July 18 2025 | On July 10, 2025, ADRA premiered its documentary Strangers Among You. The event, hosted in the Ferrara Theater in America’s Convention Center, used the 62nd General Conference Session to launch its upcoming tour of the movie. The film focused on numerous families and individuals from Syria, Venezuela, Ukraine, the Democratic Republic […]
17 July 2025 | News from Andrews University A press release from Andrews University announced, “After a thoughtful search process, Andrews University welcomes new University Chaplain Jonathan Fetrick to the Center for Faith Engagement team. He will begin his new position when he arrives on campus at the end of July.” Read the full story […]
15 July 2025 | On July 8, Elder Erton Köhler, new General Conference president, sat for an interview with Luis Andres Henao of Associated Press (AP), an international news consortium. The article was entitled “Newly elected Seventh-day Adventist Church leader reflects on challenges and faith’s healthy living.” “If I can choose one word that represents […]
by Lynn Nyaera | 15 July 2025 | An Adventist women’s group from the Nairobi South Adventist Church, dubbed Sisterhood, are redefining what it means to create and build community among women. Their methods are deceptively simple. Twice a year, a member of the group volunteers one of their female Adventist relatives, who hosts the […]
Hi, I’m Björn Karlman, AT exec director, and I’ll be providing live updates for day eight of the 62nd General Conference (GC) Session. Thanks for joining us! MOST RECENT UPDATES APPEAR FIRST: UPDATE: As the afternoon session is dedicated to regional caucus meetings away from the main stage, we are ending our live updates here. […]
9 July 2025 | On Tuesday, June 17, 2025, the St. Lucia Mission Seventh-day Adventist (SDA) Church burned down. According to one account: Units from the St. Lucia Fire Service and the St. Lucia Police Service responded quickly and worked tirelessly to contain the blaze, which spread rapidly through the structure. Footage from inside the […]
Hi, I’m Björn Karlman, AT exec director, and I’ll be providing live updates for day seven of the 62nd General Conference (GC) Session. Thanks for joining us! MOST RECENT UPDATES APPEAR FIRST: [5:45 PM CDT] The names are voted through and the associate directors take to the stage, joined by the directors which were voted […]
Hi, I’m Björn Karlman, AT exec director, and I’ll be providing live updates for day six of the 62nd General Conference (GC) Session. Thanks for joining us! MOST RECENT UPDATES APPEAR FIRST: And that’s it for today, everyone. Thanks for following! [5:38 PM CDT] Here are the voted officers of the General Conference Corporation. [5:30 […]
Hi, I’m Björn Karlman, AT exec director, and I’ll be providing live updates for day five of the 62nd General Conference (GC) Session. Thanks for joining us! MOST RECENT UPDATES APPEAR FIRST: [5:06 PM CDT] In a bold move for both grammar enthusiasts and evangelists, Agenda Item 421, recommending changing “discipleship” to “disciple-making” or “making […]
Hi, I’m Björn Karlman, AT exec director, and I’ll be providing live updates for day four of the 62nd General Conference (GC) Session. Thanks for joining us! MOST RECENT UPDATES APPEAR FIRST: [5:20 PM CDT] Delegates approved Nominating Committee Report #5 by a wide margin, confirming J Raymond Wahlen II as undertreasurer and naming the […]
4 July 2025 | On July 4, 2025, Erton C. Köhler was elected to be president of the General Conference of the Seventh-day Adventist world church. Köhler is transitioning from his role as executive secretary for the General Conference. The Southern Brazil native served as advisor to the Office of Adventist Mission; the Office of […]
Hi, I’m Bjorn Karlman, AT exec director, and I’ll be providing live updates for day two of the 62nd General Conference (GC) Session. Thanks for joining us!