theology
  Cited in: Can the Final Generation Live Without Sin? Two Adventist Readings of the Same Texts
• Secretariat report and world mission
  Cited in: A growing church can still lose members: reading Adventism’s retention reports
• Seventh-day Adventist Church, "What Is Biblical Stewardship?" (Fundamental Belief 21)
  Cited in: Claim Check: Did Conrad Vine say not to give your tithe to the church?
• Source
  Cited in: Herbert Blomstedt, conductor guided by his Adventist faith, dies at 99
• Source
  Cited in: Adventist leaders in Europe vote AI ethics principles and a crisis plan, division reports; Adventist AI: useful answers are not the same as spiritual authority; OneVoice27’s $99 million commitment and stewardship evidence
• Source
  Cited in: North American Division receives lay-minister credential proposal but does not adopt it
• Southern Adventist University: "Students Earn Top Honors at Sonscreen Film Festival
  Cited in: "Storytellers First": Young Adventist Filmmakers on Faith Without the Sermon
• Spectrum (republishing Adventist News Network / GC Communications): "Young People Organize Food and Water Drives for Global Youth Day 2018
  Cited in: "Be the Sermon": Global Youth Day's Service Sabbath in the Record, 2016–2019
• Taking the Pulse
  Cited in: A growing church can still lose members: reading Adventism’s retention reports
• Timm, "God's Character and the Last Generation," BRI
  Cited in: Can the Final Generation Live Without Sin? Two Adventist Readings of the Same Texts
• Treasurer’s mission-investment report
  Cited in: OneVoice27’s $99 million commitment and stewardship evidence
• Washington Adventist University: "WISE Week
  Cited in: A Week to Slow Down: How Students Describe Campus Week of Prayer
• Ángel Manuel Rodríguez, "The Remnant and the Adventist Church," Biblical Research Institute
  Cited in: "The Testimony of Jesus": One Phrase, Two Adventist Emphases; Who Is the Remnant? How Adventist Writers Relate the Church to Faithful People Elsewhere

Independent Progressive (22)

• Adventist Church Approves Plan to Review Church Manual
  Cited in: A clearer Church Manual: what October’s vote settled—and what it did not
• Adventist Today, Köhler AP interview report (July 15, 2025)
  Cited in: Women's Ordination: What the Study Committee's Positions Argue From Scripture
• Adventist Today: "Global Youth Day: Impact on New York City
  Cited in: "Be the Sermon": Global Youth Day's Service Sabbath in the Record, 2016–2019
• Adventist Today: "Global Youth Sabbath: Adventist Young Adults Do Community Service
  Cited in: "Be the Sermon": Global Youth Day's Service Sabbath in the Record, 2016–2019
• Adventist Today: "Sabbath Revisited: How Our Family Returned to a Traditional Sabbath Observance
  Cited in: Before Sundown: How Adventists Describe Friday as "Preparation Day"
• Annual Council 2026—Monday
  Cited in: OneVoice27’s $99 million commitment and stewardship evidence
• Annual Council 2026—Tuesday and Wednesday: Newly-Elected NSD President and “Adventist Intelligence” Introduced
  Cited in: Adventist AI: useful answers are not the same as spiritual authority
• Annual Council—Sunday
  Cited in: A clearer Church Manual: what October’s vote settled—and what it did not; A growing church can still lose members: reading Adventism’s retention reports
• Bruinsma, "Finley's Last Generation Theology" (Spectrum, Dec 9, 2025)
  Cited in: Can the Final Generation Live Without Sin? Two Adventist Readings of the Same Texts
• General Conference Announces Two AI-Powered Apps for OneVoice27
  Cited in: Adventist AI: useful answers are not the same as spiritual authority
• Hannon, "The Delay Problem & Last Generation Theology" (Adventist Today, Aug 2, 2022; not read)
  Cited in: Can the Final Generation Live Without Sin? Two Adventist Readings of the Same Texts
• How Annual Council Showcased Adventism’s Victories, Vulnerabilities, and (One)Voice
  Cited in: Adventist AI: useful answers are not the same as spiritual authority; A growing church can still lose members: reading Adventism’s retention reports
• Lloyd/Johnsson interview (Spectrum, Mar 25, 2023)
  Cited in: What Does Daniel 8:14 Mean for Adventists Today?
• Mission investment and audit concerns
  Cited in: OneVoice27’s $99 million commitment and stewardship evidence
• New Sources and Forty Years…," Spectrum 48:4 (2020)
  Cited in: What Does Daniel 8:14 Mean for Adventists Today?
• NPUC constituency report
  Cited in: Delegate privacy and church accountability: what the Northwest reports leave unresolved; Northwest ordination vote: a shared appeal to unity, different views of authority
• Sigve K. Tonstad, "Timeout: After the Thousand Years," *Spectrum*, March 23, 2019
  Cited in: "The Testimony of Jesus": One Phrase, Two Adventist Emphases
• Source
  Cited in: Herbert Blomstedt, conductor guided by his Adventist faith, dies at 99
• Spectrum, "Five Stories We're Watching" (July 2025)
  Cited in: Women's Ordination: What the Study Committee's Positions Argue From Scripture
• Spectrum, SwPUC conference brief (Oct 12, 2026)
  Cited in: Can the Final Generation Live Without Sin? Two Adventist Readings of the Same Texts
• Spectrum: "More Than a Meal: The History of the Adventist Haystack
  Cited in: The Haystack and the Potluck: Documented Threads of Adventist Fellowship Meals
• The Machine Behind the Pulpit: Discerning AI Usage in the Church
  Cited in: Adventist AI: useful answers are not the same as spiritual authority

