About Us
The
Sabbath School Network and Bible Study Center (SSNET)
is
operated by lay members of the Seventh-day
Adventist Church who volunteer their time so
that Bible students around the world can study the Bible
online and/or participate in
the Bible Study held in
Adventist
churches (also known as Sabbath School) every
seventh-day Sabbath (Saturday), no matter where
their location.
The Sabbath School Network was born as the brain child
of accounting professor David Albrecht (pictured at right) from Bowling Green,
Ohio. He maintains
The Summa blog, the
"Debits and credits of accounting professor David Albrecht.
Currently Inge Anderson is responsible for the operation of the website and the
Sabbath School discussion list
and the mailing list for teachers'
helps.
We are a supporting ministry of the Seventh-day Adventist church. We
reproduce the Adult Bible Study Guide online by permission of the
Sabbath School department of the General Conference of Seventh-day
Adventists and of the Pacific Press.
We seek to be fully supportive of all
Fundamental
Beliefs of the Seventh-day Adventist church -- not only because it's
the ethical thing to do in our position, but also because we believe these fundamental
beliefs are the most accurate expression of the fundamental teachings of
the Word of God.
We further seek to encourage faith in our Creator God
and the written Word which He has given for our instruction.
While we cannot guarantee that all the Adventist sites
to which we link share our philosophy, we strive to keep our linking
policy in harmony with our beliefs. However, we also link to some other
sites run by Christians who do not share all our beliefs. We trust that
our readers will understand.
Please if you see anything on our
site that appears to be out of harmony with our stated philosophy. Currently several individuals volunteer their
time and efforts to make the Sabbath School Network a thriving community:
SSNET web site volunteers
: ()
- Bob Hanson - Designer of the web version of the English quarterly and web master of
the Bible Lesson section of the web. Each quarter he designs a banner and navigation buttons
to match the Bible Study Guide cover. In other words, Bob does most of the web page work
around here. (Bob's
personal page) (He's not responsible for this page.)
Send him a note of thanks if you appreciate the online lessons.
-
Jerry Giardina - has faithfully prepared the lesson Helps for many years,
generally without thanks or credit. These Helps consist of many more
Bible references to the subject than the regular lesson provides
plus some extra quotes from Ellen White.
You can see these by clicking "Helps" at the top of any lesson.
Please send him a note of thanks if you appreciate these extra
Helps.
-
Inge Anderson - SSNET web mistress for pages other than the lesson pages
and general administrator of the Sabbath School Network online (SSNET.org).
SSNET email discussion
group volunteers ()
Some Background
SSNET was originally conceived by David Albrecht
in 1992 as a forum to discuss the
Adventist weekly Bible Study Guide for
adults, published by the
Seventh-day Adventist General Conference Sabbath School department.
As web master for the Toledo Seventh-day Adventist
Church, he started putting Seventh-day-Adventist-related Christian
materials online. In prayer, he was impressed to start an email group
for studying the Sabbath School lessons and to put up weekly outlines of
the lessons. He asked and received permission to excerpt heavily from
the Sabbath School quarterly Bible study guide. Eventually, the complete
text of the Sabbath School lessons was put online with the permission of
the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists Personal
Ministries Department.
This list is indebted to
Andrews
University and Dan Bidwell insofar that the computer which hosts SSNET is
physically housed at Andrews University and runs smoothly under Dan
Bidwell's management. We are indebted to the
General Conference Sabbath School Department and
Pacific Press for permission to publish the Adult Bible Study Guide
online in HTML format. However, SSNET is not officially sponsored by either
Andrews University or the Seventh-day Adventist Church.
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