5 January 2025 | For nearly two decades professors from Southern Adventist University’s science department and religion department have hosted a discussion group aimed at exploring the intersection of the two disciplines. Those involved are experts in their fields but approach the discussion group as avid students. According to a press release regarding the group, […]
4 January 2025 | Yesterday, Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) released a statement announcing that Michael Kruger will step down after nearly a decade with ADRA International and four years as president. Kruger’s final day will be April 1, when he will take on a new role as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer […]
31 January 2025 | On Thursday, January 23, Mount Pisgah Academy principal Dewald Coetzer received an email from a concerned citizen regarding “inappropriate hazing incidents” among students. An internal investigation began, with twenty-two students interviewed separately concerning the incident. Eight students were found to be directly involved, including four students who were residential advisors (RAs) […]
30 January 2025 | News from Jamaica “Casmina Bryan, an alumna of Northern Caribbean University (NCU)–a Seventh-day Adventist institution in Jamaica, was recently named Teacher of the Year 2024 in the country by the Lascelles Chin Foundation, in partnership with the Ministry of Education, Skills, Youth & Information and the Jamaica Teaching Council.” Read the […]
29 January 2025 | From February 28 to March 2, GAiN (Global Adventist Internet Network) will be hosting a convention at Newbold College in Bracknell, UK, where digital evangelism, creativity, and innovation will be discussed with Gen Z believers. Existing under the banner of the General Conference of the Seventh-day Adventist Church Communications department, GAiN […]
28 January 2025 | Last year, Southern Adventist University launched Illuminate, a two-day convention where poets, writers, musicians, artists, and literary academics collected. The event, which held printmaking workshops, scholarly seminars, and performances from acclaimed artists such as Propaganda, was so successful that the school will host it again this year. The convention, which will […]
27 January 2025 | John Peckham, research professor of theology and Christian philosophy at Andrews University, is a finalist for the 2024 Christianity Today Book Awards. The book Why We Pray: Understanding Prayer in the Context of Cosmic Conflict was written to address the nature of prayer and its impact on our relationship with God […]
23 January 2025 | The following is a press release from Southern Adventist University: On January 20, Southern Adventist University students, employees, and alumni continued the university’s longstanding tradition of honoring Martin Luther King Jr. through service to the community. The tradition began in 1993 with the university’s first MLK Service Day and continues to […]
23 January 2025 | News from Congo The lay missionary program Teach Them 2 Fish (TT2F) is working to reach 17 million people in Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the largest French-speaking city in the world. The program provides education, career training, and free medical care. Read the full […]
22 January 2025 | Ten years ago, Michael Campbell, director of the North American Division of Archives, Statistics, and Research, pitched a book on Adventism to the head book editor at Oxford University Press. A decade later, the book has become a reality. It was designed as a handbook for those interested in Adventist scholarship. […]
20 January 2025 | On January 11, 2025, Dr. Jack Blanco, former Dean of the School of Religion and Professor Emeritus at Southern Adventist University (SAU) in Collegedale, Tennessee, died peacefully in his sleep. Blanco led a successful career in pastoral ministry, mission service, teaching, and academic administration at Columbia Adventist University, editorial work at […]
19 January 2025 | Search and rescue is about to go into its second full day for missing 53-year-old pastor William (Willie) Strickland, whose utility vehicle was swept off the road by raging floodwaters on Saturday night in the Northern Rivers region of New South Wales, Australia. Pastor Strickland was in a convoy of vehicles […]