Dr. Cleghorne presents a crisis facing the Seventh-day Adventist Church. The problem is that there is an urgent need for term limits at all levels of the organization. There are several levels of administration in the Seventh-day Adventist Church: local church, conference, union, division, and general conference. In the constitution and bylaws of the five levels of the church, each church entity chooses, at a circuit meeting, the officers who will serve them for the term of office. Some have triennial (three years), quadrennial (four years) and others quinquennial (five years) periods. All unions and conferences with their divisions have a five-year term. There is conflict between certain constituencies; some choose indefinite terms, while others have chosen limited terms. Dr. Cleghorne believes that this inconsistency causes serious conflict because it allows some leaders to remain in office “indefinitely” and will do anything to manipulate the process. Cleghorne examined ecclesiastical operations at the constituent levels of the Seventh-day Adventist Church and recommended positive alternatives to this persistent political problem. Below are a number of arguments presented by Dr. Cleghorne in favor of term limits:1. The need to prevent a man or woman from feeling indispensable because of the length of their mandate in a particular function.2. The need to preserve the purity of its operation, guaranteeing credibility at all levels and integrating the involvement of many leaders in the direction and management of the organization.3. Term limits do an excellent job of framing a group of possible successors. This provides and creates a healthier environment for development...... middle of paper ...... with empowerment comes liberation. Liberation, according to Dr. Cleghorne, is “allowing the mentee to fight in their own armor.” For too long, he says, “we expect those we train to be just like us. “We must be thinkers and not mere reflections of the thinking of others,” he warned.SummaryDr. Cleghorne emphasized that the Seventh-day Adventist Church's greatest investment is not in the stock market, nor in industrial companies, nor in real estate, nor in technology, but rather in people. Cleghorne believes that no matter how good or spiritual a leader may be, there are bound to be people, equally committed and spiritual, who find their leadership style unappealing, banal, or even cruel. And the idea of ​​a seemingly endless mandate could become burdensome and discouraging. Term limits bring hope that no administration will last forever.