August 10, 2017: Two high-level administrative positions at Walla Walla University have been awarded to candidates who formerly worked as administrators at Southern Adventist University. The Union-Bulletin reports that Volker R. Henning who worked at Southern as associate vice president for academic administration will join Walla Walla in September as vice president for academic […]
August 9, 2017: A woman who accidentally suffocated her newborn baby is suing Portland Adventist Medical Center for $8.6 million. The Oregonian reports that Monica Thompson blames the medical center for giving her the baby to breastfeed in the middle of the night unsupervised while she was heavily medicated. She reportedly dozed off and then woke […]
From ANN, August 9, 2017: About 1,700 Adventists gathered last weekend in Houston, Texas, for the 70th annual convention of the Adventist Laymen’s Services and Industries (ASI) organization in North America. The association represents business owners, self-employed professionals and nonprofit agencies that are not legally linked to denominational control and were once known as “self-supporting” […]
August 8, 2017: Crisis Magazine, a Catholic website that bills itself as “A Voice for the Faithful Catholic Laity” has featured a detailed critique of the documentary Seventh-Gay Adventists in a recent article. The feature-length documentary told the stories of three gay and lesbian Seventh-day Adventists. The July 17 article in Crisis Magazine comments […]
By S M Chen, posted Aug 8, 2017 “If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea; even there shall thy hand lead me, and thy right hand shall hold me.” –Psalm 139: 9, 10 It is one of my scheduled workdays. I work only occasionally […]
August 7, 2017: A feature film titled Belly of the Whale is in the early stages of production at Southern Adventist University. Students and faculty of Southern’s School of Visual Art and Design are working on the project. David George, an associate professor and film coordinator at Southern spoke about the work experience that students […]
August 6, 2017: A woman in Barbados, upset about how a complaint has been handled by the Adventist Church, is taking the denomination to court. The woman claims that an Adventist church pastor made advances toward her in a series of texts between the two of them. On August 5, the Barbados Nation News […]
August 4, 2017: Three days of mostly somber yet occasionally heated presentations by an all-male lineup of stridently anti-women’s ordination speakers made for a packed agenda at the Scripture, Church Structure and the Path To Unity symposium which began Tuesday and ended yesterday (August 1-3). The event was organized by the ultra-conservative Fresno, California-based Secrets […]
The news and commentary provided by Adventist Today on the 2017 Unity Conference have been gathered together in a book. Both eBook and paperback editions are available from Amazon. The cost is minimal. It includes all of the on-site reports by Loren Seibold, executive editor of Adventist Today, and several opinion articles. An additional chapter […]
August 3, 2017: On July 27, a group of Latter-day Saints, Catholics and Adventists in the Spokane Valley volunteered to move 200 bed frames and mattresses into a new 50-unit apartment building for homeless families. The Associated Press reports that volunteers ranging in age from the teens and up brought boxes and mattresses into […]
By Debbonnaire Kovacs, Aug 3, 2017 Our feature this week showcases this year’s Gabe Reynaud Award winners, one of whom is Pastor Daron Pratt. He received the award for his innovative and creative use of social media (and balloons!) in family and children’s ministry. Balloon animals are involved! [Note to non-Southern Pacific readers: a “chook” […]
By Debbonnaire Kovacs, Aug 3, 2017 Our feature this week announces two winners of the Gabe Reynaud Award. One is Melissa Otto, solo singer/songwritier and subject of an earlier feature. Hear Melissa sing here. To comment, click here.