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South American Division Votes to Ordain Women Elders

by Eric E. Richter | 9 July 2021 | From July 6 to 10, 2021 the South American Division (SAD) held a meeting of its Executive Committee in the city of Brasília, Brazil. Several leaders of departments, union missions and institutions were chosen. Plans for the next quinquennium were laid out and some documents were […]

July, 9
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An Apology for Partisanship

By Lindsey Painter 24 July 2018 “Moderation in all things” is a phrase my mother taught me. And I believe it applies to most things in life. Eating healthy, for example. I believe that most of the food I consume should be healthy, but it’s okay for me to have a chocolate truffle sometimes. There’s […]

July, 27
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An Interview with Chris Oberg, Pastor of the La Sierra University Church

By Lindsey Painter | 28 February, 2018 | Eight years ago Chris Oberg made Adventist history by becoming the first woman to hold the position of lead pastor of a university church. She has been faithfully serving her church and her community since that time as lead pastor of the La Sierra University Church. “The church […]

March, 2
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Less of More and More of Less

by Lawrence G. Downing, August 29, 2016: In the course of her May 6, 2016, interview with 2006 Southern Adventist University graduate and KUSC FM[1] on-air host Brian Lauritzen, Spectrum writer Alita Byrd asked Lauritzen whether he considered himself an Adventist still. For those of us who are part of, and care for, the Adventist […]

August, 29
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Adventists in Scandinavia Discontinue Ordination for All Pastors

September 21, 2015: The Adventist national denominational organizations in parts of Europe have decided to discontinue the practice of clergy ordination altogether, in the wake of the vote against ordaining women pastors at the General Conference (GC) Session in July. Yesterday (September 20) the executive committee of the Norwegian Union Conference took this step. The […]

September, 21
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ADVENTIST TOMORROW by Jack Hoehn has become the best-selling book that Adventist Today has published, selling over 850 copies so far (480+ in the paperback and 370+ in the electronic Kindle version). It is being read by Adventist College and University students. It is being read in Canada, in Australia, in South Africa, in Kenya and in Spain, Germany, Norway, Sweden, and Denmark.

Who is reading Jack’s book? Jonathan Butler said it is on his reading list. Smuts Van Rooyen says he is enjoying it. Pastors John Hughson and Kenneth Preston have highly recommended it. Pastor Kevin McGill in Seattle quoted from the book in one of his sermons. Carmen Lau has read the book. Jennifer Ogden, Beverly Beem, Linda Nottingham, Cherri-Ann Farquharson, Gina Olberg have all read it with positive reviews.

Even Clifford Goldstein told Jack he liked the chapter on Intoxicants and got a new idea from the chapter Not a Rib, “but not much else.” (Jack accepts this as good a review from Cliff as he could ever hope for!)

You too don’t have to agree with Jack to read the book. The ideas discussed in the book are important for all caring Adventists to carefully consider. It is up to you to decide what you want to do about these issues. Is there a future for Adventism as well as a past? And what might that future look like?

Readers who like the book say: It’s a good read. I have enjoyed it immensely. A very valuable piece of work. Once I started it, I could not put it down. Very well written. An unprecedented and transformative rescue of Adventist thought. A genuine pleasure and a relief. Added very richly to my heart, soul and mind.

The book is good for individual consideration. It can be even better as the basis for group discussions — Sabbath School classes, book clubs, classrooms, workers’ retreats focusing on the challenges of tomorrow. After you read your copy share it with someone else, or gift them their own copy. There are 92,000 SDA congregations in the world, most of them should be having discussions on important topics like these.

HOW TO GET YOUR COPY–

USA and Canada: CLICK HERE for Amazon.com who will print and mail you a paperback copy for $US 20.00 or send you an electronic Kindle copy for $US 9.00. All profits go to support Adventist Today.

UK: ADVENTIST TOMORROW from www.Amazon.co.UK is available for GBP 14.64 paperback or GBP 6.47 Kindle.

Australia and New Zealand: ADVENTIST TOMORROW from www.Amazon.com.au for $AUD 28.38 for the paperback or $AUD 11.57 for the Kindle version.

Europe: For example Germany has www.Amazon.de where ADVENTIST TOMORROW (in English) is available for EUR 17,41 paperback or EUR 7,42 Kindle. You should be able to do the same with Amazon.[fr/es/it].

Japan: Try www.Amazon.co.jp. where paperback is offered for JPY 2,309 and Kindle for JPY 948.

Kenya: A few copies have been imported to your country, contact us for information.

Other Countries: If not close to one of the above sources, Amazon does ship to other countries. You can go here: https://www.amazon.com/International-Shipping-Direct and find out if a printed book could be shipped directly to you, and what shipping costs would be. Kindle electronic versions have no shipping costs.