Reinder Bruinsma, former president of the Belgian-Luxembourg Conference was honored with a royal decoration in the Netherlands on April 28. There is a tradition in the country that on the king’s birthday, Dutch people who “have rendered special service to society” can be honored. Bruinsma was awarded the title “Knight of the Order of Orange […]
Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds, a Missouri-based business, has donated more than $430,000 to help bolster ADRA’s emergency COVID-fighting operations in India. The founder of the business, Jere Gettle, felt compelled to respond to the growing crisis by donating all the proceeds of a recent four-day sale to help ADRA supply life-saving oxygen generation systems to […]
14 May 2021 | Malachai Scott Roger Wylie, a student teacher in New Zealand, is accused of what the country’s Stuff news site described as “sexual acts with other people’s shoes for fetish websites.” In addition to student teaching posts at other institutions, Stuff reports that Wylie had a placement at Longburn Adventist College (an […]
14 May 2021 | Adventists from the Vicente Pires congregation in the Federal District (DF) of Brazil recently reported outreach efforts to circus performers connected to Circo Portugal in the Taguatinga area of the Federal District. The congregation, together with other Adventists, had been looking for ways to reach out to people suffering from loss of […]
On March 19, a deadly fire broke out in a residential area of Kawit, Cavite, and left approximately 80 percent of homes destroyed. About 1,079 individuals from 511 families were affected, and 450 survivors had their homes totally devastated by the fire. ADRA made the decision to implement a cash response so that survivors who lost […]
News reports from Kenya; Chico, California; Paradise Adventist Academy; Tanzania and the North American Division (NAD): A Facebook complaint from an unmarried Adventist woman in Kenya was picked up by Tuko, a national news site after the woman complained that single Adventist men were ignoring their single female counterparts in church. Obuba Kwamboka Naumy complained […]
11 May 2021 | A Seventh-day Adventist in the Solomon Islands was killed on May 9 by a US bomb from World War II (WWII) that was accidentally detonated in the Lengakiki Heights, West Honiara area of the country. Raziv Hilly, 29, was cooking food for a church fundraiser when heat from the fire detonated […]
ADRA is preparing to airlift critical medical supplies and several oxygen generation systems. The relief effort will help ADRA expand its relief operations to Adventist hospitals in India to build medical capabilities and improve critical coronavirus patient care services. The humanitarian operation will also enhance the oxygen production at medical facilities by installing oxygen generation […]
7 May 2021 | The Adventist Church in Zimbabwe has joined an interfaith effort to encourage the COVID-19 vaccine rollout in the country. The Adventist leaders joined officials from Christian, Islamic and the African Traditional Religions in a dialogue with UNICEF and the Ministry of Health and Child Care (MOHCC) in partnership with Apostolic Women […]
7 May 2021 | Over 550 children took part in an island-wide Adventurer’s Camporee in Puerto Rico from April 16-18. Children aged 4-9 participated from their homes or (a few hours per day) from socially-distanced tents on the grounds of some congregations. The Adventurers studied the Bible, took part in various challenges and earned honors […]
This is a press release from the Pacific Union Conference: On May 4, 2021, Elder Ricardo Graham, president of the Pacific Union Conference, announced his intention to retire from church employment. A new president will be elected at the union constituency meeting, August 15-16, in Tucson, Arizona. For nearly 47 years, Elder Graham has been […]
News reports from Loma Linda University Health; South Africa’s Helderberg College; Glendale, California; Avondale University College and MusicVerse, a new Adventist music platform: Loma Linda University Health (LLUH) announced on Facebook that yesterday (Wednesday, May 5) marked the first time since March 2020 Loma Linda University Medical Center was not treating any COVID-19 patients. “At the […]
