Groundbreaking series explores all 28 Fundamental beliefs of our church with a missional lens from our metamodern present toward the next 10-30 years of AI, space migration, and rapid technological shifts…

Are we prepared to share our hope in this new, post-religious, and radically different world? Or will we keep saying and doing the same things that no longer make sense to emerging generations?

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From the desk of Pastor Marcos Torres
September 30, 2024

To every missional, innovative, and creative Adventist who loves our message and longs to adapt how we share it with new, unchurched generations…

I have exciting news for you.

Volume 1 of the 4-Volume Adventism+ set is now available on Amazon!

But what exactly is this set about? And why should you read it?

This set is all about sharing the unique message of Adventism in the midst of the largest cultural revolution of our lifetime: the posthuman revolution.

Post-humanism is most commonly used to refer to the cultural revolution that Artificial Intelligence, robotics, gene-editing, and cyborg technology (etc.) are bringing to the human experience.

For example, tech giants like Elon Musk are pushing the idea that humans need to take over our own evolution in order to upgrade to the next stage or else risk extinction.

This next stage, they believe, we will arrive at by becoming more than human through blending our bodies with machines and AI. (This is why Elon has developed Neuralink for example.)

Because the goal is to become more than human… or a better, more “upgraded” kind of human… this cultural shift is generally referred to as either "Transhumanism" or "Post-Humanism."

Within the post-human landscape you have things like:

- Life extension (where aging is seen as a disease that can be cured through technology)

- Gene editing (where we can edit out the genes that cause illness and disability)

- Cyborg technology (where we blend man with machine in order to enhance our abilities)

- Multiplanetary migration (where we begin building cities on Mars, the moon, floating in space etc. in order to ensure our species survival in the event of an earth-catastrophe)

And more…

These things are not science fiction either.

They are happening already with clinical trials, billionaire investors, and government regulations being drafted.

And within the next 30 years this will introduce a revolution in human thinking and experience… like the digital, industrial, and agricultural revolutions that came before.

And as these shifts become more and more normative in the modern world, the anxieties that people experience will also change with them.

Which means if we keep sharing our message using the same language and angles that worked in 1920 and 1950 (even 1990 for that matter) we will increasingly speak in a way that makes absolutely no sense to anyone listening to us (…although chances are, they won’t be listening)

Thinking ahead is the key to articulating our message to speak clearly and meaningfully no matter how deeply our world changes.

Because here’s the sad truth: A lot of our churches are still stuck debating coffee and jewelry while the rest of society is moving toward an AI/ Cyborg revolution… 🤖

Even though we have THE most beautiful revelation of God’s heart for the world today,

We are so desperately out of touch,

…that when we share our message, we do so in ways that have little relevance or importance to anyone who isn’t already one of “us”…

But the good news is, we don't have to stay stuck like this..

A new generation of SDA believers is on the move,

…and the “Adventism+” four-volume set is going to map out a new vision for how we, as a movement, can anchor the beauty of our message in our current metamodern age with a lens toward the rapidly emerging, post-human revolution. 🚀

Here is a brief breakdown:

📕Volume 1: Explores fundamental beliefs 1-7 wrestling with questions like creation, the nature of God, and humanity in light of our current metamodern landscape as well as the emerging post-human revolution. (Available Now!)

📗Volume 2: Dissects fundamental beliefs 8-14 offering a metamodern and posthuman contextualization on the Great Controversy, the gospel, and the church that speaks directly to evolving anxieties. (Arrives in early 2025)

📘Volume 3: Unravels fundamental beliefs 15-21, exploring a reanimated vision of themes like law and Sabbath that reinvigorates our faith, moving it from irrelevant to socially impactful in a world of humanoids and space travel. (Arrives in late 2025)

📙Volume 4: Unpacks fundamental beliefs 22-28 through the unfolding vision of fast approaching multi-planetary migration and AI revolutions, with a message of sacred-protest for our species. (Arrives in 2026)

These in depth explorations matter because we have a message for this generation and for this time…

But this means we are responsible to communicate it in a way that resonates with the heart of the seeker,

And maybe that means, its time to “Upgrade”

So if you are a missional Adventist with a passion for emerging generations…

And you want to learn how to share the gospel in ways that make sense to our current tired-of-religion world…

And prepare yourself to share it in the fast approaching post-human, techno-wild era that is already upon us,

Then you DO NOT want to miss this 4-Volume set.

Volume 1 is already here!

Adventism+ Vol. 1: Origins