17 April 2018 | The Southern Asia-Pacific Division of the Adventist denomination released the statement below after a suspected terror attack on an Adventist church in Pakistan: On Sunday evening, April 15, suspected terrorists opened fire in front of the Quetta Seventh-day Adventist Church in Pakistan, killing two and injuring eight. One of those killed […]
17 abril 2018 | El rector de la Universidad Adventista Spicer, en el estado occidental de Maharashtra, India, ha sido acusado de poseer un título doctoral falso. De acuerdo al periódico The Tribune de la India, tres funcionarios de la Universidad Adventista Spicer han sido acusados de usar falsos títulos doctorales para obtener nuevos puestos […]
17 abril 2018 | La Junta de Inversiones de la Asociación General ha votado que al Comité de Gerenciamiento Inversionista de la Asociación General “manteniendo nuestra larga posición sobre el pacifismo… monitoree todas las inversiones actuales y potenciales para excluir empresas cuyos ingresos deriven parcial o sustancialmente de la fabricación y venta de armas, vehículos […]
16 April 2018 | An Italian newspaper has stirred up significant controversy after claiming that Pope Francis said hell does not exist. Eugenio Scalfari, the atheist cofounder and first editor of the newspaper Repubblica made the claim based on an alleged interview that he had with Pope Francis. According to the Catholic Herald’s English reporting on […]
15 April 2018 | The first clue that there may have been a problem with the cleaning of surgical instruments at Porter Adventist Hospital in Denver, Colorado, came last April when a doctor found a bone fragment from a past surgery stuck to a tool. The Denver Post reported that the doctor was in the […]
15 April 2018 | Following the Spring Meeting of the Adventist denomination’s executive committee, the General Conference (GC) executive officers and vice presidents (which includes the Division presidents) met to issue a statement that seems to focus primarily on questions raised about The One Project, a series of large Sabbath gatherings that have focused for […]
April 14, 2018 | In the Walla Walla University Seventh-day Adventist Church, on Sabbath morning April 14, Pastor Alex Bryan announced to his congregation that he would be moving from senior pastorship of that church at the end of this current school year in June. Although he intends to continue living in College Place, Washington, with his […]
by Carolyn Shultz | 13 April 2018 | A smooth white stone. Mystery-white like Melville’ s whale? Alabaster— Or perhaps a new-made onyx Forged in the last prolific fires That purge and permute the once clean earth To Earth again. Inscribed, John says. Ur-Hebrew? Apocalyptic Greek? I think I’d fancy Strange new shapes and lines […]
News reports from Parkland, Florida; Andrews University; Bolivia; Denver, Colorado; La Sierra University; Vanuatu; Kailua, Hawaii; and Loma Linda University Health An Adventist teen is among the students wounded in the attack at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, on February 14 which killed 17 people. The incident has sparked massive demonstrations against […]
12 April 2018 | The Rev. Bill Hybels announced Tuesday night that he would step down from leading Willow Creek Community Church, one of the largest evangelical churches in America. Hybels made the announcement following allegations of sexual misconduct. He was due to retire later this year after founding Willow Creek 42 years ago. The […]
by Loren Seibold | 11 April 2018 | Half day only, today, so my report is short. What’s Missing? One of the reasons I wanted to attend this year was the promise that there would be discussion about investing in (or divesting of) companies that manufacture weapons and armaments from the GC portfolio. I am […]
11 April 2018 | The President of Spicer Adventist University in the western state of Maharashtra, India, has been accused of holding a fake PhD. According to India’sThe Tribune newspaper, three officials at Spicer Adventist University stand accused of using fake PhD credentials to obtain their positions at the institution. The Tribune indentifed the Spicer employees […]