By Loren Seibold | 24 August 2018 I didn’t start out with any particular objection to women being pastors. Before I got to college, the idea had never crossed my mind. In our little country church in North Dakota I’d not seen any women pastors. We did have some extraordinary women, though, who shaped my […]
News reports from Chicago, the General Conference, the North American Division, Atlantic Union College and Loma Linda University. More than 6,000 teachers from the Adventist schools at all levels in North America were in Chicago the first week of August for the 2018 North American Division Teachers’ Convention. They came for three days of keynote […]
23 August, 2018 | Randy Skeete, a high-profile Ann Arbor, Michigan-based Adventist evangelist was recently denied permission to speak at two Adventist venues in Kenya. The pastor was scheduled to be the guest speaker at a camp meeting at Newlife SDA Church in Kenya’s Kisii County this weekend but was blocked by the South Kenya […]
23 August 2018 | Amazing Facts, the Adventist media ministry led by Pastor Doug Batchelor, which has been affiliated with the denomination’s Northern California Conference, has announced that it will become an independent ministry by the end of the year. Its constituency voted last week to “restructure to become an autonomous supporting ministry.” Amazing Facts […]
by Danielle Barnard | 22 August 2018 | During my time as an undergraduate at Washington Adventist University, theology and religion majors had to take a course called “Biblical Spirituality for Ministry.” In this semester-long course we studied the spiritual disciplines, we formed accountability groups with other class members, we regularly journaled, and we committed […]
22 August 2018 | Forrest Clark, 51, an arson suspect accused of starting the Holy Fire in Southern California was, for years, known within his community as an Adventist. He also claimed to be a “sovereign citizen,” meaning that he was not subject to common law. Clark is currently in custody and faces life in […]
22 August 2018 | Schae Fuller in the Brooklyn area of New York City has been reported missing by the New York Police Department (NYPD) during a month when a number of highly visible disappearances of women across the United States have been the subject of much attention by the news media. The youth director […]
by Erv Taylor | 22 August 2018 | Author’s Note: Regretfully, it is again necessary to postpone a report of my concluding discussion with OV, “Our Visitor,” from a planet circling the nearest star group to our sun. Please see the end note for an explanation. In the meantime, another topic will be considered. Some […]
21 August 2018 | Botswana’s Local Government and Rural Development Assistant Minister, Botlogile Tshireletso, condemned what she described as a pandemic of violence against women and children in the country at an August 19 Adventist-led rally against gender violence in the town of Mahalapye in the central region of the country. At the “End it […]
By Tysan, 20 August 2018 | Members of parliament in Kenya have called upon President Uhuru Kenyatta to beef up security for the Adventist lawyer, Fred Matiang’i who serves as Cabinet Secretary for the Interior, the chief law enforcement officer in the nation. Matiang’i has taken strong action against corruption and the lawmakers say that […]
20 August 2018 | A cross-dressing fan of professional Malawian soccer team, Be Forward Wanderers has infuriated Adventists in the country after he was pictured wearing the uniform typical of female Adventist Dorcas community service volunteers at a soccer match on Saturday, August 18. The Blantyre, Malawi-based team was playing the Azam Tigers, also from […]