21 October 2020 | Steven Arauz, a gay sixth-grade teacher at Adventist-run Forest Lake Educational Center in Longwood, Florida, has been fired. The Orlando Sentinel reported today that Arauz was fired after administration discovered his sexual orientation. The teacher who “was viewed as a model foster and adoptive parent, a single dad who gave talks […] Source: https://atoday.org/gay-teacher-fired-from-adventist-school-in-florida/

21 October 2020  | Back-to-back letters on October 18 from the leaders of the Southeastern California Conference (SECC) and the leaders of the Mt. Roubidoux Seventh-day Adventist Church in Riverside, California, confirm the dismissal of two pastors: the senior pastor, Michael Kelly, and associate pastor Rebecca Davis. The letters, originally posted on social media, have […] Source: https://atoday.org/mt-roubidoux-pastors-dismissed-questions-remain/

20 October 2020 | The Adventist university in Beirut, Lebanon, announced increased enrollment for the start of the 2020-2021 school year. An ANN news story points out the growth for Middle East University (MEU) comes despite an economic crisis in the country as the local currency lost 80% of its value over the last several […] Source: https://atoday.org/middle-east-university-increases-enrollment-despite-covid-19-and-economic-crisis/