13 September 2019 | After being sued by a doctor that used to work at Catholic/Adventist Health system Centura, the hospital network is requesting clarity on a Colorado law that allows for assisted suicide. According to ReligiousLiberty.TV, Dr. Barbara Morris and Cornelius “Neil” Mahoney, one of her cancer patients, filed the lawsuit on August 21, […]
13 September 2019 | From APD – The Adventist Development and Relief Agency, ADRA International, published a statement on September 9 denying direct or indirect participation in a political rally in Kutupalong’s Modhurchhara refugee camp in Ukhiya, Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh. Two aid organizations, ADRA and the Muslim AL Markajul Islami Sangstha, were said to have […]
News reports from Rwanda; Newbold College; Northern Caribbean University; FixableLife; the Bahamas; Germany; Lacombe, Alberta; The 4th Annual Conscience & Justice Council (CJC) Convention; Adventist Community Services and Ethiopia From an ANN news release – More than 40,000 Seventh-day Adventists in Rwanda flocked to the Amahoro National Stadium, located in the capital city of Kigali, […]
Good news! The deadline for the reduced AT1 hotel rate at Embassy Suites Washington Square has been extended from September 11 to September 22 at 5 p.m. PDT. Space is limited at this rate, so please reserve your room today! Reservations can be made by calling 503.644.4000 and requesting the Adventist Today 2019 ATI Conversation group rate or the […]
12 September 2019 | Catholic/Adventist hospital network Centura has fired a doctor who sued the network for the right to dispense aid-in-dying medication. Her employment with the system forbade the doctor from encouraging suicide or euthanasia even though Colorado law allows for such treatment under the 2017 “Access to Medical Aid In Dying” act. According […]
10 September 2019 | An anonymously authored Twitter account recently shared accusations that Huntsville, Alabama-based Oakwood University community members had perpetrated incidents of rape and sexual assault. In a statement to Adventist Today, Pastor Christopher Thompson, Communication Director for Breath of Life and Oakwood University Church, said that Twitter handle @OUmetoo1 published accusations the owner […]
From ADRA- 9 September 2019 | Category 5 Hurricane Dorian left families stranded in their homes last week, knee-deep in high-rise water levels, while countless others are left homeless. “Seventy percent of the islands are covered in water and there’s no way to get to them right now,” said Leonardo Rahming, executive secretary of the […]
From ANN – 6 September 2019 | Seventh-day Adventist leaders in Nassau, The Bahamas, are still waiting to know the fate of the hundreds of members who have been affected by the devastating effects of Hurricane Dorian on the hardest hit islands of Abaco, Grand Bahama, Bimini and the Berry Islands. The Category 4 hurricane […]
News reports from Silver Spring, Md.; Loma Linda, Calif.; Versacare Corporation; India; Friendensau University; Glendale, Calif.; Andrews University and the 2019 Oshkosh Pathfinder Camporee: A presentation and accompanying interactive session examining improper handling of church funds will be held at two dates in two locations. “The Hope Center Debacle – – Corruption, Cover-up and GC […]
Drum roll, please!! We are a month away from the October 4-6 AT1 gathering. If you haven’t yet had a chance to register, now’s the time to tick that off your to-do list. While some of the most compelling speakers in our faith community will be presenting, this gathering won’t be your average Adventist event. […]
4 September 2019 | The Adventist School of Medicine of East-Central Africa (ASOME) was inaugurated in the Gasabo district of Kigali, Rwanda, this Monday. Rwanda’s head of state, President Paul Kagame, accompanied by First Lady Jeannette Kagame, opened the institution which is owned by the Adventist University of East-Central Africa. Elder Ted Wilson, president of […]
From ADRA – 3 September 2019 | Since Monday, September 2, the islands of Abaco and Grand Bahama in the Bahamas were hardest hit by Hurricane Dorian, a Category 5 storm with sustained winds of 185 mph with gusts of up to 220 mph. Local reports in the Bahamas indicate at least five people are […]
