News reports from the Pennsylvania Conference; Colombia; Portland, Oregon; Tracy, California; and the Washington Conference: Since the state government has stated that churches can reopen, the Adventist denomination’s Pennsylvania Conference is encouraging its local churches to begin the process of safely resuming in-person worship services. Pastors have been given guidelines from the government, the Center […]
4 June 2020 | Michael Kruger, president of the Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA), has issued a statement on behalf of the agency titled “Denouncing Racial Inequality in the United States.” In it, Kruger speaks out against “a national heritage of racism and violence” against African-Americans that claimed the lives of George Floyd, Ahmaud […]
3 June 2020 | Around the world Adventist hospitals are dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic in terms of the local conditions and needs of the communities they serve. The Loma Linda University Medical Center is the denomination’s leading hospital, and it provides an example of how Adventist healthcare institutions are seeking to deal with the […]
1 June 2020 | On May 30, General Conference President Ted Wilson issued a lengthy statement condemning a “global rise in evil.” The official issued another statement hours ago, specifically condemning racism and naming recent victims of racist violence. Wilson’s May 30 statement proved to be polarizing, provoking angry reactions from many that felt the […]
30 May 2020 | In an statement posted on his official Facebook Page hours ago, Ted Wilson, president of the General Conference of the Seventh-day Adventist Church, spoke to a “Global Rise In Evil.” Wilson condemned violence and hatred around the world. Among other examples, he made mention of the recent “horrific, senseless, brutal death […]
30 May 2020 | Dr. Ricardo Graham, president of the Pacific Union Conference of the Adventist Church, addressed George Floyd and the tragic realities of his death in the statement below. It was released today: But let justice roll on like a river, righteousness like a never-failing stream! — Amos 5:24 (NIV) George Floyd must live […]
28 May 2020 | The CEO of the Minnesota Council Of Churches (of which the Adventist denomination is not a member) has called for the prosecution of four police officers in Minneapolis who were involved in the death of George Floyd, an unarmed black man who died in police custody. Floyd, 46, died Monday. Video […]
News reports from the denomination’s new digital missionary campaign; the Lake Union Conference; Public Campus Ministries; Iquitos, Peru; and Loma Linda University Health: Earlier this week, the Adventist Church announced an international digital evangelism initiative. The denomination is hoping to recruit 5,000 digital missionaries by May 31. “There are millions of people searching for answers […]
The 2020 Sonscreen Film Festival was supposed to be held April 2-5, 2020, at the Loma Linda University Church in California. The event was initially canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. By April 13 the festival moved online and was attended by 250 online participants. At the festival’s conclusion, more than 450 film block entries […]
ADRA will provide food and medical supplies worth $2.4 million to the North American Division’s Adventist Community Services (ACS). The supplies will go to families and essential workers in the U.S. who are impacted by and responding to the COVID-19 crisis. From ADRA – 26 May 2020 | The Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA), […]
25 May 2020 | Adventist Today has learned the General Conference (GC) asked the North American Division (NAD) to delay electing vice presidents and department directors until June/July 2021. Sources close to the current conversations between the denominational entities said the GC wants their newly elected officers and directors to meet with NAD leadership and […]
24 May 2020 | Kenya’s Standard Digital reported on May 19 that a 76-year-old man was charged with maliciously damaging property belonging to the West Kenya Union Conference of the Adventist Church. Agal Achom allegedly destroyed the union’s concrete perimeter fence and its gate on January 10, 2020. He is accused of bulldozing the wall, […]
