7 May 2019 | Five of the seven students injured in the K-12 school shooting that took place in Highlands Ranch, Colorado, earlier today were taken to nearby Littleton Adventist Hospital for treatment. One student was killed and seven were injured in the shooting at STEM School Highlands Ranch, just south of Denver. Two male […]
6 May 2019 | In a May 3 article titled “Seventh-day Adventists fit into the rhythms — and faiths — of Israeli life,” Religion News Service (RNS) profiled the work of Adventists in the nation. There are only about 900 Adventists in Israel and a single Adventist church in Jerusalem. According to the article, being […]
5 May 2019 | Members of Oakwood University’s premiere choir were injured in a multiple vehicle crash on Saturday morning in the San Francisco, California area. According to CBS San Francisco, the driver of a car that crashed into the Aeolian’s tour bus was killed. The crash took place on Highway 101 as the bus […]
2 May 2019 | Donnie Edward Johnson, an Adventist elder scheduled to be executed in Tennessee on May 16, has said that he is “too blessed to be stressed.” He made the comment in an answer to a series of questions by the USA TODAY network via written responses facilitated by his legal team. When […]
This is a different kind of post. Many of you have registered for the October 4-6 AT1 gathering in Portland, Oregon, this fall. AT1 will be a hope-filled, grace-centered event which motivates all who attend to be inspired by the theme “Christ Challenges Culture.” We aim to write a positive, Christ-focused next chapter in the […]
News reports from Ebenezer Adventist Church in Philadelphia; Silver Spring, Maryland; Germany and Oakwood University: Composer Allen E. Foster, a long-time member of Ebenezer Adventist Church in Philadelphia, died recently. Four of his compositions are published in the “Seventh-day Adventist Hymnal,” and many were used elsewhere. He was a member of the historic African American […]
From ADRA – 1 May 2019 | Tropical Cyclone Fani (pronounced “foe-nee”), a severe cyclonic storm formed in the Bay of Bengal with wind gusts of up to 127 mph, is heading to the eastern coast of India and looks to gain strength as it’s forecast to also move toward Bangladesh by Saturday. “ADRA is […]
30 April 2019 | Vegan lifestyle site, LIVEKINDLY has published an article about Amirim, a vegan and vegetarian village of over 800 people in northern Israel. The community was started in 1958 by a group of vegans, vegetarians and health enthusiasts, some of which were Branch Davidians. The article identifies Branch Davidians as a sect […]
29 April 2019 | Adventist immigrants to the United States have been denied religious rights, according to a story published in the Batesville, Indiana-based Herald Tribune earlier this month. The story documents the routine violation of the religious rights of people of various faiths when they encounter or are detained by authorities such as the […]
28 April 2019 | A lifestyle feature on NBC television’s website recently examined what could be learned from Loma Linda residents about living longer. The April 3 article acknowledged that Loma Linda is the city with the highest concentration of Adventists in the world. NBC interviewed researcher Dan Buettner, who first developed the idea of […]
From ADRA – 25 April 2019 | Weeks after the nations of Mozambique, Malawi, and Zimbabwe started recovering from Cyclone Idai, the countries of Mozambique and Tanzania are being hit by another powerful cyclone. Cyclone Kenneth, which intensified from a category 1 to a category 3 storm, with 140-mph wind gusts, is currently bearing down […]
News reports from Loma Linda University, Southern Adventist University, Andrews University and Washington, D.C. On the 25th of April, Loma Linda University Transplant Institute staff posed with former patients for a picture to celebrate April’s #DonateLifeMonth. According to a Loma Linda University Health Facebook post, the Transplant Institute transplanted 233 organs in 2018. The institute […]
