New App for Australian Church Is Designed With Visitors in Mind
3 June 2025 | The Seventh-day Adventist Church (SDA) in Bunbury, Australia, has launched a new app dedicated to outreach. The comprehensive digital platform, named “Bunbury SDA Connect,” is partnered with a new church page designed with the visitor in mind. The church aimed to make its outreach efforts accessible to community members who were […]
AdventInnovate: SafePoint Prague
SafePoint is a community in Prague where people meet to explore faith, the Bible, and discuss life issues in a relaxed environment. Their mission is to have open eyes to others and to God (authenticity), open minds (faith), and open arms (respect). They meet through “OnPoint” home groups or Saturday sessions, and provide a space […]
I’m so tired of hearing how we are the only true believers, and the rest aren’t!
2 June 2025 | Dear Aunt Sevvy, I’m a baptized Adventist in Africa, and I have been wrestling with Adventist teachings: I think that we are too rule-based and treat Christianity more as a religion, and not a relationship with Jesus. And we are very judgmental of other Christian churches. I don’t want to leave […]
¿Es persecución religiosa?
Me interesó leer sobre una acción reciente (abril) del Consejo de Rushmoor Borough (una región al suroeste de Londres, Inglaterra, que incluye las ciudades de Aldershot y Farnborough) para restringir las actividades de los predicadores en la calle. La prohibición incluía «Orar, ya sea con los brazos extendidos o de otro modo, por cualquier persona […]
Pacific Adventist University Project Earns the Attention of Global Climate Organizations
1 June 2025 | In an article published for the Adventist Record, the official news site for the Southern Pacific Division, a biofuel project led by Pacific Adventist University (PAU) is gaining global attention. International climate organizations are recognizing the project’s potential. The article states: Representatives from the Green Climate Fund (GCF), the Climate Change […]
Comments of the Week May 26-June 1
Comments of the Week May 26-June 1 “All our churches use this as the code I’m not even joking.” –Andrew Mod on SATIRE: Security Experts Warn Adventists to Stop Using 1844 as PIN Number Comments on PTSDA, Is This Religious Persecution?; SATIRE: Wilson Confirms Retirement, Promises Not to Manipulate GC Session Nominating Committee; Evangelist Says […]
Tante Louise, qu’est-ce que la pluie de l’arrière-saison dont j’entends tant parler?
31 mai 2025 | Chère tante Louise, Toute ma vie, j’ai entendu parler de la pluie de l’arrière-saison. On dit que la première pluie correspond au Saint Esprit, répandu au moment de la Pentecôte. Mais qu’est-ce donc que cette pluie de l’arrière-saison? Signé, Pluviophile Cher/ère Pluviophile, Dans le climat méditerranéen chaud de la Palestine, une […]
Editorial: PTSDA
Not long ago I talked to a woman who had suffered a lot growing up as a Seventh-day Adventist. The abuse wasn’t physical. It was spiritual. She was one of those people (I am another) whose parents and teachers drilled down on all the awful things that were about to happen to Adventists: persecution, our […]
Venezuelan Refugees in Brazil Aided by Adventist-Led Humanitarian Initiative
30 May 2025 | Adventists in Vitória da Conquista have been leading an ongoing humanitarian effort to support Venezuelan refugees from the Warao ethnic group. Since late 2024, local Adventist churches, Pathfinder and Adventurer clubs, volunteer educators, health professionals, lawyers, businesspeople, and members of civil society have cared for nearly 120 refugees. The initiative was […]
SATIRE: Marriage Ceremony Delayed—Bride’s Ex-Husband Still to Issue Official Adultery Notification
In a development that has left the entire church board on the edge of their folding chairs, the much-anticipated remarriage of Sister Abigail was postponed this Sabbath after her ex-husband, Brother Leonard, reported that he has yet to print off the official “Notification of Adultery” required by longstanding Adventist policy. Church policy insists that only […]