104 Adventist Pastors fired for rejecting the inspiration of Ellen G. White! Some SDA members have been deceived by their leaders into thinking they dont have to accept White as prophet and can use only the Bible! Testimonials: I dropped my membership in the SDA church in 1981, of my own volition. I was never fired. The actual number of people who either resigned or were fired because of loss of faith in the SDA mission, I believe is a far higher number than what you list below. Few people, relatively speaking were fired. Many more, like myself, decided on our own that this was no place to be. (A.R., Virginia, May 2005) Hi, My name is Les Stambaugh, though I have never been an Adventist pastor myself, I did study to become one. I had my SDA church membership transfer from Astoria, Or. where I had been an elder in good standing, to Dillingham, Ak. where I moved in 1980, was blocked from taking place (Ironically I believed staunchly in EG White at that time.) The issue holding up my transfer had to do with my father, R. Glen Stambaugh. Dad had been the longest serving and much loved missionary pastor in the Alaska Mission of SDA ,and served as a pastor in Oregon and Washington states as well. But, Dad was at that time being called to give assurance of his belief in Ellen White in the Gold Hill, Or. church he was pastoring then. I was surprised to NOT see his name on your list of fired pastors, as the ultimate result for him was that he was fired (about 1982) by the Oregon Conf. of SDA., who, (also ironically), are responsible for telling him about the LIES about EG White. My fathers story is a remarkable one reminiscent of Martin Luther and the diet at Verms. His congregations voted to reinstate him as pastor after he was censured. Surprisingly even a panel fellow SDA Denominational workers who examined his doctrinal beliefs voted to reinstate him. However at his reinstatement ceremony the Or. Conf. Pres asked him to reaffirm his belief in Ellen White and her writings stacked on top of the Bible in front of his congregation. After all they had told him, and all he had leaned in the process of the events he went through, he was amazed he could be asked such a thing and told them plainly so. (Submitted Feb. 2004) Neal C. Wilson, President General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists and Life Member Ellen G. White Estate Board: ...when we come to the point as to whether one has to believe in Ellen White, to some degree or another, or accept her visions as real or simply an imagination or parroting what somebody else said - that one has to believe that these things were real visions in order to be a Seventh-day Adventist or to experience salvation - this church has never taken that position. I hope it never does... (Neal Wilson, Pacific Union College Campus Chronicle 5/27/82) The list: Attached is a partial list of former SDA workers, mostly ordained ministers, who have been fired, pressured to resign, or reassigned voluntarily because they could not conscientiously believe in Ellen White to some degree or another, or accept her visions as real. Their refusal to preach extrabiblical church doctrines led to excruciating circumstances and decisions for many who loved their church and wished only to proclaim Gods Word unhindered by human traditions and creeds. We ask our readers to supply us with any additions or corrections to this list Albertson, Ivan, Teacher: Central California Conference Bailey, Mike, Pashr: Oregon Conference Barren, Grahem, Pastor: New Zealand Bassch, Eric, Pastor: South Africa Bassch, Eugene, Colporteur: South Africa Bean, Harvey and Marlie, Teachers: Oregon Conference Broad, Ray, Teacher: New Zealand Broomhaul, Rod, Pastor: North Queensland, Australia Bruington, Dean, Pastor: Iowa Conference Campbell, Francis: President South African Union Cannaday, Ron, Arizona Cary, Tom, Pastor: South Africa Chambers, Joe, Pastor : Western Australia Champaign, Gary, Pastor: Arkansas-Louisiana Conference Coon, Glenn 111, Pastor: West Virginia - Mt. View Conference Crandall, Alan, Doctoral Student: Andrews University De Villiers, Brian, Worker South Africa Dennis, Travis, Pastor