News reports from GAiN Europe, the North American Division, Loma Linda University Health, ADRA, the Lake Union Herald and Sydney Adventist Hospital: The Trans-European Division announced the latest video in a social media series #dearcoronavirus. The video features medical staff from 15 countries who share their commitment to serve in this challenging time. The video […]
22 April 2020 | Elder William L. Winston, the president of the Adventist denomination’s South Atlantic Conference, released a letter today in which he refused to open the churches in the conference despite a decision by the governor of Georgia to end shelter in place orders in the state by April 30. Winston appealed to […]
Loma Linda University Health research shows that those who smoke are at greater risk of contracting infectious disease and spreading infectious disease. Studies conducted in Laos and Cambodia revealed the use of tobacco increases a person’s susceptibility and transmission of infectious disease due to the frequent sharing of smoking tools and destruction of mucociliary function […]
21 April 2020 | Leaders of the Adventist Church in Germany and Switzerland are planning the gradual lifting of COVID-19 restrictions on congregations. The APD (an Adventist news agency covering Germany and German-speaking Switzerland) reported that Evangelical leaders met with the German government on April 17 to discuss the lifting of a ban on religious […]
In his Executive Committee presentation during Spring Meeting 2020, Tim Aka, associate treasurer and director of Church investments at the General Conference, warned that the denomination will feel the coronavirus financial impact at every level of organization. With many members unemployed, Aka said, “it is reasonable to assume a 10% to 20% decline in giving.” […]
GC Treasurer Juan Prestol-Puesán reported during the 2020 Spring Meeting financial report that the 2019 fiscal year ended positively. GC investment earnings exceeded expectations. Net Assets increase was $2,599,228. World tithe was down by USD 120 million in 2019 but GC operations remained under budget. The operating expense was approximately USD 44.1 million—almost USD 4 […]
News reports from the Pacific island nation of Tuvalu; Escondido Adventist Academy; southeastern Tennessee and north Georgia; It Is Written and Loma Linda University Health: The first native-born Adventist in the Pacific island nation of Tuvalu was ordained to the gospel ministry at an historic ordination held at Funafuti Adventist Church on February 22. Pastor […]
ADRA is distributing hygiene and sanitation resources to communities in Cambodia. The agency is also supplying communities with personal protection equipment (PPE) and educational materials. From ADRA – 15 April 2020 | In response to the rapid transmission of the COVID-19 pandemic that has significantly challenged the country’s health system, the Adventist Development and Relief […]
14 April 2020 | An Adventist church in Milton-Freewater, Oregon, played an active role in a multi-denominational Easter program that took place at the town’s M-F Drive-In Theater. The event featured praise singing and an Easter message. There were two services. In between there was an Adventist wedding for the office manager at Milton Adventist […]
The General Conference announced that Spring Meeting will be livestreamed and will be open to the public. The meetings will be held remotely April 14 and 15 from 6 am to 11 am Eastern Standard Time. Business sessions will be livestreamed here. From ANN – 13 April 2020 | The rapid movement of the novel coronavirus, […]
13 April 2020 | Adventist Record, the official news and lifestyle magazine for the South Pacific Division of the Adventist Church, reported that Beulah Adventist College in Tonga was severely damaged by tropical cyclone Harold in the South Pacific. In Vanuatu, Aore Adventist Academy’s classrooms were extensively damaged. Other church propertied have also been affected. […]
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