61st General Conference Session: Something Old with Some Things New
2022 GC Session to feature electronic voting system, ElectionBuddy. During the 2015 session, delegates scrapped using an electronic voting system when they experienced problems with it. 2022 GC Session agenda looks to add new position to local churches: Spirit of Prophecy Writings Coordinator. 2022 GC Session will also feature a virtual exhibit hall in which […]
News Briefs for June 2, 2022
News reports from Andrews University, Brazil, Jamaica, La Sierra University, North American Division, Philippines, Solomon Islands. Goodbye to All That Andrea Luxton, president of Andrews University has announced she will retire in June 2023. Under Luxton’s presidency, the University responded to the student-inspired #ItIsTime movement, which asked the University to effectively understand and respond to […]
Signs of Love: Adventist Church Dedicates First Deaf Congregation in Dominican Republic
Deaf congregation has about 15-20 members. Rachel Marte Pierre, 17, was the first of the group to be baptized. Church members worked to reach the deaf community by taking sign language classes, organizing a youth group and coordinating transport to church services. There are approximately 98,000 people who are deaf in the Dominican Republic; one […]
Hombres: ¡háganse responsables de sus tentaciones!
Hace un tiempo estuve leyendo un grupo de Facebook dirigido por adventistas sobre la modestia en la vestimenta. Lo llamativo de este grupo es que está organizado y escrito mayoritariamente por hombres, y sin embargo trata casi exclusivamente de mujeres. No es raro en este grupo leer el comentario de un hombre diciendo: “Las mujeres […]
JESUS ALONE: The Transfiguration Changed Everything.
[This article is reprinted from our best-selling book ADVENTIST TOMORROW—Fresh Ideas While Waiting for Jesus by Jack Hoehn. Details on how to order your own copy are shown elsewhere on this page.] People knew Jesus. They knew his mother. They had seen him grow up in Nazareth. His followers knew him–a fantastic young man, riveting, […]
NY Conf Prez: ‘I Personally Do Not Believe That More Laws Will Curb Gun Violence’
31 May 2022 | On May 18, 2022, North American Division, Atlantic Union Conference, Northeastern Conference, and New York Conference leaders issued a statement about the racially motivated May 14, 2022, shooting in Buffalo, New York, U.S., where an 18-year-old gunman killed 10 when he opened fire in a supermarket. Miguel Crespo, president of the New […]
Men, Take Responsibility for Your Own Temptations!
by Loren Seibold | 31 May 2022 | A while back I was reading an Adventist-run Facebook group about modesty in dress. The striking thing about this group is that it is organized and written mostly by men, yet is almost entirely about women. It is not unusual in this group to read a man’s […]
Eliminando la “Cultura de la cancelación”
por David Geelan | 30 de mayo, 2022 | Para ser sincero, no estoy 100% seguro de lo que pienso sobre la “cultura de la cancelación”. A menudo, cuando me siento a escribir para Adventist Today tengo una idea bastante clara de la conclusión que espero compartir, o al menos de la pregunta que quiero […]
Aunty, should we celebrate Memorial Day in church?
30 May 2022 | Dear Aunt Sevvy, This weekend was Memorial Day in the United States, when we are supposed to remember our servicemen and women who died fighting for our country. Every year on Memorial Day Sabbath in my church, an elderly veteran arranges for the uniformed Pathfinders to march in (with barked military […]
Increased Violence in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Sees Some Seeking Shelter at Adventist Church
Thousands forced to flee their homes due to armed gang violence in their neighborhoods; some have found shelter at the Eben-Ezer Adventist church in Tabarre. At least 188 people have been killed. Situation is highly unstable in Port-au-Prince, with armed assailants highjacking 3 humanitarian trucks loaded with food supplies recently. 30 May 2022 | Since […]