WASHINGTON, D.C.—In a bold and unexpected executive order signed this morning, President Donald Trump announced that the United States is officially withdrawing from the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists (GC), ending a relationship that has spanned over a century. “We’re done with this GC thing, folks, believe me,” Trump declared from the White House lawn, […]
In a fiery press conference President Donald Trump praised Seventh-day Adventist General Conference (GC) leadership for their “visionary, ahead-of-the-curve rejection of woke DEI [Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion] nonsense,” citing their decades-long tradition of maintaining homogeneous leadership structures. “These folks didn’t need executive orders—they just naturally kept things merit-based, by which I mean, very traditional,” Trump […]
In a surprising turn of events, BarelyAdventist (BA) managed to secure an exclusive interview with General Conference (GC) president Ted Wilson over the weekend. We’re still not sure how we pulled it off, but we suspect it might have something to do with our strategic placement of Little Debbie snacks. Here’s how it went: BA: […]
A fundamental shift has occurred in our church that directly affects your right to know what’s happening within our denomination. This fall, the General Conference adopted item #6 — a GC working policy addition that makes it a disciplinary offense for any church employee, including pastors and communication staff, to share information with independent Adventist […]
SILVER SPRING, Maryland — The General Conference (GC) building joined the festive season by decorating each floor with an impressive amount of red tape. Feeling the tithe parity squeeze, the treasury department banned the use of any other material for dressing up office spaces. But since there was no end to the supply of red […]
SILVER SPRING, Maryland — General Conference (GC) officials have been working hard to offer some form of concession to placate advocates of women’s ordination who were bitterly disappointed by the GC San Antonio “No” vote on the issue. Although the vote result means that regionally approved women’s ordination for pastoral ministry is not sanctioned by […]
By AT News Team, March 26, 2015: For two weeks leading to the Adventist Global Youth Day on March 21, nearly 150 youth and their sponsors participated in service projects in San Antonio. The MOREcompassion Mission Trip was planned by the Texas Conference, which “has been working towards preparing San Antonio for the General Conference […]