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ADRA Premieres Documentary at GC Session

July 18 2025 | On July 10, 2025, ADRA premiered its documentary Strangers Among You. The event, hosted in the Ferrara Theater in America’s Convention Center, used the 62nd General Conference Session to launch its upcoming tour of the movie. The film focused on numerous families and individuals from Syria, […]

Dear Elder Köhler: Will you make room for people like me in the church?

18 July 2025 | Dear Elder Köhler, I was not in physical attendance in St Louis, but I have followed closely what happened during the ten days of the 2025 General Conference (GC) session. I have spent my entire working life in the Seventh-day Adventist Church. I was baptized as […]

News from Andrews University, Loma Linda University, Papua New Guinea, and ADRA

17 July 2025 | News from Andrews University A press release from Andrews University announced, “After a thoughtful search process, Andrews University welcomes new University Chaplain Jonathan Fetrick to the Center for Faith Engagement team. He will begin his new position when he arrives on campus at the end of […]

Time Is Ticking

by Melody Tan | 17 July 2025 | I’m writing this having waved my soon-to-be nine-years-old son goodbye. He’s off to school independently, on a public bus for the first time. Let me clarify that this was just a trial run. We are not planning for this to be the […]

ATSS: Sigve Tonstad: “Moments of Epiphany: The Bible Illuminated in Art”

16 July 2025 | For 2,000 years, Christians have used artistic media to express themes of the Bible and Christian life. Words and pictures are often mutually illuminating, as texts come alive in the imagination of artists. In this class, Dr. Tonstad will share examples from the world of art, […]

Is Elder Wilson Sending a Message to His Successor?

by Loren Seibold | 16 July 2025 | Implicit in the two back-to-back interviews Elder Ted Wilson sat for after being replaced at the 2025 General Conference (GC) session was that he wasn’t about to go silent, to retreat to his garage and build birdhouses for the grandchildren. Many wondered: […]

Erton Köhler Compares His Challenges to the Pope’s in AP Interview

15 July 2025 | On July 8, Elder Erton Köhler, new General Conference president, sat for an interview with Luis Andres Henao of Associated Press (AP), an international news consortium. The article was entitled “Newly elected Seventh-day Adventist Church leader reflects on challenges and faith’s healthy living.” “If I can […]

“Sisterhood” Women Evangelists Stir Up Community with Helping Ministries

by Lynn Nyaera | 15 July 2025 | An Adventist women’s group from the Nairobi South Adventist Church, dubbed Sisterhood, are redefining what it means to create and build community among women. Their methods are deceptively simple. Twice a year, a member of the group volunteers one of their female […]

Are we supposed to go around warning other Christians that they’re wrong?

14 July 2025 | Dear Aunt Sevvy, I recently heard a sermon on Ezekiel 33. The preacher stressed that Ellen White said we Adventists are the watchmen, and we will be held responsible if we don’t warn people that they’re wrong. It seems to me that applying it today would […]

Comments of the Week July 7-13

Comments of the Week July 7-13 “Protect that man at all costs! Hint: Be nice to people with coats or jackets of many colours. ” –Mitchum Burnett, on a delegate with an entertainingly colorful jacket Comments on articles about the General Conference (GC) Session, as well as several photos of […]

Why I Do Care Who the Next GC President Is

by Carsten Thomsen | 12 July 2025 | I do care, because his pastoral role and values herald an important example to all current and prospective members. I care, because that example should tear down barriers, heal old wounds, and reset expectations about a new, welcoming church. I care, because […]

The Wilsons Speak Out: A Revealing ANN Interview on Faith and Leadership

by Björn Karlman | 10 July 2025 | Anyone who thought Ted Wilson planned on retreating to the shadows post-presidency was proved wrong today when Adventist News Network (ANN) published “Reflections From Our Former President Pastor Ted Wilson”—a lengthy interview with Ted and Nancy Wilson, hosted by Sam Neves, the […]

ATSS: Loren Seibold & Friends: A General Conference 2025 Roundtable

9 July 2025 | The Adventist Today team has spent the week covering the events of the General Conference here in St. Louis. We’ve seen new leaders be elected and changes being made in Adventist policy. More important, we have brushed shoulders with lovely people from around the globe, talked […]