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Religious Conservatives - And Their Neighbors - More Likely to Divorce, Study...

A new study to be published in the American Journal of Sociology tackles the "puzzling paradox" of why divorce is more common in religiously conservative "red" states, and especially, why it's not only...

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So, Who Exactly Runs The Adventist Church?

The Azure Hills Church in Grand Terrace California hosts a series on Adventist history entitled "The Advent Movement: Progress or Regress?" Pacific Union Conference* communications director Gerry...

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3 Angles News January 29, 2014

1. Taxes affecting clergy salaries have been brought into question by a court ruling.  United States District Judge Barbara Crabb ruled in Wisconsin that the clergy tax-exemption for housing violates...

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Ben Carson Joins Newt Gingrich's Anti-Obamacare PAC

Retired Seventh-day Adventist neurosurgeon, Fox News contributor, and Tea Party favorite Dr. Benjamin Carson has teamed up with Newt Gingrich's American Legacy political action committee to spearhead a...

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ANN Confirms Shift Toward Acceptance of Women's Ordination

The Adventist News Network, the official news outlet of the Seventh-day Adventist Church, confirmed Tuesday that the takeaway from the recent General Conference Theology of Ordination Study Committee...

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ANN Removes Article Indicating Movement Toward Women's Ordination Worldwide

The Adventist News Network (ANN) first published, then removed an article that reported increasing favorability toward women's ordination worldwide. The article noted that at the General Conference...

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Happy Friday From our Adventist Caricaturist Friends

Keep on wrestling, and have a good weekend!Image courtesy www.sdacaricatures.blogspot.com

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First-ever posthumous award from the Anti-Defamation League to an Adventist

At its annual meeting in February, the Anti-Defamation League will present the Jan Karski “Courage to Care” award to a man credited for saving over 1,000 Jewish men, women, and children, Allied pilots,...

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Sabbath Sermon: Wintley Phipps, "The HPLP Gene"

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From the Outside Looking In: Making Sense of Adventism as a "Former"

House-hunting can be a daunting task, even with all the tools the internet has to offer.  I can set all the necessary parameters, study the photos, check the "street view," and even drive to the...

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European Sunday Alliance Holds Second Conference

The European Sunday Alliance — a coalition of various trade unions, civil society organizations and religious communities — recently held its second Conference on Work-free Sundays and Decent Work at...

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Three Angles News - February 5, 2014

1. Kettering College has named Nate Brandstater as the college’s new president, replacing Alex Bryan. Brandstater comes to Kettering College in Kettering, Ohio, from La Sierra University in California,...

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The Latest from the PUC Academic Freedom Debate

On Tuesday afternoon, Pacific Union College President Heather Knight sent a message to all the PUC faculty called “Academic Freedom: Continuing to Learn Together,” with an update on the debate over...

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Sabbath Sermon: Alex Bryan, "The Gap"

1.11.14 Alex Bryan, "The Gap" from Walla Walla University Church on Vimeo.The sermon begins at the 20:10 point of the video.

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Reflections on an African Adventist Report on Ordination Issues

The full report of the East-Central Africa Division of the General Conference (ECD) Biblical Research Committee (BRC) to the Theology of Ordination Study Committee has now been released online at the...

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Viewpoint: GYC Presentation Promotes Damaging Message About Gay Youth

Like a lot of denominations, the Seventh-day Adventist church is getting it wrong when it comes to its LGBT youth. We're completely wrong, and we're putting lives at risk. I've spoken up on behalf of...

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3 Angles News - Adventists Combat Female Genital Mutilation

Recognizing the International Day of Zero Tolerance to Female Genital Mutilation on February 6, the Adventist Church joins many other organizations in working toward eliminating the process of female...

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Napa Valley Register Calls Out PUC's Duplicity in Land Battle

An editorial in the Napa Valley Register on February 8 takes the side of the land conservation group Save Rural Angwin, agreeing that the Napa County Board of Supervisors needs to take action sooner...

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GYC Presenter Offers Public Apology

Michael Carducci was among the speakers at the Generation of Youth for Christ (GYC) "Before Men And Angels" convention in Orlando, Florida last month. Carducci spoke about homosexuality in his...

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How Adventists Started Believing in the Trinity

The Azure Hills Church in Grand Terrace California hosts a series on Adventist history entitled "The Advent Movement: Progress or Regress?" In this presentation, Dr. Gilbert Valentine, Chair of the...

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