From APD, 24 April 2018 | The Adventist Foundation for the Blind in Switzerland has been closed down due to lack of funds. The closure was finalized on April 22 following a decision on November 13, 2017 to dissolve the service. A remaining endowment of 90,000 Swiss francs (approx USD 91,652) was transferred to the […]
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Regional Joint Operating Company to Integrate Adventist Health and Catholic Network in Northern California
23 April 2018 | Modern Healthcare reported today that Adventist Health and St. Joseph Health will form a joint operating company to integrate their clinical operations in Northern California. St. Joseph Health is owned by the Catholic-run Providence St. Joseph healthcare system. The deal affects facilities in Humboldt, Mendocino, Sonoma, Lake, Napa, and Solano counties. […]
News Briefs for April 20, 2018
Stories from San Bernardino, Texas, London, Pennsylvania, the Caribbean, the Association of Adventist Forums, and worship on the Internet …… As part of the National Student Walkout in the United States today, high school students in San Bernardino (California) are gathering at the Community Seventh-day Adventist Church at 3 pm to discuss gun violence and […]
Adventists to Build Genocide Memorial in Mugonero, Rwanda
23 April 2018 | The Adventist denomination in Rwanda has announced plans to construct a new Genocide Memorial at Mugonero, reported The New Times, the nation’s leading daily newspaper on Wednesday (18 April). A total of 12,000 people were killed on 16 April 1994 in the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Mugonero on a campus that […]
Adventist Today Looks to Future During 25th Anniversary Celebration
22 April 2018 | Two events marked the Loma Linda, California-based 25th Anniversary Celebration for Adventist Today on Saturday, April 21. Over 100 people attended the first event, a Commemorative Lectureship presented by David Neff, the former editor-in-chief of Christianity Today. The event was co-sponsored by AT and Loma Linda University’s Humanities Program. It took place […]
25th Anniversary Celebration Live Streaming
Who would have imagined 25 years ago that a dream to provide a source for independent journalism and innovative ministry resources would bring us to this time of reflection and gratitude for all that has been accomplished through God’s providence and a lot of people committed to this cause? You are invited to this lecture: […]
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Indian Court Affords Police Protection to Non-Adventist Officials Overseeing Controversial Adventist Constituency Election
19 April 2018 | A long-delayed constituency election for an Adventist conference in India has been ordered to take place within two months by the Madras High Court. Non-Adventist overseers will be paid and given police protection to ensure the election proceeds as ordered. In an April 18 news report, India’s The Hindu newspaper reported […]
Adventist Health System Set to Acquire Hospital in Ocala, Florida
18 April 2018 | Earlier today, it was announced that Adventist Health System will acquire Ocala, Florida-based Munroe Regional Medical Center. The financial terms under which AHS, the parent company of Florida Hospital, is acquiring the 421-bed hospital, have not been disclosed. However, the Orlando Sentinel mentions that Community Health System—the company which leased Munroe […]
Statement Regarding Alleged ISIS Attack on Adventist Church in Pakistan
17 April 2018 | The Southern Asia-Pacific Division of the Adventist denomination released the statement below after a suspected terror attack on an Adventist church in Pakistan: On Sunday evening, April 15, suspected terrorists opened fire in front of the Quetta Seventh-day Adventist Church in Pakistan, killing two and injuring eight. One of those killed […]
Rector de universidad adventista en India es acusado de tener un doctorado falso
17 abril 2018 | El rector de la Universidad Adventista Spicer, en el estado occidental de Maharashtra, India, ha sido acusado de poseer un título doctoral falso. De acuerdo al periódico The Tribune de la India, tres funcionarios de la Universidad Adventista Spicer han sido acusados de usar falsos títulos doctorales para obtener nuevos puestos […]
La Asociación General avanza para eliminar las inversiones de la iglesia en industrias armamentísticas
17 abril 2018 | La Junta de Inversiones de la Asociación General ha votado que al Comité de Gerenciamiento Inversionista de la Asociación General “manteniendo nuestra larga posición sobre el pacifismo… monitoree todas las inversiones actuales y potenciales para excluir empresas cuyos ingresos deriven parcial o sustancialmente de la fabricación y venta de armas, vehículos […]
Italian Newspaper Claims Pope Francis Said Hell Does Not Exist
16 April 2018 | An Italian newspaper has stirred up significant controversy after claiming that Pope Francis said hell does not exist. Eugenio Scalfari, the atheist cofounder and first editor of the newspaper Repubblica made the claim based on an alleged interview that he had with Pope Francis. According to the Catholic Herald’s English reporting on […]