21 December 2020 | Jamaican-born Adventist, Floyd Morris, was recently elected to the United Nations Committee for Persons with Disabilities. A member of Andrews Memorial Seventh-day Adventist Church in Jamaica, Morris is visually impaired. He was elected to the committee on November 30 according to NewsAmericasNow (NAN) and an Inter-American Division news report. NAN describes the United […] Source: https://atoday.org/visually-impaired-jamaican-adventist-elected-to-un-committee-for-persons-with-disabilities/

18 December 2020  | An article in the Adventist Review released jointly by the General Conference Department of Health Ministries, General Conference Biblical Research Institute, and Loma Linda University School of Pharmacy and School of Public Health answers some of the objections being raised against the vaccine, such as those made publicly by lay evangelist […] Source: https://atoday.org/denomination-responds-to-covid-objections/

On December 16, the leadership of the Adventist denomination’s South Pacific Division issued a statement on recent developments connected to the COVID-19 vaccine. The division said it had “worked in consultation with its medical professionals and academics” to create the statement. The SPD designed the statement to “enable our members to make informed, evidence-based decisions.” […] Source: https://atoday.org/south-pacific-division-issues-statement-on-covid-19-vaccination/

18 December 2020 | Television station ABC7 reported this week that San Anselmo Spanish Seventh-day Adventist Church held an indoor services last Saturday in direct violation of Marin County, California stay at home orders. ABC7 reported the congregation’s live stream shows a Saturday service with “nearly 20 churchgoers singing together maskless and not socially distanced.” […] Source: https://atoday.org/california-adventist-congregation-holds-indoor-services-in-violation-of-covid-restrictions/