From tedNEWS, July 12, 2017: The Adventist Church in Sweden voted to continue its practice of not ordaining men or women until members of both genders can be ordained. The original decision to halt the practice of ordination had been taken in March 2016 by the Swedish Union’s Executive Committee. The July 4-8 Union Session […]
July 11, 2017: Right on the heels of last month’s London-based Unity 2017 conference, a symposium promoting very different views yet also purporting to support unity within the Adventist denomination will be held August 1-3. Unlike the Unity 2017 meetings in London organized by union conference officers from four divisions (regions) of the denomination […]
July 10, 2017: Walla Walla General Hospital held a job fair for employees on July 6. The job fair came mere days before the hospital’s July 24 closure date. The job fair was coordinated by Adventist Health. It was attended by hundreds of employees due to lose their jobs this month. Local newspaper the […]
July 6, 2017: Michael Nixon, an alumnus of Andrews University, has been named the institution’s first Vice President for Diversity & Inclusion. His appointment was announced on the Andrews University website today. The creation of the Andrews VP for Diversity & Inclusion role stems from promises made by the university after a student-produced video […]
July 5, 2017: The Adventist Church in Thailand has formally denied ties to a cult leader who has been accused of sexually abusing minors. The church acknowledged that Hmong cult leader Lao Yang had been a member. However, it said it disfellowshipped him in 2009. Niratsai Aay-Pain, an official of the church, claimed that […]
July 4, 2017: The Adventist Church in Uganda is lobbying the government for a ban on gin sold in sachets as well as improperly brewed local gin. The gin is often illicitly produced and has proven deadly according to recent reports in the country. Uganda’s New Vision newspaper stated that six people in Uganda’s […]
July 3, 2017: A partnership with a nonprofit group is set to allow two Adventist hospitals in Los Angeles County to better treat members of the low-income, underserved population. Glendale Adventist Medical Center and White Memorial Medical Center are joining forces with the Los Angeles Network for Enhanced Services, or LANES. The two-year contract […]
July 2, 2017: Jamaica’s The Gleaner newspaper profiled an ex-Adventist and her arguments against organized religion in a July 1 article. The newspaper, founded in 1834, is one of the most prominent publishing platforms in the country. The article profiled Leanne Richards-Williams, a communications professional who grew up as a Christian and was a […]
June 29, 2017: The Seventh-day Adventist Church in Western Washington is being sued for allegedly ignoring warnings about a principal’s inappropriate behavior before he was convicted of rape. The lawsuit was filed in King County, Washington on June 15. It claimed that the Adventist Church disregarded years of warnings about Douglas Allison, the pedophile […]
June 28, 2017: It Is Written, the 60-year-old Adventist television ministry, will break ground on its new headquarters on July 10. Local news source The Chattanoogan.com reported that the groundbreaking ceremony will start at 10 a.m. at the fellowship hall of the Collegedale Korean Church. Later in the ceremony, guests will be bussed to […]
June 27, 2017: Orlando-based Adventist University of Health Sciences (ADU) has announced the selection of its new president. Dr. Edwin Hernández, the current provost of ADU will succeed Dr. David Greenlaw, the founding president of the institution, as he retires on July 31st, 2017. Hernández has been an educator for 30 years. In an […]
June 26, 2017: Tambourine Army, a women’s rights group in Jamaica, has demanded that the Adventist Church in the country clarify its position on marital rape. A controversial statement made by a representative of a group of denominations, including the Adventist church, triggered the request on June 25. The comment that sparked the controversy […]
