Apostasy in Leadership

“Now the Spirit expressly says that in latter times some will depart from the faith, giving heed to deceiving spirits and doctrines of demons” 1 Timothy 4:1.

Links documenting apostasy

• The Omega!. Articles on SDA Church apostasy in medical work, schools, standards, celebration movement, General Conference, court cases and lawsuits, and the Folkenberg story.
• None Dare Call It Apostasy, Part One. by Dr. John J. Grosboll. Details apostasy from the General Conference to individual pastors.
• The Anatomy of Apostasy. by Jan S. Doward. The pattern of compromise that leads to apostasy.
• The Road to the Inquisition. by Mike Bauler. Historic evidence of apostasy in Adventism.
• Alpha and Omega, Part 1. by Herman Kesten. Discusses Ellen White's prophecy on the Omega of apostasy to come.
• What? Catholic Adventists?. Documents the hiearchical system and Romanism in the Seventh-day Adventist Church, and makes one-to-one comparisons in The Image of the Beast.
• Apostasy Series. The Ross Reports. Scroll to the bottom for the links.
• Capitulation to the Ecumenical Movement. by Colin Standish.
• Drama and the Seventh-day Adventist Church. by Lawrence R. Hawkins, M.D. Emphasis on how drama entered the Seventh-day Adventist Church with suggestions for reversing this trend.
• Unquestioning Loyalty to Pastoral Leadership the Mark of a Cult. Baptist article. "The Bible gives authority to pastors and elders (Hebrews 13:7, 17), but that authority is not unlimited or unquestionable. Those who demand blind obedience from their people are cult leaders."

SDA literature on apostasy

• Lifestyles of the Remnant. by Keavin Hayden. Writes in favor on the use of jewelry, rock music, and going to the movies among Adventists. Read pages 124-125.
• Embracing Diversity. by Leslie N. Pollard. The self-declared aim of the book is to provide a "guidebook for understanding and reaching people of all cultures." The Seventh-day Adventist Church embracing multi-culturalism. Foreword is by Pastor Jan Paulsen, president of the Adventist Church.
• Blinded by the Light: The Anatomy of Apostasy. by Philip W. Dunham with Maylan Schurch. Dunham discusses seven steps to apostasy; 16 questions for evaluating independent ministries; 11 ways to deal with liberal teachers in the church; seven mistakes made by breakaway congregations; and 10 statements by "new light" teachers that should serve as early warning signals.

"As the storm approaches, a large class who have professed faith in the third angel's message, but have not been sanctified through obedience to the truth, abandon their position and join the ranks of the opposition." --Ellen G. White, The Great Controversy, page 608.

"The line of distinction between professed Christians and the ungodly is now hardly distinguishable. Church members love what the world loves and are ready to join with them, and Satan determines to unite them in one body and thus strengthen his cause by sweeping all into the ranks of spiritualism." --Ellen G. White, The Great Controversy, page 588.