Creation movie central to church identity is key to 2014 evangelism

Annual Council delegates watch the movie "Creation: The Earth is a Witness" on Tuesday, October 15. The film is available on DVD and will be used as a key evangelism resource next year. [photo: Brandan Roberts]

Wilson calls film ‘magnificent tool’ for witnessing to thousands

October 15, 2013 | Silver Spring, Maryland, United States | Author: Edwin Manuel Garcia/ANN

Hundreds of church officials settled into the plush burgundy theater-style seats. Conversations faded into silence. As the overhead lights dimmed, all eyes were fixed upon the huge movie screen, assembled for the occasion. Suddenly, the hushed room was pierced by the shriek of a howling wind projected through the surrounding speakers. Then an image of Moses appeared to the booming rhythms of symphonic sounds, until the prophet dissolved and the scene gave way to clouds rolling over a mountain range.

The setting of the presentation may have well resembled a movie theater, but in fact, it was the world headquarters of the Seventh-day Adventist Church. read more