A Dutch Adventist congregation has written a letter to the denomination’s Executive Committee of the Netherlands Union of Churches Conference, demanding clarification on the “implementation of the equal treatment of female pastors” in the country. In the December 6 letter, the Uniek congregation (based in the city of Utrecht) demanded the union act on a […]
Press release from the North American Division (NAD) of the Adventist denomination, written by Bettina Krause, Melissa Reid, and Dan Weber: On Friday, December 6, 2019, the Fairness for All Act was launched in Washington, D.C., by Congressman Chris Stewart (Utah-R), with support from several religious groups and coalitions. Fairness for All (FFA) is centered […]
8 December 2019 | On December 5, far-right publication Breitbart News reported that a guest speaker at Adventist-owned Andrews University had recently told students their churches should protect undocumented immigrants from deportation. According to Breitbart, he told students at the Berrien Springs, Michigan-based school they should be hiding them in their churches. Referencing a report […]
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5 December 2019 | A psychiatric technician who worked at an Adventist HealthCare behavioral health facility in Rockville, Maryland, has been arrested, charged with second degree rape of one patient and third degree sexual offense against another. Macdoff Oghenejabo Okah, 48, of Silver Spring, Maryland, worked at the Adventist-run facility at the time of the […]
News reports from Albania, Harbert Hills Academy, Spanish Lake, Missouri; Oakwood University and Southern Adventist University: From APD – On 26 November, the region around Tirana, northwest Albania, was shaken by an earthquake of 6.4 magnitude. According to ADRA Albania, 25 people died and several hundred were injured. The government has declared a state of […]
5 December 2019 | Loma Linda University Health (LLUH) has launched a health science institute in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China. The International Institute for Health Science was established in partnership with Zhejiang University City College (ZUCC) and clinical training site, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital. “We chose to partner with Loma Linda University Health because […]
3 December 2019 | Voter participation in the United States is only about 50 percent in national elections, and even less in congressional elections and state and local elections. Adventist voter participation is no better. Adventists Vote! – a new campaign to engage Adventists in politics and social issues – was initiated on November 8 […]
3 December 2019 | An Adventist congregation in Jamaica was recently featured in the premier newspaper in the country. The Jamaica Observer spotlighted the unique worship environment in the denomination’s Deaf Church in St. Catherine, southeast Jamaica, which started four years ago and now has an attendance of 35 to 40 worshipers per weekend. The […]
1 December 2019 | Control of Vatuvonu Adventist High School in Fiji has been returned to the Adventist denomination after a ruling by the High Court of Fiji on November 22. High Court Judge A L B Brito-Mutunayagam denied a bid by the Fijian government’s Ministry of Education to take control of the school. The […]
28 November 2019 | Students and staff at Spring Valley Academy in the Dayton, Ohio, area are mourning the death of a young third- and fourth-grade teacher at the school. Kimberly Orr, 31, died on Tuesday, November 19. According to the Dayton Daily News, Orr had taught at the school for nine years. Spring Valley […]
From ANN – 28 November 2019 | Joining the community of Pueblo, Seventh-day Adventists issued a statement regarding the planned bombing of Temple Emanuel, the Jewish temple in Pueblo, and delivered it to the synagogue leadership on Friday, November 8. At sunset, a dozen Adventist church members and leaders attended the Shabbat eve service in […]
