22 October 2019 | It has been 175 years since the Adventist movement began in the aftermath of “The Great Disappointment” on 22 October 1844. Baptist evangelist William Miller began preaching in the 1830s that Jesus would return in 1844 and attracted the support of an estimated one in ten Americans. When Christ […] Source: https://atoday.org/adventists-celebrate-175th-anniversary-of-the-movement/
How I Got the Compliance Committee News So Wrong
By Loren Seibold | 22 October 2019 | Just one month ago, I published a piece about a rumor I’d heard concerning the discontinuance of the infamous compliance committees. I took my cue from two bits of information: some leaks we’d heard from an Adventist Today friend to the effect that Elder Wilson was having […] Source: https://atoday.org/how-we-got-the-compliance-committee-news-so-wrong/
The Problem with the Day-Year Principle
by André Reis | 21 October 2019 | To Adventists everywhere, happy Great Disappointment day! In this anniversary commentary on Millerite history, I deal with the day-year principle (or year-day principle)—of which Seventh-day Adventists are the main proponent—which posits that any time period found in biblical prophecy must be converted to days and then to […] Source: https://atoday.org/the-problem-with-the-day-year-principle/
Website Infrastructure Update
For the next 24 to 48 hours we are going to be making some changes to our website infrastructure. This process will include updating our website operating system to provide increased security, and moving our website hosting to the cloud. For brief periods, the site may not be available while we inform the internet of […] Source: https://atoday.org/website-infrastructure-update/
An Open and Frank Letter to My Church’s Leaders
by Neroli Dobson | 20 October 2019 | Dear Church Leaders in the South Pacific Division and the Australian Union Conference: This morning I was reminded of a quote attributed to Martin Luther King Jr.: “There comes a time when silence becomes betrayal.” Challenged by these words from a great man of God, I must […] Source: https://atoday.org/a-letter-to-my-church-leaders/
