13 October 2019 | Thursday evening (10 October) the Annual Council of the executive committee of the Seventh-day Adventist denomination’s General Conference (GC) began at the GC headquarters in Silver Spring, Maryland, a suburb of Washington DC. This is the governing body of the denomination and consists of about 300 people, most of them denominational […]
Recent headlines and television news commentary have focused on a new study which reported that eating red meat may not be the cause of health problems. Because of their historic support of a vegetarian diet and considerable scientific and educational effort against eating red meat, this has raised questions among Adventists. Dr. Gary Fraser, a […]
Domestic abuse and what the church can do about it is the focus of the 37th annual meeting of the Association of Adventist Women (AAW), November 16 and 17 in Loma Linda, California. An all-day workshop will begin at 9 am on Sabbath, and Saturday night at 7 pm the Woman of the Year Banquet […]
[symple_heading style=”” title=”Nehemiah” 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 you can […]
by S M Chen | 2 October 2019 | “Man is his own worst enemy.” Marcus Tullius Cicero (106-43 BC), Roman orator Much as we may try, we humans always seem to fall short. Other cultures recognize this, and even pay homage to the notion. In my hallway, I have a small carpet, about 2.5 […]
An entirely new version of Revelation Seminar materials has been developed by a specialist in young adult ministries, Steve Case. It is named “Revelation 101: Finding Jesus in the Book of Revelation” and includes an array of materials for an informal small group, a teaching seminar format, or a video seminar. It is a fresh […]
By Dave Gemmell, 30 September 2019 | Throughout the years I’ve heard several myths about pastors. With October (Pastoral Appreciation Month), I thought I’d do a little pastoral myth busting. Myth 1: Pastors only work one day a week: Most people only see their pastor on Sabbath. What they don’t realize is that pastors are […]
[symple_heading style=”” title=”Making Sense of History: Zerubbabel and Ezra” 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 […]
By Tyson Jacob, 29 September 2019 | When Adventists involved in various web-based activities gathered in Nairobi during the past week for the East-Central Africa gathering of the Global Adventist Internet Network (GAIN) they were introduced to Adventist Communication Training (ACT), brought to them by the staff of the denomination’s General Conference (GC) communication department. […]
[symple_heading style=”” title=”A Community of Servants” 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 […]
Dear Adventist Today readers: I’m inserting this note to tell you that we are right now conducting our autumn fundraiser. Adventist Today is largely a volunteer organization, but if we’re going to continue to provide you with stimulating news—often news you get nowhere else—and fascinating commentary by some of the best writers in the […]
Dear Adventist Today readers: I’m inserting this note to tell you that we are right now conducting our autumn fundraiser. Adventist Today is largely a volunteer organization, but if we’re going to continue to provide you with stimulating news—often news you get nowhere else—and fascinating commentary by some of the best writers in the […]
