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Lightning Strikes Rwandan Seventh-day Adventist Church Killing Fifteen People
2018-03-12-annnews.jpg Lighting struck a Rwandan church on March 10, killing 15 members. More than 130 others attending divine services at the Gihemvu Seventh-day Adventist Church were taken to an area...
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Bernadine Irwin Brings #MeToo Movement To Adventist Church's Doorstep
Bernadine_Irwin.jpg One of the repercussions of this #MeToo moment in which we are living is that many survivors of sexual abuse have been forced to relive the trauma they have experienced. For...
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Adventist Students Join National Walkout Day
20180314_100159.jpg Today students across the United States walked out of their classrooms at 10:00 a.m. in voluntary demonstrations against gun violence in America. The walkouts came one month after...
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A Commenting Policy Update for Spectrum
2018-03-15-comments.png Three years ago, we announced a new commenting policy. The biggest change was the “one-comment” rule, which was met with a variety of responses. Effective immediately, that rule...
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Nevada-Utah Conference Sponsors Raw, Organic Juice Bar — and More News Shorts
food-wesual-click-72548-unsplash.jpg In this week’s news round-up, the Nevada-Utah Conference sponsors a raw, organic juice bar, a Florida Adventist is banned from holding Bible studies in her condo’s...
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Unity Oversight Committee Survey Results
2018-1-25-news.jpg Results from a worldwide survey were presented to the members of the Seventh-day Adventist Church’s General Conference Unity Oversight Committee on March 20, 2018, during a scheduled...
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Rocky Mountain Conference Finds New Way to Serve Community
debby-hudson-572591-unsplash.jpg In an effort to further serve communities, Rocky Mountain Conference Adventist Community Service Director Cathy Kissner recently procured an agreement with the Red...
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Young People Organize Food and Water Drives for Global Youth Day 2018
2018-03-26-GYD2018.jpg Adventist youth around the world deliberately missed out on hearing a sermon on Saturday, March 17, choosing instead to “Be the Sermon” in celebration of Global Youth Day 2018....
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Inter-American Division President Announces Retirement
2018-03-27-iadpres.jpg Inter-American Division President Pastor Israel Leito announced his retirement from church service on Monday. He has been president of the Inter-American Division since 1993 has...
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Adventist Church in Inter-America Votes in New President and Executive Secretary
2018-03-27-iadexsec.jpg Hours after Inter-American Division President Pastor Israel Leito announced his retirement on Monday, executive committee members voted to recommend Dr. Elie Henry as the...
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Photo of Students in Blackface Points to Walla Walla University's Diversity...
Wakanda.jpg A viral photo depicting Walla Walla University students in blackface with the word “Wakanda” superimposed has drawn sharp condemnation and is currently the subject of an administrative...
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South African Supreme Court Calls for a New Election in the Trans-Orange...
south africa flag.png A five year legal controversy over the leadership of the Trans-Orange Conference in South Africa received clarification from the country’s Supreme Court on March 28. In a 44-page...
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Walla Walla University Responds Directly To Racist Image Imbroglio
McVay CommUnity.png On Tuesday, Walla Walla University President John McVay spoke to the whole school during the first of the planned university community conversations. In his nearly-half hour...
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Dakota Adventist Academy Highlighted in Local News — and More News Shorts
2018-04-05-newsroundup-videostill.PNG In this week’s news round-up, Dakota Adventist Academy highlighted in local news, Fiji SDA High School closed due to a meningococcal outbreak, seed exchange...
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General Conference Votes to Exclude Weapons Manufacturers from Its Investment...
kony-xyzx-603851-unsplash.jpg After receiving requests from the Norwegian Union, the Trans-European and Inter-European Divisions, and the Adventist Peace Fellowship, the General Conference of...
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People of the Book and Muslims Conference: Readying Adventists for the Muslim...
2018-04-09-news.PNG Over the April 6-7, 2018, weekend, a seminar series titled “People of the Book and Muslims,” took place at the main auditorium of the Village SDA Church in Berrien Springs,...
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Are We Living the Dream? The 2018 Social Consciousness Summit
2018-04-08-news.png The seventh annual Social Consciousness Summit occurred April 4-7, 2018. Organized by Adventist Peace Fellowship, Adventists for Social Justice, and Andrews University, this year’s...
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Boring Good News from Silver Spring
2018-04-11-ann-gcsm18.jpg With tithe giving up worldwide, there was good financial news for the Executive Committee of the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists as the members gathered in Silver...
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Spring Meeting Postlude
tdubsnewglasses2.PNG The General Conference Executive Committee completed its Spring Meeting work early and was adjourned at noon on Wednesday, April 11. As the members were making their way to the...
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The Other Spring Meetings
General_Conference.jpg When the Executive Committee of the General Conference gathers in Silver Spring the occasion creates the opportunity for many kinds of meetings in addition to the official...
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