From ANN, June 7, 2017: A government-funded public university in Eldoret, Kenya has donated 10 acres of land to the Adventist Church. The plot on the campus of Moi University will house both an Adventist church and a center of excellence. The vice chancellor of the university, Laban Peter Ayiro formally handed over the land […]
June 6, 2017: A June 4 article on the PBS Newshour website has profiled the efforts of Crystal Cheatham, an Andrews University graduate, to launch a Bible app aimed at supporting LGBTQ Christians. The Our Bible app will offer a minimum of 20 Bible translations and more than 300 devotional readings, podcasts, meditation exercises […]
June 5, 2017: Maria Shriver recently visited Loma Linda, California, one of the world’s five Blue Zones where people live the longest. In her NBC special, she profiled Adventist centenarians living in the community. Adventists were described as living about 7-10 years longer than the average American. The segment pointed to a plant-based diet, […]
June 4, 2017: Scout Bassett, an American paralympian who started life as an orphan in China, spoke to students at Pacific Union College. According to a May 31 report on PUC’s website, the athlete spoke for the institution’s Colloquy Speaker Series on May 25. Bassett spoke of constantly having to overcome challenges to achieve […]
June 1, 2017: Montreal’s Greaves Adventist Academy has banned persons with a criminal history from volunteering on the school grounds. The action comes after parents of students at the school protested the school’s decision to allow convicted serial killer, Karla Homolka, to volunteer by supervising kindergarten students on a field trip earlier this year. […]
May 31, 2017: An Adventist elementary school in Montreal has defended allowing a woman to volunteer at the school last March despite her record as a convicted killer. Karla Homolka allegedly volunteered at Greaves Adventist Academy by supervising kindergarten students on a field trip. Homolka, whose three children attend the school, also reportedly brought […]
May 30, 2017: Two unnamed Adventist pastors in Saint Lucia have been charged with sexual misconduct. According to the St. Lucia Times, the Eastern Caribbean island nation’s Adventist leadership has responded to the allegations saying it will not condone wrongdoing. “It is unfortunate that at this juncture the church is now faced with […]
May 29, 2017: An Adventist Medical Center in the southern Philippines has partnered with the Philippine Red Cross (PRC) to help residents fleeing fighting between the military and Islamic insurgents. Thousands of residents have fled Marawi, located less than 25 miles away from Adventist Medical Center, Iligan City, on the southern Philippine island of […]
May 28, 2017: Sandile Mantsoe, who was at one time an Adventist lay preacher, is being tried for murder in Johannesburg, South Africa. The body of Karabo Mokoena, the 22-year-old female he is accused of murdering, was badly burned when it was discovered late last month. Mantsoe, a father of three, is said to have […]
May 25, 2017: The body of a decapitated Adventist pastor and conference administrator has been found near his home in Kenya. Kenya’s Standard Digital newspaper reported on May 18th that the body of Pastor Nicholas Kibagendi who disappeared about a month ago, had been found next to his home in the country’s Nyamira County. Neighbors […]
May 24, 2017: The Adventist denomination’s Netherlands Union Conference (NUC) has decided to postpone further ordination of women until later this year. The decision was made in the run-up to the May 4-6 NUC constituency meetings. Further ordination of women will only take place after the October General Conference Annual Council meetings to be […]
May 23, 2017: A bus carrying mostly young Adventists in Mexico crashed into a ravine on May 21, killing 17 passengers and injuring a further 31. Mexico News Daily reports that the bus veered off the road and fell into a 100 meter (approx. 328 ft) ravine. The accident took place in the state […]