Texas Conference Dorsey, Ruth, Teacher: Washington Conference Douglas, Gary, Pastor: West Virginia Mt. View Conference Edwards, Calvin, Pastor: Missouri Conference Ernesto Hernandez, CaliforniaAgafonoff, Sergie, Pastor,: Brisbane, Australia Fahden, Lyall, Pastor: Oregon Conference Finney, Conrad, Pastor: Oregon Conference Ford, Desmond, Religion Professor: Australasian Division Fredericks, Richard, Maryland Garrison, Gary, Pastor: Central California Conference Geddes, Charles, Teacher: Colorado Conference Greenley, Ray, Pastor: Ohio Conference Harper, John, Pastor: Oregon Conference Harris, Ed, Pastor: Washington - Upper Columbia Conf. Helppi, Rauno, Pastor: Manitoba-Saskatchewan Conference Higby, Bob, Pastor: Wisconsin Conference Higby, Wally, Pastor: Northern California Conference Honeycutt, Ronald, Pastor: Florida Conference Hood, Paul, Pastor: Arkansas-Louisiana Conference Howard, Turner, Pastor: Georgia- Cumberland Conference Howell, Dan, Teacher: Florida Conference Huston, Ed, Pastor: Washington Conference Jenner, Loren, Pastor: South Australia Johnson, Rick, Teacher: Missouri Conference Kaikainahaule, Bill, Pastor: Southern California Conference Kellar, Don, Pastor: Northern California Conference Kluzit, Victor, Pastor/Lit. Evang.: Texas Conference Knight, David, Teacher: Colorado Conference Kress, Michael, Graduate Student: Andrews University LaBrecque, Alexander, Pastor: West Virginia-Mt. View Conference Lamp, Herschel, M.D.: St. Helena Hosp. (Calif.) Lawson, Chris, Teacher: Ontario Conference Lemon, Duane, Pastor: Southern California Conference Ludwig, Doug, Pastor: Kansas Conference Luster, Chuck, Pastor: Arkansas-Louisiana Conference Maraccini, Rocky, California Martin, Colin, Pastor: England Martin, J. Mark Mason, Noel, Pastor: Oregon Conference Masters, George, Teacher: Central California Conference McCauley, Norman, Pastor: Northern New England Conference McCormack, Kevin, Pastor: Southern California Conference McHarg, Winston, Pastor: Australia McMurphy, Elmore, College Professor: Pacific Union College Merrill, Ben, Pastor: Oregon Conference Moorehead, Doug, Teacher: Florida Conference Moran, Don, Literature Evangelist: Central California Conference Newman, Ray, Pastor: New South Wales, Australia Palmer, Bob, Pastor: Northern California Conference Pangborn, Tom, Pastor: Oregon Conference Parkin, Herb, Pastor: Western Australia Patterson, Mark, Pastor: Northern California Conference Peck, Clay, Colorado Peisert, Greg, Pastor : Iowa Conference Pitman, Hughie, Pastor: Florida Conference Pobke, Wayne, Pastor: South Australia Polglase, John, Pastor: Western Australia Pursley, Mkhael, Pastor: Pennsylvania Conference Ralph, Kevin, Pastor: Australia Rapp, Jim, Pastor: Southern California Conference Ratzlaff, Dale, Pastor: Central California Conference Rea, Walter, Pastor: Southern California Conference Rendalen, Aage, Editor: Norway (actually withdrew from church over doctrinal reasons, not fired) Retief, P.J., Pastor: South Africa Rollings, Dean, Pastor: Queensland, Australia Ruppert, Greg, Pastor: Northern California Conference Saladino, Joe, Pastor: Kansas Conference Schafer, Gary, Pastor: Oregon Conference Schuster, Craig, Pastor: Alabama-Mississippi Conference Sellers, Dennis, Evangelist : Washington - Upper Columbia Conf. Shumate, Gordon, Pastor: Singapore Smith, Neville, Pastor: South Australia (Victoria) Stambaugh, R. Glen: Oregon Conference of SDA Suessenbach, Heinz, Pastor: Western Australia Summers, Lloyd, Pastor: Oregon Conference Swanepoel, Martin, Pastor : South Africa (Transvaal Conf.) Taylor, Greg, North Carolina Toews, John, Pastor: Southeastern California Conference van Rooyen, Smuts, Religion Prof.: Andrews University Vorhies, Wayne, Pastor: Colorado Conference Waterhouse, Wayne, Pastor: Texas Conference Waterworth, David, Pastor: South Australia Weaver, Bruce, Pastor: Arkansas-Louisiana Conference Wells, Dan, Pastor: Southeastern California Conference Willruth, Bart, Doctoral Student: Andrews University Winger, Nordon, Pastor: Northern California Conference Zapara, John, Pastor: Northern California Conference
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