News reports from Allegheny East Conference (NAD), Ghana, Loma Linda University Church, Trans-European Division. Something to Talk About Sabbath Seminars, a Sabbath School class at the Loma Linda University Church, is studying the subject of LGBTQ+ in the Adventist community. The class seeks to better understand a greatly dismissed, ignored and excluded part of our […]
19 January 2022 | Should we connect prophecies and signs with specific historical events? We will look at particular on events in the Middle East, the tensions between West and East and on the question of whether the establishment of the state of Israel has any end-of-time significance. To read for this class: Excerpt from […]
Church leaders calling for amendment to constitutionally mandated date of December 7 every four years for elections. In 2024, the date falls on a Saturday. An amendment would “make it possible for all Ghanaians to exercise their franchise and discharge their civic responsibility without being made to choose between their faith and civic responsibility,” said […]
2 people, so far, have been reported dead in Tonga due to tsunami waves from volcanic eruption. Main island of Tonga appears blanketed in ash, with some buildings appearing to have collapsed. No internet on Tonga as main undersea communication cable was damaged. 18 January 2022 | Seventh-day Adventists across the South Pacific are anxiously […]
Heroes Bible Trivia game barely makes its year-end goal of 100,000 downloads. Heroes used SEO software to determine the most searched Bible-related questions on the internet, and put them together in Bible studies. In Brazil, players can use an AI to help them with their Bible studies. 14 January 2022 | In the closing hours […]
Bottles filled with sand used instead of bricks or cinder blocks. Project took $117,000 to build, which was provided by ADRA International and ADRA Belgium. Center will house medical equipment for primary health care, equipment for a multimedia center, a library and rooms for language learning, sewing and embroidery. Classes in computer skills and languages […]
News reports from Andrews University, Brazil, Ethiopia, the United States and Zambia. Making Peace This weekend, Adventist Peace Fellowship (APF) will hold its second annual online/virtual event, “Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Unholy Trinity: Liberating the Church from Violence,” with the “Unholy Trinity” being racism, militarism and materialism. The event takes place Saturday, Jan. […]
12 January 2022 | Are the “signs of the times” signs of all times? The biblical perspective on “the time of the end” is that we are in the time of the end since Jesus left this earth at his ascension. During these last 20 centuries “signs” have told believers that history is moving in […]
Sajjad Mashi Gill falsely accused of blasphemy in 2011. Gill spent nearly 10 years in prison before a court acquitted him due to insufficient evidence. Pakistan ranked fifth on Christian support organization Open Doors 2021 World Watch list of the 50 countries where it is most difficult to be a Christian. 12 January 2022 | […]
NJC President Karl Archer calls Burnett Robinson an inspiration and “a man mightily, mightily, mightily used by God in the advancement of His cause.” During an NJC interview, Robinson blames some women in his church for posting the video clip of him advocating for marital rape. Robinson said Greater New York Conference administrators “panicked and […]
5 dead, 4 injured, when church building collapses on members during downpour. Collapse of building attributed to poor building materials used during construction. Tragedy comes just one week after six Adventist young adults drowned in Lake Kariba during an Adventist Youth camp meeting. 10 January 2022 | Five members of the Bethsaida Seventh-day Adventist Church in […]
Unvaccinated people have been found to be 23 times more likely to become infected with Omicron, and 25 times more likely to require hospitalization than those who are fully vaccinated. Without a booster, the chance of becoming infected with Omicron is 70 percent. With the booster, the chance of contracting Omicron drops to 25 percent. […]