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CHRISTIAN ETHICS IN THE
XXI CENTURY
O
BY DON LEO GARILVA JR.

n October 31 to November
2, 2013 AIIAS held its 16th
Annual Theological Forum
with the theme, “Christian
Ethics in the XXI Century.”
Attended by delegates from all
over the Philippines and abroad,
this was a one of a kind meeting
as attendees were treated to
some presentations via video
conference from guest speakers

Steve Bauer of Southern
Adventist University and
Zdravko Plantak of Washington
Adventist University. Other
speakers presented topics
that ranged from divorce and
remarriage to homosexuality
and the ethics of literary
borrowing. Participants asked
many questions that showed the
relevance of the topics engaged

NEW PERSONNEL

BY STEPHEN GUPTILL

Dr. William “Bill” Green, the

Dr. Rita Henriquez-Green, wife of Dr.

new Graduate School Dean,
comes to AIIAS from the
United States. He received his
Doctor of Philosophy in School
Leadership from the University
of Oregon and his Master of
Arts in Reading Education from
California State University. He
has served as a faculty at La
Sierra University, Northern
Caribbean University, University
of Oregon, Southern Adventist
University, and Andrews
University.

during the meetings. The forum
culminated with Dr. Ekkenhardt
Mueller of the Biblical Research
Institute (BRI) of the General
Conference who shared to the
participants about the General
Conference Ethics Committee
and how it functions to help the
Seventh-day Adventist Church
worldwide. He pointed out that
ethics is a very important area of
study for Adventist scholars and
more specialists are needed in
this area. O
DON LEO GARILVA JR. is a Master of Arts
in Religion student and the Vice President
Social of the Student Association.

We are blessed to have Bill, Rita, and
Bruce as part of our AIIAS family.

William Green, joins the faculty
of the Education Department.
She earned her Doctor of
Education in Curriculum and
Instruction from Andrews
University and Master of Arts
in French from California State
University. Before coming
to AIIAS, she served as the
Associate Superintendent of
Education for the Southern
California Conference of
Seventh-day Adventist in
Glendale, California.

Bruce Sumendap, from Indonesia, is

the new Director of Public Relations.
He earned a Master of Business
Administration from AIIAS and a
Bachelor of Science in Commerce
from the Adventist University of the
Philippines. Before coming to AIIAS,
he served as the Public Relations
Director and Marketing Manager
at Bandung Adventist Hospital,
Associate Director for Hope
Channel Indonesia, and Associate
Communications Director for the
West Indonesia Union Mission.
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