Every Child Born Should Be a Wanted Child
by Lindsey Abston Painter | 6 May 2022 | My job is to train professionals who work with children and families in a variety of needs. One is the foster care system: I train new foster parents, seasoned foster parents, foster family case workers, social workers, and floor staff in group homes. In my work […]
Alabama Athletic Association ‘Disappointed’ Oakwood Adventist Academy Is Suing Them
The AHSAA said Oakwood had agreed to follow the rules of the association and participate in all playoff games without petition or forfeit. Oakwood Academy knew that playoff games were usually held on a Friday or Saturday, and that a “specific discussion” was held on the matter, according to the AHSAA statement. AHSAA said it […]
Ramadan, Easter & Warped Apocalyptic Exclusivism
by Admiral Ncube | 5 May 2022 | Recently I saw on the General Conference Youth Ministries Facebook page an announcement that on Sunday, May 1, 2022, our denomination would commemorate the global Ramadan prayer day, the keynote speaker being General Conference President Ted Wilson. This initiative was championed by the Global Center for Adventist-Muslim […]
Fighting for Their Rights: Oakwood Adventist Academy Files Religious Discrimination Lawsuit Against Athletic Association
Lawsuit claims AHSAA showed religious discrimination against Oakwood Adventist Academy in refusing to accommodate its Seventh-day Adventist beliefs “for no reason other than bureaucratic intransigence.” Suit said the AHSAA prohibits scheduling games on Sundays due to the “religious practices of many Alabamians” and that “the prohibition on Sunday contests is a religious accommodation.” “AHSAA’s discriminatory […]
News Briefs for May 5, 2022
News reports from Guatemala, the Philippines, United States. Accolades for Academic Sydney Freeman Jr., an educational theorist, social scientist, and former educational administrator, who won the Carlos J. Vallejo Memorial Award for Exemplary Scholarship. The purpose of this award is to recognize a mid-career scholar (associate professor) whose scholarly contributions to multicultural/multiethnic education have been […]
ATSS: Misused Texts about Interpreting the Bible
4 May 2022 | Please read this essay to prepare for the study by Dr. Hemmings. Much of what we say we know about Biblical interpretation is derived from what the Bible says about itself. While the Bible is right to self-identify itself as an inspired book, the problem is that several of the oft-used […]
Fast Friends: Adventist Head of Tobagonian Government Celebrates Eid with Islamic Community
Recently elected Tobago House of Assembly Chief Secretary Farley Augustine identifies as a Seventh-day Adventist. “We must understand that each other’s religious liberties are tied to our own and so your right to worship the way you see fit, to worship whomever you see fit, is tied to my right to do the same,” said […]
Four Misused Texts about Biblical Interpretation
by Olive Hemmings | 2 May 2022 | Much of what we say we know about Biblical interpretation is derived from what the Bible says about itself. While the Bible has the right to self-identify itself as an inspired book, the problem is that several of the oft-used passages are taken out of context, and […]
In the Money: Millions of Dollars Available for Grassroots Ministry Projects
$2.5 million will be distributed for use in 2022. Money can be used to build a school, to pay a salary, to fund evangelism—anything, according to PGTS Director Dennis R. Carlson. Deadline for submitting a project proposal to the GC’s PGTS Department is August 1, 2022. 03 May 2022 | From the Adventist News Network: Local […]
ADVENTISMO, FUNDAMENTALISMO Y EL KU KLUX KLAN – PARTE 2
Continuación de la parte 1. Por Michael Campbell, PhD. La relación de los Adventistas del Séptimo Día con KKK Las relaciones del adventismo con la segunda oleada del Ku Klux Klan fueron variadas. Si bien existe una amplia documentación sobre la actividad abolicionista en los inicios del adventismo y sobre las fuertes reacciones contra la […]