7 August, 2017

European Adventist Youth Nail Guinness World Record Attempt

A record-breaking attempt at the world’s largest nail mosaic climaxed Thursday, August 3 in downtown Valencia, Spain. A portrait of Jesus, measuring 15 x 9 ft. (5 x 3 mts.) and comprised of thousands of nails is the result of days of hammering by many hundreds of participants at the European Adventist Youth Congress. The project was completed by local Valencians and tourists in the city square, photographed from a nearby rooftop, and then certified by local architect Juan Vicente Torres.

31 July, 2017

Good and Bad News About the Biblical Flood

“If you believe in the biblical flood, let me tell you that I have good and bad news for you,” said Loma Linda University Biology and Paleontology Professor Leonard Brand at the beginning of his presentation on that precise topic. Brand is a seasoned researcher in taphonomy—a branch of paleontology that studies the processes of fossilization and geological factors that influence the preservation of fossils. In his discussion, he developed what he had hinted in a previous presentation.

31 July, 2017

Adventist Hospital Recognized for High-Value Healthcare

Premier Inc., a leading healthcare improvement company, named Florida Hospital DeLand a finalist for the 2017 QUEST® Award for High-value Healthcare for providing outstanding patient care. Only 21 hospitals received this finalist recognition status. These hospitals achieved top performance in any five of the six areas measured in Premier’s QUEST collaborative, including cost and efficiency, evidence-based care, mortality, safety, patient and family engagement and appropriate hospital use.

25 July, 2017

Loma Linda University strengthens health care leadership in Latin America with new certificate program

Educators at the Loma Linda University School of Public Health are working to strengthen the management of Seventh-day Adventist hospitals in Latin America through a healthcare leadership development program that was created to strengthen administrative oversite in the region. A certificate program — which is also sponsored by Adventist Health International, the denomination’s Inter-American Division, and Montemorelos University in Mexico — is focused on healthcare leaders in the region who have backgrounds in business, education, finance or ministry, but lack formal education in healthcare administration.

19 July, 2017

Stargazing Event Propels Visitors to Bible Studies in Ukraine

Activities organized by an informal stargazing club have led to dozens of people requesting Bible studies in Ukraine. From June 30 to July 2, visitors to a “Generation Strong” event in Teplyk, Vinnytsia Region, answered astronomy quizzes, took part in informative lectures and lined up for telescope observation sessions of the moon, Jupiter, and Saturn. Guests were also provided with science-based facts, many of whom suggest the presence of intelligent design in the universe.

18 July, 2017

Researchers Find Links Between Meal Frequency and Body Mass Index

study by researchers from the Loma Linda University School of Public Health and the Czech Republic has found that the timing and frequency of meals play a role in predicting weight loss or gain. Using information gleaned from more than 50,000 participants in the Adventist Health Study-2 (AHS-2), researchers discovered four factors associated with a decrease in body mass index: eating only one or two meals per day; maintaining an overnight fast of up to 18 hours; eating breakfast instead of skipping it; and making breakfast or lunch the largest meal of the day. Making breakfast the largest meal yielded a more significant decrease in Body Mass Index (BMI) than did lunch.

17 July, 2017

It Is Written Breaks Ground for New Ministry Headquarters

A groundbreaking ceremony for the new It Is Written ministry headquarters was held on July 10. More than 300 attended the event that took place in Collegedale, Tennessee, United States. The groundbreaking ceremony featured It Is Written representatives, local government and business leaders, and Seventh-day Adventist Church leadership, including North American Division (NAD) President Dan Jackson, NAD Vice President of Media Gordon Pifher, Georgia-Cumberland Conference President Ed Wright, and Collegedale City Mayor Katie Lamb.

12 July, 2017

What Theistic Evolution Says About God

If you are one who thinks science is boring, think twice. Seventh-day Adventists teachers and church ministerial leaders from across North-America attending the Faith & Science Conference in St. George, Utah, until July 14, are pointing out how informative they are finding the event presentations. “I appreciate the information being provided,” said Anne Collier-Freed, associate professor of Religion at Kettering College in Ohio. “I find it understandable and approachable.”

11 July, 2017

Two Bunches of Roses and God the Creator

More than 330 Seventh-day Adventist science teachers and ministerial leaders in North America (NAD) braved scorching summer temperatures to make their way to the city of St. George, in southwest Utah, United States, for a region-wide Faith & Science Conference, which kicked off on the evening of July 6. The event, which carries the theme “Affirming Creation,” is sponsored by several church organizations interested in the study and promotion of a biblical understanding of origins, including the NAD Office of Education, the world church’s Faith & Science Council, and the Geoscience Research Institute (GRI).

6 July, 2017

Member Involvement Reaches Over 3,000 Sites in Uganda

A nation-wide drive to bring physical and spiritual healing saw Seventh-day Adventist members in Uganda reach over 3,000 sites in the last two weeks. Adventist-sponsored activities offered Bible studies and free medical camps, which are garnering the praise and support of local governments in that African nation. Medical camps in Uganda follow the principles of Total Member Involvement (TMI), a plan by the world church that encourages every church member to take on an active role in ministering to others and sharing the good news of Jesus.

5 July, 2017

Two US Adventist Hospitals Now Offer World’s Smallest Pacemaker

Florida Hospital Memorial Medical Center and Florida Hospital New Smyrna—two Seventh-day Adventist hospitals in the US State of Florida—now offer the world’s smallest pacemaker for patients with bradycardia, a medical condition characterized by a slow or irregular heartbeat. Called the Micra® Transcatheter Pacing System (TPS), this new type of heart device provides patients with the most advanced pacing technology at one-tenth the size of a traditional pacemaker.