News reports about Refugee Sabbath as well as from Oakwood University, England, Ogden, Utah and Loma Linda University Health 15 June is Refugee Sabbath for Adventist churches. Many will show “The Tenth,” a 3-minute video available online at refugeeministries.org or on YouTube. Adventist congregations that are involved in sponsoring refugees in their community may introduce […] Source: https://atoday.org/news-briefs-for-june-14-2019/
Former Fresno Adventist Academy Teacher Refuses Plea Deal In Sexual Crimes Case, Could Face Up To 260 Years
12 June 2019 | Christopher Bispham, a former teacher at Fresno Adventist Academy, refused a plea deal this week that would have seen him accept a 30-year prison sentence. Bispham faces accusations of repeatedly molesting students and, if convicted of all charges, he could face up to 260 years in prison. He will be tried […] Source: https://atoday.org/former-fresno-adventist-academy-teacher-refuses-plea-deal-in-sexual-crimes-case-could-face-up-to-260-years/
South African Adventist-Raised Woman Campaigns For Lesbian Rights
11 June 2019 | “I was raised in a strict Seventh-day Adventist family, in a society where a woman was expected to know her place,” said Nondumiso “Ndumie” Funda, 40. “Every aspect of life was handled by men. Women couldn’t be outspoken. We were not equal. But I knew from a young age that I […] Source: https://atoday.org/south-african-adventist-raised-woman-campaigns-for-lesbian-rights/
What Sort of Truth is the Truth of Knowing God?
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/
