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Did you grow up normal or were you told that your guardian angels would leave you if you entered a movie theater? #exsda
If I have #exSDA people who follow me, I recently acquired a copy of The Great Controversy. I wanted to ask if there was any other good tips or things I should know before I start it.
Will ended up deconstructing everything, but that wasn't his goal. He wanted to better understand why he believed the things he did and pass it on to his kids. And then...
#exadventist #exsda #formeradventist #badventist #deconstruction #deconversion #exfundamentalist #exfundie
~6-year-old Will sat through his first SDA Revelation seminar and questioned the Adventist origin story. His mom reassured him that it was true, and he didn't question it again for ~30 years.
#exadventist #exsda #formeradventist #badventist #deconstruction #exfundamentalist
Will was a really well-behaved child, partly because he was terrified of the "time of trouble" and the "National Sunday Law" that many fundamentalist Adventists grew up believing in.
#exadventist #exsda #formeradventist #badventist #adventistyouth #deconstruction #deconversion
Morgan @morganclae decided she won't treat people differently based on something that may or may not exist.
#exadventist #exsda #badventist #adventistyouth #deconstruction #deconversion #exvangelical #exchristian #exfundamentalist #exfundie #agnostic #agnosticism
Morgan (@MorganClae) found freedom in allowing herself to ask "Why" when questions came up during deconstruction.
#exadventist #exsda #formeradventist #badventist #adventistyouth #deconstruction #deconversion #exvangelical
As a Student Missionary, Morgan (@morganclae) realized she wasn't part of a great system. In fact, her Student Missionary year prompted her deconstruction.
#exadventist #exsda #formeradventist #badventist #adventistyouth #deconstruction #deconversion #exvangelical
CW: CSA 🎙️ https://t.co/arw4ILDua9 - Purity culture made Erika and her Adventist peers bigger targets for abuse by predators. We discuss how purity culture creates both victims and Abusers, and Erika's journey of healing.
#PurityCulture #purityculturesurvivor #exadventist #exsda
CW: CSA, Abuse - 🎙️ https://t.co/XqEyQz2HoI - At 8 years old, Erika was abused by a deacon's son from her home church. We discuss how purity culture creates both victims and abusers, and Erika's journey of healing.
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Awwww, Sammy comin' in hot with more Persecution complex.
#seventhdayadventism #exsda #seventhdayadventistchurch
When a #pastor is called to a new local church they go through 3 phases:
1) “Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!”
2) “By whose authority is he doing these things?”
3) “Crucify him! Crucify him!”
The @adventistchurch was founded by weird people with a creepy-weird obsession for controlling people's sex lives.
Nothing has changed.
Did you know that that is one of the cornerstones of a cult?
#adventistchurch #seventhdayadventist #exsda #exadventist
Love, Compassion, and Truth: A Biblical View on Homosexuality. by Pr Mark Finley
The criteria does NOT include "must not be a pedophile" - I know someone who was ordain AFTER several child SA cases - but it DOES include "must not be a woman."
Classic @adventistchurch .
#exsda #exadventist #seventhdayadventist #adventistchurch
The criteria for ordination is determined by our world church in session based on delegates understanding of scripture. Those criteria are applied by unions to each candidate based on conferences’ recommendations.
Similarly…
The criteria for baptism is determined by our world church in session based on delegates understanding of scripture. Those criteria are applied by local churches to each candidate based on the church manual.
Amazing. He references "love for Jesus," "healing and hope in Jesus" and sharing Jesus love here...but all we heard out of the @adventistchurch this week was their creepy obsession w/ controlling people's sex lives & snark, hatred, and bigotry toward the LGBTQ community. #exsda
This Sabbath I want to celebrate our @adventistchurch social media team. I’m often asked who is responsible and what does it take to run all these global channels. So here is a long summary of this large operation that involves over 100 people.
Let’s start with the why.
