From ANN, April 28, 2016: Crowds lined up at the Los Angeles Convention Center in the U.S. state of California on Wednesday for the opening of a Seventh-day Adventist-organized mega-clinic that hopes to provide $30 million worth of free healthcare to 10,000 people over 2 and a half days. Separate lines of people seeking […]
From ANN, April 28, 2016: The steady rise in rates of religious persecution around the world in recent years has led Seventh-day Adventists to search for new, more effective ways to advocate for religious freedom. Studies, such as one conducted last year by the Pew Research Center, suggest that some 5.1 billion men, women […]
From ANN, April 29, 2016: On April 13, a unique outreach project for the elderly organized by Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) Italy, drew the attention of political figures from the city of Cesena. ADRA is the humanitarian arm of the Seventh-day Adventist denomination. The local officials, including Stefano Bonaccini, governor of the […]
Poem and photo by S M Chen, posted 4-28-2016 by D Kovacs What is it lies behind the eyes? What could it be she’s thinking of? Might it be children? Perhaps love? Or maybe truth, and maybe lies. What hopes and dreams within her lie? What music in her may be found? In her […]
Posted by D Kovacs, 4-28-2016 We are sorry this is such late notice but AT has just learned that on Adventist Christian Fellowship’s Facebook page and website, they are announcing a T-shirt design contest for Adventist students attending non-Adventist colleges or universities. Good luck, and let us know how you do!
By Debbonnaire Kovacs, posted 4-27-16 There’s a conference coming up in a few weeks, May 22-28, which Paul the apostle might like to attend. Perhaps he’d bring some of his Greek and Roman friends. The theme and title of the conference is “To the Unknown God.” The conference, called ACF Institute, is put on by […]
By Debbonnaire Kovacs, April 28, 2016 I have lots of time to think. I have nothing but time to think. Day after day, month after month, year after year, I lie helpless, until I can barely remember what it felt like to be autonomous, to be independent. To be a man. But I remember the […]
From News Release, April 28, 2016: Andrews University (AU) registered its wellness program with the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) Exercise is Medicine campus initiative and has been recognized with a Gold Level Award. ACSM is the top professional group in the world focusing on exercise and fitness. The Exercise is Medicine initiative is […]
From ANN, April 27, 2016: The Seventh-day Adventist denomination designated Saturday, April 23, as Special Needs Day. It was an opportunity for the church’s 19.1 million members to remember that more than 1 billion people live with disabilities, coping daily with difficulties often created by a society that prioritizes perfection. The General Conference, the […]
From ANN/Columbia Union Visitor, April 27, 2016: While distributing flowers, hugs and balloons on April 16 at the Columbia Town Center in Columbia, Maryland, volunteers gave a child a balloon and two women tulips. The older woman said, “Wow, you must have come from God because we were just talking about tulips.” Leaders from […]
April 25, 2016: Rumors continue to swirl around the doctoral degrees claimed by some African Adventist leaders. An April 14 piece in a South African newspaper, The New Age, raised questions about the legitimacy of the educational degrees of Pastor Paul Ratsara and Pastor Paul Charles. Ratsara is president of the denomination’s Southern Africa-Indian Ocean […]
April 24, 2016: The world was shocked last week when a superstar of popular music known simply as “Prince” died in his home in the suburbs of Minneapolis. Questions about his death and the work of the medical examiner continue, but a number of journalists have reported that Prince Rogers Nelson was “raised a […]