by S.M. Chen | 5 August 2018 | In 2004, the “Oregonian” ran a series about a father and daughter who had lived for 4 years in Forest Park, a 5200-acre public municipal park in the Tualatin Mountains west of Portland, OR. 5 years later, author Peter Rock published a novel, My Abandonment, based on […]
5 August 2018 | A focus on strengthening membership among young people has set apart the 2018 Orlando, Florida-based convention for ASI (Adventist-laymen’s Services & Industries.) For the first time this year, a conference has been embedded in the larger convention, focused specifically on young professionals. Kristi Jensen, ASI’s editor and communications coordinator, dedicated a […]
From ANN, 4 August 2018 | “If we don’t know who we are, we will not know why we are,” stated Pastor David Asscherick in an the opening night sermon at the Global Youth Leaders Congress in Kassel, Germany. As a convert to the Adventist faith he challenged leaders by telling them, “if you don’t […]
By Tysan, 3 August 2018 | Last Friday night (July 27) the “blood moon” eclipse lasted nearly four hours. It was not visible in North America or Europe, but could not be missed in much of Africa, the Middle East, southern Asia and the Indian Ocean region. In the small town in Tanzania where an Adventist […]
2 August 2018 | The first two days of the annual convention for ASI (Adventist-laymen’s Services & Industries) held this year in Orlando, Florida, have featured presentations, panels, networking in an exhibition hall as well as the start of a two-day series of meetings specifically tailored to young professionals and entrepreneurs. The convention this year […]
2 August 2018 | Liberty University plans to release The Trump Prophecy, a film about Mark Taylor, a firefighter who claims God told him in 2011 that Donald Trump would be president. The large evangelical university is teaming up with an independent Christian film maker who has raised $1 million to create the film. Liberty […]
1 August 2018 | Two Adventist summer camp facilities and at least one local church were closed down this week by the widespread fires in California. The Cranston Fire in southern California came within a mile of Pine Springs Ranch, the retreat center and youth camp facility operated by the denomination’s Southeastern California Conference. Camp […]
1 August 2018 | The annual convention for ASI (Adventist-laymen’s Services & Industries) kicks off today, Wednesday August 1, and will run until Saturday, August 4 in Orlando, Florida. The convention this year is themed Business Unusual and will feature presentations by well-known Adventist speakers as well as break-out sessions and exhibits from ASI member […]
30 July 2018 | From an ADRA news release: Over 220 university students across North and South America took part in the Adventist Development and Relief Agency’s (ADRA) new volunteer program “ADRA Connections” this July in the Brazilian Amazon. The students assisted in the construction of the Adventist Technical School of Massauari (ETAM) in Brazil. […]
29 July 2018 | Christopher Wilson, PhD, associate professor in the department of physiology at Loma Linda University School of Medicine and Lawrence D. Longo MD Center for Perinatal Biology, has been awarded a $500,000 grant to study sepsis prevention through vagus nerve stimulation (VNS). “One of our major goals is developing non-invasive therapies that […]
29 Julio 2018 | Un invitado en el programa de televisión “Dossier”, que es emitido en el canal estatal oficial de Venezuela (Venezolana de Televisión), recientemente acusó a los adventistas del séptimo día de promover un movimiento secesionista entre pueblos indígenas que supuestamente es orquestado por el Departamento de Estado de los Estados Unidos y […]
27 July 2018 | A guest on the television program “Dossier,” shown on Venezuela’s official state channel (Venezolana de Televisión), recently accused Seventh-day Adventists of promoting a secessionist movement among indigenous peoples that is orchestrated through the United States State Department and the Pentagon, as well as spying and trying to take advantage of oil […]