Independent Conservative (8)

• ADvindicate, "Why Last Generation Theology Is Biblical" (Nov 20, 2025; byline only viewed)
  Cited in: Can the Final Generation Live Without Sin? Two Adventist Readings of the Same Texts
• Fulcrum7, "Conrad Vine and Walter Veith speak at The Caribou Campmeeting in Maine," Aug. 20, 2024
  Cited in: Claim Check: Did Conrad Vine say not to give your tithe to the church?
• NPUC Delegates Bully the Church on Women’s Ordination
  Cited in: Northwest ordination vote: a shared appeal to unity, different views of authority
• Paulson, "Confused About Perfection" (Aug 21, 2020)
  Cited in: Can the Final Generation Live Without Sin? Two Adventist Readings of the Same Texts
• Paulson, "Four Objections to Last Generation Theology—and a Response" (ADvindicate, Aug 5, 2022)
  Cited in: Can the Final Generation Live Without Sin? Two Adventist Readings of the Same Texts
• Paulson, "Is Last Generation Theology a 'Fringe' Doctrine?" (dated Dec 12, 2025 on page)
  Cited in: Can the Final Generation Live Without Sin? Two Adventist Readings of the Same Texts
• Paulson, "The Bible's Simple Case for Perfection This Side of Heaven" (Mar 5, 2021)
  Cited in: Can the Final Generation Live Without Sin? Two Adventist Readings of the Same Texts
• Steps to Life / LandMarks: "Preparation Day Reminiscences
  Cited in: Before Sundown: How Adventists Describe Friday as "Preparation Day"

Primary Documents (30)

