11 June 2021 | NPR stations WMFE and WMFV ran an interview with AdventHealth’s Director of Mission and Ministry, Dr. Juleun Johnson, on June 9. Five years ago, Johnson was serving as a hospital chaplain with Florida Hospital in Orlando and was ministering to victim’s families and survivors of the June 12, 2016, Pulse nightclub […]
God loves to connect with humans. As far as God is concerned, no one has sinned so much that they cannot be reached. Oh, we humans love to judge a person as “having gone too far” and then feel justified at putting up barriers to enjoying friendship and fellowship with them. But not God; […]
News reports from Sweden, Walla Walla University, Loma Linda University School of Pharmacy, Fiji and Southern Adventist University: The Swedish Union of Churches Conference recently hosted an “End it Now” conference aimed at protecting children and adults who have experienced domestic abuse. According to TED News, over 160 people from 27 countries participated in the […]
9 June 2021 | This week’s ATSS conversation is based on Jim’s reading of David Bentley Hart’s book, That All Shall be Saved: Heaven, Hell and Universal Salvation. You can read a more lengthy report on the Hart’s ideas here. Excerpt: David Bentley Hart argues for an admittedly minority position in this book. But is his […]
9 June 2021 | To the editor, Re your Spring 2021 issue of Adventist Today: It was interesting reading about the “Hamburg Seers” because I was living in Hamburg at that time and remember the meeting to decide about them. I was young then, and everything seemed a little spooky to me. I had not […]
From AT innovation content partner, AdventInnovate: 8 June 2021 | In 2020, the coronavirus pandemic forced a complete rethink of the Sonscreen Film Festival as the NAD (North American Division)-sponsored young adult event was held entirely online for the first time. This year the reinvention of the festival continued with what an NAD report called […]
ADRA delivered a new oxygen production system from Italy to the 300-bed METAS Hospital in Gujarat, western India. The Pressure Swing Absorption Generation Plant (PSA) will provide 600 liters of medical-grade oxygen per minute 24-hours a day to treat critically ill COVID-19 patients. ADRA plans to install additional oxygen generation plants in other medical facilities in […]
4 June 2021 | According to the Angola Press Agency (APA), the Supreme Court in Angola has reduced the prison sentence of the leader of a breakaway Adventist sect in the country from 30 to 23 years. José Julino Kalupeteka, leader of the former Seventh-day Adventist Church “A Luz do Mundo,” was originally convicted in […]
In the first appointment of its kind in Germany, the Executive Committee of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Bavaria voted on April 25 to appoint an Equal Opportunities Commissioner. Patricia Davis, a psychologist, was chosen for the role. She will guard against instances of discrimination against women within the Adventist organizations and entities in the […]
4 June 2021 | The opening of a new mosque in Fishers, central Indiana, has drawn praise from the youth pastor of a nearby Adventist Church according to a report published yesterday by the WFYI news organization. Cristopher Suarez, youth pastor of a neighboring Seventh-day Adventist Church in Cicero, Indiana, told WFYI that he’s grateful […]
We believe that God still speaks to humanity in our time. But often God’s voice is soft, not strong. Are we preparing ourselves to hear the whispers from Heaven? Are we talking with our children about listening for the voice of God? That’s what we’re going to hear about today. We’re so delighted you’ve […]
A total of 215 unmarked children’s graves were found at the former site of the Kamloops Indian Residential School. 3 June 2021 | From NAD News (on June 2): A Statement on the Discovery of 215 Unmarked Children’s Graves at the Former Kamloops Residential School Site in British Columbia, Canada: The Seventh-day Adventist Church in Canada […]