The United States Commission On International Religious Freedoms reported a sharp deterioration in the status of religious minorities in India. “Non-state actors” reported as perpetrating acts of religious violence included six groups that are considered particularly serious offenders: al-Shabaab in Somalia, Boko Haram in Nigeria, the Houthis in Yemen, Islamic State in Khorasan Province (ISKP), […]
In a May 6 press release, Washington Adventist University (WAU) confirmed that it was suspending several of its degree programs. The release followed a May 3 Adventist Today news story on the ongoing financial crisis at the university. Citing the economic downturn from the COVID-19 crisis as the reason for “intentional, prayerful, and decisive adjustments […]
News reports from the Center for Youth Evangelism, Lifestyle Magazine, the brand new Adventist Health virtual hospital, the US Virgin Islands, newly-acquired Adventist Health Mendocino Coast and the Inter-Oceanic Mexican region: The Andrews University-based Center for Youth Evangelism has canceled its “Cruise With a Mission” Alaska trip, scheduled for September. The center is instead advertising […]
4 May 2020 | The General Conference (GC) has responded to an appeal of an official “warning” issued to the Norwegian Union Conference and other unions at Annual Council 2019. The General Conference Administrative Committee (ADCOM) response to the Norwegian appeal was characterized by a flat refusal to reconsider the scolding. The original warning was […]
3 May 2020 | True crime television series Waco, which first premiered on the Paramount Network in 2018, has now come to Netflix. The series is about the 51-day siege that resulted in many deaths of Branch Davidian cult members. The series is based on the true story of a young man who had been […]
ADRA has launched COVID-19 response projects in 37 countries to support frontline workers, low-income families, the elderly, and people facing layoffs as a result of the crisis. In the U.S. and the Caribbean, ADRA is providing personal protective equipment (PPE) and essential medical supplies to thousands of health workers in suburban medical centers caring for […]
News reports from China; the Philippines; Mongolia, Redlands Adventist Academy; Placerville, California; Papua New Guinea; La Sierra University and Ireland: A simple text message sent to Adventists friends in mainland China raised $20,000 US dollars in less than 12 hours. Samuel Wang, Chinese evangelist to the Southern Asia-Pacific region, coordinated the fund-raising project via group […]
Previous reporting on compliance with core polices tested in 2018 indicated that overall 79% of church organizations had at least one violation enumerated in the General Conference Working Policy. Looking at compliance to core policies from another perspective showed that 34 percent of those church organizations had a violation related to their financial reports; 32 […]
28 April 2020 | Last Sunday, April 26, free COVID-19 testing took place at West Philadelphia Seventh-day Adventist Church. WHYY.org reported the testing was organized by the Black Doctors COVID-19 Consortium. The Adventist church was hosting one of a series of free testing sites run by the consortium across Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. About 300 people are […]
27 April 2020 | The Adventist Church in Ghana has donated Ghs100,000 (approx USD17,240) to the country’s National COVID-19 Trust Fund. The gift was delivered earlier today by the President of the Southern Ghana Union Conference, Pastor Thomas Techie Ocran. According to News Ghana, the Adventist leader framed the gift as the first in a […]
Chuck Campbell, stepson of philanthropist Karl McMillen, handed over a $500,000 check to Loma Linda University Health on behalf of McMillen in late March. Loma Linda University Health was in need of military-grade medical tents, which would provide surge space outside the emergency departments of both the Medical Center and Medical Center – Murrieta. From […]
It Is Written’s virtual, online evangelist series was hit by a major cyber attack as it opened on April 17. The cyber attack was described as being targeted and malicious. John Bradshaw, speaker/director for It Is Written, said that although the ministry was not hacked, the ministry’s main media platform was unable to perform. Viewers […]
