Leadership to Change on Spectrum Website
Spectrum Leadership Transition.jpg Alisa Williams brings a strong background in writing, editing, and management to her new full-time position as Spectrum’s managing editor. On Wednesday March 1, Alisa...
View ArticleCentral Jamaica Conference Employs First Female Pastor
3-1-17 Article.png The Central Jamaica Conference (CJC) of Seventh-day Adventists announced on February 28, 2017, that it has employed its first female pastor, Latoya Smythe-Forbes. The Central Jamaica...
View ArticleSecond Installment in Adventist LGBT+ Short Film Series "Outspoken" Released...
Outspoken2.PNG Daneen Akers and Stephen Eyer released the second installment today in their ten-part series of short documentaries titled “Outspoken.” The films feature the stories of LGBT+ Adventists....
View ArticleKenyan Adventist Students Win Right to Worship on Sabbath – News Shorts
KenyanStudents.PNG Also in this week's headlines: Jamaica Adventist Churches tackle crime reduction through youth mentoring project, Blue Zones Project founder reveals longevity secret, PUC Men's...
View ArticleSalvadorian Immigrant Brought to Adventist Hospital after Collapse in ICE Prison
HuguleyHospital.jpg While in a Texas detention facility, 27-year-old Sara Beltran Hernandez had a seizure and collapsed. She was rushed to Texas Health Huguley Hospital, a Seventh-day Adventist...
View ArticleMore Upheaval at River Plate Adventist University
Universidad_Adventista_Del_Plata.jpg River Plate Adventist University (Universidad Adventista del Plata), the Seventh-day Adventist University in Entre Rios, Argentina, has announced the replacement of...
View ArticleNAD Leaders to Young Adventists: 'Undiluted, Transparent, Let’s Talk'
ThisThingOn.png Daniel R. Jackson and G. Alexander Bryant will answer questions in a Facebook Live conversation with college-age Adventists. The North American Division has planned a Facebook Live town...
View ArticleGerman-Swiss Conference Elects Stephan Sigg as President
Stephan_Sigg.jpg Sigg will take up his new position after the International Youth Congress in Valencia, Spain, has taken place in the autumn of 2017. The 145 delegates from 32 churches together with...
View ArticleAvondale Study Helps Church, Ministers Find Work–life Balance
Long_Williams.jpg Three in four surveyed ministers indicate work interferes with developing and maintaining friendships and with participating in out-of-work activities, and almost all (90 per cent)...
View ArticleNorth American Division Leaders Address Student Questions on Race, Gender,...
Screen Shot 2017-03-17 at 12.59.27 PM.png In the inaugural "Is This Thing On?" conversation with college-age Adventists, Daniel Jackson and Alex Bryant discussed some of the big questions facing the...
View ArticleReidar Kvinge Leaves Norwegian Union Presidency for Evangelism
3-17-17B Article.png Pastor Reidar J Kvinge announced that he is resigning as president of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Norway March 15, 2017 | Pastor Reidar J Kvinge announced today that he is...
View ArticleThousands of Adventist Young People Participate in Global Youth Day
GYD17.jpg Thousands of Seventh-day Adventists impacted their communities in more than 100 countries on Saturday, March 18 during the annual Global Youth Day event. Thousands of Seventh-day Adventists...
View ArticleZimbabwe Adventist Youth Blood Drive Breaks Local Records – News Shorts
ZimbabweBloodDrive.jpeg Also in this week's headlines: Jamaica Conference youth become ‘hands and feet of Christ,’ Ghana women’s ministry donates items to local prison, Brazilian Adventist high school...
View ArticleIn Landmark Sermon, Chris Oberg Discusses Science of Sex and Gender
Chris and Kerby Oberg.png Some might say discussing gender can bring no satisfying solution, Oberg noted, “but silence is worse,” she said. “This is our world, and this is the world God so loves." In a...
View ArticleUnity 2017 Conference Announced
Unity2017Conference.PNG A three-day conference, organized by 10 Seventh-day Adventist unions from across the globe, was announced this week. Scheduled for June 15-17, 2017 in London, the conference is...
View ArticleSt. Helena Hospital Renamed Adventist Health St. Helena – News Shorts
2017-03-29_NewsShorts_StHelenaHospital.jpg Also in this week's headlines: Papua New Guinea Adventists hold community clean-a-thon, Jamaica Adventist youth repair homes for seniors, and over half of...
View ArticleAdventist Survey Reveals Broad Support for Ordination of Female Pastors
2017-03-30.png Just after the U. S. national election, readers participated in a short survey with questions about the national election, as well as several questions about controversial social issues...
View ArticleGeneral Conference Corporation Sues Pathfinder Shirts LLC
Pathfinders.jpg The lawsuit, General Conference Corporation v Pathfinder Shirts, LLC and filed in Federal Court in Orlando, Florida, stipulates that Pathfinder Shirts, LLC have used a retail store and...
View ArticleHacksaw Ridge Producers Headline 2017 Sonscreen Film Festival
Sonscreen.jpg Former chair and CEO of 20th Century Fox Bill Mechanic and Terry Benedict, director of the Desmond T. Doss documentary “The Conscientious Objector” will discuss the Oscar winner and their...
View ArticleVictor Marley to Lead Adventist Church in Norway
2017-04-03 News Norway.png Victor Marley has been elected by the Norwegian Union Executive Committee as the new leader of the Seventh-day Adventist church in Norway. This follows the March 15...
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