Adventist Tomorrow: Will Adventists ever be ecumenical? Dr. Jack Hoehn
23 April 2021 | Jack Hoehn will lead us in the study on ecumenism, based on a chapter of his new book (2021) published by Adventist Today called: ADVENTIST TOMORROW—Fresh Ideas While Waiting for Jesus Excerpt from the chapter “What Remains of the Remnant?” If there is one outstanding metaphor in my youth of being a […]
Exit Interviews
by David Geelan | 20 April 2021 | Somewhere between 40 and 50 people leave the Seventh-day Adventist church for every 100 who join it, and that rate has increased in recent years. Obviously, this is an important issue for the church. Understanding why people leave might help the church to prevent some of the […]
Sharing Scripture for April 18 – 24, 2021
[symple_heading style=”” title=”An Everlasting Covenant” type=”h1″ font_size=”40″ text_align=”center” margin_top=”0″ margin_bottom=”30″ color=”undefined” icon_left=”” icon_right=””] This is a tool for you to use if you lead a Sabbath School (SS) class or small group. It is keyed to the Bible texts used in the current week’s Adult SS lesson and includes a brief story from current news […]
Pandemic Year Results in Decline in Adventist Growth Rate in Many Places
20 April 2021 | Last week the Seventh-day Adventist denomination’s Office of Archives, Statistics and Research (ASTR) released a partial version of the 2020 Annual Statistical Report (ASR). It included only the membership statistics from around the world and not the many other kinds of information that will be included in the final version. During […]
Aunty, tell the other side of the vaccine story!
19 April 2021 | Dear Aunt Sevvy: You are correct that there is a lot of misinformation out there on Covid-19 vaccines. But in the interests of good journalism, should you not at least allow for the other side of the debate, and let informed citizens decide for themselves? In George Washington’s day, expert medical […]
Atlanta Police Arrest Adventist Suspected of Molesting Children in Church Facility During Camp
18 April 2021 | According to an April 16 article in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, police in Atlanta have arrested a member of West End Seventh-day Adventist Church suspected of molesting a number of children under the age of 12 at a camp run at the church. According to Lt. Felicia Claxton, commander of the Atlanta […]
Dr. Reinder Bruinsma on Eschatology and Pandemics – video presentation
Watch the presentation here. “It was to be expected that many Christians would regard these past plagues as signs of the certainty of Christ’s coming and that Seventh-day Adventist Christians who lived through the Spanish flu, who saw how HIV and AIDS ravaged particular segments of society, would emphasize this. It would go against our […]
Former Alberta Conference Pastor Accused of Sexual Offenses Against Minors
17 April 2021 | Brad Dahr, a former Adventist pastor who was working for Vegreville’s Seventh-day Adventist Church in Alberta, Canada, is facing allegations of possessing and distributing child pornography and luring a child. CTV News reported that Dahr, 53, was charged on April 15, saying law enforcement seized electronics, documents and clothing from an […]
Traffic Stops Are Tricky for a Black Man
by Christopher C. Thompson | 16 April 2021 | “To be a Negro in this country, and to be relatively conscious, is to be in a rage almost all the time.” —James Baldwin On Thanksgiving Day 2019, I spent the majority of the day on the road. I left home fairly early with my wife, […]
AT1–April 16, 2021
When you’re going through a dark valley in your own life, it’s often very difficult to notice and respond to the struggles of others. That’s what’s so amazing about Jesus’ care for others as he was on his way to Calvary. Christ’s keen observation skills and courage to respond then are available to you […]