4 June 2020 | This Friday evening, June 5, 2020, Adventist regional presidents from across the United States will be holding a live fireside chat to respond to the killing of George Floyd, an unarmed black man, by police. View the live conversation on the Facebook page for the Southwest Region Conference. The session will […] Source: https://atoday.org/live-fireside-chat-friday-evening-june-5-regional-presidents-respond-to-killing-of-george-floyd/

4 June 2020 | On Wednesday this week, a number of Oregon Conference pastors, including conference president Dan Linrud, came to downtown Portland to pray with protestors who were condemning racial injustice in America. The Oregon Conference had invited those that wished to join the protest by reminding them of the Oregon Conference position on […] Source: https://atoday.org/oregon-conference-pastors-join-peaceful-protest-in-portland/

On June 2, the Adventist Peace Fellowship released a statement lamenting the killing of Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, and George Floyd. The organization condemned white supremacy in society. It called for “Church leadership to acknowledge, confess, and repent of our involvement in oppressing our neighbors.” Adventist Peace Fellowship is an independent 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that […] Source: https://atoday.org/adventist-peace-fellowship-condemns-white-supremacy-culture/

News reports from the Pennsylvania Conference, Columbia, Portland, Oregon; Tracy, California and the Washington Conference: Since the state government has stated that churches can reopen, the Adventist denomination’s Pennsylvania Conference is encouraging its local churches to begin the process of safely resuming in-person worship services. Pastors have been given guidelines from the government, the Center […] Source: https://atoday.org/news-briefs-for-june-4-2020/