News reports from the NBA Playoffs, Signs of the Times, a unique Ukraine-based bus service, Waldfriede Hospital in Berlin and Loma Linda University Health: The NBA Playoffs for the 2019-20 season are underway. All games are being held at the AdventHealth Arena or The Field House at Walt Disney World Resort in Florida. The AdventHealth […]
The NAD Executive Committee voted on August 18, 2020, to recommend the name of Kyoshin Ahn for the position of NAD executive secretary. Ahn’s name was presented to the executive committee by the nominating committee, which met on Aug. 17. On Thursday, Aug. 20, the General Conference Executive Committee will meet to vote the name […]
Tons of nutritional provisions were delivered by ADRA on the flight from Slovakia. The food comes as an expanded relief effort helping children and families affected by the devasting August 4 Beirut explosion. The explosion killed more than 178 people, injured at least 6,000, and left some 300,000 individuals homeless. At least 170,000 apartments and 150 […]
La Sierra University will hold the majority of fall quarter classes online. Exceptions to online classes will include some lab and studio classes. LSU cites California Department of Public Health guidance as the reason for the decision to hold classes online. Some students will be allowed to move into campus dorms based on state directives and […]
17 August 2020 | Chanda M. Nunes was formally installed as senior pastor of the Pacific Union College church on Saturday, July 25. She preached at the church for the first time that Sabbath. Nunes had previously served as the associate pastor at the Sacramento Capitol City church for four and a half years. On […]
16 August 2020 | The Seventh-day Adventist denomination in Australia has confirmed that it is signing up for the National Redress Scheme (NRS) for survivors of institutional child sexual abuse. The national government plan is aimed at helping survivors of abuse to access counseling, a direct personal response and a redress payment. Participating organizations were […]
By Tyson Jacob with Daniel Bulengela | 16 August 2020 A donor who is a Christian, but not an Adventist, has funded the construction of a new facility for the local Seventh-day Adventist church in Kinesi, Tanzania. A woman with a PhD degree who resides in Dar es Salaam, the generous benefactor insists on remaining […]
Dr. Gordon Lightbourn, an associate professor at NCU, was discovered with multiple gunshot wounds at his home in Christiana, Manchester, Jamaica, by a housekeeper on Aug. 7, 2020. Gordon Lightbourn had served as an associate professor in the Biology, Chemistry and Environmental Science Department at NCU since 2012. Authorities in Jamaica have reported that violent […]
News reports from Loma Linda University Cancer Center, Adventist Health Glendale’s drive-in gala, Hawaii, Hungary and Oakwood Adventist Academy: From LLUH — Loma Linda University Cancer Center has appointed three cancer researchers to lead the center’s commitment to premium cancer care through development of new methods of discovery and treatment. Frankis Almaguel, PhD, MD, will […]
Members of the standing NAD Nominating Committee will meet on Monday, August 17, to select a name to be recommended to the NAD Executive Committee. The NAD Executive Committee will vote on the recommendation on August 18. On Thursday, August 20, the General Conference Executive Committee will meet to vote the name recommended by the […]
11 August 2020 | Pastor Joshua Maponga, a controversial Adventist pastor active in the Southern Africa-Indian Ocean Division of the denomination, has been banned from speaking to Adventist congregations in the region. Originally from Zimbabwe, Maponga had publicly called for the decolonization of Christianity, which he claimed depicted a white Jesus and promoted white culture. […]
