Hello AT Family! Giving Tuesday—celebrated worldwide the Tuesday after Thanksgiving each year—is billed as a “global generosity movement” and has become THE day to support nonprofits through online giving. The day was originally created in 2012 as a way to balance out holiday spending and it has now snowballed into a massive, worldwide show of […]
News reports from Australia; Germany; North American Division; Solomon Islands; Southern Adventist University; Trans-European Division Suspect in Sexual Assault at Southern Adventist University Arrested Collegedale, Tenn., United States, police have charged a man in connection to a sexual assault at Southern Adventist University, according to an article from WRCBtv.com. The incident happened just after 8:00 […]
Greater New York Conference (GNYC) released a statement apologizing for Robinson’s remarks concerning marital rape. GNYC statement also said Robinson put on “administrative leave.” Petition seeking Robinson’s resignation picking up steam. 24 November 2021 | The Greater New York Conference of Seventh-day Adventists and the North American Division of Seventh-day Adventists released statements on November […]
The Greater New York Conference and the North American Division have released a statement saying that Robinson has been placed on administrative leave. Robinson, the senior pastor at an Adventist church in New York City, made comments that appeared to endorse marital rape. Robinson’s remarks indicated that he supported the idea of husbands wholly owning […]
Celeste Ryan Blyden is the first woman ever elected as executive secretary of the Columbia Union Conference. The Adventist Church is known for making it difficult for women to reach church leadership positions. “Those who helped me — many, many of whom are men — are far more in number than those who did not,” […]
Responding to a woman’s cries, the pastor of a church in Russia chased a thief down. Thief turned out to be a teenager who had stolen from his own grandmother. After catching the thief, the pastor invited him on a bicycle trip with the Pathfinders. 19 November 2021 | From the Euro-Asia Division: The morning […]
News reports from Adventist Health, Kazakhstan, Rwanda, Southwestern Adventist University, more. Coat of Honor The Adventist School of Medicine of East-Central Africa (ASOME), held a white coat ceremony for its inaugural cohort of medical students (class of 2027) on Nov. 12, 2021, according to an article in The New Times. The White Coat Ceremony is […]
Evidence discovered this summer that Perkins may have had “inappropriate contact with a minor.” Perkins taught at Harrisburg Adventist School, Bass Memorial Academy and Pine Tree Academy. Perkins arrested and charged with a third-degree felony. 17 November 2021 | David Perkins, a former teacher at Harrisburg Adventist School, Bass Memorial Academy and Pine Tree Academy, […]
Wilson gave Duterte impromptu Bible study on Micah 6:8. Wilson also gave Duterte an engraved pen, which he told the president could be used to underline verses in the Bible. Onlookers expressed surprise at Duterte’s benevolent reaction to the meeting. 16 November 2021 | General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists President Ted N.C. Wilson met with […]
AMITA health is a joint operating company formed by Adventist Midwest Health and Ascension’s Alexian Brothers Health System in 2015. It’s much more common for planned mergers between health care systems to fall apart than it is for already-established health systems, such as AMITA, to fracture, said Michael Buchanio, a senior principal at management consulting firm […]
3 women honored with Woman of the Year awards: Helen Hopp Marshak, Dianne Sika-Paotonu, Phyllis Ware Lee 2 men also recognized as Champions of Justice: Henry Fordham III and Charles Sandefur. Award recipients included educators, conference presidents, immunologist, cofounder of ENDITNOW. 11 November 2021 | Stop us if you’ve heard this one: An educator, three […]
