Members for Church Accountability

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Review of SDA Hospital Compensation Controversy

A View of the Basis of Current Church Accountability Problems

Rocky Mountain Conf Adopts Accountability Policy

MCA Survey Shows Most Conferences Are Not Open with Financial Information

One Member's Declaration of Independence

MCA Member Triggers Exchange with GC Regarding '94 Firing of Auditor

Southeastern California Conf Initiates Dispute Resolution Process

Elder Paulsen Declines to Appoint Commission Investigating Auditor's Charges

A Members Reaction to the Above

Rocky Mountain Conf Votes 'Freedom of Information' Policy

MCA Holds Conference Reviewing Past Problems and Suggested Solutions

Members for Church Accountability (MCA) is a group of Seventh-day Adventist church members concerned about improving accountability within the SDA church. We are working together using responsible and constructive means to improve church accountability.

Our church government is one that nominally places final responsibility for church conduct in the hands of the church members. We believe that in practice, the general church membership does not now exercise effective direction over the higher levels of church organization. We believe that it is necessary to return effective direction of church conduct to the general church membership. This is the way we say our church is intended to be run, and if we are saying that, we ought to do it. However, judging by events of the last decades, it seems that we also need this correction in order to avoid a potentially increasing sequence of incidents of improper conduct on the part of church leaders that are an embarrassment to the church.

We would like to bring needed change to the church by working in a restrained and responsible manner. We do not want to be disruptive to the functioning of the church. We would like the functioning of our own organization to be frankly boring. It is our hope that a large number of church members will take the responsibility of joining us in the uninteresting yet necessary task of insuring proper accountability within the SDA church.

The primary focus of our organization is the improvement of financial accountability. We believe that this can be accomplished by some relatively simple policy changes including the allowing of responsible access to church financial records by groups of church members, a "Freedom of Information" policy, if you will. The secondary focus of our organization is returning responsibility for directing church policy and conduct to the church membership. We believe that this also can be accomplished by relatively simple changes in the constitutions and bylaws of church government.

We would like to invite SDA church members to join our organization and work with us toward improving accountability in our church. There are no member fees. We publish a quarterly newsletter. Yes, we do welcome tax deductible (USA) contributions to help with our expenses.

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