24 September 2021 | Maitri Patel, a graduate of Metas Adventist School in Surat, Gujarat, India, has become the country’s youngest commercial pilot at the age of 19. India Times reported that Patel’s father is a farmer and her mother works in the health department of Surat Municipal Corporation. Instead of saving for her wedding, as […]

The September 19 eruption on La Palma has not affected church faculties or member homes. Adventist Development & Relief Agency (ADRA) is poised to supply victims with non-perishable food as needed. 23 September 2021 | An Inter-European Division news release: On September 19, a volcanic eruption on La Palma sent lava oozing through the streets […]

News reports from Malden, Washington; Russia; Southern Adventist University and Washington Adventist University: After the nearby community of Malden, Washington, burned down last year, Pathfinders from Spangle, Washington, took a proactive approach to helping with rebuilding. Thurston Talk reports the Patfinders started brainstorming ways to help with one of their leaders, Scott Rivas, a senior […]

22 September 2021 – The following is a September 21 Andrews University Facebook update: An Andrews University employee and two students were injured in a car accident near our Berrien Springs campus last evening. Their vehicle was struck by a vehicle that lost control in the rain and crossed the center line. Two of the […]

21 September 2021 | Paul Richardson will be leaving his position as Adventist Today’s Executive Director/CEO on September 30. In his eight years with the foundation, the first three on the board, the next four as Chief Operating Officer and this year as Executive Director/CEO, Paul’s executive leadership has seen the foundation’s annual support from […]

20 September 2021 | Hope Channel New Zealand’s show Go Healthy For Good is going where most Adventist programming fears to tread. The show’s presenter, Dr. Nerida McKibben, summed up what was different about the new season of the show by saying it handled sexual health. “Listen, I am a doctor who specializes in women’s […]

17 September 2021 | Ariel Henry, Haiti’s Prime Minister and the brother of Pastor Élie Henry, president of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Inter-America, has been banned from leaving Haiti amid an investigation into his alleged connection to the killing of the former president of Haiti, Jovenel Moïse on July 7. On Monday this week, […]

The online-only school was launched by the Education Department of the Western Russian Union. Classes are streamed from the Istok Christian School in Nizhny Novgorod. About 70 children and parents from Russia’s Kaliningrad to the Far East joined the live dedication of the school on September 1. From a Euro-Asia Division/ANN press release: On September […]

News reports from Loma Linda University Medical Center, Zambia, Australia, the South Pacific Division and Southwestern Adventist University: From a Loma Linda University Health Press Release: Physicians at Loma Linda University Medical Center (LLUMC) have completed 200 left atrial appendage closure procedures, more than any other healthcare institution across the Inland Empire. “It’s a sign […]

15 September 2021 | The Adventist Church in Jamaica is struggling with a vocal faction of the membership agitating against COVID vaccination. Jamaica’s The Gleaner reported this week that “conspiracy theories and anti-vaxxer sympathies are reportedly making inroads within the most populous denomination in Jamaica, chipping away at confidence in the national vaccination drive.” The […]

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 […]