News reports from the AT1 Gathering; Lady Lake, Florida; Loma Linda University Health; Northern Caribbean University and Pacific Union College. Many Adventist Today readers and supporters have been asking to see videos of the AT1 gathering that took place October 4-6, 2019. Good news! Videos of the weekend are being posted on the AT1 Media […]
24 October 2019 | The governor of the Muramvya province of west-central Burundi has ordered the suspension of operations of the Adventist denomination in his province. Region Week reported this week that Laurent Nicimbeshe made the decision after meeting twice with warring Adventist entities in his region and failing to find a resolution to their […]
23 October 2019 | Gavin Newsom, the California Governor, signed a bill on October 12 giving special permission for an emergency room to operate in Paradise, California. Adventist Health will operate the ER in the town that was largely destroyed by fire late last year. The bill makes an exception to the usual legislation in […]
22 October 2019 | Relevant Magazine recently quoted Adventist theologian Richard M. Davidson in the Journal of the Adventist Theological Society, as the evangelical magazine reported on recent discussion of whether biblical hero King David was a rapist. The question was the subject of much social media debate in evangelical circles this month. Different views were […]
22 October 2019 | It has been 175 years since the Adventist movement began in the aftermath of “The Great Disappointment” on 22 October 1844. Baptist evangelist William Miller began preaching in the 1830s that Jesus would return in 1844 and attracted the support of an estimated one in ten Americans. When Christ […]
19 October 2019 | Public statement of the executive committee of the North German Union Conference (Der Vorstand des Norddeutschen Verbandeson, or NDV) concerning a “warning” issued by the Executive Committee of the General Conference. The Executive Committee of the worldwide General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, in its autumn session on October 15, 2019, issued […]
by Loren Seibold | 18 October 2019 | I am not an expert on the ethical questions surrounding abortion, or on the history of this issue in the church. What I’m reporting here is what I heard in Monday’s meeting of the General Conference (GC) Excom, followed up, and the final version of the statement […]
18 October 2019 | The list of Adventist congregations in Kenya leaving General Conference-sanctioned conferences to join the recently-formed and self-appointed Nairobi Cosmopolitan Conference (NCC) is growing. On October 15, the Daily Nation reported that a number of churches in the Trans Mara region of the country seek to leave the South Kenya Conference to […]
News reports from Loma Linda University Health; Southern Adventist University; ADRA International; Adventist Health and the Tui Ridge Pathfinder Camp in New Zealand: From a Loma Linda University Health news release: Loma Linda University Health researchers have been recognized by the American College of Clinical Pharmacology (ACCP) for their outstanding research on vancomycin, an antibiotic […]
17 October 2019 | The Facebook group for female Seventh-day Adventist pastors of nearly 400 members across the world divisions yesterday issued this statement: We express our gratitude to union leaders supporting women anointed by the Holy Spirit to pastoral ministry. We are a diverse group, representing many nations and backgrounds, all obeying the calling […]
16 October 2019 | An Adventist security guard has filed a lawsuit against his former employer in Los Angeles, claiming he was forced to work on Sabbath. According to MyNewsLA, Luis Lomel’s lawsuit claims unspecified damages and accuses Universal Protection Service LP of religious discrimination, failure to prevent religious discrimination and harassment, and wrongful constructive […]
From ADRA – 15 October 2019 | The Seventh-day Adventist Church and its international humanitarian agency, the Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA), announced on October 14 a new global campaign, “Every Child. Everywhere. In School.” The joint campaign is an urgent call to leaders around the world that all children, regardless of race, age, […]