13 September 2021 | According to a news report from the Mid-America Union (MAUC), an overwhelming majority of constituency session delegates have voted in favor of allowing pastoral credentialing of both men and women as ordained ministers. The constituency meeting was held yesterday. “The MAUC Executive Committee first voted “to support the ordination of women […]

13 September 2021  |  La Sierra University Church released a video announcement late last week from lead pastor Chris Oberg, announcing her intention to step away from her role at the congregation. Her last day in the role is November 1. “This is among the most difficult decisions in my journey and it’s not come […]

A press release from NAD News: Charles E. Bradford, first president of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in North America (NAD), passed away on Thursday, September 9, 2021, in Huntsville, Alabama. He was 96. In 1979 Bradford was elected to succeed Neal C. Wilson as president of the NAD. Wilson, who served as a vice president […]

10 September 2021 | The Northern Asia-Pacific Division (NSD) of the Adventist Church is actively training missionaries to serve in North Korea. Most recently, a group of 30 young people received online training on August 19. According to an NSD news report, the trainees were “mostly composed of enthusiastic college students, with some high school […]

10 September 2021 | Three Loma Linda University Health Team PossAbilities athletes competed in the August 24 – September 5 Tokyo Paralympics. According to its website, PossAbilities is a free, Loma Linda University Health (LLUH) non-profit community outreach program. The goal of the program is to “provide those with permanent physical disabilities and veterans support […]

Acevedo became the first Seventh-day Adventist woman to be promoted to lieutenant colonel in the United States Army Reserve. In 2001, Acevedo became the first Seventh-day Adventist woman to enter any military chaplaincy program in the United States Army. There are currently only six women chaplains throughout all the branches in the U.S. military. Acevedo served […]

News reports from Jamaica, Newsweek, Southern Adventist University, Loma Linda University Health and Ireland: According to the Jamaica Observer, Dr Newton Cleghorne, a vice president of Adventist-owned Northern Caribbean University (based in Mandeville, Jamaica), passed away Friday last week. “He died at age 67 reportedly of complications associated with COVID-19,” reported the newspaper. Cleghorne was […]