 A Communiqué from the Office of the President |
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Special Edition - News about the ABC |
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 Dear Arizona Conference Constituents and Arizona Adventist Book Center Customers.
With a heavy heart, the Arizona Conference announces the Arizona Adventist Book Center closure effective March 31, 2025. Our little ABC store has been more than just a place to purchase Christian literature and plant-based food products for decades. It has been a gathering place for Christian readers, a hub for healthy living advocates, and a sanctuary for those who love the Good News of the Bible.
This decision was not made lightly. Over the years, our ABC managers have been outstanding and have made exceptional efforts to promote the store and advance marketing methods among our constituent churches. The Conference appointed an Ad hoc Committee in the fall of 2020 of several lay members, financial experts, and pastors to study how to sustain the ABC. For the past four years, that committee has suggested several different methods of improving the flow of customer visits to the store, including wrapping the trailer and parking it in the front lot as a billboard, offering Bible Studies in the ABC, and traveling to church and conference events with the ABC materials. Prayer was integral to the process and infused into each decision and action. Despite the ABC’s staff’s best efforts and hard work, the economic shifts associated with online competition and declining profit margins heavily strained the Arizona Conference's finances.
The Arizona Conference is committed to ethical stewardship of the funds and resources the Lord has given us. As such, the Executive Committee voted on Thursday, January 30, that keeping the Arizona ABC open was no longer sustainable. Arizona ABC’s closure is in no way due to mismanagement or negligence.
We are proud of the hard work and effort of our Arizona ABC managers and staff and profoundly grateful for the support they’ve received from our community and customers over the years. Your patronage, enthusiasm, and love for Christian products have been the heart and soul of our little store.
While this chapter is ending, we are hopeful for the future and trust that the love of reading will thrive in our community. Thank you for being a part of our story.
Arizona Conference Corporation Administration & Executive Committee
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Arizona Connect
-Ed Keyes, President
EdKeyes@azconference.org
-Ray Navarro, Executive Secretary
rnavarro@azconfernce.org
-Reggie Leach, Treasurer
rleach@azconference.org
Information: 480-991-6777
Email: info@azconference.org
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Arizona Conference of Seventh-day Adventists | 13405 North Scottsdale Road, Scottsdale, AZ 85254 |