News reports from Adventist University of the Philippines, the General Conference, Romania, Oakwood University and Southern Adventist University: Big in Japan From a Southern Asia-Pacific Division news release: The International Society of Hypertension just ended its meeting in Kyoto, Japan, on October 13, 2022, and the Adventist University of the Philippines (AUP) took home the […]
by Daniel Golovenko | 18 October 2022 | The story has been told so often in Adventist circles around the world that it sometimes seems almost like sacrilege to revisit it: on October 22, 1844, thousands of faithful believers, mainly in the New England states, gathered in hopeful anticipation that the skies would break open […]
18 October 2022 |According to EUDNews, Salève Adventist Campus in France hosted visiting experts from the United Nations for the Faith for Rights Program on October 2 and 3, 2022. The meeting “brought together more than thirty participants from Europe, North America, and the Middle East— representing non-governmental organizations, universities and international institutions.” The Faith […]
14 October 2022 | Wednesday, October 13, featured the final four hours of the twenty-six hours of meetings for this year’s GC Annual Council. Like all conventions, there was a fair amount of thanking the various worker bees who made the meetings possible: the devotional presenters, the caterers, and so forth. However, some business did […]
News reports from Southern Adventist University, Finland, Loma Linda University Health, Taiwan, and La Sierra University: A Taste of Southern From NAD News: A Taste of Southern, the first event of its kind hosted by Southern Adventist University, debuted on October 2, 2022, in downtown Chattanooga. The event featured music ensembles, works of art, and […]
Where We Should Be: The Altar 11 October 2022 | The penultimate day of Annual Council meetings looked at the importance of having family worship. Faithful, engaging family worship is the key factor in helping to keep young people connected to Christ. Unfortunately, about 50% of Adventists surveyed in 2018 do not have daily devotions, […]
10 October 2022 | It was finance day, today, for the Annual Council delegates. Treasurer’s Report: “Investigating Our Mission,” delivered by Paul Douglas, CFO for the General Conference (GC). Financial Position The GC’s financial condition is stable in comparison to last year. Cash and investments make up the majority of the total assets of the […]
9 October 2022 | Today’s General Conference (GC) Executive Committee Annual Council meetings were packed. Delegates voted on a lengthy nomination list, as well as an education policy change, and were briefed on the 900-page policy document. (Which we bet no one has actually read cover to cover voluntarily!) Names: While many, many names were […]
7 October 2022 | Day two of the General Conference (GC) Executive Committee’s Annual Council was short and blissfully uneventful. However, with four hours of health ministries being covered in the morning LEAD (Leadership, Education, and Development) Conference, there is still plenty to report. “Leaders and Health Discipleship: Let your lives so shine…” was the […]
6 Oct 2022 | Welcome, everyone, to Adventist Today’s reporting of the General Conference (GC) Executive Committee’s Annual Council. For those just joining us, the Executive Committee is the governing body voted to govern the church, surpassed in authority only by the General Conference Session. This year’s theme is “I Will Go – Be His […]
News reports from Germany, Mexico, Southern Adventist University, Southwestern Adventist University, and Leoni Meadows Summer Camp: Royally Inspired From an ANN report: On September 22–25, 2022, around 220 women attended a Women’s Ministries (WM) congress in Schwäbisch Gmünd, Germany, organized for the three German-speaking countries. There were participants from Austria, Switzerland, and Germany, as well […]