One estimate suggests that 80,000 Adventists and their families were in Toronto for the high point of the ten-day Session that began on June 29. Paulsen challenged the church not to be sidetracked, but to concentrate on its primary values of mission, spiritual growth and unity. God chose us for a mission. We're not just one more sociological phenomenon-rather God leads this church. Just like our Lord, our business is saving people.
Size poses a challenge in terms of unity.
In his concluding comments, Paulsen affirmed to his own intentions. Let us press together as we move forward to finish the journey. In a report to the Session by Don Jacobsen president of Adventist World Radio, he announced that the Italian government had given permission for the church to build its largest radio station in Europe in Argenta, Italy. I think of Valerie who is crippled and only able to walk with crutches. It took her two and a half hour to walk to the meeting, and the same time to go home.