Adventist Church in Ireland and UK Affirms Women Ministers
BUC-women-in-ministry-group.jpg Suddenly and spontaneously Church leaders found themselves surrounded by women pastors praying for the Lord to give 'their leaders', the necessary spiritual wisdom to...
View ArticleFor the Record: North American Division Appoints 14 Leaders at 2015 Year End...
Caucusing.jpg Dan Jackson took an opportunity to speak on behalf of involving young adults in leadership. "We need to be very serious about vetting younger people." Jackson said. SILVER SPRING - The...
View ArticlePresident of Church in North America Preaches from Stories of Deborah and...
JacksonPreaching.jpg“Can God use anyone?” Jackson asked rhetorically? “Can God use someone who is 99 years old? Can God use someone who is 9 years old?” It wasn’t rhetorical this time. SILVER SPRING -...
View ArticleCarson: Talk About my Faith, Not My Denomination; Also, Adventists Should...
Carson_Adventist.png Carson told the Des Moines Register, “I’m not a religious person. But I do have a very deep and abiding faith in God. To me that is the thing that is most important.” Dr. Ben...
View ArticleNews Headlines: Adventist Church in Australia Admits Failing Teen Victim
Munoz_Australia.png In the news: Sex abuse scandal in Australia, 25 years of proton treatments in Loma Linda, Adventist president in Fiji, cannibalistic dinosaurs, and Adventists leading wildfire...
View ArticleBREAKING: Adventist Church in North America Approves Sexuality Document
Sexuality.png The Seventh-day Adventist Church in North America today approved a statement dealing with human sexuality that included sections on biblical principals, sexual orientation and practice,...
View ArticleAdventist Church in Australia Responds to Sex-Abuse News Report
Response.jpg The Adventist Church in Australia published a response in Record, the union's official news magazine. The response stated, "While the newspaper article omits critical facts, we have to...
View ArticleStudent Leaders Discuss the Direction of the Adventist Church in North America
AIA_prezes.jpg After lunch in the General Conference cafeteria, we talked together about the NAD Year-end Meeting, the place of young adults in church leadership, and what these young leaders find...
View ArticleHow Will North American Division Human Sexuality Document Be Implemented?
Livesay.jpg Would I be at risk for being fired if I participated in a gay wedding?” one musician asked. “How does this impact those of us being paid through yearly contracts? During the 2014 North...
View ArticleFamily and Colleagues Celebrate the Academic Legacy of Dr. Arthur Patrick
Arthur Patrick.jpg“Arthur reached out to people who were sometimes in great disagreement with him and befriended them, or at least he tried to be their friend." Avondale College of Higher Education has...
View ArticleHEADLINES: Florida Hospital Unveils Wall Honoring Veterans
Orourke.jpg Also in this week's headlines: Ghana Hospital Employees Attacked, Proton Accelerator Targets Veterans' Chronic Pain, Adventist Health Offers Model for U.S., and Maryland Hospital Finds Key...
View ArticlePew Research Examines Adventist Beliefs, Adventist Office of Archives &...
Pew Research Adventists.png Not long after Ben Carson's Adventist faith came to the fore in the Republican race for the White House, the Pew Research Center released data on Seventh-day Adventists in...
View ArticleNous avons tous le même sang quand nous saignons
Paris.jpg Today we stand with our sisters and brothers in Paris; we mourn with those who mourn. Today we mourn with those who mourn. Nous avons tous le même sang quand nous saignon. We all have the...
View ArticleFranco-Belgian Union Approves Statement in Favor of Women in Ministry
Franco_Belgian Union.jpg VOTED: To recognize that the result of the vote does nothing to change the understanding that in the life and mission of the Church, women, just as men, can be ordained for...
View ArticleHeadlines: Kazakhstan Adventist Church Member Found Guilty of Insulting Islam
Convicted.jpg Also in the news this week: Oakwood University Honors Civil Rights Leader John Lewis; Fiji Inaugurates its First Adventist President; California Adventist Church Sign Inspires Community;...
View ArticleAdventist Philosophers—Swimming in the Deep End
SAP_Meeting.png A single question animated interactions among the 25 or so who were attending the Society’s annual meeting: How do human words relate to the Word, the divine self-communication that has...
View ArticleTrans-Europen Division Again Affirms Women in Church Leadership
TED_Affirming_Women.png We encourage women to prepare for Church leadership and pastoral ministry. We will create openings and opportunities, where women’s giftedness is valued, to the benefit of the...
View ArticleAdventism in the Public Square
Refugee_Crisis.png With the candidacy of Ben Carson creating new media interest in Adventism, the topic of Adventism in the Public Square chosen by the Adventist Society for Religious Scholars for...
View ArticleCandy Swartz Becomes First Adventist Woman Pastor to Receive Commissioning in...
Swartz.png The historic service took place on the campus of Bethel College, Eastern Cape, Cape Conference, during the Cape Conference Constituency 3rd Business Session. Along with Swartz, six male...
View ArticleHow Independent Adventist Journalism Stays Vibrant and Strong
Independent.png For small independent nonprofits like Spectrum, Giving Tuesday provides an opportunity to invite the online community in particular to partner with us as we continue to provide quality,...
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