Still on the fence about attending the October 4-6 AT1 gathering? If so, check out our group of fascinating speakers and their topics below. You don’t want to miss this inaugural, grace-focused, lay-organized event. Our theme is “Christ Challenges Culture” and our goal is to help support a positive, progressive new chapter for the Adventist […]
News reports from Hermiston, Oregon; Loma Linda University School of Nursing; Oshkosh Pathfinder Camporee; Oakwood University Department of Nutrition and Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia’s Army Of Youth: According to the East Oregonian, the region’s Hermiston Seventh-day Adventist Church is about to be rebuilt about a year after it was destroyed by fire. The remains of the […]
Pacific Union College is opening 35 miles of forest trails for public use. The Napa Valley Register reported that the trails are set to officially open by the end of August. They are located at Angwin in the mountains northeast of St. Helena in the Napa Valley area of Northern California. The Adventist institution had […]
13 August 2019 | Recently updated policies on responding to active shooters and violence in the workplace have been shared by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and The Department of Homeland Security. The guidance is specifically aimed at religious institutions and includes information on gun violence. A long-standing strategy that is emphasized to respond to […]
12 August 2019 | Medical news site Medical Daily recently published an article detailing the publication’s understanding of the pros and cons of the Adventist diet. The July 30 article noted that the denomination “preaches to its members about clean vegetarian practices propagated by the Book of Leviticus,” and that about 40 percent of Adventists […]
11 August 2019 | Adventist high school-aged siblings Joelle and Joseph Chung have filed a federal lawsuit against the Washington Interscholastic Activities Association arguing that their rights have been violated due to consistent scheduling of tennis championship tournament play on the Saturday Sabbath. The suit was filed in the U.S. District Court in the Western […]
From a news release by the North American Division (NAD) of the Adventist Church: Shortly after a gunman fired on crowds in a Walmart and its parking lot in El Paso, Texas, on Aug. 3, local Adventist Community Service Disaster Response (ACS DR) leader Marshall Gonzales reached out to W. Derrick Lea, North American Division […]
It’s summer. You’re getting some quality time in the sun as you lounge by the beach sipping your virgin piña colada. How could your day possibly get better?? By getting your AT1 gathering registration out of the way, of course! The theme of our grace-centered camp meeting-style event is Christ Challenges Culture and we have […]
News reports from Christian Century, Italy, Rwanda and Southern Adventist University: Dr. Charles Scriven, retired Adventist editor and theologian, is the author of a book review published in the July 17 issue of Christian Century, one of the major Protestant journals published in the United States. He reviews Power, Pleasure, and Profit: Insatiable Appetites from […]
7 August 2019 | Justin Daniel Villegas, 22, a substitute teacher who was employed by two Adventist schools in California’s San Joaquin Valley and an Adventist camp in Yosemite National Park, was arrested on Tuesday on charges of possessing child pornography. Law enforcement claimed he was in possession of more than 600 images of child […]
7 August 2019 | You’re invited to delve into the connection between faith and mental health at The George T. Harding IV Mental Health and Community Conference this fall from September 29 to October 1 in Dayton, Ohio. It will be hosted by the Kettering Health Network. Joining Adventist pastors, educators, and health professionals from around […]
6 August 2019 | UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, reported that a group of Rohingya refugee volunteers, trained by a program partially backed by the Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA), had saved the life of an unconscious, drowning teen. The teen had been playing in a reservoir in the southeast Bangladesh-based Nayapara refugee camp […]