Successful April 14, 2012 - Michigan Adventist History Tour
Partcipants of the 2011 Seminary student Michigan Adventist History one-day tour were able to visit the Old Rugged Cross church where the hymn was sung for the first time. The tour also visited the site of the 1909 camp meeting in Three Rivers, Michigan, the place where George King began colporteur work for the first time, and the Burlington Seventh-day Adventist church, an early congregation connected to many interesting stories, and other sites as well.
Successful 2011 New England Adventist History Study Tour
The 2011 Seminary New England Adventist History Study Tour was August 7-14. Participants walked the ground that the Adventist Pioneers walked, sang the songs that they sang and learned what their passions were. More information can be found at http://www.andrews.edu/library/car/netour.html
Successful 2011 Michigan Adventist Heritage Tour
The tour was April 16, 2011. Many Seminary students participated. The tour included visits to sites in Otsego, Allegan, Wright, Michigan. Also the tour stopped along the Kalamazoo River to talk for a moment about Edson White’s mission boat the Morning Star. It rained off and on for most of the day, but tour participants reflected on how meaningful it was to be able to go to these places and hear the stories of what happened there.
Join us for the 2011 New England Adventist History Study Tour
Walk the ground that the Adventist Pioneers walked. Sing the songs that they sang. Learn what their passions were. Join us for the 2011 Seminary New England Adventist History Study Tour August 7-14. Ask for an application at the Center for Adventist Research. Tour positions are limited, so be sure to apply early. More information can be found at http://www.andrews.edu/library/car/netour.html
Successful 2011 Michigan Adventist Heritage Tour
The tour was April 16, 2011. Many Seminary students participated. The tour included visits to sites in Otsego, Allegan, Wright, Michigan. Also the tour stopped along the Kalamazoo River to talk for a moment about Edson White’s mission boat the Morning Star. It rained off and on for most of the day, but tour participants reflected on how meaningful it was to be able to go to these places and hear the stories of what happened there.
Past News and Events
Book Sale
The Center for Adventist Research book sale is back! The 2011 Spring book sale begins Monday, March 28, at 4:00p.m. There will be hundreds, of used Seventh-day Adventist books, pamphlets, periodicals, audio-visuals, and Ellen White books for sale. There is also a limited amount of audio-visual equipment and some office supplies for sale. The books range from the very old to the relatively recent; from excellent condition to poor condition. There are a good number of pioneer writings and a wide variety of Ellen White’s published books. The best titles tend to disappear quickly, so don’t delay.
The books are competitively priced and will be less costly than at the various online sources for Adventist used books. We accept cash or checks. (Credit and/or debit cards will not be accepted.) The sale begins March 28 and will conclude at 9 pm on April 8. The sale hours will match the Center’s public hours: Monday to Thursday 9 am to 9 pm, Friday 9 am to 1 pm, and Sunday 4 pm to 8 pm. For more information, you may call the Center at (269) 471-3209.
Seventh Annual Ellen G. White and Current Issues Symposium
We extend a general invitation to pastors in the Lake Union, religion and theology professors at Adventist colleges, scholars of Ellen White and Adventist studies, Seventh-day Adventist Theological Seminary students, and other interested persons to attend our seventh annual Ellen G. White and Current Issues Symposium. It will be held on Monday, March 28, 2011, from 9:00 a.m. until 4:45 p.m., in the chapel of the Seventh-day Adventist Theological Seminary on the campus of Andrews University in Berrien Springs, Michigan.
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. The structure of the symposium will have some elements of academic formality. Papers will be presented with a prepared response followed by a brief responses from the presenters. The papers presented will later be published in a journal that will be available at a reasonable cost. At the symposium we will also make available the published presentations from the 2005 through the 2010 symposiums. At the meeting there will be an opportunity to submit questions relating to Ellen White and current issues. We will attempt to discuss as many of these question as time will allow in the afternoon.
Our speakers this year are Jiri Moskala, Dwight K. Nelson, James R. Nix, Gluder Quispe and Ranko Stefanovic. There is no charge for attending the symposium. Some copies of this invitation are being sent directly to area pastors, teachers, administrators, and students.
We look forward to seeing you on March 28. Though this will be an academic symposium it is our intention that it also provide spiritual encouragement and inspiration for those who attend.
Click the link to download the Ellen G. White and Current Issues Symposium program
Click the link to download the Study Guide for Dwight Nelson's devotional talk.
Sixth Annual "Ellen White and Current Issues" Symposium, April 5, 2010
We extend a general invitation to our sixth annual “Ellen G. White and Current Issues” Symposium. It will be held on Monday, April 5, 2010, from 9:00 a.m. until 4:45 p.m., in the chapel of the Seventh-day Adventist Theological Seminary on the campus of Andrews University in Berrien Springs, Michigan.
