Loma Linda Implements Ground-breaking Treatment for Parkinson’s
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Leadership Summit Tackles Church Unity
A Seventh-day Adventist leadership summit emphasized that unity is needed to finish the church’s mission of spreading the gospel and overwhelmingly endorsed the unity described by Jesus in John 17. Unity is a key issue among church leaders as the General Conference, the administrative body of the world church, contends with several units that are not in compliance with voted policies.
Adventist Church Appoints Director for Junior Youth, Pathfinders
Based on a recommendation of the Youth Department of the Seventh-day Adventist Church world headquarters, the Executive Committee of the General Conference appointed a new associate director last week, to a position left vacant after Jonatán Tejel returned to his home division in Europe last year. Andrés J. Peralta, a pastor with extensive experience as a youth leader and evangelist, will join the team of director Gary Blanchard and associate director Pako Mokgwane as associate director for Junior Youth.
Volunteer Gravely Injured During Costa Rica Project
A volunteer is in critical condition after falling from a ladder while serving on a SAGE and Maranatha Volunteers International mission trip in Costa Rica. Ken Lauren, of Snoqualmie, Washington State, United States, was painting the interior of the Bribri Seventh-day Adventist Church when the accident occurred, on Jan. 11. He is currently at the Hospital Clínica Bíblica in San Jose, Costa Rica.
At the United Nations, Adventists Emphasize Compassion for Refugees
Migrants and refugees are not “problems to be solved,” but vulnerable individuals who must be treated with respect and compassion, said participants this week at a United Nations symposium co-sponsored by the Seventh-day Adventist Church. The event, held Jan. 22 at the United Nations Secretariat in New York, United States, was the Fourth Annual Symposium on the Role of Religion and Faith-based Organizations in International Affairs, and it brought together some 250 representatives from the UN community, religious groups, and non-governmental organizations.
Adventist University of Health Sciences Installs New President
On Thursday, Jan. 11, Adventist University of Health Sciences (ADU), a Seventh-day Adventist school based in Orlando, Florida, United States, hosted the inauguration of Edwin I. Hernández, its second president. Hernández served as ADU’s provost for two years prior to succeeding the school’s founding president Dave E. Greenlaw on August 1 last year. Under his leadership as provost, ADU has sharpened its standards, embraced innovation, and expanded its degree programs.
Unity Oversight Committee Releases Statement Regarding Way Forward
The Unity Oversight Committee met at the world headquarters on Dec. 14, 2017, with newly appointed chair, Mike Ryan (voted by the General Conference Administrative Committee), and Hensley Moorooven, secretary. At this meeting, the committee adopted a process to help it in its work of reviewing the “Procedures for Reconciliation and Adherence in Church Governance: Phase II” document referred to it by the 2017 Annual Council and developing a new or revised proposal.
Religious Liberty Sabbath highlights a core Adventist value
Church leaders are encouraging Seventh-day Adventists to dig deeper into the meaning of “religious freedom” as the global church prepares to commemorate Religious Liberty Sabbath on January 20. Dr. Ganoune Diop, director of Public Affairs and Religious Liberty department, says that, for Adventists, religious liberty has always been about more than just legal principles or constitutional philosophy.
Youth Ready to Mobilize for Service on Global Youth Day
Thousands of Seventh-day Adventist young people around the world are learning to be the hands and feet of Jesus, to “Be the Sermon,” as the Global Youth Day (GYD) theme states. Through coordinated efforts in each of the 13 World Church regions, youth are recapturing a vision for service and learning there is more to faith than simply going to church. This initiative began in 2013 under former Seventh-day Adventist Youth Director Gilbert Cangy’s leadership. It is one day set aside for youth (primarily ages 15-25) to specifically focus on doing acts of kindness in their communities.
First adult bone marrow transplant successfully completed at LLU Cancer Center
The first adult bone marrow transplant has been successfully completed at Loma Linda University (LLU) Health. The patient, Merlin Decoud, from Moreno Valley, was successfully transplanted on Dec. 7, 2017. “Every step of the way we could not have asked for better people here,” Decoud said. “Cancer is a terrible thing to experience but Loma Linda has been a great experience.”
GYC Convention Emphasizes Practical Outreach
It’s an unusually hot December day when Janelle Glass walks by the row of yellow school buses lined up outside of the Phoenix Convention Center, the scourging heat tanning her Tennessean winter skin. It’s Friday at the annual GYC convention, to veteran “GYC’ers” also known as outreach day. A bus stops at the valet section, and Janelle hops on, finding a spot on the front seat. “The first time I went door to door I was in Washington state for the Youth Rush [literature evangelism] program,” she says. One of the books she sold was The Great Controversy, which is the same book she has with her today, one copy for a divine appointment.
Why Seventh-day Adventists Are Not Fundamentalists
“Seventh-day Adventists are not fundamentalists,” said Andrews University Church History professor Nicholas Miller in the opening plenary of the “Situating Adventist History” conference on the campus of Washington Adventist University in Takoma Park, Maryland, United States, on Jan. 8. The Association of Seventh-day Adventist Historians event, sponsored by the Office of Archives, Statistics, and research and Washington Adventist University, brought dozens of Seventh-day Adventist historians, researchers, and professors together for two days of presentations, Q&A sessions, and discussions.