April 10, 2017: On Saturday, April 8, Sligo Seventh-day Adventist Church honored three women that had been ordained as ministers at the church in 1995. The special presentation took place moments before world president of the Adventist Church and staunch women’s ordination opponent, Ted Wilson, delivered the sermon at the church. The three […]
By S M Chen, posted April 10, 2017 “Learn from the mistakes of others. You can’t live long enough to make them all yourself.” –Eleanor Roosevelt (1884-1962), longest serving FLOTUS [Photo by D Kovacs] Start with one comely young man of great promise: Rescues lamb from jaws of bear. Rescues sheep from clutches of lion. […]
April 10, 2017: An Adventist pastor in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe has been released from his position after being convicted of indecent assault. The pastor had been accused of indecently assaulting a member of his church who is a prominent lawyer in Bulawayo. The woman can not be named because authorities say her identity should […]
Arguments for and against the Johnson Amendment are more complicated than they might first appear to be. On the one hand, there is little danger that SDA pastors will run afoul of the law if they follow the policies and recommendations that have been in place in our denomination for as long as I can […]
April 6, 2017: CarsonWatch, a site dedicated to tracking Ben Carson’s work as Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, was launched mid-March. The watchdog site aims to hold the Adventist former neurosurgeon accountable in his new role. Curbed, a residential design and lifestyle publication, reported on April 4 that CarsonWatch was created by housing advocates […]
April 5, 2017: The Adventist Church is part of a group of 99 religious and denominational entities that have joined forces to combat what many perceive as a threat to the separation of church and state. On April 4, the inter-faith group sent a joint letter to Congress supporting the Johnson Amendment, a […]
April 4, 2017: An online video appearing to be a promotional piece for Adventist Ghana-based Valley View University has gone viral on Facebook. The reason the video drew widespread attention appears to be its amateurish production value. In the video which is branded with the university logo, clips of what appears to be a […]
April 3, 2017 Stunned physicians, nurses, and staff of the 72-bed acute care Seventh-day Adventist Walla Walla General Hospital in Walla Walla, Washington, were notified at 10 a.m. and 12 p.m. meetings on Monday that their parent organization, Adventist Health, had agreed to transfer their hospital and clinics to the control of the Roman […]
William G. Johnsson launches Where Are We Headed? Adventism After San Antonio straight from the shoulder. “San Antonio was a tipping point in the history of the Seventh-day Adventist Church. The General Conference Session of 2015 exposed and widened fault lines that had been developing for a long time. In later years the Session will […]
By S M Chen, posted 4/3/2017 “How many things there are that I do not want.” –Socrates, 470-399 B.C.E. *** I recently encountered these lines by celebrated American poet Walt Whitman (1819-1892), liked them and decided to share on a social media website: “Love the earth and sun and animals. Despise riches; give alms to […]
April 3, 2017: Adventist Health and Catholic-owned Providence Health & Services have announced a major transition for Walla Walla General Hospital. The control of the facility, as well as Adventist Health Medical Group in Walla Walla and Adventist Health Home Care Services in Walla Walla, will be transfered to Providence. The shift for the […]
April 2, 2017: The ground-breaking for a $20 million, 120-bed skilled nursing facility being built by Adventist Health System took place March 30. The facility is being built in the Celebration development in Central Florida’s Osceola County. According to the Orlando Business Journal, the skilled nursing facility will create 150 new jobs when it […]