One God, One Church

A New Approach to Fortify Membership Against the Anti-Trinitarian Movement

“Thou believest that there is one God; thou doest well: the devils also believe, and tremble.” James 2:19. Those devils do indeed tremble with rage when the missionaries of the cross dare to proclaim belief in this one God: “Let the missionaries of the cross proclaim that there is one God, and one Mediator between God and man, who is Jesus Christ the Son of the Infinite God. This needs to be proclaimed throughout every church in our land.” {Ms. 40, 1891}

The one God of the Bible has but one church: “There is but one church in the world who are at the present time standing in the breach…” {Ms. 139, 1901}

If we leave this one church—the Seventh-day Adventist Church—and start a new organization, as many anti-Trinitarians are now doing, we apostatize from the truth: “We cannot now enter into any new organization, for this would mean apostasy from the truth.” {Ms. 129, 1905}

Documents from One God One Church
The Northwest Adventists Article

THE NORTHWEST ADVENTISTS ARTICLE

by John Witcombe

On December 20, 2022, Eric Brown, the Upper Columbia Conference ministerial director, wrote an article in Northwest Adventists, the weekly e-newsletter of the North Pacific Union Conference…

Letters to the Union

Elder César De León, Ministerial Director
North Pacific Union Conference of Seventh-day Adventists 5709 N 20th St
Ridgefield, WA 98642

May 19, 2023
Dear Elder De León,

We are appealing to you to intervene in order to keep our ministerial director, ________, from dividing our local church, the ________ Seventh-day Adventist Church.

Removal Letter

Dear ________ Church Family,

October 8, 2022, is a historical moment for our church family. Why? Because this second reading of our Nominating Report can place our church on the side of rebellion against the ________ Conference or bring us in harmony with the sisterhood of churches in the ________ Region. . .

Additional Letters from John Witcombe
The Authority of the General Conference in Session

The Authority of the General Conference in Session Ellen White makes it clear that the General Conference in Session is God’s highest authority on earth.

The Biblical Research Institute Evaluation
At the request of  ________Conference President ________, the five directors of the Seventh-Day Aventist Biblical Research Institute held a Zoom conference on September 7, 2022 with Pastor Ken LeBrun for 90 minutes, and then with Val Ramos for 90 minutes. . .
_______ Church Closed by Conference Letter

May 21, 2023

Dear_________ Church family,

For the past number of weeks, Pastor _________ has been leading a selected group of leaders representing the current diversity of opinion in the_________ Church in an attempt to describe a mutually agreeable path forward to elect a new leadership team.

Letter to Nominating Committee
October 4, 2022
Dear____________ Church Nominating Committee & Church Board,
We have been notified that you removed one name, accepted one other person’s request that their name be . . .
October 12 Letter to Leaders

October 12, 2022
Dear Conference President, Ministerial Director and Pastor,

The pastor wrote the following:

However, of the 10 statements found in the official response from the BRI, statement #6 states, “We appealed to our brothers to . . .

May 13 Document & Letter

May 13, 2023

Dear _________ Church Family:

A group of 17 men representing the spectrum of our church have met many times and spent many hours producing a document designed to help us move forward together. This document outlines our path to selecting a new leadership team.

Proposal

Proposal

By Ken LeBrun

In a telephone conversation on February 1, 2016, I was offered an opportunity to submit a document to the Upper Columbia Conference for consideration. I was specifically directed to address the following two points: