21 December 2020 | Jamaican-born Adventist, Floyd Morris, was recently elected to the United Nations Committee for Persons with Disabilities. A member of Andrews Memorial Seventh-day Adventist Church in Jamaica, Morris is visually impaired. He was elected to the committee on November 30 according to NewsAmericasNow (NAN) and an Inter-American Division news report. NAN describes the United […]
On December 16, the leadership of the Adventist denomination’s South Pacific Division (SPD) issued a statement on recent developments connected to the COVID-19 vaccine. The division said it had “worked in consultation with its medical professionals and academics” to create the statement. The SPD designed the statement to “enable our members to make informed, evidence-based […]
18 December 2020 | Television station ABC7 reported this week that San Anselmo Spanish Seventh-day Adventist Church held an indoor services last Saturday in direct violation of Marin County, California, stay-at-home orders. ABC7 reported the congregation’s live stream shows a Saturday service with “nearly 20 churchgoers singing together maskless and not socially distanced.” It appeared […]
Health workers received LLUH’s first COVID-19 vaccinations on Thursday, December 17. Loma Linda University Health (LLUH) received about 3,800 doses of the vaccine Wednesday, December 16. The vaccines will be administered to employees over the course of next week. Loma Linda, CA, December 17, 2020 — Health workers at Loma Linda University Health received the organization’s […]
News reports from Walla Walla University, Adventist Health St. Helena, India, Colombia and Southern Adventist University: Walla Walla University’s Center for Humanitarian Engagement is partnering with Blue Zones on a community health initiative to improve the health of people in the community by creating more opportunities for healthful choices in the area. “The Blue Zones […]
ADRA donated more than USD one million in medical supplies to LAU Medical Center-Rizk Hospital and Saint George Hospital University Medical Center (SGHUMC) in Beirut, Lebanon. The facilities, severely damaged by the August Port of Beirut blast, are overwhelmed by coronavirus patients. ADRA donated 50 pallets of medical supplies containing thousands of PPEs, gloves, face shields, […]
14 December 2020 | Adventist death row inmate Brandon Bernard, 40, was executed in Indiana Thursday night, December 10. The United States Supreme Court denied last-minute clemency pleas. Bernard was convicted of murder as a teenager. His was one of five federal executions that will take place over the next few weeks. On December 8, […]
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AT1 is a short, weekly video program that offers viewers some much-needed encouragement in these uncertain times. In October 2019, Adventist Today hosted AT1, our live gathering in Portland that featured some of the leading progressive voices in the Adventist faith community as well as uplifting praise music. AT1 was a great chance for all […]
11 December 2020 | On November 29, Papua New Guinea (PNG) prime minister James Marape challenged Adventist leadership in his country to grow the denomination’s membership in the nation to one million. According to the Adventist Record, Marape, himself an Adventist, addressed the opening of the Papua New Guinea Union Mission (PNGUM) sixteenth business session […]
The plan will cover the tuition costs for students from most families with an income of less than $60,000. For first-time freshman students enrolling for the Fall 2021 semester, Union College will cover all tuition costs not covered by their federal and state financial aid package. The scholarship will be renewable for up to seven […]
News reports from a partnership of three Adventist entities concerned with religious liberty, the family of Louis Venden, the United States Army Reserve, Andrews University and Loma Linda University Health: Please be reminded that the Andrews University International Religious Liberty Institute, Loma Linda University School of Religion’s Religion and the Law Forum, and the Church […]