• *Ministry*, October 1980
  Cited in: What Does Daniel 8:14 Mean for Adventists Today?
• 2026 Annual Council Statistical Report, text
  Cited in: A growing church can still lose members: reading Adventism’s retention reports
• Australian Union Conference, 2025 Constituency Meeting book
  Cited in: Australian Union's 2025 amendment package proposed a personal-interest rule for its executive committee
• Church Manual, 20th edition, revised 2022
  Cited in: The 2025 Church Manual permits electronic participation in local business meetings—with two approvals
• Church Manual, 21st edition, revised 2025
  Cited in: The 2025 Church Manual permits electronic participation in local business meetings—with two approvals
• Concejo Municipal de Presidencia Roque Sáenz Peña, "El Concejo Municipal aprobó la ordenanza de cierre comercial obligatorio los domingos," Oct. 15, 2026
  Cited in: Claim Check: Did an Argentine city pass a "Sunday law"?
• ECB selects network service providers
  Cited in: Digital euro contracts advance preparations—not a decision to issue the currency
• Final TOSC Report (June 2014)
  Cited in: Women's Ordination: What the Study Committee's Positions Argue From Scripture
• Ford, "Daniel 8:14 and the Day of Atonement" (Spectrum 1980, reposted 2009)
  Cited in: What Does Daniel 8:14 Mean for Adventists Today?
• GCAS, 2024 Annual Report: Beyond Audit
  Cited in: GCAS’s latest report separates recurring policy violations from an unfinished audit-coverage count
• GCAS, 2025 Annual Report: Integrity for Mission
  Cited in: GCAS’s latest report separates recurring policy violations from an unfinished audit-coverage count; OneVoice27’s $99 million commitment and stewardship evidence
• General Conference Treasury, Annual Council 2026 presentation
  Cited in: GCAS’s latest report separates recurring policy violations from an unfinished audit-coverage count; GC's 2027 budget presentation keeps North America at 3 percent as other divisions move to 2.7 percent
• Greater Sydney Conference, 2024 financial statements
  Cited in: Greater Sydney’s 2025 property accounts return to surplus—but are not the whole conference picture
• Greater Sydney Conference, 2025 financial statements and appended auditor’s report
  Cited in: Greater Sydney’s 2025 property accounts return to surplus—but are not the whole conference picture
• Money in the digital age
  Cited in: Digital euro contracts advance preparations—not a decision to issue the currency
• North American Division, church-structure presentation, New Treasurer's Training Seminar, June 26–30, 2022
  Cited in: GC's 2027 budget presentation keeps North America at 3 percent as other divisions move to 2.7 percent
• Pemprov DKI Jakarta press release, "Resmikan Gereja Masehi Advent Hari Ketujuh Taman Harapan Jaya…," Oct. 25, 2026
  Cited in: Jakarta governor opens Adventist church after permit process of more than 25 years
• Planalto, Constituição da República Federativa do Brasil de 1988 (consolidated text, Art. 7, XV)
  Cited in: Claim Check: Did Brazil amend its Constitution to make Sunday the "preferred" rest day?
• Planalto, Emenda Constitucional nº 141, de 16 de outubro de 2026
  Cited in: Claim Check: Did Brazil amend its Constitution to make Sunday the "preferred" rest day?
• Position 3 presentation to Annual Council 2014
  Cited in: Women's Ordination: What the Study Committee's Positions Argue From Scripture
• Rádio Senado, "PEC com o fim da escala 6x1 é promulgada," Oct. 14, 2026, updated Oct. 16
  Cited in: Claim Check: Did Brazil amend its Constitution to make Sunday the "preferred" rest day?
• Sanctuary Review Committee consensus (Spectrum vol. 11 archive)
  Cited in: What Does Daniel 8:14 Mean for Adventists Today?
• Source
  Cited in: Herbert Blomstedt, conductor guided by his Adventist faith, dies at 99
• Summary of Proposed Bylaw Amendments and Rationale
  Cited in: Delegate privacy and church accountability: what the Northwest reports leave unresolved
• Supreme Court argument transcript
  Cited in: Preschool funding reaches the Supreme Court: religious accommodation or unequal access?
• Supreme Court docket, 25-581
  Cited in: Preschool funding reaches the Supreme Court: religious accommodation or unequal access?
• The Great Controversy, chapter 38
  Cited in: Digital euro contracts advance preparations—not a decision to issue the currency; Preschool funding reaches the Supreme Court: religious accommodation or unequal access?
• VI Campori DSA guidance manual (PDF), 2025
  Cited in: South American Pathfinder camporee scraps early park entry in new official bulletin
• Walla Walla University, 2025–2026 Governance Handbook, Appendix A: Constituency
  Cited in: Walla Walla's 2025–2026 handbook divides authority among constituents, trustees and an executive committee
• Walla Walla University, 2025–2026 Governance Handbook, Appendix B: Charter of the Board of Trustees
  Cited in: Walla Walla's 2025–2026 handbook divides authority among constituents, trustees and an executive committee

