Last month leaders of the SDA church in the South Pacific Division (SPD) met again in Australia with pastors from Samoa and Samoan pastors representing Samoan churches in New Zealand and Australia. The bible conference discussed the impasse in Samoa which is detrimental to a fundamental doctrine of the SDA church where there are now … [Click to read more …]
The debate of which day is the ‘seventh day’ Sabbath in Samoa has taken on another twist with confirmation from the Seventh-day Adventist world headquarters in America, that there is no documented action by the General Conference endorsing or supporting the action of the Samoa SDA administration to change its Sabbath day of worship to … [Click to read more …]
Elder Ted Wilson, General Conference President of the Seventh-day Adventist (SDA) church has confirmed receiving a submission from members in Samoa against the controversial decision by the local church administration, changing their Sabbath day of worship from Saturday to Sunday in Samoa. One of the biggest group is the Lighthouse with members from across Anoamaa … [Click to read more …]
(Source: eventpolynesia.com) The controversial decision by the SDA church administration in Samoa to worship on Sunday has drawn many letters on the issue from Seventh-day Adventists around the world. Many are critical of the inconsistency in the position of the Samoa-Tokelau Mission by rejecting Saturday as the 7th day of the week following the Government’s … [Click to read more …]
(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 … [Click to read more …]
(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 … [Click to read more …]
(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 … [Click to read more …]
