Seventh-day Advertist Lawyers from Eeastern African countries met for a four-day congress in Mangoshi, Malawi, April 11 to 14. It was the first regional meeting of Adventist Lawyers outside the United States, says Mitchell Tyner, a presenter at the conference and an associate general counsel at the Adventist Church’s world headquarters in Silver Spring, Maryland, United States.
The congress was organized by Nceku Msimba, legal counsel for the Adventist Church in the Eastern Africa region, which has its headquarters in Harare, Zimbabwe. Msimbi says the meetings provided an opportunity for Adventist lawyers to get acquainted with their fellow practitioners, most of whom have 20 years or more experience. Participants also presented reports from their respective regions and discussed different topics, such as how Christian values impact legal practice.
With some 300 Adventist lawyers in eastern Africa, the region has the highest concentration of Adventist attorneys outside the United States. Seventy lawyers, including two judges from Malawi, attended the congress. They came from Botswana, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbambwe.
“I was impressed by the willingness of this group to offer its services to the Adventist Church,” said Tyner. He adds that many of the lawyers in their own practices have helped church members with Sabbath, or Saturday, employment difficulties, as well as students facing exams scheduled on Saturdays.
Future meetings of Adventist lawyers in eastern Africa were to be held every two or three years.”.
First-Ever Meeting for Adventist Lawyers in East Africa Mangoshi, Malawi …. [Ansel Oliver/ANN]
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All the office bearers and members whether active or not do understand that the body has an important role to play in the church.
Whereas our primary focus may be legal issues we do know that the same is intertwined with vitality of the church spiritually considering that issues of public affairs and religious liberty is a key concern of the church.
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Greetings from the office of Adventist Lawyers Association.
One of the objectives of ALA is to set up a forum wherein the members can interact and exchange ideas on matters that are of concern to them.
We continue to have monthly Vespers and are grateful to the Union for facilitating the same and allowing us to meet at the LMS every last Friday of the month.
On the other hand it is noted that in our meetings, we are always hard pressed of time and we are not able to fully compare notes and exchange/develop ideas on matters that are of interest to us.
We hope to have a page that has updates on various legal cases that are of special interest to the Seventh Day Adventist.
It is possible that in the future, the site can also provide a forum for those seeking job placement in the legal field.
In essence, it is for us to determine what we want and for now it suffices to say that it would be beneficial if we are all part of this initiative.
We would be pleased to get feedback from you.