11 February 2019 From the North American Division: John W. Thurber, best known as second tenor of the King’s Heralds quartet with the Voice of Prophecy from 1961–1967, passed away Sunday, February 3, 2019, in Lincoln, Nebraska, at the age of 87. Thurber was widely known and loved across the North America Division during his […]
7 February 2019 | From a North American Division News Release Huntsville, Alabama | Carlton P. Byrd It was one of the most iconic moments in biblical antiquity. God spoke to Moses and enlisted him in the divine work of deliverance. Moses would not deliver Israel from sin; that work was reserved for the Messiah. […]
We asked each of the speakers for this year’s Portland, Oregon-based October 4-6 AT1 gathering to answer the question, “How Does Christ Challenge Today’s Culture?” We gave them an 80-word limit for their replies. This week we’ll feature the answer we got from Karl Haffner, pastor at Kettering SDA Church and mission strategist at Kettering […]
News reports from Andrews University, The Northern Australian Conference, Southern Adventist University and an announcement regarding Adventist World War II hero, Desmond Doss. The Medical Laboratory Sciences (MLS) Clinical Year program at Andrews University has been successfully reaccredited by the National Accrediting Agency for Clinical Laboratory Sciences (NAACLS). Recognized by the Council for Higher Education […]
6 February 2019 | Washington Adventist University and Northern Caribbean University have signed a memorandum of understanding involving the nursing program at both institutions. Under the agreement, NCU students will do their first year of nursing studies at NCU in Jamaica and will complete their three subsequent years of study at WAU in Takoma Park, […]
5 February 2019 | An Adventist conference in Ghana has joined the Church of Pentecost in the country in calling for members not to take sexually provocative pre-wedding photos. In an interview on local 93.9 FM’s ‘Maakye’ morning show, Accra City Conference Comunications official, Elder Kwabena Ofori Amoah, said, “It is a great call, and […]
4 February 2019 | On February 1, Ted Wilson, president of the General Conference of the Adventist Church, took part in a press conference at Sangster International Airport in St. James, Jamaica, shortly after arriving in the country. Wilson, who typically refuses to speak to representatives from media organisations outside the denomination, discussed abortion among […]
3 February 2019 | Rewire.News has run an article dedicated to uncovering Adventist hospital policies on abortion, assisted suicide, alternative sexuality, sterilization and in vitro fertilization. The piece comes with the news that Adventist health care systems in the United States are opening up a Washington, D.C.-based advocacy office. The publication states that it reports […]
More and more people are registering for this year’s October 4-6 AT1 (pronounced “At One”) gathering in Portland. If you are still making up your mind about whether to come to this Adventist Today event, here are some of the best reasons to register: You think Jesus and his grace should be the focus of […]
News reports from Southern Adventist University, Malawi, Andrews University, Washington Adventist University and Silver Spring, Maryland: Southern Adventist University student Caleb Sutherland, a junior business management major who has served as an EMT, has invented a patent to completely stabilize patients with pneumothorax and tension-pneumothorax (a punctured lung). He has started a company for his […]
31 January 2019 | Five US-based Adventist health care systems opened a new office in Washington, D.C., to represent over 90 hospitals and 350 other provider organizations, including associated medical groups, nursing homes, outpatient centers and home care entities. A news story from the North American Division of the Adventist denomination reported that the Adventist […]
30 January 2019 | From ANN – The Seventh-day Adventist Church in Australia (AUC) is concerned that proposed amendments to the Sex Discrimination Act could adversely impact both Adventist schools and churches. It has voiced these concerns in “Submission of Adventist Denomination in Australia,” a document submitted to the review of the Sex Discrimination Amendment […]
