by Amalia Goulbourne | 15 October 2023 | The first annual North American Division Archives, Statistics, and Research conference was not the place that I, as a twenty-five-year-old pastor and seminary student, expected to rediscover my calling and motivation to continue pursuing ministry within my denomination. It has been eight painful years since the 2015 […]
by Norma Osborn | 13 October 2023 | To recognize the Conference on Women in Adventist History that is happening this weekend at Sligo Church in Maryland, we asked retired pastor Norma Osborn to remember her ordination—and address an important question. It was September, and the year was 1995. Pastors and members of Sligo Adventist […]
12 June 2023 | On Saturday, June 3, Pastor for Kids and Family Ministries Keren Graves was ordained at Crosswalk Church in Redlands, California, by the Southeastern California Conference. According to the Crosswalk website, Pastor Graves: “is our awesome director of Children and Family ministries. Children’s programs, curriculum, baby dedications, and Vacation Bible School are among […]
WESTLAKE VILLAGE, California — In a groundbreaking statement this morning, Pacific Union Conference leaders announced a decision to commence ordination of female worship band drummers in the region. The new designation is said to be 100% compliant with General Conference working policy, which does not permit or forbid the ordination of drummers, regardless of their […]
by Hannele Ottschofscki | 25 April 2023 | We generally think of the Bible as a book written by men, about men, and for men. It is as if the church has tried to make women invisible in the Bible. And yet they exist—and not only as marginal figures and nameless persons. We need to […]
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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 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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