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. The structure of the symposium will have some elements of academic formality. Papers will be presented with a prepared response followed by a brief opportunity for questions from the floor. The presentations will later be published in a journal that will be available at a reasonable cost. At the symposium we will also make available the published presentations from the 2005 through the 2009 symposiums. At the meeting there will be an opportunity to submit questions relating to Ellen White and current issues. We will attempt to discuss as many of these question as time will allow in the afternoon.
Our speakers this year are Van G. Hurst, Denis Kaiser, George Knight, Isaac Olatunji and Tim Poirier. There is no charge for attending the symposium.
We look forward to seeing you on April 5. Though this will be an academic symposium it is our intention that it also provide spiritual encouragement and inspiration for those who attend. The program for the event is available for download. You may download it by clicking the link below:
Symposium 2010 programRemembering Elder Edward Earl Cleveland
On September 23, 2009, the Seventh-day Adventist Theological Seminary and the Center for Adventist Research at Andrews University held a memorial service "Remembering Elder Edward Earl Cleveland: Learning from a Life of Mission and Ministry. The program and a nearly 14-minute audio-visual presentation featuring memorable remarks by Cleveland are provided.
Cleveland Montage Video (318 MB)Cleveland Memorial Program (545 KB)
Cleveland is remembered as a preeminent twentieth-century evangelist, preacher, civil rights activist, mentor, and leader in the Seventh-day Adventist Church. He did evangelism and preaching in over 70 countries and six continents over a period of more than 60 years. Thousands of people trace their conversion to the influence of this man.
In November 2007 Edward Earl Cleveland donated to the Center for Adventist Research his personal papers consisting of nearly 2,000 sermons, manuscripts, clippings, photographs, audio and visual recordings, artifacts and books. They are contained in 44 archival boxes and are described in the personal papers register. At the time of the donation, Cleveland also was interviewed and reflected on his life and ministry. The 40-minute interview is available through the Center.
44 archival boxes of materials contain the collection. They include personal papers with several thousand sermon manuscripts, clippings, and manuscripts. There are many artifacts and particularly dozens of awards he received over the years. The collection also has photographs and many of the books that were in his personal library. There are also audiovisual materials that were produced over the years.
Ellen G. White Writings Comprehensive Research Edition 2008 (PC)
Now available at an incredibly affordable price: only $19.99
The Ellen G. White Writings Comprehensive Research Edition 2008 represents a culmination of four years' work. It expands the Ellen G. White Writings Complete Published Edition 2007 CD to include two extensive collections of historical and Adventist pioneer material. The first, Words of the Adventist Pioneers, represents the single largest collection of material ever added to an Ellen G. White Writings CD. In fact, it includes over 100,000 pages of new material compared to 75,000 pages of text in the Ellen G. White Writings Complete Published Edition. This collection contains an extensive group of Adventist pioneer authors from the 19th Century, including most of the early Adventist periodicals of that era. The Words of the Adventist Pioneers also provides some important Bible and church history material from recent 20th Century Adventist authors. The second collection contains several important historical works from authors Ellen White referenced when writing The Great Controversy and other works that touch on Christian history. The best known of these historical works are D'Aubigne's five-volume set, History of the Reformation of the Sixteenth Century and Wylie's three-volume set, History of Protestantism.
Product Features:
- 385 Ellen G. White titles and 75,000 pages of text in one searchable database
- View Complete Published Edition title list
- Six-volume Ellen G. White biography
- The 4-volume topical Comprehensive Index, with more than 400,000 links to the pages referenced in the entries. Includes the Scripture Index.
- 5,000 EGW periodical articles
- 21-volume Manuscript Releases
- King James Version Bible with full text search
- 8 Ellen White Children's Stories (text only)
- 16 Ellen White reference works
- 110 White Estate research documents
- Noah Webster’s 1828 American Dictionary
- Words of the Adventist Pioneers (See PDF list of included titles)
- 7 historical reference works.
System Requirements:
- Intel Pentium III or better processor
- Microsoft Windows 98, ME, 2000, XP, Vista, Windows 7
- 64MB or greater available RAM
- 700MB of available hard disk space
- Color monitor set to 16-bit or higher color
- XGA (1024x768) resolution monitor
- CD-ROM Drive
Online White Estate Digital Resource Center
The White Estate is pleased to announce the availability of the online White Estate Digital Resource Center that makes the White Estate’s Question & Answer file and much of our Document File available for electronic searching. It also includes hundreds of informative email responses to questions asked of our office.
