November 22, 2016: A multiple car collision resulted in the death of two Andrews University students in New Buffalo Township, Michigan on Saturday morning, November 19. Austin Currie, a junior engineering major from Illinois, and Chandler Koerting, a junior computing major also from Illinois, were pronounced dead on the scene. The university has set […]
November 21, 2016: An occasional worshipper at an Adventist church in Jamaica is suspected of setting fire to the church, forcing the congregation of approximately 200 to hold services under a tent. The man was reportedly of “unsound mind” and is accused of starting a fire in the kitchen of Diamond Acres Seventh-day Adventist […]
November 20, 2016: Ghanian national Christopher Owusu Marfo (Ghanaba) serves as a National Peace Walker, conducting “peace walks” across his country to campaign for peaceful elections. On Saturday, November 12, he made a stop at the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Tamale, Northern Ghana to share his message. At the church he urged the Adventist […]
November 17, 2016: Retired neurosurgeon and former GOP presidential candidate Ben Carson said that he is not interested in a formal post as part of President-Elect Donald Trump’s future cabinet. The Adventist Trump supporter and advisor said that due to his lack of experience in government, he preferred to work as an outside advisor […]
November 16, 2016: Zimbabwean news organization ZimEye reported that two girls at an Adventist high school in the country were allegedly beaten by their classmates after being discovered “in a compromising position in one of the school’s dormitories.” Hanke Adventist School located in the central region of Zimbabwe refused to comment on the incident […]
November 15, 2016: The New Zealand branch of the Adventist Development and Relief Agency is in communication with New Zealand’s Civil Defense to aid the town of Kaikoura on the east coast of the South Island of New Zealand. The area was worst hit by the 7.5 magnitude eartquake on November 14 and is […]
November 14, 2016: Bugema University, the Adventist institution of higher learning in Kampala, Uganda, has been cleared by the nation’s National Council of Higher Education (NHCE) to offer Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) programs. According to Uganda’s New Vision newspaper, the NHCE notice was shared publicly by University Vice Chancellor Prof. Patrick Manu at the […]
November 13, 2016: An Adventist in Zambia hit her husband in the head with a “blunt instrument,” then killed him by running him over with her car, according to the country’s Lukasa Times newsite. The couple, who were well known at the University Seventh-day Adventist Church at Rusangu University (formerly Zambia Adventist University), were […]
From news release, November 11, 2016: “Why aren’t you mad yet?” was only one of the many questions asked at the inaugural Adventists for Social Justice Conference. Beginning Friday night, November 4th, and concluding on Sunday morning, November 6th, more than 200 Seventh-day Adventists from as far as London, England and as near as […]
November 10, 2016: A huge 8-meter (26 ft.) mustache has been mounted to a wall of Sydney Adventist Hospital in celebration of the international Movember men’s health push. The idea behind Movember is to encourage men to go and see their doctor when they suspect something, rather than ignoring medical problems. The awareness work […]
November 9, 2016: A groundbreaking ceremony for Blue Mountain Seventh-Day Adventist Elementary School in Hamburg, Pennsylvania, took place on November 6 after a tornado destroyed the original building on July 9, 2015. A small crowd attended the event at which a plaque was given to the school’s principal, Rachel Wardecke, who had been trapped […]
November 8, 2016: Clifford University, named after the first Adventist missionary to eastern Nigeria, was given a provisional license by the Nigerian government to operate for three years. Jesse Clifford, a British missionary, brought Adventism to eastern Nigeria in 1923. Along with seven other new universities that received federal approval and licensing on November […]
