Shooting Occurs at Sumter Adventist Church Basketball Program and More News...
police car.jpeg In this week’s Adventist news round-up, a shooting occurs at a church gym in Sumter, South Carolina, a church pastor in Lancaster, Massachusetts is accused of “skinny dipping” with...
View ArticleAndrews University Marks Passing of Former President Joseph Grady Smoot
2018-1-12-news.png Joseph Grady Smoot, 85, of Pittsburg, Kansas, died Friday January 5, 2018 at Via Christi Village. He had been a resident since January 2015. He served as president of Andrews...
View ArticleNew Coloring Book for Adults Helps Spiritual Creativity
2018-1-16-tednews.jpg Do you ever find yourself doodling around the edges of your meeting notes? Perhaps you even find your accidental art work helps you concentrate. That is the rationale behind a...
View ArticleSeventh-day Adventist Church in North America Issues Statement Emphasizing...
2018-1-17-news.png As the most ethnically-diverse Christian denomination in the U.S., the Seventh-day Adventist Church proudly defends the rights of all men, women and children, no matter their country...
View ArticleGeneral Conference Re-asks the Questions of 2017
question.jpeg General Conference officials are seeking the opinions of church leaders about the views of their membership by doing a simple poll of division and union conference presidents. They are...
View ArticleUnited States Court of Appeals for Tenth Circuit Rules for Plaintiffs in...
cornflakes.jpeg“The Seventh-day Adventist church is pleased with this watershed decision upholding the critically important right of Americans to adhere to their religious beliefs in the workplace,”...
View ArticleReligious Liberty Sabbath Highlights a Core Adventist Value
person-diana-simumpande-197805.jpg Church leaders are encouraging Seventh-day Adventists to dig deeper into the meaning of “religious freedom” as the global church prepares to commemorate Religious...
View ArticleU.S. Department of Health and Human Services Announces New Conscience and...
2018-1-19-hhs.PNG On January 18, 2018, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced the creation of a Conscience and Religious Freedom Division in the HHS Office for Civil Rights...
View ArticleCharles Elliott Weniger Society for Excellence Names Annual Honorees
2018-1-24-news.png Lyn Behrens, Douglas Clark, Richard Rice, and Ella Simmons will be honored by the Charles Elliott Weniger Society for Excellence at its annual awards ceremony February 17, 2018. The...
View ArticleNew TV Series Premieres for 25th Anniversary of the Waco Tragedy
wacotvseriesstill.jpg Waco, a new six-part miniseries on Paramount Network, is set to premiere tonight, just in time for the 25th anniversary of the tragedy that left over 80 dead, including many...
View ArticleHavre de Grace Seventh-day Adventist Church Sends Message of Peace to Trump...
2018-1-25-newsshorts.PNG In this week’s news roundup, the Havre de Grace Seventh-day Adventist Church sends message of peace to Trump, Pastor Roberto Pérez of Spain rests in Jesus, the General...
View ArticleUnity Oversight Committee Releases Statement Regarding Way Forward
2018-1-25-news.jpg The Unity Oversight Committee met at the General Conference world headquarters on December 14, 2017, with newly appointed chair, Mike Ryan. The committee has adopted a process to...
View ArticleThe Sundance Film Festival: Feast and Sacrifice
2018-1-26-sundance-pc-alexcarpenter.JPG But as the apostle Paul says, when in Rome...so while hanging out with the Hollywood crowd I’m trying to fit in while shaking off the lightheadedness and...
View ArticleMichigan Conference Elects New President Jim Micheff
JimMicheff-miconfpres.jpg The Michigan Conference of Seventh-day Adventists has announced its new president will be Elder Jim Micheff. The Michigan Conference of Seventh-day Adventists has announced...
View ArticleTerry Johnsson Receives Lifetime Achievement Award
TerryJohnsson-OregonConf.jpg Terry Johnsson, vice president of mission integration for the Pacific Northwest Region of Adventist Health in Portland, Oregon, was the first Adventist recipient of the...
View ArticleAdventists at the United Nations Emphasize Compassion for Refugees
ann-unmeeting-refugees.jpg Migrants and refugees are not “problems to be solved,” but vulnerable individuals who must be treated with respect and compassion, said participants at a United Nations...
View ArticleDel Delker, Voice of Prophecy Soloist, Passes to Her Rest
2018-2-01-news.png Beloved Voice of Prophecy soloist Del Delker passed to her rest on the morning of January 31, 2018 in Porterville, California, at the age of 93. For more than five decades, whether...
View ArticleBen Carson Enlisted Son’s Help with HUD Event despite Warning of Ethics...
2018-2-1-wapo-bencarson.jpg Last summer, Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Ben Carson enlisted his son’s help in organizing a listening tour in Baltimore, despite warnings from HUD’s deputy...
View ArticlePhilippine Judiciary Rules in Favor of Adventist Student
2018-2-2-news-phillipines.jpg A court in the Philippines ruled in favor of Denmark Valmores, who filed a case against Mindanao State University-College of Medicine (MSU-COM). The petition resulted from...
View ArticleChildren in Germany Send Over 38,000 Care Packages to Children in Need
2018-2-2-adragermany.jpg For 18 years, children in Germany have been packing gift packages for needy children in Eastern Europe through the “Aktion Kinder helfen Kindern” (“Children Helping Children...
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