The 61st General Conference Session Re-elected Ted Wilson as President Through a Secret/Anonymous Vote

Ted Wilson has been re-elected as president of the Seventh-day Adventist Church, indicating that the church's current situation will not change. On June 6, 2022, the first day of the 61st General Conference Session in St. Louis, MO, his re-election took place. Ted Wilson had no one to defeat because the nominating committee had only provided his name for the delegates to vote on.

However, in a major departure from voting protocol, a president was elected by a secret and anonymous ballot for the first time in a General Conference Session. Tim Standish of the General Conference, the son of the late Dr. Russell Standish, raised this issue in a video. If there's one thing we've learned about voting and elections, it's that secret and anonymous ballots are problematic. This raises far too many valid concerns and questions.

We'll leave it up to the church committees to figure out how the voting processes were set up and whether or not they were in accordance with church policies. One thing is certain: God says that only one type of leadership is acceptable to Him:

"The greatest want of the world is the want of men-men who will not be bought or sold, men who in their inmost souls are true and honest, men who do not fear to call sin by its right name, men whose conscience is as true to duty as the needle to the pole, men who will stand for the right though the heavens fall" (Education, p. 57).

We have a timid leadership that prefers to be polite rather than correct. We can and should be loving but courageous at the same time. Unfortunately, the current status quo dictates that church leaders must constantly smile and avoid causing controversy. This has resulted in a weakening of the truth and a desire among people in positions of authority to avoid debate, crucial battles, rebukes, and agitation. Is this how we want to influence the culture around us?

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