Dear AT Readers/Family, We are thrilled to share some exciting news with you! Yesterday, on Giving Tuesday, our community rallied together in an extraordinary display of generosity, raising over $28,000 in a single day. This remarkable achievement provides the perfect launchpad for our year-end fundraising campaign, which aims to reach $120,000 by the close of […]
04 December 2024 | Weeks after the initial disaster, residents and volunteers are still addressing the aftermath of Hurricanes Helene and Milton in the southeastern parts of the US. Fortunately, support is still being given through Adventist Community Services (ACS), Georgia-Cumberland Conference, North Pacific Union (NPUC), and the City of Augusta. A warehouse has been […]
Growing up in the Adventist faith, there was – in my family – a pervasive belief that non-Adventists could observe our practices, but we should never look outward. In my family, curiosity about the world beyond the church walls was viewed with suspicion, and asking questions about external beliefs was discouraged. This created an environment […]
December 3, 2024| 2024 is a fraught election year for both the United States and Ghana. December 7 marks election day for Ghanaians, with some fearing violent outbreaks at the polls or ballot tampering. For members of the Seventh-day Adventist Church, another layer of worry factors into election day. December 7 is a Saturday, causing […]
3 December 2024 | “In 1911, Seventh-day Adventist pastor and missionary Ovid Elbert Davis traveled to Brazil’s remote borders with Venezuela and British Guiana. In the region of Mount Roraima, despite very poor health, he opened the Word of God to the Taurepang, Macuxi, and other ethnic groups, teaching them about the ‘Great God,’” according […]
My friend Jim Gorney recently died—the day before his 85th birthday. Jim was an impressive fellow. He had been orphaned and raised by his grandfather. He came from a working family, but pushed himself to go to college, and spent his life happily teaching elementary school. He had lots of interests: an avid golfer, a […]
It’s Giving Tuesday! Today marks a global celebration of generosity, where we have the opportunity to make a meaningful impact on causes close to our hearts. This year, Adventist Today (AT) invites you to join us in championing transparency and open dialogue within our Adventist community. A Call for Transparency Recent developments within our church […]
26 November 2024 | The inauguration of Ga Dagme Seventh-day Adventist church in Ghana was historic for two reasons. First, it is one of the few churches that holds main services for native speakers; the Ga community has been unable to engage in their church communities because most services are held in English or Akan. […]
25 November 2024| On Oct. 27, over 500 Andrews University students, faculty, and community members gathered on campus for the third annual “Christmas Behind Bars” service event. During the project, volunteers packed thousands of gift bags with snacks, uplifting books, and messages of encouragement for incarcerated individuals. Participants assembled over 6,300 packages for inmates across […]
25 November, 2024| Candace Allison Brown, a 35-year-old teacher for Sawgrass Adventist School, turned herself in at Broward County Sheriff’s Office on Friday, November 22, accused of engaging in inappropriate and lewd sexual acts with a minor. The minor in question is a 14-year-old male student. As a result, Brown was arrested and accused of […]
21 November 2024 | Since 2012, administrators at Atlantic Union College have been announcing plans to reopen, each year kicking it down the pike. Over the last decade, there have been hopes of partnering with Washington Adventist University, trying to reopen without accreditation, struggling with the conference’s cutting funding, a Chinese corporation’s offering to take […]
21 November 2024 | News from the Euro-Asia Division Guests and visitors across Moldova gathered at the Adventist Church of Vulcanesti on November 9, 2024, to celebrate 85 years of Adventism in the region. The celebration included a meal and an anniversary program featuring music and messages of gratitude from the congregation. Read the full […]
