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 […]
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 […]
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 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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
9 October 2019 | In recent remarks, Adventist Church leaders in Jamaica have defended the denomination’s attempts to create a massive social re-engagement program for youth in the western part of the country. According to the Jamaica Observer, the defense came shortly after the country’s Minister of National Security, Dr Horace Chang, was reported to […]
From ADRA – 8 October 2019 | Punjab, Pakistan -–- A powerful 5.8 magnitude earthquake jolted several districts in Pakistan where reportedly 37 deaths occurred and more than 723 are injured. Districts were also hit by aftershock tremors measuring 3.6 and 3.7 magnitude and again at 4.7 on the Richter scale. The two most affected […]
Domestic abuse and what the church can do about it is the focus of the 37th annual meeting of the Association of Adventist Women (AAW), November 16 and 17 in Loma Linda, California. An all-day workshop will begin at 9 am on Sabbath, and Saturday night at 7 pm the Woman of the Year Banquet […]
By Sunday, October 6, the last day of the AT1 gathering, the group in Portland felt like one big family. Michaela Lawrence Jeffery, pastor of Athens Georgia SDA Church, started off the day with a careful look at what she called “vain worship.” “There is nothing as sweet as certainty,” said Jeffery, talking about how, […]
The AT1 gathering picked up steam as more attendees arrived for Day 2. The AT1 praise team led by Nicholas Zork led the room in song to start the day. The crowd had clearly taken to this team of musicians and confidently joined in singing classics like “Oh Come Let Us Adore Him” as well […]
A crowd of about 200 people (with more still arriving) filled the Columbia River Ballroom Friday evening, October 4, as the inaugural AT1 conference got off to a powerful start here at the Embassy Suites Washington Square in Portland, Oregon. The rain outside did nothing to dampen the spirits of the enthusiastic crowd as a […]