The Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) provided cash assistance to 430 families in Negros Occidental in Central Philippines earlier this month. More cash assistance will be provided to more than 400 families in Lanao del Norte in southern Philippines. Cash assistance is typically the logistical tactic of choice because it gives beneficiaries the flexibility […]
News reports from the Inter-European Division, New York City, AdventHealth (Orlando), Loma Linda University Health and Italy: From the Inter-European Division: Faith and Science Fundamentals is a series of webinars intended for those who have questions about the relationship between two apparently distant concepts: religious faith and scientific knowledge. Are they opposed? Completely independent? Compatible? Complementary? Christians […]
14 January 2021| Los Angeles CBS television affiliate, KCAL9, reported yesterday that three alleged child pornography victims are suing the Southeastern California Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, the North American Division Office of Education and La Sierra Academy. The lawsuit stems from the revelation last year that Matthew Johnson, a former counselor at La Sierra Academy, was […]
Members of the Executive Committee of the denomination have voted to again postpone the General Conference (GC) session originally scheduled to take place last summer. The pandemic’s threat to public health as well as the difficulty and even impossibility of travel were key factors in the decision. The announcement from the GC stressed that postponing […]
From Adventist News Network via Twitter today: The Executive Committee of the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists voted a few minutes ago to postpone the 2021 General Conference Session to June 2022, due to the continued spread, and lasting impact, of the COVID-19 pandemic. More information to follow… To comment, click here.
11 January 2021 | An Adventist group called The Forerunner Chronicles organized a massive Washington, DC-based effort to hand out copies of Ellen White’s The Great Controversy to the crowd at the “Stop the Steal” rally on Wednesday, January 6—the group that went on to storm the United States Capitol building. The Forerunner Chronicles is […]
Virus mutations happen frequently. While research shows the new variant is more infectious, it does not appear to be more deadly. Vaccination should still work on the new strain. From Loma Linda University Health – Janelle Ringer – 10 January 2021 – At the end of 2020, a new strain of the coronavirus was discovered, […]
7 January 2021 | Senate Chaplain Barry Black condemned the January 6 violence in the United States Capitol building in a prayer as he closed a joint session of Congress in the early hours of January 7. “We deplore the desecration of the United States Capitol building, the shedding of innocent blood, the loss of […]
News reports from the Trans-European Division’s Youth Ministries department, the United States Congress, Union College, ADRA Croatia, Adventist Health Delano and the North American Division Health Ministries Department: From TED News: ‘Vision’ Music Contest, organised by the Trans-European Division’s Youth Ministries department, provided an opportunity for youth around the Division to start the New Year […]
From the North American Division – 7 January 2021 | The events in Washington, D.C., during the past few days have been traumatic for most Americans, and shocking for those around the world. Many of our members are deeply concerned regarding the actions that took place at the United States Capitol Building on January 6, […]
6 January 2021 | Orlando Weekly reported today that AdventHealth Central Florida division president and CEO, Daryl Tol, has quit his job. He did not give a reason for his decision. The resignation surprised AdventHealth leadership, who called his decision “unanticipated.” Tol was in the news in October of last year when the Orlando Sentinel reported […]
From AdventInnovate – 5 January 2021 | A freezer storing hundreds of Moderna COVID-19 vaccinations stopped working yesterday at Adventist Health Ukiah Valley Medical Center in Mendocino County, California. Senior medical staff had to innovate quickly. The vaccines must be stored at frozen temperatures and, once they reach room temperature, they must be used within […]
