News reports from Loma Linda University Medical Center, Southern Adventist University, Walla Walla University, Union College and Southwestern Adventist University The Diabetes Treatment Center at Loma Linda University Medical Center was recently recognized as a quality diabetes prevention program by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). A Loma Linda University Health news report […]
19 June 2019 | Ted Wilson, the president of the General Conference of the Adventist Church, met with the chief minister for the Sindh province of Pakistan on June 9. The two met at the minister’s residence in the city of Karachi. According to Pakistan’s The International News, Syed Murad Ali Shah said to the […]
18 June 2019 | According to The Denver Post, a lawsuit which includes 67 patients and 20 spouses was filed last Saturday against Denver, Colorado-based Porter Adventist Hospital. About a year ago, Porter sent letters to approximately 5,800 patients who had received orthopedic or spinal surgeries at the hospital between July 21, 2016, and April 5, […]
18 June 2019 | June 20 is World Refugee Day, when the Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) joins the United Nations and the world to commemorate the strength, courage and perseverance of millions of refugees, and show support for families forced to leave their homes due to persecution or conflict. ADRA remains committed to […]
16 June 2019 | After two months on life support, a baby cut from his mother’s womb in a gruesome Chicago-area crime died Friday of severe brain injury. “It is with great sadness that we inform you of the passing of baby Yovanny Jadiel Lopez,” Julie Contreras, a family spokesperson, said in a statement. “Please […]
13 June 2019 | From a Becket Media Relations news release via the North American Division news page: Barry C. Black, 62nd Chaplain of the U.S. Senate, has been named Becket’s 2019 Canterbury Medalist for his honorable defense of religious liberty for people of all faiths. The Canterbury Medal, Becket’s highest honor, recognizes an individual who […]
In about two weeks, regular registration ends for AT1, the brand new gathering for the Adventist community organized by Adventist Today. Regular registration ends on June 30. Our theme is “Christ Challenges Culture.” AT1 will call everyone who attends to reimagine the Adventist narrative to fully embrace the reassuring, present truth of God’s love and […]
News reports about Refugee Sabbath as well as from Oakwood University; England; Ogden, Utah; and Loma Linda University Health 15 June is Refugee Sabbath for Adventist churches. Many will show “The Tenth,” a 3-minute video available online at refugeeministries.org or on YouTube. Adventist congregations that are involved in sponsoring refugees in their community may introduce […]
12 June 2019 | Christopher Bispham, a former teacher at Fresno Adventist Academy, refused a plea deal this week that would have seen him accept a 30-year prison sentence. Bispham faces accusations of repeatedly molesting students and, if convicted of all charges, could face up to 260 years in prison. He will be tried in […]
11 June 2019 | “I was raised in a strict Seventh-day Adventist family, in a society where a woman was expected to know her place,” said Nondumiso “Ndumie” Funda, 40. “Every aspect of life was handled by men. Women couldn’t be outspoken. We were not equal. But I knew from a young age that I […]
10 June 2019 | Adventists on St. Croix (one of the U.S. Virgin Islands) organized a motorcade featuring red flags that went from one end of the island to the other. “Caravan Red Flag” took place last Saturday and was organized to protest abuse of all kinds as part of an ongoing “enditnow” anti-abuse campaign […]
10 June 2019 | The Seventh-Day Adventists of Southern Asia Division Facebook group is reporting that employees from the Usilampatti Seventh-day Adventist School in Tamilnadu are protesting their dismissal by the school administration by donning dress of leaves. The workers say they are low caste, and that the bad treatment is a result of caste […]