在本期特别视频中，魏泰德牧师、执行秘书埃尔顿·科勒以及首席财务官兼司库保罗·道格拉斯一起邀请大家参加第61届全球大会。本届大会将于6月6日至11日在美国密苏里州圣路易斯市的美国会展中心举行。

1863年5月举行的第一届全球大会有20名代表参加，地点在密歇根州巴特克里克（战溪街）的一个小木教堂。这些代表仅仅代表了几千名守安息日的复临信徒。但今天，我们是一个遍布全球的大家庭，在200多个国家拥有2100多万成员。现今大会会议在大型体育场和会议中心举行。

但随着人口的增长和场地的变化，对委身基督、祂的使命、末世信息和祂很快复临的希望仍然是教会持续关注的焦点。

但尽管人数增长且场地变了，委身基督、祂的使命、末世信息和盼望祂很快复临仍然是教会持续关注的焦点。

这个希望体现在帖撒罗尼迦前书4:16-17，经文说：“因为主必亲自从天降临，有呼叫的声音和天使长的声音，又有 神的号吹响，那在基督里死了的人必先复活。以后我们这活着还存留的人必和他们一同被提到云里，在空中与主相遇。这样，我们就要和主永远同在。”

虽然我们来自不同的文化、语言和背景，但我们在基督的身体里是合一的 ，上帝给余民更崇高的呼召、目标和圣经的命令，来分享祂爱的信息。这个命令就是“凡事都要规规矩矩地按着次序行。”(哥林多前书14:40)。

虽然这个活动的内容很多，但它主要是一个世界教会的属灵和事务会议。在这个会议上，会选举全球总会的会长， 代表们讨论并决定影响教会的问题。

由于即将到来的全球大会将是一个混合会议，一些代表将在线参加。如果你是其中一员，你可以在https://www.gcsession.org/live/观看直播。

让我们继续为即将到来的全球大会的成功举办而祈祷，更重要的是，在我们盼望耶稣基督即将复临时，祈求晚雨圣灵的沛降。

In this special episode, Pastor Ted Wilson is with Executive Secretary Erton Kohler and Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer Paul Douglas to welcome you to the 61st General Conference Session. It will be held at America’s Center Convention Complex in St. Louis, Missouri, United States on June 6–11.

The first GC Session held in May 1863 was attended by 20 delegates in a small, wooden church in Battle Creek, Michigan. These delegates represented only a few thousand Sabbath-keeping Advent believers. But today, we are a worldwide family of more than 21 million members across over 200 countries. And the sessions are now held in large stadiums and convention centers.

But amid the growing population and changing locations, the commitment to Christ, His mission, the last-day message, and the hope of His soon return remains the constant focus of the church.

This hope is embodied in 1 Thessalonians 4:16-17, which says, “For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first. Then, we who are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And thus, we shall always be with the Lord.”

Although we come from diverse cultures, languages, and backgrounds, we are united together in the body of Christ through a higher calling, purpose, and biblical mandate which God has given to His remnant people to share His message of love. This mandate is to “let all things be done decently and in order” (1 Corinthians 14:40).

While there are many aspects of this event, it is primarily a spiritual and business meeting of the world church. During this meeting, world leaders are elected and concerns affecting the church are discussed and decided upon by the representative delegates.

Since this upcoming GC Session will be a hybrid one, some of the delegates will be attending online. If you are one of them, you can watch the livestream at https://www.gcsession.org/live/.

Let us continue praying for the success of this upcoming GC Session and more importantly, for the outpouring of the latter rain as we anticipate the soon coming of Jesus Christ.