News Brief: 05 December 2024
05 December 2024 | News from Loma Linda University “Law enforcement departments from across the Inland Empire joined forces with Loma Linda University Health leadership, the Security Department, and community members for the 10th annual No-Shave November fundraiser. This year’s event raised $14,555 to support the Loma Linda University Cancer Center’s mission to advance cancer […]
Shooting at Adventist School in Northern California
05 December 2024 | At 1:08 pm on Wednesday, December 4, a 911 call came into the California Highway Patrol regarding an active shooter situation at Feather River Adventist School, located on Cox Lane and Highway 70 between Oroville and Palermo. The call was transferred to the Butte County Sheriff’s Office, but a California Highway […]
Berrien Springs Village Church Pastor Dismissed by Michigan Conference
5 December 2024 | Controversial pastor Ron Kelly has announced that he has been dismissed from employment by the Michigan Conference as the senior pastor of the Berrien Springs Village Church. In a YouTube recording, he said, On Sunday, December 1, at the end of my Thanksgiving vacation, I got a phone call at 3:16 […]
ATSS: Sigve Tonstad, “The Election of Donald Trump and the Future of the World”
4 December 2024 | The world’s fragility is precarious and keenly felt, and the election of Donald Trump brings increasing unpredictability. Yet two things seem certain. First, the United States, the leading economy in the world, is likely to shift from a stance of climate change denial to climate change defiance. This is bad news […]
Thank You for a Successful Giving Tuesday and a Strong Start to Our Year-End Fundraiser
Dear AT Readers/Family, We are thrilled to share some exciting news with you! Yesterday, on Giving Tuesday, our community rallied together in an extraordinary display of generosity, raising over $28,000 in a single day. This remarkable achievement provides the perfect launchpad for our year-end fundraising campaign, which aims to reach $120,000 by the close of […]
Adventist Conferences and ACS Partner with Local Agencies in Hurricane Aftermath
04 December 2024 | Weeks after the initial disaster, residents and volunteers are still addressing the aftermath of Hurricanes Helene and Milton in the southeastern parts of the US. Fortunately, support is still being given through Adventist Community Services (ACS), Georgia-Cumberland Conference, North Pacific Union (NPUC), and the City of Augusta. A warehouse has been […]
Fear of the Outside
Growing up in the Adventist faith, there was – in my family – a pervasive belief that non-Adventists could observe our practices, but we should never look outward. In my family, curiosity about the world beyond the church walls was viewed with suspicion, and asking questions about external beliefs was discouraged. This created an environment […]
Selective History: The Omissions from the Encyclopedia of Seventh-day Adventists
by Solomon Renati | 3 December 2024 | History is not free of misconceptions. For example, some still say that Christopher Columbus “discovered” America in 1492. That’s not exactly true. Nor did Amerigo Vespucci, who gave the continents of the western hemisphere his name. A Viking explorer named Leif Erikson landed in America about five […]
Countdown to Ghana Election Heightens Pressure
December 3, 2024 | 2024 is a fraught election year for both the United States and Ghana. December 7 marks election day for Ghanaians, with some fearing violent outbreaks at the polls or ballot tampering. For members of the Seventh-day Adventist Church, another layer of worry factors into election day. December 7 is a Saturday, […]
O.E Davis’ Life and Ministry Is Memorialized in New Brazil Documentary
3 December 2024 | “In 1911, Seventh-day Adventist pastor and missionary Ovid Elbert Davis traveled to Brazil’s remote borders with Venezuela and British Guiana. In the region of Mount Roraima, despite very poor health, he opened the Word of God to the Taurepang, Macuxi, and other ethnic groups, teaching them about the ‘Great God,’” according […]