Southeastern California Conference President Dr. Sandra E. Roberts has been named Spectrum Magazine's 2016 Adventist Person of the Year. Roberts bested a field of ten candidates selected by Spectrum editors. In online voting spanning seven days, she received 23% of the vote ahead of North American Division President Daniel Jackson (20% of the vote) and WWII noncombatant Desmond Doss, whose story is featured in the award-nominated biopic "Hacksaw Ridge."
sandra has definitely exhibited christlike grace in the mistreatment she has received from the GC…this is surely a quality we’d like to see more of in all our leaders, and church members…
I am glad to see women in ministry and believe a 50% ratio would be healthy for our church. Sandra Roberts is fine example. Yet, I can’t help wondering why God in the OT removed any chance a women could ever serve as priest. Was it because of the Eden curse placed in perpetuity on women?
The priesthood was limited to a small and exclusive club of Levites, regardless of education, natural talent or desire to serve. Moreover, only perfectly healthy Levites, in the prime of life, could be active in temple ministry. Of course, today we hold to a New Covenant model of ministry. Yet I wonder why did God set up a ministry model, which extended for thousands of years, so anachronistic and unfavorable to all of the female sex? I wonder what advice we would give to Moses if we could go back in time?
Would it be appropriate for this setting if I were to declare “I have been shown” that on the day when our names are called “up yonder” TW, our church’s spiritual leader and highly esteemed GC president all over the world together with his EXCOMM, would be standing by the pearly gates ready to bar Sandra Roberts from entering as an ex-officio of the SDA church. How would God respond?
Elmer, I already posted a comment here but it was removed. Maybe because I suggested that the “stone-age mentality” is being gradually imposed to the Church, vis-à -vis the treatment of women by this administration).
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Well, of course she won as she was most qualified, admired, educated and noble. Oh, she was a woman, too, but I don’t think that influenced the vote one bit. But I do think misogyny on the part of the other voters may have influenced them. Like the election, you know.
There is NO evidence of ANY persons attached to Silver Springs building vocalizing ANY dissent regarding the Disrespect that has been shown Dr Pastor Roberts in the past 2 years [24 months].
ALL of THEM are in TOTAL Agreement with how she has been treated, how she has been abused.
@GeorgeTichy – Yes, My posting was ALSO not permitted as a response to how Dr. Pastor Roberts has been abused the past 2 years.
I did post it on the Lounge areas.
Frank – Men were only unclean until Sundown.
Women were unclean for Days. Even to the extent of being careful what they Touched.
Tribe of Levi – When Israel Sinned. the Tribe of Levi, as a Tribe, did NOT engage in the activities. This is WHY they were so honored after the “church in the desert” was made. Even then there was an age requirement for when they could begin and when they were forced to retire.
Yes, so true. I mean Desmond Doss only saved the lives of 75 guys under enemy fire. Whats that compared to not having your picture in the Yearbook? No wonder he didnt win! Who nominated him anyway? Some misogynist no doubt.
I didn’t vote for the simple reason that I don’t find any value in this exercise - or sport? Like baseball and the World Series, the playing field is in North America. .Not enlightening at all.
Besides, why didn’t the Spectrum editors mention one significant achievement of Sandra Roberts during the brief time she occupied her present position if her contributions were so many? It seems that her significance has been purely symbolic for the cause of WO. Don’t the people who stood behind her – starting with the SECC’s nominating committee (chaired by Fritz Guy, correct me if I’m wrong) and the NAD TOSC (chaired by Gordon Bietz), to mention only two such groups - deserve this recognition instead? Just wondering.
It is quite fitting that Dr. Sandra Roberts is Spectrum Magazine’s 2016 Adventist Person of the Year. It is quite fitting that she is an Adventist. By their fruits you shall know them.
And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die: 5 For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil. Gen 3:4,5.
If any man think himself to be a prophet, or spiritual, let him acknowledge that the things that I write unto you are the commandments of the Lord.1 Cor 14:37.
“But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence.” 1 Tim 2:12.
3 For what if some did not believe? shall their unbelief make the faith of God without effect? 4 God forbid: yea, let God be true, but every man a liar; as it is written, That thou mightest be justified in thy sayings, and mightest overcome when thou art judged. Romans 3:3,4.
“But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost:” 2 Cor 4:3.
Dr Sandra Roberts when placed in competition with other prestigious contenders for the title “2016 Adventist of the Year”, has clearly won the contest!
This is a direct and distinct rebuke to our GC president who tried to denigrate, diminish, and demote her with his childish, petty, and rude deletion of her name in the yearbook.
I hope that he will take notice that his actions have not met with approval by the majority of NAD Adventists.
