From ADRA – 1 April 2019 | The Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) for seven months conducted a pre- and post-study on the long-term effects of relief aid provided to 200,000 people in Yemen, many of whom were faced with ongoing unrest since peace treaties broke throughout the country in 2016. The study focused […]
31 March 2019 | On a visit to Jamaica with Oakwood University’s premiere choir, the Aeolians, this month, the manager of the choir, Vilroy McBean, spoke out about what he felt was a drop in musical standards in the country. McBean is himself a graduate of the Adventist denomination’s West Indies College (today’s Northern Caribbean […]
28 March 2019 | Babies that “graduated” from Adventist Health Lodi Memorial’s neonatal intensive care unit did so in full regalia – complete with caps and gowns – on Wednesday, March 27. Their parents walked them through the Lodi, California-based hospital’s cafeteria in recognition of their successful treatment at the unit. The ceremony came as […]
Alex Bryan, mission identity executive at Adventist Health and former senior pastor at Walla Walla University Church is one of our speakers for the AT1 gathering taking place October 4-6 in Portland, Oregon. We asked all our presenters to answer the question, “How Does Christ Challenge Culture?” Here’s Alex’s take: Love your enemies. Three words, […]
News reports from the Alliance of Prison Ministry Organizations and Affiliates; Berrien Springs, Michigan; the Versacare Foundation and the Czech-Slovak Union Conference. From Daniel McManus with the Alliance of Prison Ministry Organizations and Affiliates: This is a reminder that the Alliance of Prison Ministry Organizations and Affiliates (APMOA) 27th Prison Ministry Convention will be held […]
From a Loma Linda University Health Press Release – 27 March 2019 | A new study out of Loma Linda University Health suggests that eating red and processed meats — even in small amounts — may increase the risk of death from all causes, especially cardiovascular disease. Saeed Mastour Alshahrani, lead author of the study and […]
26 March 2019 | Members of London, England-based Holloway Seventh-day Adventist Church organized a march on Saturday, March 16, to protest knife crime. Members of the congregation had lost loved ones to knife violence twice in the last three years. According to the Islington Gazette, the 19-year-old great-grandson of a church member was killed by […]
25 March 2019 | A firefighter who died from complications after the removal of a benign brain tumor was given an emotional farewell through the halls of Littleton, Colorado’s Littleton Adventist Hospital, where he had been receiving treatment. On March 3, Cody Mooney’s body was escorted by fellow firefighters as well as his pregnant wife, […]
24 March 2019 | The leader of the Adventist Church in Papua New Guinea has called for an end to increasing violence against women and children in the country. “Actions or threats likely to result in physical, sexual or psychological harm or suffering are incompatible with biblical ethics and Christian morality,” said Pastor Kepsie Elodo, […]
22 March 2019 | The Adventist denomination’s North American Division issued the following statement regarding the Christchurch, New Zealand, shootings last week that claimed the lives of 50 Muslims: The leadership of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in North America is shocked and saddened by the recent violence that took the lives of 50 worshippers as […]
News reports from Indonesia, Andrews University, the United Kingdom (UK), Loma Linda University, Mozambique and Malawi From ADRA – On March 16, flash floods and mudslides hit the eastern Indonesian province of Papua near the subdistrict of Jayapura. Reports are the flood waters left at least 104 dead, 60 missing, 74 injured, and displaced more […]
We are excited that Joey Oh, Associate Pastor for Administration at Loma Linda University Church, will be one of our speakers for the AT1 gathering which is taking place October 4-6 in Portland, Oregon. We asked all our presenters to answer the question, “How Does Christ Challenge Culture?” We gave them 80 words or less […]
