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'Sanctuary for Conversation' Helps Churches Constructively Address LGBT+ Issues
Sanctuary_Conversation.jpg“Our agenda,” Blake has said (and it’s part of the workshop materials) “is this: we aim to create safe spaces for positive, healing, informed, authentic conversation.” A new...
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Evangelist’s Last Call: Remembering the Legacy of Dr. Graeme Bradford
Bradford Graeme.jpg A Seventh-day Adventist minister and “reluctant” academic dubbed the “thinking evangelist” by his family died May 8 after a four-year fight with melanoma. A Seventh-day Adventist...
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In 2000 Dispute, Paul Charles Accused Adventist Church of Bias, Unfair Labor...
Labour_Relations_Act.jpg In a January 2000 dispute Paul Charles stated that he received written and verbal notice of dismissal from the Seventh-day Adventist Church, and alleged unfair dismissal,...
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Who Are the True Heirs of the Reformation?
Heirs.jpg For the first time ever at a major conference, scholars of church history this past week brought Anabaptists into the conversation about the Reformation’s meaning for the Adventist Church....
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Understanding La Sierra University's Messy Title IX Implementation
Demonstration.jpg As the 5:00pm scheduled start time came and went, the auditorium in La Sierra’s Zapara School of Business buzzed with scores of hushed conversations about sexual assault and campus...
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SID Academics, Church Members Write Open Letter to Ted Wilson
Open_Letter.jpg Statement from Concerned Academics in the Southern Africa-Indian Ocean Division of Seventh-day Adventists regarding the Academic Qualifications of Pastors Paul Charles and Paul Ratsara....
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Soprano Solo Artist Marilyn Cotton Passes Away
Marilyn_Cotton.png Marilyn is known as one of the greatest soprano solo artists in the Seventh-day Adventist Church, choosing to dedicate her voice and life to God instead of the lucrative offers she...
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UPDATED: Southern Africa-Indian Ocean Division President Paul Ratsara Offers...
Ratsara.png Paul S. Ratsara, president of the Southern Africa-Indian Ocean Division of Seventh-day Adventists (SID), has offered his resignation as division president amid an ongoing scandal involving...
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News Headlines: Vandal Leaves Stabbed Bible at Lincoln College View Church...
Stabbed.png Also in this week's headlines: Nebuchadnezzar statue unveiled in the Dominican Republic; Loma Linda University Health breaks ground for new hospitals; newly baptized Honolulu church member...
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UPDATED: Paul Ratsara Steps Down, GC Accepts Resignation as Unisa Begins...
Paul_Ratsara.jpg President Ted Wilson had been notified of the qualifications allegations against Charles and Ratsara in February, 2015. Email correspondence from leaders in the Southern Africa Union...
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Concerned Academics Write Open Letter to Solomon Maphosa Concerning Paul...
Open_Letter_Solomon_Maphosa.jpg The signers of this letter have stated that despite many requests for intervention from the General Conference and the SID, they have received no response from either...
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Netherlands Union Conference Votes 88 to 76 to Continue Ordaining Women
Netherlands_Union_Conference.jpg In a specially convened session, the Netherlands Union Conference of Seventh-day Adventists has voted down a measure that could have rescinded the union's May 30th,...
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Life Sketch of C.D. Brooks (1930-2016)
CDBrooks.jpg As speaker-director of Breath of Life Brooks took his place among legendary Adventist media revolutionaries such as H.M.S. Richards, George Vandeman, William Fagal, and Joe Crews. A second...
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News Headlines: Adventist Health Specifies End-of-life Policies in Response...
End_Of_Life.jpg Also in this week's headlines: Food pantry serves children who suffer from food allergies; Adventist student in Belize wins spelling bee; and Adventist Health System has no immediate...
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North American Division President Daniel R. Jackson on Orlando Mass Shooting:...
Denounce_Daniel_Jackson_Orlando.jpg Daniel R. Jackson, president of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in North America, issued the following statement on June 12, 2016, in response to the mass shooting...
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Responses from Adventist LGBT Communities to Orlando Shooting
LGBT_Adventist.png Statements from Seventh-day Adventist Kinship International and Faith in America. In response to today's shooting in Orlando, Seventh-day Adventist Kinship International released the...
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Adventist Congregations on Both Coasts Reach out to LGBT Communities after...
Pulse_Orlando.jpg The Forest Lake Seventh-day Adventist Church in Apopka, Florida, under the leadership of Senior Pastor Geoff Paterson, announced on Facebook that it would hold free funeral services...
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The Seventh-day Adventist Church's Official Stance on Assault Weapon Sales:...
Ban_Sales.jpg While it is true that violence and criminal inclinations lead to guns, it is also true that availability of guns leads to violence. The opportunity for civilians to acquire by purchase or...
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Registration Now Open for the 2016 Adventist Forum Conference
Nonviolence.jpg Registration is now open for the 2016 Adventist Forum annual conference, titled Non-violence and the Atonement. It will take place September 16-18 at the Doubletree by Hilton Washington...
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News Headlines: Loma Linda University Health Wins Health/Science Emmy (and...
Loma Linda Emmy.jpg Also in this week's headlines: India court denies Sabbath exam exemption; Jamaican Adventist Hospital may fire employees for "biblical sins"; Adventist concrete worker sues employer...
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