Oakwood University Board Votes Historic Recommendation
Oakwood University's newsletter, sent out today, contained the significant announcement from the university's president that the school wants to shift its sponsorship from the General Conference (it,...
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Riverside Adventist Academy in India Flooded, Teacher Drowned
Greg Khng first fell in love with India in 2012 when he traveled to the northeast part of the country with the Walla Walla University annual immunization trip, led by the WWU nursing program. In the...
View ArticleCamino SDA Church Shelters Evacuees from California's King Fire
Burning since September 13, the King Fire has swept its way through El Dorado County, California, leaving 96,004 acres destroyed in its wake.The local Seventh-day Adventist Church in Camino has teamed...
View ArticleTwisting the Tail of the Comet: Bill Loveless at the Beginning
Today a memorial service for William A. Loveless, a beloved pastor who impacted countless lives during his notable career, is being held at the Loma Linda University Church at 2pm. Since his recent...
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Union College Hosts Service Remembering Victims in Iraq
Union College hosted an Interfaith Iraq Peacemaking and Memorial Service yesterday, September 28, that drew 300 people in remembrance of Yazidi people who have been killed and enslaved by the jihadist...
View ArticleGrowing Up Adventist: Learning What's Really Important
“God is so good; He's so good to me!”The words of this chorus certainly apply to me. I obviously had no choice in who my parents were, but God chose the perfect parents for me. Oh, they weren’t...
View ArticleThree Angles News - Adventist Pastor Abducted in Ukraine
1. Ukrainian SDA pastor Sergei Litovchenko was abducted by armed men during a communion service last Sabbath, forced to lock his Horlivka church, and driven away in a car. His whereabouts are unknown....
View ArticleTaking The Next Step
Thank you, Spectrum readers. You have made possible the next big step in the history of our organization. Jared Wright begins his work as the full-time managing editor of the Spectrum website...
View ArticleHandover
At the end of June 2013, 15 months ago, Alexander Carpenter wrote a farewell message on the Spectrum blog — this blog that he started and nurtured and made into the must-read destination it became. He...
View ArticleThe Possibility of an Impossible Online Community
Hospitality is only truly hospitable when freely offered, at least initially, without condition. As Jacques Derrida notes, if one already knows whether a midnight knock on the door is likely to be a...
View ArticleWhy Stephen Bohr Wants Male Headship in the Adventist Church
Stephen Bohr's summation of the arguments for women's ordination? "They're based on faulty reasoning, faulty study of Scripture, partial evidence, redefining words, injecting contexts that are not...
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Male Headship Symposium Day Two: Satan is Behind Feminism
Laurel Damsteegt took the "Women's Ordination: History, Issues and Implications" symposium into unusual territory Thursday morning, making the case that Spiritualism (communication with evil spirits)...
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Adventist Forum Conference 2014 Kicks Off in San Diego
Following a rosy San Diego sunset, the 2014 Adventist Forum Conference, celebrating “The Great Adventist Stories,” commenced this evening in the Fairbanks room of the Sheraton.Harmony-laden treatments...
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Kilby Killed It Sabbath at the Adventist Forum Conference
Sabbath morning at the 2014 Adventist Forum Conference began with sunrise over San Diego’s South Bay, color seeping into the marina, barely illuminating the city skyline. With the day beginning outside...
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Vision for the Medium: North American Adventism and Mass Media Today
If you’ve ever attended the Sonscreen Film Festival, you’ve likely been impressed by the creativity and ingenuity on display. At this annual event, developed in 2002 by the North American Division of...
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What’s Next for the Children of the Disappointed?
Turn to metaphor and ambiguity.Address the disappointments of others.Don’t think we determine the time of Christ’s return.Left out won’t do; never give up.Late Sabbath afternoon at the Adventist...
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Representatives Provided With Their Conclusions on Women's Ordination ahead...
2014 Annual Council organizers have stopped at nothing to make sure that delegates flying in from around the world for the October 9-15 General Conference-based meetings are adequately prepared for...
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Adventist Forum Awards Breakfast at San Diego Conference
Sunday morning in San Diego began with fellowship in the Fairbanks room as 2014 Adventist Forum Conference attendees gathered around tables and enjoyed breakfast and good company. Laughter and...
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The Status of Women's Ordination Ahead of Annual Council
Seventh-day Adventist leaders from around the world are on their way to Silver Spring, Maryland for the 2014 Annual Council. The meetings span six days, from October 9 to 15. Women's ordination, which...
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