Couple went missing on New Year’s Eve in Alaska’s tundra. Repeated efforts to find them failed. After praying, Arctic Mission Adventure worker impressed with location of where to find them. Rescuers found missing couple just as wolves were closing in. 28 December 2021 | From the North American Division: The phone rang late on New […]
Faith in Texas, a non-profit multi-faith organization, paid bail of nine people and released them from jail on Christmas Eve. Jaime Kowlessar, senior pastor of Dallas City Temple SDA Church, is the executive director of Faith in Texas. Advocates for bail reform in the United States say the bail system is an unfair tool used […]
24 December 2021 | Dear Editor, Thank you so much for Loren Seibold’s AT article today entitled “Presumption: On Jumping off the Temple Roof.” This article may save many lives, and help already overworked, overwhelmed healthcare workers. I worry daily about anti-vax Adventist relatives of mine. If some should die of Covid, I will wonder, […]
Peace Light an actual flame that came all the way from Bethlehem, and is shared throughout the world. Peace Light lit from oil lamps that have been kept burning for more than 1,000 years. Due to COVID-19 restrictions, Adventist church in Germany aims to share Peace Light digitally and through online Peace Light Christmas Service. […]
News reports from Hollywood; Missouri, US; Mongolia; Washington, D.C. Gifted WGTS-FM Washington, D.C., a radio station with affiliation to the Seventh-day Adventist community, was recently named Religious Station of the Year at the 2021 National Association of Broadcasters’ (NAB) Marconi Radio Awards. We Need to Talk, from the same station, was named Best Radio Podcast […]
James Leonard Comazzi is accused of killing a nurse in a hit-and-run. Comazzi has pleaded not guilty. Comazzi’s arrest was the latest in a string of recent arrests of medical professionals that had worked for Adventist Health Sonora. Police noted parallels to case of Danny Anderson, also a doctor from Sonora who had also attended […]
Police found child porn on the computer of Brandon Diaz, who said he worked for AdventHealth. Diaz is under investigation for hacking computers at Polk State College. After he had been terminated by Lakeland Regional Health and Polk State College for a failed drug test, AdventHealth apparently still hired him. 21 December 2021 | Police […]
Following the Blueprint Ministries building a community in rural Jamaica. Group has been accused of “brainwashing.” Group is also behind “Sunday Law” and “Mark of the Beast” billboards in Jamaica. 20 December 2021 | Recently, members of Following the Blueprint (FTB) Ministries in Jamaica have banded together to build a community nearly an hour’s drive […]
Friedensau Adventist University to offer free undergraduate theology degree in 2022. The master’s course is sponsored by the Inter-European Division and is supported by the German associations It is taught in German and is initially only free for students from the EUD. Friedensau also offers a free master’s degree in theology. The bachelor’s degree and […]
News reports from Germany, Loma Linda Children’s Hospital, Russia, South America, Trans-European Division. Sexual Violence Topic of Adventist Short Film Talking to young people about issues such as sexual violence, guilt and the possibility of returning to church after such events is not easy, especially in the context of Christian communities. A short film titled […]
15 December 2021 | The 28 fundamental beliefs of Seventh-day Adventists turns out to be a poor tool for capturing the tapestry, richness, nuances, complexity, and downright contested differences in theological convictions among the members who make up the religious community. As the denominational family grows, ecclesiastical maneuvers jockey to hide the differences that reside […]
Lucy Byard, an Adventist woman, was denied treatment in 1943 at what is now known as Washington Adventist Hospital because she was African American. “It was the Byard affair of late 1943 that served as the primary catalyst to bring about needed change in the church,” said Calvin Rock, former GC vice president. On Dec. […]