April 19, 2016: Douglas Allison, the church school teacher in the State of Washington charged with four counts of first-degree child rape and eight counts of child molestation, has been terminated from employment by the denomination’s Washington Conference, according to the Peninsula Daily News. His wife was the other teacher at the two-room, eight-grade school […]
From ANN, April 19, 2016: As the Colombian government and rebel groups move toward ending the country’s long-standing civil conflict, Seventh-day Adventists are seeking ways to support the peace efforts and to help rebuild a society damaged by almost five decades of violence. A two-day peace forum held last month at the Adventist denomination’s […]
by Jack Hoehn, April 19, 2016: (Third of a series of five articles on how we can know the age of the earth and when life was created. Part 2, about ash clocks, can be found here.) The passage of time can be measured by different clocks. If the clocks all agree, your chance of […]
From ANN and APD, April 18, 2016: The instability of the global economy, particularly the weakness of the United States Dollar in currency exchange rates, resulted in the General Conference of the Seventh-day Adventist denomination receiving about 20 percent less income in 2015, reported Pastor Juan R. Prestol-Puesán, chief financial officer, at the spring meeting […]
by Lawrence Downing: One segment of the January 6, 2013, 60 Minutes program included a conversation between 60 Minutes host Charlie Rose and innovator David Kelly, founder of IDEO, one of the most influential product design firms in America. His creations are part of American life and culture: the computer mouse, Apple computers and many […]
Stories from the British Isles, Texas, Zimbabwe, Bavaria (Germany), Peru, Takoma Park (Maryland) and Sacramento (California) The nominating committee for the British Union Conference will meet Sunday (April 17) in preparation for the constituency meeting held every five years at which officers, department heads and members of the governing body are up for vote. Five […]
April 14, 2016: In at least one district in the British Commonwealth country of Saint Lucia both of the candidates for parliament are Adventists. A representative of the Adventist denomination was quoted by the St Lucia Times referring to this situation as “unfortunate” and reminding local churches that denominational policy prohibits presentations about candidates or […]
by Jack Hoehn, April 14, 2016: (Second of a series of five articles on how we can know the age of the earth and when life was created. Part 1, about trees and pollen, can be found here.) In the first article of this series we discussed how in telling the passage of time, it […]
From ANN, April 14, 2016: More than 700,000 Adventists across the African country of Rwanda commemorated the 22nd anniversary of the Tutsi genocide last week as they prayed, sang inspirational songs and listened to testimonies. In 1994, the Tutsi were an ethnic minority in the nation of Rwanda, where the majority of the population […]
From ANN, April 14, 2016: The Board of Adventist Risk Management, Inc. has named Tim Northrop as the new President, CEO for the company and its affiliated Gencon Insurance companies. Northrop has extensive knowledge in insurance after serving in multiple positions within ARM, most recently as Senior Vice President. He replaces Bob Kyte who […]
From ANN, April 14, 2016: A memorandum of understanding between the Greek Mission of the Seventh-day Adventist denomination and ASI Europe means that Adventist Help, a bus-based medical clinic, is once again ready to help refugees. Last year around 100 medical and non-medical volunteers assisted on the Greek island of Lesbos, providing immediate […]
by William Abbott, April 13, 2016: A 2015 Yale University press release announced that Thomas Crowther, a research scientist at the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, had completed a landmark study where he estimated the global number of trees to be three trillion. Tree count studies have been done before and generally the […]