by AT News Team Evidently concerned that there is too much variance in the way church administrators understand the 900-page General Conference Working Policy, an entire day of the annual meeting of the denomination’s governing body was devoted to a class on “Working Policy 101.” General Secretary G. T. Ng was also evidently concerned that […]
by AT News Team Corrected October 15, 2012 Thursday evening the 2012 annual meeting of the executive committee of the General Conference (GC) of the Seventh-day Adventist Church opened at the denomination’s headquarters in Silver Spring, Maryland. It has “a packed agenda,” reported the official Adventist News Network (ANN) and there are rumors of unprecedented […]
by AT News Team “Because of our expanded knowledge of [his] moral failures [plural] we strongly advise our colleagues … to not support Samuel Pipim’s ministry such as speaking invitations, the use of his materials or any ministry activity,” states a letter sent “to leadership of North America and World Divisions” in mid-September. The Lake […]
by AT News Team The board of Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) International voted Wednesday (October 10) to appoint the ADRA Australia country director, Jonathan Duffy, as the new president of the agency. His background is in public health and his record reveals a leader who encourages collaboration and innovation. Sources have told […]
by Last Sabbath (October 6) Pastor Dwight Nelson, senior pastor of Pioneer Memorial Church on the campus of Andrews University, spoke on the issues related to extending to women ordination to the gospel ministry. He ended with a call to action and the Association of Adventist Women (AAW), meeting that evening in business session, voted […]
by TED News The Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) branch in Albania has set up a center for literacy and health education among the largely marginalized Roma population. Opening ceremonies included two officials from the government of Albania, Filloreta Kodra from the labor ministry and Ardian Came from the education ministry. Later in the […]
by AT News Team Last week students set fire to two men’s dormitories and battled with police when they were informed that they must attend church at least 70 percent of the time in order to graduate from the Adventist University of Eastern Africa-Baraton, according to reports in The Star. Property damage was valued as […]
by AT News Team At 7:45 a.m. Sabbath (October 6) a bus from Toronto carrying 57 Adventists to an event in Brooklyn tipped over on an exit ramp from Interstate 80 near Wayne, New Jersey. A total of 23 passengers, including two children, were taken to the hospital, according to the Montreal Gazette. Three were […]
by AT News Team Each year the Seventh-day Adventists who are religion professors at colleges and universities gather for an annual joint meeting of their two professional organizations, the Adventist Theological Society (ATS) and the Adventist Society for Religious Studies (ASRS). This year the meeting will convene November 15 through 17 in Chicago just prior […]
by AT News Team The respected health care trade journal Becker's Hospital Review has named Ruthita J. Fike, Chief Executive Officer of Loma Linda University Medical Center to its 2012 list of the top 100 women hospital and health system leaders. This recognizes her standing among the top health care administrators in the nation. […]
by AT News Team Last week the executive committee of the Columbia Union Conference voted a response to the comments released by the General Conference (GC) officers following the four to one vote of the union’s constituency delegates in July to end gender discrimination in ordination to the gospel ministry. The statement was released in […]
by AT News Team In November voters in the state of Maryland will be asked to vote on a measure that would permit marriage between two partners of the same sex. There are more than 40,000 members of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in the state, although at least 10 percent of these are likely not […]