I consider myself an easygoing, laid-back, reasonable person. I generally trust decisions that church leaders make. They are leaders because they have demonstrated good judgment in the past. They have more information than I do. They have spent more time studying the issues than I. They deserve the benefit of the doubt. In mid-October a […]
25 December 2019 | A 68-year-old grandmother was able to enjoy the holidays at home, thanks to a life-saving alternate procedure to open heart surgery at Loma Linda University Health earlier this month. Anita Bayerque was the recipient of the 500th TAVR procedure (transcatheter aortic valve replacement) performed by Loma Linda University International Heart Institute. […]
24 December 2019 | An Adventist congregation in the town of Moberly, Missouri, gave away 150 bikes to its community this year for Christmas. Moberly Seventh-day Adventist Church partnered with the North American Division (NAD) of the denomination for the congregation’s first-ever giveaway of this kind. “We just want to make Christmas extra-special,” said Moberly […]
23 December 2019 | A nurse who worked at Hong Kong Adventist Hospital has been sentenced to eight months’ prison time after sexually assaulting a female patient at the hospital in May of this year. Yee Pak Kwong was sentenced on December 17 at the West Kowloon Magistrates’ Court. According to expat site Coconuts Hong […]
From ADRA – 22 December 2019 | On December 17 and 18, the Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) joined more than 2,000 humanitarian practitioners and member states at the first-ever Global Refugee Forum in Geneva, Switzerland, to find transforming solutions to the world refugee crisis, benefiting both refugees and their host communities. ADRA’s Vice […]
From TED News Network: Following a series of consultations and a time of reflection, the Trans-European Division issued the following apology on Monday, 16 December. This year marked the 90th anniversary of the formation of the Trans-European Division as one region of the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists. Initially established as the Northern European Division, […]
News reports from Loma Linda University Health; The Cayman Islands Monetary Authority; Berlin’s Waldfriede Adventist Hospital; Oakwood University; Beth Shalom Community and Learning Center and ADRA Germany: From a Loma Linda University Health news story: Loma Linda University (LLU) Children’s Hospital was named a Top Children’s Hospital nationally for the third consecutive year by The […]
18 December 2019 | Loma Linda University Health has responded to accusations in Grand Forks Herald that alleged Seventh-Adventist religious bias in favor of vegetarianism skews the nutritional research of Adventist scientists. The article raised the question of whether Adventist scientists should have to declare their religious affiliation when publishing research. Adventist Today reported on […]
From ADRA – 17 December 2019 | The Philippines is known for being a disaster-prone country, ranking second on the global climate risk index in 2018 and fourth in the countries most affected by extreme weather events since 1999. This is largely due to its geographical location along a typhoon belt and in the Pacific […]
17 December 2019 | As one of the unions at the receiving end of a voted “warning” from the General Conference Executive Committee at the 2019 Annual Council, the North German Union Conference (NGUC) has responded with a written appeal against the action. The statement is a strong response to “the leadership culture revealed by” […]
15 December 2019 | The Adventist Church in Fiji is actively evicting residents from land owned by the denomination in the Tamavua-I-Wai area in the Rewa province of the nation. The pre-Christmas eviction is targeting residents that have lived illegally on freehold (privately owned) land belonging to the church. The Adventist Church has defended its […]
You, our wonderful readers, have been so supportive and generous during our Year-End Fundraiser. Here’s a short and very Christmassy thank you video. Check it out and know that we appreciate you immensely! AND if you haven’t yet given, it’s not too late! You can donate one time by clicking this link or […]