23 January 2020 | A group of 17 Adventist students were recently suspended from Kabianga Boys High School in the Rift Valley Province of Kenya for refusing to sit for exams on a Saturday. Kenya’s Standard Digital reported on January 21, that Mongare Matonya, a lawyer representing the students, gave the school seven days to […]
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News Briefs for January 23, 2020
News reports from Jack Van Impe; O’ahu’s Adventist Health Castle Hospital; Loma Linda University Health; ADRA Philippines; Adventist University of the Philippines and Adventist International Institute of Advanced Studies: Jack Van Impe, an Evangelical televangelist who spent decades warning that the end of the world was near in ways some thought were parallel to Adventist […]
Sydney Adventist Hospital Raises $20,000 for Bushfire Relief Appeal
From the Adventist Record, by Leisa O’Connor – 22 January 2020 Sydney Adventist Hospital has so far raised more than $A20,000 for the Red Cross bushfire relief appeal. Staff have generously donated $10,000, which has been matched by hospital administration. Many staff have also been personally involved in the firefighting effort as volunteers, including radiology […]
ADRA Provides Ongoing Aid in Puerto Rico
From ADRA – 21 January 2020 | The Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) in partnership with Adventist Church leaders in Puerto Rico has been spearheading relief efforts in Guayanilla, Sabana Grande, Yauco, Ponce, Guaypao, Bo Luna in Guanica, and Jagua after a series of earthquakes struck the southwestern part of the island since the […]
Panamanian Authorities Allege Union Mission Misused Funds
21 January 2020 | The news media in Panama is reporting a complaint filed on 22 November 2019 by three Adventist church members before the Superintendency of Banks of the Republic of Panama. The complainants request a financial investigation of the denomination’s Panama Union Mission to determine whether their use of funds constitutes crimes under […]
Closure of Birthing Unit Followed by Decision to Close Inpatient Mental Health Department at Adventist Health St. Helena
20 January 2020 | Days after the closure of the birthing unit at Adventist Health St. Helena on January 11, the hospital has announced that it will also close its inpatient mental health and senior behavioral health units. According to facility’s president, Steven Herber, M.D., the closure decision involves 105 full-time, part-time and per diem […]
Mile High Academy and Local Community Join Together to Honor Student
From a North American Division news story – 19 January 2020 | Mile High Academy (MHA), local Denver, Colorado, churches, and the community have joined together as they honor the life of one of their students who passed away. Mya Pena was killed after she left school on Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2020. A candlelight vigil was held […]
Judge Dismisses Retirement Plan Lawsuit Against AdventHealth
A major legal challenge to AdventHealth (formerly Adventist Health System) has been dismissed after a judge threw out a lawsuit by a former AHS employee that claimed the system underfunded its retirement by millions and had breached its duty under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act. The Adventist network had argued that it was not […]
News Briefs for January 16, 2020
News reports from Southern Adventist University, Adventist International Instititute of Advanced Studies, Adventist music, Oakwood University and Voice of Prophecy: According to the Chattanooga Times Free Press, an exhibit of rare Bibles from around the world opened this Wednesday on the campus of Southern Adventist University. The “From Script to Scripture” exhibit contains a Gutenberg […]
ADRA Philippines Responds to Taal Volcano Eruption
15 January 2020 | ADRA Philippines reported that it has completed a first round of disaster response assessments in the area surrounding the Taal Volcano in the Batangas province of the Philippines that erupted Sunday afternoon. “Based on our assessments in the evacuation centers and consultation with the MSWDs (Municipal Social Welfare Departments), the urgent […]
Death of Richard M. Ritland, Adventist Scientist and Professor
From Juanita Ritland – 14 January 2020 | Richard Martin Ritland passed away peacefully at his home on December 13, 2019, in Olympia, Washington. Richard was born in Grants Pass, Oregon, on July 3, 1925, to Martin and Mae Ritland and grew up in the Willamette Valley of Oregon. After graduating from Portland Union Academy, […]
Volcano Erupts Close to Several Major Adventist Institutions in the Philippines
13 January 2019 | Today, work was suspended at a number of Adventist institutions located close to the Taal Volcano that erupted Sunday evening in the Northern Philippines. The Southern Asia-Pacific Division(SSD) headquarters, the Adventist World Radio-Center for Digital Evangelism (AWR-CDE) office, the Adventist International Institute of Advanced Studies (AIIAS) campus, the Adventist University of […]