15 December 2019 | Loren Seibold’s piece in the Fall 2019 Adventist Today magazine, titled “It’s Too Late for Jesus to Come Soon,” is right on target. And it is an example of why I became a supporter of AT years ago. I drifted away from active engagement some time back for a variety of reasons, […]
FROM ADRA – 12 December 2019 | Following the official launch of the global advocacy campaign, “Every Child. Everywhere. In School” held at the General Conference’s Annual Council in October, the Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) and the Thailand Adventist Mission together kicked-off an education campaign at its year-end meeting on December 2. ADRA’s […]
News reports from St. Helena, California: Hanford, California; Union College, Loma Linda University; Andrews University and Oakwood University According to the North Bay Business Journal, Adventist Health St. Helena has announced it will close its birthing unit.The St. Helena, California-based hospital cited low birth numbers in the area as the reason for the upcoming closure. […]
By Tyson Jacob, 10 December 2019 | Presenters from the youth and health departments of the Adventist denomination’s General Conference conducted the Youth Alive training event the first week of December on the campus of the University of Arusha, the Adventist institution in Tanzania. It was attended by hundreds of young adults from across the […]
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From ADRA – 11 December 2019 | The Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) has announced the appointment of Dr. Annetta “Ann” Gibson as vice president for finance. Dr. Gibson began her appointment, effective December 4. Dr. Gibson steps into the role previously held by Michael Kruger, who now serves as president of ADRA. “Ann […]
A Dutch Adventist congregation has written a letter to the denomination’s Executive Committee of the Netherlands Union of Churches Conference, demanding clarification on the “implementation of the equal treatment of female pastors” in the country. In the December 6 letter, the Uniek congregation (based in the city of Utrecht) demanded the union act on a […]
10 December 2019 | I am writing to thank you for the Fall 2019 issue of Adventist Today, marking 175 years since Seventh-day Adventists first expected Jesus to return. Loren Seibold’s article “It’s Too Late for Jesus to Come Soon” put into words what most of us won’t even let ourselves think about: that the […]
10 December 2019 | The South-East Tanzania Conference has called a special constituency meeting for 30 December to consider expelling the Temeke Seventh-day Adventist Church from affiliation with the denomination. Adventist Today has been told that the local church has taken a stand against the Women’s Ministries Department established in 1990 by vote of the […]
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Press release from the North American Division (NAD) of the Adventist denomination, written by Bettina Krause, Melissa Reid, and Dan Weber: On Friday, December 6, 2019, the Fairness for All Act was launched in Washington, D.C., by Congressman Chris Stewart (Utah-R), with support from several religious groups and coalitions. Fairness for All (FFA) is centered […]
8 December 2019 | On December 5, far-right publication Breitbart News reported that a guest speaker at Adventist-owned Andrews University had recently told students their churches should protect undocumented immigrants from deportation. According to Breitbart, he told students at the Berrien Springs, Michigan-based school they should be hiding them in their churches. Referencing a report […]