Aunty, can I support my pastor without giving money to the GC?
12 July 2021 | Dear Aunt Sevvy, I was interested in your answer to the man in the small church who wanted to give his tithe to his needy congregation rather than to the conference. My question is related, but slightly different. I like my conference, I am happy with my pastor, and I want […]
Adventist Leaders in Haiti Ask for Prayers Amid Political Instability
The Adventist Church in Haiti is left reeling after the assassination of the nation’s president last week. Many denominational employees who usually work at the church’s union office in Port-au-Prince are currently working remotely. The Adventist hospital and university in the country continue to operate. 12 July 2021 | An Inter-American Division news story (edited […]
What Is Proper Sabbath Rest?
by Ronald L. Preast | 9 July 2021 | At the end of an evangelistic series, it honored me to see a young lady baptized and join the local Seventh-day Adventist Church. She especially enjoyed spending the Sabbath with her new church family. One Sabbath day she suggested to a member they go to the […]
South American Division Votes to Ordain Women Elders
by Eric E. Richter | 9 July 2021 | From July 6 to 10, 2021 the South American Division (SAD) held a meeting of its Executive Committee in the city of Brasília, Brazil. Several leaders of departments, union missions and institutions were chosen. Plans for the next quinquennium were laid out and some documents were […]
Ariel Henry, Haiti’s New Prime Minister Is the Brother of Inter-American Division President Élie Henry
9 July 2021 | The Miami Herald reported that Ariel Henry, Haiti’s new Prime Minister, is the brother of Pastor Élie Henry, president of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Inter-America. Élie Henry “made international headlines in December when he and his daughter, Irma, became the latest victims of Haiti’s kidnapping scourge after going missing on […]
Avondale: Australia’s Newest University
9 July 2021 | An Avondale University College news release: A New South Wales higher education provider with a 124-year history is the first in Australia to become a university under new national standards. Avondale University College is the only addition to the “Australian University” category following a transition today to standards introduced by the […]
Ghana’s Education Minister Working to Eliminate Sabbath Exams
9 July 2021 | “Saturday is not a day that we want to write exams,” said Ghana’s Minister of Education, Honorable Yaw Adutwum, in conversation with Adventist denominational leaders recently. According to a July 8 story from Adventist News Network, Adutwum said his ministry would ensure secondary school national examinations were not held on Saturdays. […]
Ana Patterson Named 26th President of Southwestern Adventist University
Patterson, who was serving as interim president of Southwestern Adventist University, assumed the position of president on July 8, 2021. Patterson graduated from Southwestern Adventist University with a Bachelor of Business Administration in long-term healthcare in 1999 and a Master of Business Administration in 2012. She will be both the university’s first female and first […]
AT1–July 9, 2021
Time is a gift. You have a choice what you will do with your life every day. God has given you the wisdom and passion to pursue many things. And God wants to stretch you beyond what you think is possible. So seize this day! We’re so delighted you’ve found AT1. From our inspirational […]
A Necessary Conversation
8 July 2021 | The Bible and LGBTQ Adventists: A Theological Conversation about Same-sex Marriage, Gender, and Identity, Alicia Johnston, self-published, 2021, 350 pages. Reviewed by Stephen Chavez, Silver Spring, Maryland. We Adventists, and, frankly, most Christians, have a complicated relationship with Scripture. “It’s not complicated,” we say. “When the Bible says, ‘The seventh day […]