Reflecting on issues that are a concern to many people around the world, Pastor Jan Paulsen, president of the Seventh-day Adventist world church, expressed his hopes for peace and tolerance and spoke against war and violence.
Reflecting on issues that are a concern to many people around the world, Pastor Jan Paulsen, president of the Seventh-day Adventist world church, expressed his hopes for peace and tolerance and spoke against war and violence.
“As I look to the future, my hopes have to do with peace and tolerance. I don’t believe settling conflict can be done by violence and war. We need to learn to negotiate and find our way to solutions through instruments of understanding. I pray we can find a way that is not war.”
Pastor Paulsen shared his thoughts Dec. 9 in an interview with Liliana Henao of Adventist NewsLine for a broadcast to members of the world church.
Paulsen also expressed his desire for a greater tolerance between people. “Until the Lord returns—and I long for that—I pray that in the new year we will learn to live better together.”
“My primary hope for the new year is that the good Lord we serve will continue to look with loving kindness on us, his children,” Paulsen said. “It is also my personal hope that the Lord will look with loving kindness on my family.”
The full video message from Pastor Paulsen will air Dec. 27 on Adventist NewsLine, a satellite broadcast by the Adventist Television Network, to Adventist churches worldwide.
