9 April 2020 | The North American Division (NAD) of the Adventist Church has released guidance on two pieces of legislation: the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act (CARES) and the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA), both of which are designed to provide short-term financial help to Americans hit by the coronavirus crisis. […] Source: https://atoday.org/nad-leadership-discourages-church-entities-from-accepting-government-financial-assistance-in-coronavirus-crisis/
News Briefs for April 9, 2020
News reports and other announcements from the Union College Communication Program, Breath of Life, Indonesia, the United Kingdom, Spain, Switzerland, the Versacare Foundation, ADRA International and the Upper Columbia Conference: The Union College Communication Program has released its second humorous video in as many weeks, lightening the mood of its growing audience of YouTube subscribers. […] Source: https://atoday.org/news-briefs-for-april-9-2020/
What Can We Learn from the United Methodist Split?
by Larry Downing | 09 April 2020 | A January 3, 2020, Washington Post headline informed members of the United Methodist Church (UMC), and the public, that one of America’s premier denominations was about to enter uncharted territory. Not since the earliest days in England, when Charles and John Wesley met in the homes of […] Source: https://atoday.org/what-can-we-learn-from-the-umc-split/
British Union Conference Furloughs Workers
9 April 2020 | A notice from the British Union Conference confirms that some workers across the union have been placed on furlough and enrolled in the UK government’s Job Retention Scheme. In this, they join some of the biggest companies in the country like British Airways and others, some of whom have furloughed up […] Source: https://atoday.org/british-union-conference-furloughs-workers/
Lockdown! What Will It Teach Us About Church?
by Arthur Sibanda | 9 April 2020 | The situation we are in right now, with people the world over keeping distance from one another, is probably unique in history. It is affecting churches especially, because social distancing means that the things we do every Sabbath morning are the very things that we ought not […] Source: https://atoday.org/what-does-this-lockdown-teach-us-about-church/
