What efforts, if any, are being made by the world Adventist church to promote global peace and harmony?
You’ve asked an important question. As a church, Seventh-day Adventists are committed to being peacemakers. Jesus Christ says His followers are to be peacemakers in society and calls them blessed (Matt. 5:9). From its very beginnings, then, the church has promoted reconciliation between God and humanity, as well as between people who have found themselves caught up in various conflicts. The church has said that in all relationships we are to follow the Golden Rule, which asks us to “do unto others as we would wish them to do unto us.” In practical terms, the church has issued a number of statements that deal with peace and harmony. In a 2002 statement, the world church singled out violence and terrorism, as well as wars, as aspects of “the ongoing controversy, in theological terms, between Christ and Satan.” But we want to do more than just talk about peacemaking. Plans are underway to encourage the more than 6,000 Adventist schools, colleges and universities around the world to set as
