By Connie J. French “Are you willing to die for the truth?” The question weighed heavily on my preschool shoulders, with fears of the investigative judgment and the time of trouble and persecution so confidently taught to me as I grew up in the Seventh-day Adventist Church. Truth? What truth? God? Knowing God? I was […] Source: https://atoday.org/what-sort-of-truth-is-the-truth-of-knowing-god/
A Changing Church: Adventism in Papua New Guinea in the 1980s and 1990s
by Ronald Lawson, Ph.D. | 11 June 2019 | A summary paper written in 2002 Although Adventism experienced an astonishing rate of upward mobility in the New Guinea Highlands, especially the Southern Highlands, during this period, much of the rest of (PNG) Adventism, especially in the villages, remained poor in income, lifestyle, and level of […] Source: https://atoday.org/a-changing-church-adventism-in-papua-new-guinea-in-the-1980s-and-1990s/
St. Croix Adventists Organize Red Flag Motorcade Against Abuse
10 June 2019 | Adventists on St. Croix (one of the U.S. Virgin Islands) organized a motorcade featuring red flags that went from one end of the island to the other. “Caravan Red Flag” took place last Saturday and was organized to protest abuse of all kinds as part of an ongoing “enditnow” anti-abuse campaign […] Source: https://atoday.org/st-croix-adventists-organize-red-flag-motorcade-against-domestic-abuse/
Adventist Workers Don Leaves to Protest Caste Abuse
10 June 2019 The Seventh-Day Adventists of Southern Asia Division Facebook page is reporting that employees from the Usilampatti Seventh-day Adventist School in Tamilnadu are protesting their dismissal by the school administration by donning dress of leaves. All of them claim to be of a low caste, and say that the treatment is a result […] Source: https://atoday.org/adventist-workers-don-leaves-to-protest-caste-abuse/
Sharing Scripture, June 9-15
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-june-9-15/
