Samoa Government Prayer House Opens for Worship this Saturday
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(Source: eventspolynesia.com) The current division in beliefs of Seventh-day Adventists in Samoa over which day to observe the Sabbath has resulted in a request to the Samoa Government to use the Prayer House on Mt. Vaea for church service starting this Saturday morning. It is confirmed that the Government have granted the request by members of the SDA church who reside in Apia and the … Continue reading –>

Two Sabbaths for Seventh Day Adventists in Samoa Due to International Dateline Change
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(Source: eventpolynesia.com) As Samoa prepared to mark the change of Samoa’s position in relation to the International Dateline, where on the stroke of midnight Thursday night, the date shifted from Thursday 29th of December 2011 to Saturday 31st of December 2011; it also marked the division in conviction of Seventh Day Adventists in Samoa. Those that will continue to keep Saturday as their Sabbath and … Continue reading –>

Samoa and the New Sequence of Days in 2012‏
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(Source: eventpolynesia.com) Samoa’s shift to the west to align with days in New Zealand and Australia also saw a change in the sequence of days of the week according to the new calendar being adopted by the Seventh-day Adventist church in Samoa, with Monday becoming the first day of the week to Sunday starting in 2012. The new version by the SDA church in Samoa … Continue reading –>

Samoa Seventh-day Adventist Church Issues Statement re Date Line Change
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The Seventh Day Adventist Church in Samoa issued a statement to clarify its position on the time zone change, which is happening at midnight on December 29, according to the Samoa Observer (No longer available online). The planned realignment of Samoa to the western side of the date line was announced by Prime Minister Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi and reported in the Associated Press on May … Continue reading –>

A False Issue – The Day-line
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(From Signs of the Times, Warburton, Victoria, Nov 26, 1906. High-lighting added by editor.) IN the year 1844 a movement denominated the “third angel’s message,” took its rise. Commencing in a small way, it has at the present time assumed world-wide dimensions. It has for its object the proclamation of solemn and important truths to the last generation of mankind. It foretells the speedy advent … Continue reading –>

The Eden Day-Line Theory
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(Source The Bible Echo, January 28, 1901. High-lighting added by Sabbath Issues editor.) WE are living in times when not only many old errors are being revived and strenuously advocated, but when many new and strange theories are being advanced and seeking recognition. One of the latter is that Eden, or the place where Eden is supposed to have been located, marks the place at … Continue reading –>