By Zack Payne | 5 June 2020 | Four years ago I wrote an article for another publication entitled, “An Appeal To Fellow White American Adventists.” Across the nation we had just experienced a handful of painful reminders that we cannot ignore racial issues as though they were a thing of the past. Walter Scott, […]
by Loren Seibold | 26 May 2020 | I have an African American friend whom I hold in high esteem—a gentleman of wisdom and uncommon common sense. So when he says something, I listen. And recently he said something that kicked me in the head. It was about Ahmaud Arbery. Ahmaud Back in February Ahmaud […]
By AT News Team, April 6, 2015: Andrews University, the flagship educational institution of the Seventh-day Adventist Church, is hosting a four-day conversation on race and justice in America (April 8-11). Nightly events will use various formats—panel discussion, film and presentations—to consider race issues within Adventism as well as the wider North American society. This […]
By AT News Team, March 12, 2015: Andrews University, Union College and the Allegheny East Conference have each addressed issues of race relations recently. On February 28, 2015, the Allegheny East Conference (AEC) hosted a town hall meeting, which addressed the on-going relevance of Regional Conferences, or conferences primarily for black Seventh-day Adventist congregations. Participants […]