You will be amazed at the amount of material and wealth of information now available at your desktop. The White Estate Digital Resource Center is one of the many sources of information available at www.whiteestate.org.
"Ellen White and Current Issues" Fifth Annual Symposium
On April 6, 2009, the
Center will hosted the fifth annual “Ellen White and Current Issues" symposium
in the chapel of the Seventh-day Adventist Theological Seminary. The papers,
presented at the symposium, will soon be available for purchase. For your
convenience information about the presenters and program is available
for download.
EGW Library Erhard Gallos, a Ph.D. graduate assistant, has helped the Center for over a year with the acquisition of books identical or similar to those in Ellen White’s personal and office library.
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Archiving the Adventist Web In the fall of 2006 an exciting new project was launched at the Center. The rapid proliferation of Adventist related Internet resources has led us to begin archiving the Adventist Web. The Website Archive project creates an electronic duplicate of Internet sites that are operated by entities and organizations in the Seventh-day Adventist Yearbook. We also include as many other Adventist related organizations as possible regardless of their orientation. While difficult to fully identify, we are also attempting to preserve copies of selected forums and blogs.
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Photograph Database The Center holds an extensive collection of over 30,000 photographs and images. The images are generally Adventist related and include a broad spectrum of categories such as people, groups, churches, institutions, mission sites, and meetings.
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Donation of Pitcairn Materials During April 2007, Verdabelle A. Spaulding donated models of the H.M.S. Bounty and the Pitcairn longboat with other significant artifacts and correspondence.Read more ...
Donation of EW Pedersen Papers
Tuesday, April 17,2007
at the Seminary Chapel (10:30 a.m. to 11:20 a.m.) Borge Shantz and the
Pedersen family formally presented the papers and materials of
an early missionary, Emanuel Petersen from Denmark, who went to East Africa
– Kenya and Uganda. Read more ...
"Ellen White and Current Issues" Third Annual Symposium
On April 2, 2007, the
Center will hosted the third annual “Ellen White and Current Issues" symposium
in the chapel of the Seventh-day Adventist Theological Seminary. The papers,
presented at the symposium, will soon be available for purchase. For your
convenience information about the presenters and program is available
for download.
Seminary
New England Adventist Heritage Tour 2005
August 14-21, 2005, the Center and the Theological Seminary are conducting
a New England Adventist History Tour that will be led by Jerry Moon and
Merlin Burt. This tour allows seminary students to earn academic credit
and provides a rich opportunity to connect with Adventist heritage.
Ellen
White and Current Issues Symposium
On April 4, 2005, the
Center hosted the first “Ellen White and Current Issues Symposium”
in the chapel of the Seventh-day Adventist Theological Seminary. We are
right now in the process to publish the papers of the symposium. The booklet
will be probably available at the end of July.
First
Publication in the Heritage Treasures Series
Our first publication
in the Heritage Treasures Series is now available. We have an original
copy in our vault of the 24 page tract by William Foy entitled, The Christian
Experience of William E. Foy Together with the Two Visions He Received
in the Months of Jan. and Feb. 1842. This tract was published in Portland,
Maine in 1845. Our plan is to publish two tracts a year in the Heritage
Treasures Series. We are considering publishing the Hiram Edson manuscript
next fall. These beautifully printed tracts will be treasured by those
who appreciate Adventist history.
Review
and Herald Donated to CAR the Rare Materials from their Editorial Library
On
December 15, 2004,
the Review and Herald donated to CAR the rare materials from their editorial
library. Merlin Burt and Jim Ford packed up the several thousand volumes
and brought them to Andrews in a truck. We are in the midst of accessioning
them. The collection will remain distinct as a legacy of the Review and
Herald. The publishing house is to be commended for thinking of how this
collection can be most effectively used by the Seventh-day Adventist Church.
This is perhaps the most significant transfer of Millerite and early Adventist
materials since Potomac University was moved to the newly formed Andrews
University some 45 years ago.
Significant
Donation of Ellen G. White Rare Materials
In November the Center
received a significant donation of Ellen G. White rare materials from
Judy Blodgett which were collected by her late husband Ralph. Ralph spent
much of his adult life collecting nearly every early publication by Ellen
White. Not only were we able to expand our own Ellen White holdings but
this donation also enabled the main office of the Ellen G. White Estate
to complete their collection of original Ellen White Testimony for the
Church tracts.
White
Estate Library Integrated
Last April the new
integrated Center for Adventist Research was dedicated. By the end of
2004 most of the White Estate Library is now integrated with the rest
of the collection.
EGW
Estate, Inc. web site
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