May 24, 2017:    The Adventist denomination’s Netherlands Union Conference (NUC) has decided to postpone further ordination of women until later this year. The decision was made in the run-up to the May 4-6 NUC constituency meetings. Further ordination of women will only take place after the October General Conference Annual Council meetings to be […]

From RNS, May 24, 2017:      Current tax reform proposals in United States Congress would decrease religious giving by an estimated 4.7 percent, according to new research commissioned by Independent Sector and conducted by the Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy. Both are respected non-political institutions. Faith-based organizations would see a slightly larger decline than […]

May 23, 2017:    A bus carrying mostly young Adventists in Mexico crashed into a ravine on May 21, killing 17 passengers and injuring a further 31. Mexico News Daily reports that the bus veered off the road and fell into a 100 meter (approx. 328 ft) ravine. The accident took place in the state […]

By Tysan, May 23, 2017:      The Hon. Ester A. Mahawe is a member of parliament (MP) in the Party of Revolution (CCM) and an active member of the Sakina Seventh-day Adventist Church in Tanzania. The 43-year-old was born to Adventist parents, has remained actively involved in the faith and says she has no intention of […]

May 22, 2017:    The head of Colorado’s largest health care network will be stepping down from his position. Gary Campbell who has been CEO of Catholic/Adventist Centura Health since 2008 will step down from his position on September 1. He will take on a new executive role centering on leadership development and health value […]

05/22/2017 A group of South Pacific Division Adventists are petitioning the Samoas-Tokelau Mission, Trans-Pacific Union Mission, South Pacific Division, and the General Conference to revisit the change in Seventh-day Adventists’ day of worship in Samoa when the International Date Line was changed by the Samoan government in 2011. The change meant that Seventh-day Adventists in Samoa are now […]

May 21, 2017, updated May 25:    The May 15 dismissal of then-It Is Written Oceania Speaker/Director, Gary Kent, has been criticized by a group of his supporters. In the story that Adventist Today published earlier (which there is a link to in the lead sentence of the paragraph above) a statement by Kalvin Dever, the […]

Stories from Kenya, Ohio, Lebanon, Maryland, Brazil, California, Greece, Thailand, India, La Sierra University and Pacific Union College …..       Adventist camp meetings are being scheduled earlier than past years in Kenya due to concerns related to violence which has occurred in past national elections and the upcoming general election in that country. In 2007-2008 when […]

May 18, 2017:    The Alberta Colleges Athletic Conference (ACAC) has rejected an application by Adventist-run Burman University to join. The 2016-2017 season marked the second application attempt by the university. The application filed on behalf of both the university’s men’s and women’s basketball teams was rejected due to what the ACAC called “scheduling limitations […]

by Monte Sahlin, May 18, 2017:    “I’ve never sensed such a coming together, open hearted, look at the opportunities in front of the Adventist Today (AT) by the supporters of this ministry,” wrote a reader/supporter of last week’s first-ever AT membership drive. “The appeals were so moving and at the same time clarifying, hopeful, and […]

May 16, 2917:   Thieves have stolen almost JMD 1 million (USD 7,600+) worth of equipment from Kitson Town Seventh-day Adventist Church near Jamaica’s capital, Kingston. The Jamaica Observer reports that the robbery took place either on Friday night, May 12 or early Saturday morning, May 13. Audiovisual equipment including television sets were stolen. An elder […]

May 16, 2017:   It is Written Oceania’s speaker/director, Gary Kent has been dismissed from his position. In an email to supporters of the ministry, Kalvin Dever, the CEO of Wahroonga, Australia-based Adventist Media Network announced the decision. The May 15 email said that Dever had met with Kent that day to formalize his dismissal. Although a […]