From a Loma Linda University press release – 17 September 2019 | Loma Linda University has been recognized as one of the 2019 “Great Colleges to Work For” and as an Honor Roll Institution, according to a new survey by “The Great Colleges to Work For” program led by ModernThink. Released today in a special […]
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15 September 2019 | A third Adventist congregation in Nairobi, Kenya, has decided to leave the official Adventist conference in the region and join a rival, newly formed conference as deep disagreements continue to divide the denomination in the region. KPCU SDA Church, in Mowlem, Nairobi, left the Central Kenya Conference (CKK) to join the […]
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13 September 2019 | After being sued by a doctor that used to work at Catholic/Adventist Health system Centura, the hospital network is requesting clarity on a Colorado law that allows for assisted suicide. According to ReligiousLiberty.TV, Dr. Barbara Morris and Cornelius “Neil” Mahoney, one of her cancer patients, filed the lawsuit on August 21, […]
13 September 2019 | From APD – The Adventist Development and Relief Agency, ADRA International, published a statement on September 9 denying direct or indirect participation in a political rally in Kutupalong’s Modhurchhara refugee camp in Ukhiya, Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh. Two aid organizations, ADRA and the Muslim AL Markajul Islami Sangstha, were said to have […]
12 September 2019 | What is going on with the “Compliance” regime voted by the Adventist denomination’s governing body last fall at the 2018 Annual Council? On Wednesday of last week (September 4) the website of the Association of Adventist Forums published a news note by Bonnie Dwyer, the editor of Spectrum, the journal for […]
News reports from Rwanda; Newbold College; Northern Caribbean University; FixableLife; the Bahamas; Germany; Lacombe, Alberta; The 4th Annual Conscience & Justice Council (CJC) Convention; Adventist Community Services and Ethiopia From an ANN news release – More than 40,000 Seventh-day Adventists in Rwanda flocked to the Amahoro National Stadium, located in the capital city of Kigali, […]
by Adventist Today staff, based on research by Bhasker Babu. M and C. James White A little over a year ago, an unfortunate scandal—top administrators at Spicer Adventist University were found to be claiming false, unearned doctoral degrees—caused widespread damage to the reputation of both the University and the Adventist church in India. The story […]
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12 September 2019 | Catholic/Adventist hospital network Centura has fired a doctor who sued the network for the right to dispense aid-in-dying medication. Her employment with the system forbade the doctor from encouraging suicide or euthanasia even though Colorado law allows for such treatment under the 2017 “Access to Medical Aid In Dying” act. According […]
11 September 2019 | “Adventist Church for the 21st Century: Reexamining Church Identity, Unity and Authority” is the theme for the 2019 Keough Conference, September 20 and 21 at Washington Adventist University (WAU). The keynote speakers are Dr. Jiri Moskala, dean of the Seventh-day Adventist Theological Seminary at Andrews University, and Pastor Ray Tetz, director […]