#GCAC21: Less Money, More Problems — Day 2 of Annual Council Is a Biggie
12 October 2021 | The agenda item that attracted the most attention at the second business meeting of the Annual Council on Oct. 11, 2021 had to be “Theological Issues Facing the Church,” which generated a flurry of activity and responses on Twitter. Also of interest: Church finances — not great, but could have been […]
Ben Carson Takes Jab at Vaccine Mandates
Carson said mandates ““have no place in a country that is supposed to be the land of the free where people are able to make choices.” Liberty and Health Alliance, a lay-led organization founded by Seventh-day Adventists, hosted the interview. Lela Lewis, president of the Liberty and Health Alliance, is also the former medical director […]
ATSS PRESENTS: Mathilde Frey
Righteousness by Faith is a Wrestling Match with God To believe is to wrestle with God. It is in the moments when we question God, when we doubt God, that we are closest to God. Abraham was not called faithful and righteous when he was on top of Mount Moriah willing to offer up his […]
#GCAC21: First Day of Annual Council Sees Birth of a Union, Pennies Not Dropping for Mission Offering
10 October 2021 | The Annual Council 2021 business meetings of the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists Executive Committee kicked off today. The Executive Committee is composed of the Adventist denomination’s world leaders. The first business meeting was predictably unusual: travel restrictions meant the General Conference auditorium was mostly empty and Mark Finley read from […]
Fire Destroys Property of 30 Church Members in Honduras
10 October 2021 | A fire on the Bay Island of Guanaja, off the northern coast of Honduras, destroyed or damaged more than 200 homes and businesses, including the church school, on Oct. 2, 2021. Thirty church members lost their homes and properties, church leaders said in an article on the Inter-American Division website. The […]
Will My Pet Cat Go to Heaven?
by Stephen Ferguson | 8 October 2021 | A little over a year ago, my beloved Siamese cat named Inca tragically passed away. He was hit by a bus. Inca was the first blue-eyed “baby” my wife Amy and I had. Later, Inca would become the sibling and playmate of our son, William, soon followed […]
Pastor Kimberly Bulgin: First Female Pastor to Be Ordained in Mid-America Union
8 October 2021 | Pastor Kimberly Bulgin, senior pastor of Wichita, Kansas-based New Beginnings Church, will be the first female pastor ordained in the Mid-America Union. Bulgin will be ordained, along with fellow pastor Brian Irby, on Oct. 23, 2021 at the G. Alexander Bryant Youth Center in Kansas City. The service starts at 11 […]
A Gay Man’s Journey Through the Adventist Church
By James Baran | 7 October 2021 | I want to thank Adventist Today and Pastor Loren Seibold for the thoughtful feature on the (non)acceptance of LGBTQ+ persons in the Seventh-day Adventist denomination. Let me tell you about my journey through the Seventh-day Adventist church. My parents saw that I was being bullied and harassed […]
News Briefs for October 7, 2021
News Reports from the Association of Adventist Women, North American Division, Puerto Rico, Southern Adventist University Yes, Virginia, There Really Is an Adventist in Hollywood Andrew Davis is an Adventist who works at the top level of the entertainment industry in Hollywood. He was recently named executive vice president and global chief human resources officer […]
Snow White and Rose Red
by Jack Hoehn Fairy tales are of questionable reputation. I was not nourished on them, but I doubt that today children could grow up not knowing about “The 3 Little Pigs and The Big Bad Wolf” or “Little Red Riding Hood,” sharing the same durable long-toothed villain. Although “Goldilocks” doesn’t get traumatized by a wolf, […]