From ADRA – 15 October 2019 | The Seventh-day Adventist Church and its international humanitarian agency, the Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA), announced on October 14 a new global campaign, “Every Child. Everywhere. In School.” The joint campaign is an urgent call to leaders around the world that all children, regardless of race, age, […]
by Loren Seibold | 15 October 2019 | There are some things that are hard to write about. This day was one of them. Right now I would prefer to go to bed and not tell you what happened at General Conference (GC) executive committee. But you support Adventist Today so you can hear reports […]
by Alvin Masarira, PhD | 10 October 2019 | The 61st General Conference (GC) Session of the Seventh-day Adventist Church is a few months away. The session will be held in Indianapolis (Indiana in the United States) from June 25 to July 4, 2020, under the theme “Jesus is Coming! Get Involved.” This is in […]
14 October 2019 | Adventist Today learned late today that two North American Division Union Conference Presidents, Dave Weigley of the Columbia Union Conference and Ricardo Graham of the Pacific Union Conference, have been nominated for the first ever “Public Reprimand” from the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, for services rendered on behalf of women’s […]
by Loren Seibold | 14 October 2019 | As I said yesterday, a church business meeting like this one (and indeed, all the church governance meetings I’ve ever attended) isn’t just about decision-making. Yet this one, more than most, is about pageant, as much as about seeking collective wisdom. I hope you’ll forgive me for […]
14 October 2019 | One item on the agenda this week during the Adventist denomination’s General Conference (GC) executive committee annual meeting is a “Statement on the Biblical View of Unborn Life and Its Implications for Abortion.” A committee related to the denomination’s Biblical Research Institute (BRI) has been working on this document for some […]
13 October 2019 | A woman in Hall County, Georgia, allegedly set fire to the Gainesville Seventh-day Adventist Church on October 6 after being caught breaking into a nearby shed. Atlanta news site AJC reported that Dana Elaine Lawton was found lying on the floor of the church by deputies. She was carried out of […]
by Loren Seibold | 13 October 2019 | You may wonder when you hear that the theme for this year’s General Conference Executive Committee is “Faithfulness in Christian Lifestyle”: Why does a business meeting have a theme? And why this particular theme? Why, in a day and age when we’re trying to promote a more […]
13 October 2019 | Thursday evening (10 October) the Annual Council of the executive committee of the Seventh-day Adventist denomination’s General Conference (GC) began at the GC headquarters in Silver Spring, Maryland, a suburb of Washington DC. This is the governing body of the denomination and consists of about 300 people, most of them denominational […]
By Loren Seibold | 11 October 2019 | A few months ago, I received an article from someone comparing Elder Ted Wilson to President Donald Trump. The author saw in both of them an authoritarian streak (probably true) but then added numerous other less thoughtful comparisons. I admit that I was put off by it, even […]
by Dawnette Chambers & Christopher C. Thompson | 11 October 2019 | “What a friend we have in Jesus, all our sins and griefs to bear, What a privilege to carry everything to God in prayer!” What do hopelessness and the pain of never feeling loved or appreciated do to a person? How does one […]
From ADRA – 11 October 2019 | Disasters take a toll on people’s lives. Millions lose their homes and jobs because of extreme weather, and countries are impacted heavily by economic losses and potential environmental hazards. In recognition of the United Nation’s Sendai Framework, a 15-year global initiative to reduce disaster risks, the Adventist Development […]