November 20, 2017: The Barna Group faith and culture research organization has published its 2017 list of most post-Christian cities in America. Barna said that the “influence of Christianity in America is waning” and that the role of religion and church in public life is fading. “Rates of church attendance, religious affiliation, belief in […]
November 19, 2017: Leaders of the Adventist Church in North America will hold episode 2 of the Facebook Live event “Is This Thing On?” on the campus of Oakwood University in Huntsville, Alabama on December 2. The first of the Q&A events was held at Union College in Lincoln, Nebraska earlier this year on […]
November 16, 2017: Denver area-based Littleton Adventist Hospital and Porter Adventist Hospital are raising awareness about resources they are offering to help sexual assault victims. The hospital program offers medical care to victims of sexual and domestic abuse. According to PR Newswire, it also helps victims gather evidence for prosecutors as they seek justice […]
By Tysan, November 14, 2017: Kenya is one of the largest and most prosperous nations in Africa. It has a large Adventist population and it is embroiled in a major election crisis in which three of the key officials are Adventists. A reporter was sent to Nairobi last month by Adventist Today to cover this […]
November 15, 2017: Charges of sexual assault filed against two unnamed Adventist pastors in St. Lucia have been dropped by the complainant. St. Lucia News Online reported that the criminal charges for unlawful connection and indecent assault were voluntarily dropped by the complainant on November 10th and 14th. The sexual assault case goes back […]
By S.M. Chen “There are no accidents in my philosophy. Every effect must have its cause. The past is the cause of the present, and the present will be the cause of the future. All these are links in the endless chain stretching from the finite to the infinite.” – Abraham Lincoln “Every why hath a […]
November 14, 2017: Through online resources last updated November 9, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is encouraging houses of worship to protect against active shooters. The renewed focus on protecting houses of worship takes place after the November 5 Sutherland Springs, Texas shooting in which Devin Kelley walked into the First Baptist Church […]
November 13, 2017: Lloyd’s Seventh-day Adventist Church in St Thomas, Jamaica hosted the funeral for Jamaica’s most wanted man today. Marlon ‘Duppy Film’ Perry was killed by police two years after being declared Jamaican public enemy number one in 2015 after it was alleged that he killed two police officers. “I think the church […]
November 13, 2017: On November 7, the Pacific Union Conference Presidents Council chose not to submit their names for inclusion in the SDA Yearbook, the denominational publication which lists entities and officials of the church worldwide. The action (affirmed by the Pacific Union Executive Committee on November 9) was taken due to the refusal […]
November 9, 2017: An eco-friendly summer camp for Jewish children will be held on the campus of Rio Lindo Adventist Academy as of this coming summer. Jewish news source jweekly.com reported that Eden Village West is an extension of what started as Eden Village Camp in Putnam Valley, New York. Branded as an organic Jewish […]
November 8, 2017: An 11-year-old, his teacher and class at Fresno Adventist Academy all received a shout out from Philippine President, Rodrigo Duterte. The president responded after Andre Esteban, a student of Filipino descent, wrote him a letter as part of a nationality assignment for school. According to a November 1 report on Fresno’s […]
For six years Debbonnaire Kovacs has served as Feature Editor and editor of the Poetry and the Arts section of Adventist Today. She wrote a human interest story each week, usually a devotional piece as well and looked for news about Adventists in the arts, as well as interacted with Adventist poets, musicians, writers, photographers […]