5 May 2021 | A clash between political rivals at an Adventist church in Saint Lucia has elicited an official response from the Saint Lucia Mission of Seventh-day Adventists. According to a May 3 article on the Loop news site, the mission’s leadership spoke out against the incident in which former senator Joachim Henry confronted […]
India is struggling with an unprecedented second outbreak of COVID-19, with more than 350,000 new coronavirus cases daily. ADRA’s emergency response team is working on the ground to ensure COVID-19 critically ill patients have immediate access to oxygen to survive the crisis. The international humanitarian agency is donating an oxygen generation plant (OGP) to provide relief […]
30 April 2021 | The official census of the United States was released this week. The item most widely noted was the fact that the population has increased only 7.4 percent over the past 10 years since the last census in 2010. This was the slowest growth rate for the U.S. since the 1930s when […]
Three vice presidents, two directors, an associate director, Liberty magazine editor, and the president of the Guam-Micronesia Mission have been newly elected to serve the North American Division (NAD) until 2025. A total of 42 names were presented for election or re-election from the division’s nominating committee. From the NAD – 29 April 2021 | […]
News reports from GAiN Europe, the Philippines, Barbados, Loma Linda University Church and Andrews University: The GAiN (Global Adventist Innovation Network) Europe meetings were held last week from April 19-20. According to a report on the Inter-European Division news site, about 100 people participated in the online event from across Europe and internationally. The report […]
29 April 2021 | From the Inter-European Division: The North German Union Executive Committee, in its online meeting on Sunday April 25, among other issues, decided to reinstate the 2012 resolution of their Constituency Meeting to ordain women to the Pastoral Ministry. Pastor Mario Brito, president of the Inter-European Division of the Seventh-day Adventist Church […]
28 April 2021 | The General Conference Executive Committee voted Stanley Arco to the position of South American Division President on April 22, 2021. The vote took place after the executive committee of the South American Division (SAD) recommended Arco for the role. Arco, a Brazilian, replaces former SAD President Erton Köhler (another Brazilian), who […]
27 April 2021 | According to the Southwestern Union Record, Carlos J. Craig was voted president of the Southwestern Union Conference at the union’s 31st Constituency Session, on April 25, 2021, at the Keene Seventh-day Adventist Church in Keene, Texas. Craig will replace Larry Moore, who has served as president of the Southwestern Union and […]
26 April 2021 | At a regular meeting on April 25, the North German Union Conference of Seventh-day Adventists voted to implement a 2012 vote by its executive committee to ordain both women and men as ministers. At the time, the resolution to ordain both women and men was approved by more than a two-thirds […]
From the Minnesota Conference – 23 April 2021 | The Minnesota Conference administration is pleased to announce the appointment of Pastor Karen Lewis to the position of ministerial director, which she will fulfill in addition to her current pastoral role with the Pathways Seventh-day Adventist Church. The ministerial director is responsible for pastoring, supporting, supervising, […]
The Southern team has previously ranked second in their league several times, but this is their first year to advance through the competition to the final round. The final round of the competition included the top four schools in the United States. From Southern Adventist University – 23 April 2021 | Southern Adventist University’s Enactus team placed third […]
23 April 2021 | A highly-publicized trial at Minnesota Fourth Judicial District Court concluded on April 20 with the jury finding former police officer Derek Chauvin guilty of second-degree unintentional murder, third-degree murder, and second-degree manslaughter in the killing of an African American man, George Floyd. After the verdict, Charles Tapp, President of the Potomac […]
