by Thandazani Mhlanga  |  22 April 2022  | My picture of hypnosis, thanks to the movie industry, involves an unimaginably comfortable couch, a swinging pendulum, and the hypnotist’s persuasive and gentle voice counting down. But that concept always calls to arms the thinker in me to defend logic. Thus I have tended to write hypnosis […] Source: https://atoday.org/the-hypnotic-allure-of-groupthink/

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Offerings worldwide were up 14.15% in 2021 compared to 2020. Revenue for 2021 totaled $223,336,214, and expenses were $193,997,069, leading to a gain of $29M. The GC operated at 73.31% of the cap approved for its office expenses for 2021. Global tithe in 2021 was over 2.6 billion, despite a projected figure of $500 million […] Source: https://atoday.org/denomination-bounces-back-financially-in-2021-following-pandemic-uncertainty/

The General Conference Executive Committee (GCEXCOM) voted unanimously to attach the Ukrainian Union Conference (UUC) directly to the GC during the committee’s Spring Meeting. The UUC was part of the General Conference’s Euro-Asia Division (ESD) headquartered in Moscow, Russia. The new arrangement, framed as a temporary reaction to the war in Ukraine will be reviewed regularly […] Source: https://atoday.org/ukraine-union-conference-detached-from-moscow-headquartered-euro-asia-division/