10 September 2019 | An anonymously authored Twitter account recently shared accusations that Huntsville, Alabama-based Oakwood University community members had perpetrated incidents of rape and sexual assault. In a statement to Adventist Today, Pastor Christopher Thompson, Communication Director for Breath of Life and Oakwood University Church, said that Twitter handle @OUmetoo1 published accusations the owner […]
An eight-part series “The Jurisprudence of the Cross” will be presented by Dr. Major G. Coleman beginning Sabbath afternoon, September 14 at Emory University Law School. The event will be live streamed via the following link: https://emory.zoom.us/j/827585194 and you may also hear just the audio by calling 1-646-558-8656 (New York) or 1-669-900-6833 (California). Coleman is […]
The Sabasaba Seventh-day Adventist Church in Tarime, Tanzania, was filled with 5,000 pastors, local elders, deacons and deaconesses from the Mara Conference the week of 19 to 22 August for ministry training led by Pastor Anthony Kent from the General Conference and Pastor Mussa Mitekaro from the denomination’s East Central Africa Division (ECD). The event […]
Dear Editor, I read with interest a recent offering entitled “Pay the Thunder No Mind,” by Winona Winkler Wendth (and yes, I do find alliteration appealing) in the paper edition of Adventist Today, summer 2019 (volume 27, #3). I didn’t know her grandfather, whom she references, but I wish to react to something she attributes […]
From ADRA- 9 September 2019 | Category 5 Hurricane Dorian left families stranded in their homes last week, knee-deep in high-rise water levels, while countless others are left homeless. “Seventy percent of the islands are covered in water and there’s no way to get to them right now,” said Leonardo Rahming, executive secretary of the […]
From ANN – 6 September 2019 | Seventh-day Adventist leaders in Nassau, The Bahamas, are still waiting to know the fate of the hundreds of members who have been affected by the devastating effects of Hurricane Dorian on the hardest hit islands of Abaco, Grand Bahama, Bimini and the Berry Islands. The Category 4 hurricane […]
News reports from Silver Spring, Md.; Loma Linda, Calif.; Versacare Corporation; India; Friendensau University; Glendale, Calif.; Andrews University and the 2019 Oshkosh Pathfinder Camporee: A presentation and accompanying interactive session examining improper handling of church funds will be held at two dates in two locations. “The Hope Center Debacle – – Corruption, Cover-up and GC […]
Drum roll, please!! We are a month away from the October 4-6 AT1 gathering. If you haven’t yet had a chance to register, now’s the time to tick that off your to-do list. While some of the most compelling speakers in our faith community will be presenting, this gathering won’t be your average Adventist event. […]
4 September 2019 | The Adventist School of Medicine of East-Central Africa (ASOME) was inaugurated in the Gasabo district of Kigali, Rwanda, this Monday. Rwanda’s head of state, President Paul Kagame, accompanied by First Lady Jeannette Kagame, opened the institution which is owned by the Adventist University of East-Central Africa. Elder Ted Wilson, president of […]
By Stefani Leeper, 4 September 2019 | Readers who live in the United States may have heard that last month, Burger King marketed a meat-free burger and that Kentucky Fried Chicken sold out of its pea-protein chicken nuggets within hours of release. McDonald’s may also soon release its version of a meatless patty in the […]
I received the Summer 2019 Adventist Today magazine recently. This issue, on the power of grace, is one of the best AT has put out for awhile. The articles are excellent, especially the poignant one by D. Rice, and an honest article about the pastorate. We don’t need to be clergy to relate to these […]
4 September 2019 | At its June 16 constituency session, the membership delegates of the Dakota Conference took a stand against the GC-recommended wording for their constitution, passing changes to the constitution by a strong margin. The constituency voted to strike the words, “all purposes and procedures of this conference shall be in harmony with […]