30 September 2019 | HIV prevention activists and religious leaders, including Adventist pastors, are fundamentally disagreeing on how to combat the spread of HIV in Uganda. While activists are promoting condom use, many religious leaders oppose this, saying that sexual abstinence should instead be pushed. Uganda’s The Independent reported that Didas Mujuni, the pastor of […] Source: https://atoday.org/hiv-activists-and-adventist-pastors-disagree-on-use-of-condoms-in-uganda/
Debunking Six Myths about Your Pastor
By Dave Gemmell, 30 September 2019 | Throughout the years I’ve heard several myths about pastors. With October (Pastoral Appreciation Month), I thought I’d do a little pastoral myth busting. Myth 1: Pastors only work one day a week: Most people only see their pastor on Sabbath. What they don’t realize is that pastors are […] Source: https://atoday.org/debunking-six-myths-about-your-pastor/
Sharing Scripture for Sept. 29 – Oct. 5
This is a tool for you to use if you lead a Sabbath School (SS) class or small group. It is keyed to the Bible texts used in the current week’s Adult SS Lesson and includes a brief story from current news you can use to introduce the discussion and then a series of discussion […] Source: https://atoday.org/sharing-scripture-for-sept-29-oct-5/
Global Adventist Internet Event in Nairobi Introduced to ACT
By Tyson Jacob, 29 September 2019 | When Adventists involved in various web-based activities gathered in Nairobi during the past week for the East-Central Africa gathering of the Global Adventist Internet Network (GAIN) they were introduced to Adventist Communication Training (ACT), brought to them by the staff of the denomination’s General Conference (GC) communication department. […] Source: https://atoday.org/global-adventist-internet-event-in-nairobi-introduced-to-act/
Little League More Important than Church?
Last spring I asked a friend at church to teach a children’s Sabbath School class a few weeks from then. She checked her calendar and said, “I can’t. That’s the day Noah starts his Little League Baseball.” When I grew up, Sabbath School and church took priority over everything. But now it’s common for families […] Source: https://atoday.org/53156-2/
