News reports from Australia’s Avondale College, Washington Adventist University, Germany’s Friedensau University, the Pacific Union Conference, Nigeria, the 2020 Virtual Summit on Abuse, the NAD Ministerial Association and some very well-travelled lovebirds!: Avondale College, the Adventist institution in Australia, is more research intensive than some public universities despite receiving no government funding, says a national newspaper. It […] Source: https://atoday.org/news-briefs-for-october-29-2020/

by Bjorn Karlman  |  29 October 2020  | Unsurprisingly, leadership decided it would be safest to hold the 2020 North American Division (NAD) Year-End Meetings virtually. Unlike the General Conference Annual Council earlier this month though, top brass opted to physically be at the NAD headquarters for the meetings, they weren’t going to Zoom from […] Source: https://atoday.org/nad-year-end-meetings-2020-thursday-oct-29/

29 October 2020 | This week, the Trans-European Division (TED) reported dates that non-ministerial courses at Newbold College will be terminated. The release of this information follows an announcement earlier this month in which the institution stated its intention to focus exclusively on ministerial education going forward. The latest TED report said the Executive Committee […] Source: https://atoday.org/newbold-college-releases-termination-dates-for-non-ministerial-courses/

28 October 2020 | After news that Steven Arauz, a gay sixth-grade teacher at Adventist-run Forest Lake Educational Center (FLEC) in Longwood, Florida, had been fired, the CEO and president of AdventHealth’s Central Florida hospitals wrote an email obtained by the Orlando Sentinel, saying he was “proud” to welcome workers and patients regardless of sexual […] Source: https://atoday.org/ceo-of-adventhealth-central-florida-defends-forest-lake-teacher-who-was-fired-for-being-gay/