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921 The Wedding Band, Ellen G. White, and the Seventh-Day Adventist Church
4. They requested SDA ministers not to perform ring ceremonies.
922 The Wedding Band, Ellen G. White, and the Seventh-Day Adventist Church
4. Remind pastors of the earlier decision that they not conduct ring ceremonies for church members.
923 The Wedding Band, Ellen G. White, and the Seventh-Day Adventist Church, p. 6.2 (Roger W. Coon)
… marriage ring; let them wear it if they can do so conscientiously; but let not our missionaries feel that the wearing of the ring will increase their influence …
924 The Wedding Band, Ellen G. White, and the Seventh-Day Adventist Church, p. 7.4 (Roger W. Coon)
… of rings. One worshipper spoke up to inquire if he included the wedding band. He responded, “Yes, everything.” It created no small stir, because in Europe the wearing …
925 The Wedding Band, Ellen G. White, and the Seventh-Day Adventist Church, p. 7.7 (Roger W. Coon)
… ; a ring ceremony was performed. May subsequently wore her wedding band on the trip from Tasmania to Australia’s mainland; and for several weeks thereafter …
926 The Wedding Band, Ellen G. White, and the Seventh-Day Adventist Church
… wedding ring...are to be disciplined by the church....I have seen very devoted, earnest people wearing the wedding ring, wearing the gold watch, wearing the gold …
927 The Wedding Band, Ellen G. White, and the Seventh-Day Adventist Church
… wedding rings; the blessing that comes from giving generous offerings to the church’s program in addition to the practice of tithing, and similar points …
928 The Wedding Band, Ellen G. White, and the Seventh-Day Adventist Church
“The ring in marriage [among other customs] are all of pagan origin.”
929 The Wedding Band, Ellen G. White, and the Seventh-Day Adventist Church, p. 11.2 (Roger W. Coon)
… a ring; that rings are a part of jewelry; that jewelry should not be worn by good SDAs; and therefore the wedding band should not be worn by SDAs for this reason …
930 The Wedding Band, Ellen G. White, and the Seventh-Day Adventist Church
… wearing rings as a matter of adornment and wearing the wedding ring as a token of loyalty to the husband. In some countries custom has led people to put special …
931 The Wedding Band, Ellen G. White, and the Seventh-Day Adventist Church, p. 15.1 (Roger W. Coon)
… other rings (engagement rings, class rings, friendship rings, etc.) on the hands of Seventh-day Adventist church members. With the lessening of opposition to …
932 The Wedding Band, Ellen G. White, and the Seventh-Day Adventist Church, p. 17.7 (Roger W. Coon)
… , and rings. That same action encouraged the selection of watches, brooches, cuff links, and tie clasps, with simplicity, modesty, and economy.
933 The Wedding Band, Ellen G. White, and the Seventh-Day Adventist Church, p. 17.8 (Roger W. Coon)
… perform ring wedding ceremonies—and urged evangelists and pastors to encourage baptismal candidates to examine their motives in deciding whether to …
934 The Wedding Band, Ellen G. White, and the Seventh-Day Adventist Church, p. 17.9 (Roger W. Coon)
Although the GC officers’ statement spoke strongly against the use of jewelry, it drew a distinction between ornaments and the simple wedding band, providing for the baptism of converts who conscientiously felt they should wear a simple ring.
935 The Wedding Band, Ellen G. White, and the Seventh-Day Adventist Church, p. 17.19 (Roger W. Coon)
“We’re saying that there is a distinction. We can draw the line here and say, ‘Take off the earrings. Take off the class rings. Take off all the ostentatious brooches and the clasps.’”
936 The Wedding Band, Ellen G. White, and the Seventh-Day Adventist Church
1. Ministers were counseled not to perform ring ceremonies since the wearing of the wedding band still “is not regarded as obligatory” or an “imperative” custom in North America.
937 The Wedding Band, Ellen G. White, and the Seventh-Day Adventist Church
… , and rings (including engagement rings) should not be worn. Articles such as watches, brooches, cuff links, tie clasps, etc., should be chosen in harmony with the …
938 The Wedding Band, Ellen G. White, and the Seventh-Day Adventist Church
… marriage ring is considered imperative, having become, in the minds of the people, a criterion of virtue and hence is not regarded as an ornament. Under such …
939 The Wedding Band, Ellen G. White, and the Seventh-Day Adventist Church, p. 17.26 (Roger W. Coon)
… marriage ring, let them wear it they can do so conscientiously” is now applicable in North America.
940 The Wedding Band, Ellen G. White, and the Seventh-Day Adventist Church, p. 17.32 (Roger W. Coon)
1. Ring Ceremony : From the first edition of 1932 through the edition of 1942 there was no section in the Church Manual on “Church Standards” (as there has been …