12 June 2022 | To the disappointment of very few, June 9, 2022, was the last day of the 61st General Conference (GC) Session’s business meetings in St. Louis, Missouri, U.S. The flurry of delegate activity included votes on the finer points of church discipline, a statement of confidence in the writings of Ellen White, […]
09 June 2022 | GC Health Director Peter Landless chimed in with some advice for delegates early on June 8, 2022/GC Session Day 3: Get up and move during the three-minute waits that are required for electronic voting on each motion. It wasn’t a bad idea, considering the dense day of recommendations, debate, and voting […]
News reports from the Biblical Research Institute, Kettering Health, North American Division, South Pacific Division, Trans Pacific Union Mission. A Heavy Issue The Elephant in the Room: Church Schools Are Drowning—Champions Needed! a potent account of a career educator’s evaluation of educational trends within Christian schools was written by Sadrail Saint-Ulysse, PhD, MDiv, an educator […]
08 June 2022 | Delegates came out swinging, both for and against gender-exclusive language about conference presidents in the Church Manual during the second day of the 61st General Conference (GC) Business Session on June 7, 2022. Questions about a lack of gender and age diversity among GC leaders also surfaced during the session, as […]
8 June 2022 | Many Adventists who identify themselves as progressive wonder if they are delusional in dreaming of a more thoughtful and open-minded church—perhaps, especially, after a week like this one when we’ve watched the top body of our church trying to chart a way forward. In this class, Dr. Charles Scriven will make […]
07 June 2022 | After two consecutive postponements of the planned GC Session, June 6, 2022 marked the first day of the first hybrid General Conference (GC) Session in St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.—for the first time, delegates could attend and participate in the GC Session online and in-person. Delegates waded through many motions, and some […]
During final minutes of June 6, 2022, business meeting, Ted N.C. Wilson re-elected as president. Wilson has been president of the GC for 12 years; this is his third term. While many on social media are expressing congratulations, many others are expressing concerns about his re-election and how well Wilson actually represents the global Adventist […]
1 June 2022 | by Mathilde Frey “Wars are won by weapons, but it takes ideas to win a peace.” — Rabbi Jonathan Sacks A few days ago, I put these numbers on my office door in the School of Theology at Walla Walla University: A colleague stopped to read and asked me, “So, Mathilde, […]
2022 GC Session to feature electronic voting system, ElectionBuddy. During the 2015 session, delegates scrapped using an electronic voting system when they experienced problems with it. 2022 GC Session agenda looks to add new position to local churches: Spirit of Prophecy Writings Coordinator. 2022 GC Session will also feature a virtual exhibit hall in which […]
News reports from Andrews University, Brazil, Jamaica, La Sierra University, North American Division, Philippines, Solomon Islands. Goodbye to All That Andrea Luxton, president of Andrews University has announced she will retire in June 2023. Under Luxton’s presidency, the University responded to the student-inspired #ItIsTime movement, which asked the University to effectively understand and respond to […]
Deaf congregation has about 15-20 members. Rachel Marte Pierre, 17, was the first of the group to be baptized. Church members worked to reach the deaf community by taking sign language classes, organizing a youth group and coordinating transport to church services. There are approximately 98,000 people who are deaf in the Dominican Republic; one […]