News reports from Loma Linda University Health; Southern Adventist University; ADRA International; Adventist Health and the Tui Ridge Pathfinder Camp in New Zealand: From a Loma Linda University Health news release: Loma Linda University Health researchers have been recognized by the American College of Clinical Pharmacology (ACCP) for their outstanding research on vancomycin, an antibiotic […]
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Female SDA Pastors’ Facebook Group Thanks Supportive Church Leaders
17 October 2019 | The Facebook group for female Seventh-day Adventist pastors of nearly 400 members across the world divisions yesterday issued this statement: We express our gratitude to union leaders supporting women anointed by the Holy Spirit to pastoral ministry. We are a diverse group, representing many nations and backgrounds, all obeying the calling […]
Lawsuit Claims Adventist Guard in Los Angeles Forced to Work on Sabbath
16 October 2019 | An Adventist security guard has filed a lawsuit against his former employer in Los Angeles, claiming he was forced to work on Sabbath. According to MyNewsLA, Luis Lomel’s lawsuit claims unspecified damages and accuses Universal Protection Service LP of religious discrimination, failure to prevent religious discrimination and harassment, and wrongful constructive […]
The Adventist Church and ADRA Make Public Appeal to Help School Children Worldwide
From ADRA – 15 October 2019 | The Seventh-day Adventist Church and its international humanitarian agency, the Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA), announced on October 14 a new global campaign, “Every Child. Everywhere. In School.” The joint campaign is an urgent call to leaders around the world that all children, regardless of race, age, […]
Graham, Weigley, Nominated for Public Reprimand for Supporting Women’s Ordination
14 October 2019 | Adventist Today learned late today that two North American Division Union Conference Presidents, Dave Weigley of the Columbia Union Conference and Ricardo Graham of the Pacific Union Conference, have been nominated for the first ever “Public Reprimand” from the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, for services rendered on behalf of women’s […]
GC Annual Council Considers Revised Statement on Abortion
14 October 2019 | One item on the agenda this week during the Adventist denomination’s General Conference (GC) executive committee annual meeting is a “Statement on the Biblical View of Unborn Life and Its Implications for Abortion.” A committee related to the denomination’s Biblical Research Institute (BRI) has been working on this document for some […]
Woman Allegedly Sets Fire to Adventist Church, Tries to Stab Law Enforcement Officers with Pen
13 October 2019 | A woman in Hall County, Georgia, allegedly set fire to the Gainesville Seventh-day Adventist Church on October 6 after being caught breaking into a nearby shed. Atlanta news site AJC reported that Dana Elaine Lawton was found lying on the floor of the church by deputies. She was carried out of […]
Adventist Denomination Governing Body Annual Meeting in Silver Spring, Maryland
13 October 2019 | Thursday evening (10 October) the Annual Council of the executive committee of the Seventh-day Adventist denomination’s General Conference (GC) began at the GC headquarters in Silver Spring, Maryland, a suburb of Washington DC. This is the governing body of the denomination and consists of about 300 people, most of them denominational […]
ADRA Takes Initiative to Minimize Onset Disasters
From ADRA – 11 October 2019 | Disasters take a toll on people’s lives. Millions lose their homes and jobs because of extreme weather, and countries are impacted heavily by economic losses and potential environmental hazards. In recognition of the United Nation’s Sendai Framework, a 15-year global initiative to reduce disaster risks, the Adventist Development […]
News Briefs for October 10, 2019
News reports from the Dominican Republic, Venezuela, Germany, Switzerland, Lansdale, Pennsylvania and Sacramento, California: More than 12,000 Adventists took to the streets of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, to commemorate the 69th anniversary of World Pathfinder Day on 21 September. The young people and church leaders wore their uniforms, scarves and sashes and held banners stating […]
Reflections on the AT1 Gathering
Over 200 people from 15 states, two Canadian territories and as far away as Guam and Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, attended the inaugural AT1 gathering held last weekend in Portland, Oregon. About a year in the planning, the event kicked off Friday evening, October 4, at the Embassy Suites hotel in the Washington Square area of […]
Is Red Meat No Longer a Dietary Problem?
Recent headlines and television news commentary have focused on a new study which reported that eating red meat may not be the cause of health problems. Because of their historic support of a vegetarian diet and considerable scientific and educational effort against eating red meat, this has raised questions among Adventists. Dr. Gary Fraser, a […]