5 September 2018 | Sometimes it is called the dropout problem with young adults who grew up in Adventist families. Sometimes it is called “the graying of Adventism.” The reality can be seen in almost any congregation in North America, Europe or Australia: There are few people in their 20s and 30s, and almost every […]
4 September 2018 | A group of Orthotic and Prosthetic (OP) and Occupational Therapy (OT) students from Loma Linda University will be serving patients in war-torn areas of Ethiopia this month. They will be led by Michael Moor, director of the LLU Prosthetics/Orthotics service learning program. No evangelistic component is planned for the September 6-23 […]
3 September 2018 | According to an August 18 story by the Vanguard news site, Pastor Francis Freeman Daria, president of the Northern Nigeria Union Conference of the Adventist Church, has formally spoken up against the practice of political elections being held on Saturday in the country. Daria said that it was against the Bible […]
2 September 2018 | Times of India has highlighted work done by the Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) to help empower Rohingya refugees that have fled to Bangladesh from violence in Myanmar. The focus of the article in the major Indian daily, is female leadership among Rohingya refugees at the Shalbagan Camp in Cox Bazar, […]
2 September 2018 | The impact of Adventist teachings about diet on the development of global dietary practices, especially the rise of vegetarianism, is the focus of an article released last week in the peer-reviewed journal Religions. Written by a team of authors led by Dr. Jim Banta, associate professor at Loma Linda University (LLU) […]
News reports from Germany, Loma Linda University, Nashville, Tennessee; the Southern Asia Division of the denomination; Papua New Guinea; the General Conference of the denomination and Albania. A devout Adventist has opened up about setting a speed record on the German Autobahn in a luxury sports car. Radim Passer, the owner of a Bugatti Veyron, […]
30 August 2018 | A collaboration between the government of Fiji and the Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) aims to alleviate food insecurity in the country. In order to reduce food insecurity, the joint effort aims to increase the resilience of vulnerable communities to resist hard times. The Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) […]
August 30, 2018 | This letter is in response to the article entitled “Creation and Evolution: Misunderstood Terms and Concepts” by Erv Taylor, dated 22 August, 2018 that appeared in the August 24, 2018 email issue. Dr. Taylor’s phrase “biological evolution reflects the simple observation that biological organisms change over time” is not refuted, neither […]
28 August 2018 | According to local police, Murray Ramnarine, a former principal at Shiloh Seventh-day Adventist Church School in Ocala, Florida, tried to “buy” a student to get her to kiss him. ClickOrlando.com (run by WKMG News 6) reported that Ramnarine, 67, was working as an administrative assistant at the school when the alleged advance […]
28 August 2018 | The denomination’s General Conference (GC) Administrative Committee appointed five Compliance Review Committees two weeks ago despite the fact that the proposal from the Unity Oversight Committee will not be discussed and voted on until the annual meeting of the GC Executive Committee in mid-October. That proposal might authorize such committees, depending […]
28 August 2018 | British health journal, Lancet, has published a report titled, “No level of alcohol consumption improves health.” The report comes after an alcohol research study involving 512 researchers across 243 academic and governmental institutions. In the research, alcohol studies as well as public health and death records from 200 countries and locations […]
27 August 2018 | The Montgomery County Fire Marshal’s Office reported that a very inebriated man started a fire in Takoma Park, Maryland-based Washington Adventist Hospital’s emergency room. The patient, Henry Padilla-Martinez, 20, was found wandering the halls of the ER shortly before it was discovered that his bed was on fire. The incident took […]