On September 25, 1975, the Biblical Research Institute (BRl) was established by action of the General Conference Committee BRI, essentially a merger of the Biblical Study and Research Committee (organized in 1940) and the Defense Literature Committee (organized in 1943), has the following goals: (1) identify areas in which biblical research is needed in the Seventh-day Adventist Church; (2) conduct research in the Bible and related areas; (3) communicate the results of this research to the appropriate audiences; (4) assist the GC administration on matters of biblical interpretation, doctrines, and church trends; (5) serve the world field as a resource in the areas of biblical interpretation and doctrine; (6) evaluate manuscripts referred to it by the North American unions and the overseas divisions; (7) provide educational services in biblical studies and theology for pastors, Bible teachers, administrators, and other interested workers; (8) maintain contact with SDA seminaries; (9) foster and maintain contact and good relationships with the community of SDA scholars in biblical studies, theology, and related areas; and (10) provide a forum for the presentation and discussion of papers on biblical studies.
Current full- and part-time staff
From left to right: Ekkehardt Mueller, Gerhard Pfandl, Kwabena Donkor, Brenda Flemmer, Clinton Wahlen, Marlene Bacchus, Elias Brasil de Souza, Artur Stele, Ángel Manuel Rodríguez
(P-1327) BIBLICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE
VOTED, That the Biblical Research Committee be organized as the Biblical Research Institute, the terms of reference to remain unchanged.