Michiana Adventist Forum: Where Do My Donations Go

Michiana Adventist Forum presents "Where Do My Donations Go? A

Conversation on SDA Church Financial Structure," presented by Dr. Ann

Gibson, Professor emerita in the School of Business, Andrews University,

on Saturday Afternoon at 3:30 pm, December 3, 2016, in Chan Shun Hall on

the campus of Andrews University, Berrien Springs, MI.

About the Speaker

Dr. Ann Gibson is the retired dean of the School of Business at Andrews

University and former professor of accounting. She holds a PhD in

accounting and is a CPA.

She has served as an accountant, auditor, board member, and in other

capacities for multiple denominational and other entities and has taught

at multiple institutions of higher learning.

She has given over 80 professional seminars and workshops for the

Seventh-day Adventist Church and presented at over a dozen international

sites in this capacity. She manages the SDA General Conference Treasury

website, moneywise.adventist.org. Recently,  she has developed a

weeklong workshop and seminar program for new treasurer training,

including creating over 30 curriculum guides.

In 1998 Ann founded and co-chaired the first professional growth

seminar, “Beyond the Bottom Line,” for financial officers of the

Seventh-day Adventist Church across North America. Her dream is to

professionalize those who handle financial matters for the Adventist Church.

About the topic

Approximately three and a half billion dollars of funds came into the

Seventh-day Adventist denomination in 2014 according to the General

Conference Annual Statistical Report. Where do these funds come from?

Where do they go? How do they get there? What is the financial structure

of the SDA church? As an educational and accounting professional

intimately familiar with denominational financial practices, Dr. Gibson

is well qualified to address these issues.

Adventist Forum is open to the public.  All are welcome.  For

information, contact Art Robertson at robertsa2@earthlink.net or call

471-7150.