The Adventist Review at the GC Session

During each General Conference Session, the Adventist Review becomes a daily publication. We move our entire editorial staff on-site, and the Review and Herald Publishing Association sends in a production team with designers, photographers, copy editors and proof-readers. Working side by side, we publish a 32-page color issue every 24 hours. It’s an exhilarating, exciting and exhausting time. (The editor ages 10 years during the 10 days of the Session!)

These special issues of the Review,  called the GC Bulletins,  began in 1887.  For many years they have been 10 in number, and again there will be 10 at the Toronto Session.

The Bulletins constitute the official record of the Session. They contain all the actions voted by the Session, as well as reports from each of the 12 divisions of the world church and from each General Conference department, service or institution. One of the most interesting parts is the Proceedings, a record of the speeches made on the floor of the business sessions with each speaker identified. In addition, the Bulletins give a condensed version of all the devotionals and sermons presented at the Session.

A GC Session is a uniquely Adventist event, crammed with people, energy, and enthusiasm. Our photographers will capture the color of the Session—its amazing potpourri of humanity—while staff writers add news, analysis, and features.

Bulletin #1 will be prepared ahead of the Session and given to delegates on the first morning of the Session, June 30. The next six Bulletins will be produced on-site and handed out each morning beginning Sunday, July 2. The last three Bulletins will be prepared after the Session closes and mailed to delegates.

All delegates receive the 10 Bulletins free. Visitors and others can purchase the Bulletins individually or as a set from the Adventist Review booth located at the Session. When the Bulletins arrive each day (printed overnight and rushed by airplane to Toronto), people scramble to get their copy.

In Toronto, the Adventist Review will extend its ministry. Along with producing the Bulletins, we will operate a website to give members access to materials that do not find a place in the Bulletins. [William G. Johnsson]