24 September 2018 | Religious groups around the world are having serious issues with sexual abuse by clergy, and the Adventist denomination is taking a major step toward prevention tomorrow (Tuesday, September 25) with a Summit on Abuse. The event will be live-streamed on line and accessible to anyone who wants to listen in. Scheduled […]
The September 14, 2018 Berlin-Central German Conference statement issued in response to the General Conference Unity Oversight Committee, compliance committee creation, and latest GC documents, concluded with the following statement: “As a consequence, we [the B-CGC] call the members of the General Conference Executive Committee, 1. to reject the documents of the Unity Oversight Committee […]
23 September 2018 | Physicians from Adventist Health Southern California, teaming up with the NGO Armenia Fund, will be expanding an Armenia-based medical mission this month to a contested area of Azerbaijan. The violent region of Artsakh, is internationally recognized as being part of Azerbaijan but is primarily populated by ethnic Armenians, leading to conflict […]
by Larry Downing | 21 September 2018 | Successful organizations share in common certain characteristics that lead toward excellence. These characteristics include, but are not limited to, the following: The organizations practice high ethical and moral behavior, cultivate mutual trust, hold to a commitment to integrity, develop a diverse work force, demonstrate an openness to […]
23 September 2018 | After reviewing several reports of good news about the mission of the church in their territory, the members of the executive committee of the Adventist denomination’s Columbia Union Conference at its most recent meeting turned to the “noncompliance” proposal to be discussed at the Annual Council of the General Conference executive […]
21 September 2018 | Across the denomination right now we are seeing strong reactions to the continuing effort by General Conference leaders to police and enforce “noncompliance”. Church sociologist Monte Sahlin, who has spent most of his career in church administration, told Adventist Today, “In five decades of ministry, I cannot remember any issue that […]
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News reports from Andrews University, Southern Adventist University, Puerto Rico, Bakersfield, California and Australia. Andrews University has improved enrollment this year, with an overall 2% increase in credit hours. According to an AU Facebook post, the 3,407 Fall 2018 student enrollment on the school’s Berrien Springs campus represents the highest headcount in four years, and […]
20 September 2018 | Oakwood University President Dr. Leslie Pollard has rejected “unfounded rumors” regarding the fatal shooting of 20-year-old Oakwood student, Carvell Goodlow, whose body was discovered in a local, off-campus apartment on Sunday night, September 16. Huntsville police are investigating a suspected homicide as Goodlow appeared to have been killed by a gunshot. […]
Dear Adventist Today, The Board of the SDA Church in Linköping, Sweden, has issued a public statement w.r.t. the ongoing discussions around unity, compliance review committees etc. The official web site for our statement is http://linkoping.adventist.se/unity-statement/ For your convenience, I’ll paste the English version of the statement below. I am well aware that several statements and […]
19 September 2018 | Following a meeting of the General Conference Administrative Committee (ADCOM) on Sept 18, 2018, the body has admitted a mistake in the framing of the reporting relationship of recently formed compliance committees. Although ADCOM had originally signalled that the compliance committees would be established by the General Conference Executive Committee, and that […]