10 June 2019 | The South China Morning Post ran a June 1 story on a psychology student at Hong Kong Adventist College who co-founded a fashion, music and dance show in the territory. Harmony “Ann-Marie” Ilungu fled the Democratic Republic of Congo and was allowed protection as a refugee in Hong Kong. Ilungu founded […]
From Columbia Union News – 6 June 2019 | Following recent, severe storms in Ohio, Seventh-day Adventist members rallied to help. At least 14 tornadoes were confirmed in the Dayton/Miami Valley, Ohio, area, including a rare EF4 with 166- to 200-mph winds. As of June 5, Kettering Adventist HealthCare (KAHC) facilities have treated at least […]
News reports from Sweden, Walla Walla University, Loma Linda University Health (LLUH), Courage for Life and Southern Adventist University: The Adventist Church in Sweden has issued a statement on the need to lovingly minister to LGBT+ individuals. The five-page document is titled “Room for Everyone.” It is subtitled “The Values of the Swedish Union of […]
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5 June 2019 | Kenya’s Chief Justice David Maraga launched a scalding critique of corruption in Kenyan politics while he was on a visit to the United Kingdom. Maraga, an Adventist, was addressing the Oxford Union Conference yesterday. He said that political elite in both the executive branch and parliament were “cherry-picking” provisions of the […]
By Tysan, 3 June 2019 | Last week a major Adventist evangelism initiative in the eastern Africa nation of Tanzania came to an end with more than 8,000 baptisms. The campaign featured Dr. Baraka Muganda, a Tanzanian who has served as vice president for campus ministry at Washington Adventist University in the United States and […]
From ANN – 4 June 2019 | Ledell Kendall was not prepared for the news she received when a small group from Acts of Kindness, the outreach ministry of the Church in the Valley Seventh-day Adventist Church, appeared at her door on a Sunday morning in mid-March. Michael Dauncey, the media and outreach pastor for […]
3 June 2019 | The Andrews University-based Center for Youth Evangelism has sent out a news release titled “FRAUD AWARENESS REGARDING CAMPOREE TICKET RESALE.” Dated June 3, the release alerts the public to recent fraud cases involving ticket sales for the upcoming August 12-17 International Pathfinder Camporee in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. The alert stresses that ticket […]
2 June 2019 | Lester Keegan, 66, a practicing Adventist who used to teach at a school run by the denomination in Bunbury, Australia, has been jailed for four years after admitting to sexually abusing two boys over three decades ago. According to The West Australian, one boy was a student at the school. One […]
By Tysan, 31 May 2019 | The Hon. James Marape has been elected prime minister by the parliament of the Pacific island nation of Papua New Guinea (PNG). The vote was 101 to 8 to install the former finance minister, a Member of Parliament from Tari-Pori in New Hela province who is an Adventist. The […]
From News Releases | 31 May 2019 | Following a search process over recent months, the La Sierra University board voted on Wednesday to elect Dr. Joy Fehr as the new president to take the helm as Dr. Randal Wisbey enters retirement at the end of June. She has been provost since 2016 following one […]
30 May 2019 | Family members of an Adventist woman killed for her unborn son are questioning the hospital to which the alleged murderers took the infant after strangling his mother. The child of Marlen Ochoa-Lopez, 19, was presented with the placenta still attached. Police say the baby had breathing problems when he arrived at […]