News Headlines: Record Keeper Named Among Best Sci-Fi Web Series (And More!)
Record Keeper.png Also in this week's Adventist News Headlines: Auburn Adventist Church ends Sabbath homeless breakfasts; Utah churches host free THRIVE clinics; Adventists and Muslims receive...
View ArticleBelgian-Luxembourg Conference Suspends All Pastoral Ordinations
Belgian-Luxembourg-Conference.jpg The following statements were voted at a special meeting of the Belgium-Luxembourg Conference executive committee on November 29, 2015. They were made in response to...
View ArticleNews Headlines: South Caribbean Conference President Decries Carnival,...
Moses.png Also in this week's headlines: Tennessee church members repair local home, Cayman Academy students raise money for Cancer Society, North Carolina Congregations partner with other groups to...
View ArticleThe One Project 'Create Conference' Mandate: "Keep It Local"
Create_Conference.png On the last day of The One Project, a smaller group of about about 180 attendees met at the Create Conference, billed as a "hopeful, faithful, constructive, creative, and...
View ArticleAlexis Davis Chooses La Sierra University Over UNC, Howard, to Honor Sabbath...
Alexis_Davis_LSU.jpg For most ambitious basketball-playing high school seniors, scholarship offers from top-tier universities would be a dream come true. For most ambitious basketball-playing high...
View ArticleWeniger Society Honors Roy Branson, Robert Lemon and Sandra Roberts
WenigerAwards.jpg These annual awards by the Weniger Society are the Adventist “Oscars”. The recipients represent the best in Adventism and reflect the values of Charles E. Weniger, who during his life...
View ArticleNews Headlines: Nevada Caucus on Sabbath a Hindrance for Some Adventists, Jews
Sabbath_Caucus.jpg Also in this week's headlines: Adventist Health Florida pays $2 million fine; Adventist coach misses state tourney to keep Sabbath; Loma Linda University Health docs re-implant...
View ArticleSuper Tuesday Notes: More Adventists Are Democrats than Republicans
SuperTuesday.jpg Voters in twelve U.S. states and American Somoa go to the polls today to cast primary election ballots on this Super Tuesday. According to research from the Pew Research Center,...
View ArticleAs Ben Carson's Campaign Ends, He Still Invokes Divine Leading
Carson.jpg Seventh-day Adventist presidential candidate Dr. Ben Carson has elected not to participate in this evening’s Republican debate, indicating that his campaign is all but finished. In a...
View ArticleBen Carson Officially Out of the 2016 Presidential Race, Joins Christian...
MyFaithVotes.png Carson was the only African-American in the crowded Republican field, and the first Seventh-day Adventist to seek the nomination for president. He briefly overtook businessman Donald...
View ArticleGrowing "Cloud of Witnesses" Exchanges Ordination Credentials for...
Growing_Cloud.jpg During its regular meeting on March 2, 2016, the North Pacific Union Conference executive committee approved the request of 10 pastors to voluntarily relinquish ordination...
View ArticleWomen in Top Positions of Adventist Leadership Remain Extremely Rare
Adventist_Women_Who_Lead.jpg The Pew Research Center has released information about women in top positions of religious leadership. Pew’s finding: women as top religious leaders are rare. When it comes...
View ArticleNews Headlines: Washington Adventist Hospital Breaks Ground on White Oak...
White_Oak_Groundbreaking.jpg Also in this week's headlines: "Malawi Adventist women clean up community; LLU Health donates $15k to SBD police; AHS shares wellness model with communities worldwide; and...
View ArticleBen Carson's Next Move: Ride Trump's Coattails?
Carson_Trump.jpg Carson’s move is seen by many as a play for the White House as a prospective vice presidential running mate to Donald Trump. Dr. Ben Carson endorsed Donald Trump this morning one week...
View ArticleSeventh-day Adventist Church in Sweden Votes to Stop All Pastoral Ordinations
Equality_Among_Pastors.jpg The Seventh-day Adventist Church in Sweden announced today that like Norway and Denmark and Belgium-Luxembourg have done, the Swedish Union of Churches Conference will cease...
View ArticleAdventist Church in Brazil Launches Campaign to Fight Zika Virus
zika.jpg The Adventist Church in Brazil kicked off the Zika Project, a national campaign to raise awareness, prevent new infections, and mobilize people to act against a virus that the World Health...
View ArticleTed Wilson Meets With Church Leaders in Germany, Discusses Ordination In Depth
Wilson_Germany.jpg Adventist leaders in Germany who have long supported women’s ordination had a chance at last to discuss the issue face to face with the leader of the Worldwide Seventh-day Adventist...
View ArticleNews Headlines: Loma Linda University Graduate Appointed Florida's Interim...
Celeste_Philip.jpg Also in this week's headlines: Former Adventist employee converts to Catholicism; Zambian government refunds Christians' tithe; Zambia members warned against partisan politics at...
View ArticleFriedensau Theology Faculty Members Issue Unanimous Statement on Ordination
Ordination.jpg We suffer with the women in pastoral ministry from the current situation, which by reason of a deficient understanding of ordination leads to a struggle for status and inhibits the...
View ArticleBelgian-Luxembourg Conference Responds to Brussels Attacks
Brussels_Attack.png"We are shocked by these attacks. Violence in whatever name of God, can never be excused. At the same time we must be careful to not treat a particular ethnicity or religion...
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