30 January 2019 | In an article titled “Adventist Church abuzz with news of world president’s 11-day visit,” the Jamaica Observer announced the upcoming visit of Ted Wilson, president of the General Conference of the Adventist Church, to Jamaica. Local church leaders are said to be “feverishly fine-tuning plans to welcome their world president.” Wilson […]
28 January 2019 | Religion News Service has published an article about growing societal interest in Sabbath-keeping that made repeated references to Adventist practices and beliefs. The article titled “The science of Sabbath: How people are rediscovering rest—and claiming its benefits,” explores, among other things, the recent launch of Technology Shabbat, a day in which […]
27 January 2019 | From the North American Division: Roscoe J. Howard, former North American Division (NAD) executive secretary, passed away in Apopka, Florida, on Jan. 21, 2019, after a struggle with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). Howard was working as vice president for Missions for Adventist Health System (now AdventHealth) when, in 2014, he was diagnosed […]
News reports from Jamaica, Washington, D.C., Sydney and ADRA International. The Adventist Church in Jamaica is asking local congregations to “Adopt-a-Clinic” and collaborate with one of the government’s 100 community clinics nearby in a new public health initiative that focuses on exercise, healthy diet and a healthy lifestyle. “We welcome the efforts of the Ministry […]
There are lots of reasons to tack on a few days to your stay in Portland when you come to the October 4-6 inaugural AT1 gathering this Fall. Here are some of our favorites: Click here to register for AT1 Check Out Powell’s City of Books. This bookstore has over one million books and claims […]
24 January 2019 | Texas Democratic Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, an Adventist congresswoman, has resigned from two major posts due to a lawsuit that claims retribution to a former staffer who previously reported sexual assault. The former staffer, anonymously named as Jane Doe, alleged that she had suffered sexual assault as an intern at the […]
23 January 2019 | The Adventist church in Tillamook, Oregon, has approved use of land that it owns for the construction of temporary housing for homeless people in the area. The housing will be built by social service agency CARE (Community Action Resource Enterprises.) “CARE recently received funds from the State of Oregon to create […]
22 January 2019 | Some players for the Los Angeles Rams have credited improvements in their performance to nutritional guidance from a Loma Linda University School of Public Health student. Jesse Gutierrez attended the 2017 and 2018 Los Angeles Rams summer training camps while completing the practicum requirements for his Master’s in Public Health degree […]
21 January 2019 | Although the Andrews University Dairy was originally announced to be closing in June of this year, The Herald-Palladium reported that it closed last month due to high demand for the Andrews cows. The cows were distributed to eight farms in Michigan and Indiana, while heifers were kept in a farm in […]
20 January 2019 | From a Loma Linda University Health press release: Loma Linda University Health Team PossAbilities member, Shawn Morelli, road and track cycling two-time gold medalist in the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games, has been named to the 2019 U.S. Paralympics Cycling National Team. Morelli, who was first named to the U.S. National Team […]
News reports from Poland, Oklahoma City, Loma Linda University Health, Northern Caribbean University and Southern Adventist University From APD (the Adventist news agency in parts of Europe) – On the evening of January 13, Pawel Adamowicz, the mayor of Gdansk, Poland, was attacked at a charity event by a 27-year-old man with a knife. The […]
The inaugural AT1 gathering will take place in Portland over the weekend of October 4-6 this year. AT1 will be a camp meeting-style gathering but it will be unlike any Adventist camp meeting you’ve gone to in the past. Here are some reasons AT1 will be different: Our theme is Christ Challenging Culture – that […]