Social & Video (3)

• Advent Media Connect, "Dr. Conrad Vine on Tithe, Storehouse, and Church Accountability," YouTube, June 29, 2026
  Cited in: Claim Check: Did Conrad Vine say not to give your tithe to the church?
• Advent Messenger Herald (YouTube), "Sunday Law Passed in Argentina City!!! | Brother Joseph Jimenez," Oct. 20, 2026
  Cited in: Claim Check: Did an Argentine city pass a "Sunday law"?
• Dr. Conrad Vine, "\"Entropy\" | Dr. Conrad Vine," YouTube, June 26, 2026
  Cited in: Claim Check: Did Conrad Vine say not to give your tithe to the church?

Global & Regional (7)

• Agência Brasil, "Senado aprova fim da escala 6x1 e redução da jornada de trabalho," Oct. 14, 2026
  Cited in: Claim Check: Did Brazil amend its Constitution to make Sunday the "preferred" rest day?
• Diario Norte, "Aprobaron por unanimidad el descanso dominical en Sáenz Peña," Oct. 19, 2026
  Cited in: Claim Check: Did an Argentine city pass a "Sunday law"?
• General Conference Announces New Apps Built for OneVoice27
  Cited in: Adventist AI: useful answers are not the same as spiritual authority
• Inter-American Division, TOSC summary (Sept 2014)
  Cited in: Women's Ordination: What the Study Committee's Positions Argue From Scripture
• Leonard Valwen Tan, "The Testimony of Jesus in Revelation 12:17," *Journal Koinonia*, June 2026
  Cited in: "The Testimony of Jesus": One Phrase, Two Adventist Emphases
• Prawo Zborowe przejdzie kompleksową rewizję przed 2030 rokiem
  Cited in: A clearer Church Manual: what October’s vote settled—and what it did not
• SePUM Bible Conference report (undated)
  Cited in: Can the Final Generation Live Without Sin? Two Adventist Readings of the Same Texts

Other (9)

• Advent Messenger (Andy Roman), "Brazil's National Congress Passed a Constitutional Amendment Explicitly Identifying Sunday as the 'Preferred Weekly Day of Rest'," Oct. 15, 2026
  Cited in: Claim Check: Did Brazil amend its Constitution to make Sunday the "preferred" rest day?
• Advent Messenger Church, "SUNDAY REST BECOMES LAW IN ARGENTINE CITY by Brother Joseph Jimenez," Oct. 19, 2026
  Cited in: Claim Check: Did an Argentine city pass a "Sunday law"?
• Adventist Youth Ministries Museum: newsletter essay on the honor sash
  Cited in: Pins, Patches and Long Sashes: An Archived Pathfinder Note on Display
• Andrews University Student Movement: "The Impact of Week of Prayer According to Students
  Cited in: A Week to Slow Down: How Students Describe Campus Week of Prayer
• ANTARA, "Setelah 25 tahun, GMHAK Taman Harapan akhirnya diresmikan Pemprov DKI," Oct. 25, 2026
  Cited in: Jakarta governor opens Adventist church after permit process of more than 25 years
• Sabbath School Net: "Preparing to Make the Sabbath a Delight
  Cited in: Before Sundown: How Adventists Describe Friday as "Preparation Day"
• Source
  Cited in: Herbert Blomstedt, conductor guided by his Adventist faith, dies at 99
• Source
  Cited in: Herbert Blomstedt, conductor guided by his Adventist faith, dies at 99
• When “Free” Exercise Costs the State
  Cited in: Preschool funding reaches the Supreme Court: religious accommodation or unequal access?