Between the autumns of 1971 and 1972 a period of one year our churches in the three divisions of Europe will be observing a special Spirit of Prophecy emphasis tune. The conference workers and laymen will have opportunity to become acquainted with D. A. Delafield and his wife, of Washington, D.C., who will spend the year sharing with our believers in the Northern European, Central European, and the Trans-Mediterranean divisions important facts and information about the gift of prophecy manifest in the worldwide church of Seventh-day Adventists.
For sixteen years Pastor Delafield has been the associate secretary of the Ellen G. White Estate and is a lifetime trustee of the board. His wife, who appears with him hi this picture, is the lady chaplain of the Washington Sanitarium and Hospital and is an experienced Bible instructor.
Pastor Delafield serves with Arthur L. White, Sister White's grandson, on the White Estate board, which was established by the will of Ellen G. White in 1912, a few years before she died (1915).
His tours of labor have carried him on behalf of Spirit of Prophecy emphasis into Trans-Africa, the Far Eastern Division, Inter-America, and within the past two years to Australia and South America. Brother Delafield has taught prophetic guidance classes at Andrews University and is the originator of the Testimony Countdown program. He and his wife will spend a year in Europe, dividing the tune with the three divisions. Workers' meetings will be held in many places and these friendly visitors will appear in our institutions and churches throughout the continent. Stops will be made at schools, publishing houses, and sanitariums whenever possible.
The Spirit of Prophecy Committee of the General Conference was created in 1957 to give direction in the field work of White Estate personnel for example, Elder Delafield's European tour and also to give counsel and cooperate in the release and use of Ellen G. White publications for the world field.
Members of this committee of seventeen men are all General Conference employees who represent the general staff as well as the board of the White Estate. To this special group come requests for appropriations of money to assist in the publication of new Ellen G. White books in the non-English languages of the world. The interests of this board are distinctly international in character.
The Delafields will come to Europe with the approval of the Spirit of Prophecy Committee to share with the believers there in wholesome discussions about the rich heritage of guidance God has given the church. As an expert in this field, the associate secretary of the White Estate will be able to answer questions and offer guidance that will be deeply appreciated by our workers and our laity. The revival of the testimony of the Holy Spirit through the gift of prophecy among Adventists is needed today in the world church in this time when so many strong voices are bidding for our attention.
