28 November 2019 | Students and staff at Spring Valley Academy in the Dayton, Ohio, area are mourning the death of a young third- and fourth-grade teacher at the school. Kimberly Orr, 31, died on Tuesday, November 19. According to the Dayton Daily News, Orr had taught at the school for nine years. Spring Valley […]
From ANN – 28 November 2019 | Joining the community of Pueblo, Seventh-day Adventists issued a statement regarding the planned bombing of Temple Emanuel, the Jewish temple in Pueblo, and delivered it to the synagogue leadership on Friday, November 8. At sunset, a dozen Adventist church members and leaders attended the Shabbat eve service in […]
News reports from Amityville, New York; the American Cancer Society, It Is Written, Rideout Memorial Hospital and Buckinghamshire, England: Bethesda Seventh-day Adventist Church in Amityville, New York, served 2,000 meals to those in need for Thanksgiving today. The meals were delivered to shelters, motels and other locations across Long Island and Brooklyn. Pastor Roy Kirton […]
28 November 2019 | A 6.3-magnitude earthquake recently struck Albania, mostly affecting the cities of Durres and Krujë and the village of Thumana, Kruje. Reportedly, the death toll stands at 31, with at least 650 people injured. Rescue efforts are currently underway as bodies are still being pulled from the rubble. “Specific areas in Durres […]
From ANN – 26 November 2019 | To help combat climate change, Pathfinders in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) took part in planting 1,400 trees in Dubai on November 10 as a part of the “Plant A Legacy initiative” spearheaded by a Dubai private school. Seven Pathfinders, four Adventurers, two parents and fifteen Master Guides […]
Loren Seibold, Executive Editor of Adventist Today, interviews Dr. Gordon Bietz about the future of Seventh-day Adventist colleges and universities. To comment, click/tap here.
25 November 2019 | The Seventh-day Adventist Church in St. Vincent and the Grenadines has joined a legal effort to defend the Caribbean nation’s so-called anti-buggery laws as well as other legislation that bans same-sex sexual acts. The Jamaica Observer reported that the Adventist denomination is joining a group of 10 churches called the Christian […]
by Carmen and Loren Seibold | 25 November 2019 | Dr. Tihomir Lazic. Newbold College “Truth as Koinonia: The Essential Role of the Church in God’s Self-Revelation” This paper suggests the Trinity as a way of modeling the discovery of truth in the church. While Adventists are proud of themselves for having such a dynamic […]
by Loren Seibold & Carmen Seibold | 24 November 2019 | The Adventist Society for Religious Studies has been in existence since 1979. For all of those years we’ve had jobs that kept us close to home: Loren was a parish pastor, and Carmen a nurse and then a chaplain. So attending this year, as […]
22 November 2019 | An article published today in Grand Forks Herald highlights the strong influence that Adventist researchers have on nutritional trends and beliefs. It questions whether Adventist religious bias in favor of vegetarianism should be disclosed alongside research that advocates for plant-based diets. A recent widely reported study led by Mayo Clinic clinician […]
News reports from New South Wales, Australia; Portland, Oregon; Friedensau Adventist University; the Ohio Conference; Bogenhofen Seminary and College View Church on the campus of Union College: From APD – According to the Adventist Record on November 11, there were 72 fires, 36 of them burning uncontrollably in New South Wales, the state in southeastern […]
From ADRA – 20 November 2019 | On Monday, November 11, the Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) donated 4,000 backpacks for primary to high school-aged children from the Bahamian islands of the Grand Bahama and Great Abaco, which are still reeling from the devastating aftermath of Hurricane Dorian. Each child, who has been in […]