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20 fire companies helped with fire that nearly totally destroyed 185-year-old Adventist church. In fire’s aftermath, the church’s property has been vandalized and looted. A GoFundMe account has been set up to help with the rebuilding of the church. 31 December 2021 | The fire that happened at the Jefferson Avenue Seventh-day Adventist Church in […]
Hi AT Readers, It’s easy to feel alone these days. The awful, isolating pandemic has restricted or canceled gatherings with friends and family for almost two years now. We’ve missed social gatherings and we’ve often felt that returning to our local churches on Sabbath mornings is too much of a risk. If we add the […]
News reports from Australia, Brazil, Romania, Southern Adventist University and the United States. “Controversy” Gets Animated An animated film about “The Great Controversy” has won numerous awards. Attila Peli, director of Hope Media Romania, who also directed and wrote the script for the film, said his main motivation was to make the Great Controversy accessible […]
Andres Ploompuu, president of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Estonia, among religious leaders who met with Estonian President Alar Karis. Estonia considered the “least religious country in the world.” Ploompuu said all the heads of the different churches have a good relationship with each other. 29 December 2021 | Andres Ploompuu, president of the Seventh-day […]
Couple went missing on New Year’s Eve in Alaska’s tundra. Repeated efforts to find them failed. After praying, Arctic Mission Adventure worker impressed with location of where to find them. Rescuers found missing couple just as wolves were closing in. 28 December 2021 | From the North American Division: The phone rang late on New […]
Faith in Texas, a non-profit multi-faith organization, paid bail of nine people and released them from jail on Christmas Eve. Jaime Kowlessar, senior pastor of Dallas City Temple SDA Church, is the executive director of Faith in Texas. Advocates for bail reform in the United States say the bail system is an unfair tool used […]
Peace Light an actual flame that came all the way from Bethlehem, and is shared throughout the world. Peace Light lit from oil lamps that have been kept burning for more than 1,000 years. Due to COVID-19 restrictions, Adventist church in Germany aims to share Peace Light digitally and through online Peace Light Christmas Service. […]
News reports from Hollywood; Missouri, US; Mongolia; Washington, D.C. Gifted WGTS-FM Washington, D.C., a radio station with affiliation to the Seventh-day Adventist community, was recently named Religious Station of the Year at the 2021 National Association of Broadcasters’ (NAB) Marconi Radio Awards. We Need to Talk, from the same station, was named Best Radio Podcast […]
James Leonard Comazzi is accused of killing a nurse in a hit-and-run. Comazzi has pleaded not guilty. Comazzi’s arrest was the latest in a string of recent arrests of medical professionals that had worked for Adventist Health Sonora. Police noted parallels to case of Danny Anderson, also a doctor from Sonora who had also attended […]
Police found child porn on the computer of Brandon Diaz, who said he worked for AdventHealth. Diaz is under investigation for hacking computers at Polk State College. After he had been terminated by Lakeland Regional Health and Polk State College for a failed drug test, AdventHealth apparently still hired him. 21 December 2021 | Police […]
Following the Blueprint Ministries building a community in rural Jamaica. Group has been accused of “brainwashing.” Group is also behind “Sunday Law” and “Mark of the Beast” billboards in Jamaica. 20 December 2021 | Recently, members of Following the Blueprint (FTB) Ministries in Jamaica have banded together to build a community nearly an hour’s drive […]