Adventists have 2 main relationships with their church. First and foremost, their local church. They also know they are part of a global family. This relationship to Adventism materializes on our world church channels/accounts.
What about the team?
At any given time, there are 100+ professionals working from 13 countries on the 30+ world church and ANN channels.
These are dedicated and mission focused Adventists who love Jesus and are experts in their field: Content strategists, designers, writers, project managers, video editors, pastoral care givers, etc.
But what is a channel?
A channel is a page/account in each platform. For example, the official Instagram Account of the Seventh-day Adventist World Church in English is one channel. The same thing in Spanish is another channel.
We operate global accounts in:
- English
- Spanish
- French
- Portuguese
We create content and offer pastoral care on:
- Instagram
- X (former Twitter)
- Facebook
- YouTube
- TikTok
- LinkedIn
- Telegram
- WhatsApp
- Kwai.
But how much content is created?
Our team creates 20,000 original posts per year. It’s a lot of work, made very carefully and efficiently.
Every post is researched, written, edited, designed, art directed, verified, scheduled and published. All this happens because we hope that when you finally see it, we will be helping you to understand the Bible to find freedom, healing and hope in Jesus.
What about the community?
Our team reads EVERY comment/reply, responds to what is appropriate, and connects in minutes or hours with everyone who DMs us for pastoral care.
Social Media isn’t mass media. This means we must engage with every comment to build a genuine community that shares, comments and connects with each other.
What about pastoral care?
Since 2019 we have offered 1 on 1 online pastoral care to 700k+ unique individuals, totaling millions of messages back and forth. Most are not Adventists yet. All people have come to expect pastoral care on our world church channels. Our team believes that no one should experience life alone, so we are there for them.
What are the numbers?
The sum of our reach across all channels is often above 30 million per month. Our goal is to reach 50 million+ every month by GC Session 2025. I’m sure our follower count is now above 3 million but we don’t track that as a primary number.
Who leads the team?
The Communication Department of the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists. That’s how we call our world headquarters.
More specifically, Pastor Williams Costa Jr @wcostaj, myself, Alyssa Truman @AlyTruman, and Karen Glassford @KeltyGlassford set the vision and strategy for content creation and online pastoral care. Our larger team delivers on this vision through the strategy we developed.
Can can you help?
If you’ve read this far, I want to invite you to pray for our team. We have seen their passion for Jesus over the years. Even in the midst of suffering they are always focused and dedicated. So please take a moment this Sabbath to celebrate them by praying for their families, their hopes and their dreams.
And if it is you who need prayer, DM the @adventistchurch and we will be happy to pray for you.
Finally, if you know someone brilliant who could serve in our team, please let us know also.
@saneves @toddjleonard @KinshipPrez @adventistchurch @SDAKinship God's final message was love.
For everyone.
So feel free to cease to exist now,
@adventistchurch. #seventhdayadventist #Adventistchurch #exsda #exadventist
I appeared on the Divorcing Religion podcast with Janice Selbie. I talked about growing up Seventh-day Adventist and the psychological impact of that. We also touched on the experience of deconstruction and growing onward after leaving an insular religious community. #exsda
Curious about 7th Day Adventism? Watch this episode of the Divorcing Religion podcast with @Wise_counsellor & Dr. @CocoOwen.
Ad-free version: https://t.co/wS1AXXniGl
Regular version: https://t.co/cOrJPvQvp4
Multiple direct connex between Shiny Happy People's Bill Gothard/IBLP & the SDA church and its policies. See @AWWritesStories
for the deep dive! #shinyhappypeople #billgothard #seventhdayadventist #Adventist #exseventhdayadventist #exAdventist #exSDA
https://t.co/5L2uYHiQx6
The modern concept of race is a social construct which can be traced back to 15th century Spanish Christians and even earlier: https://t.co/S9WsfY1967
#exadventist #exsda #formeradventist #badventist #exfundamentalist
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