What is the relationship between religious scripture and violence? The 2020 Beach Lecture held on Tuesday 13 October, explored this question – in 105 minutesSource: https://adventist.uk/news/article/go/2020-10-20/scripture-and-violence-the-2020-beach-lecture/
Religion News Service Talks to NAD President G. Alexander Bryant About Leveraging Denomination’s “Strength of Diversity”
19 October 2020 | On October 2, Religion News Service (RNS) published an interview with the president of the Adventist denomination’s North American Division (NAD), G. Alexander Bryant. The conversation focused on the idea of leveraging the church’s “strength of diversity.” Bryant was identified as “the second African American to lead his division of the […] Source: https://atoday.org/religion-news-service-talks-to-nad-president-g-alexander-bryant-about-leveraging-denominations-strength-of-diversity/
Digital Evangelism 101: Why Be Online and Why Now?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jil4eZWeKn8
Even before the Pandemic of 2020, churches were sensing a need to find new and innovative ways to connect with people more deeply. Digital Evangelism is simply following Christ's example of meeting people where they are and in today's world, that is on technology. From YouTube to Facebook to Instagram and TikTok the world is increasingly spending more time on digital platforms. The church wants to respond and they are seeking more resources to help them understand how to do evangelism in the digital arena. This video explains why we need to be online and some of the reasons churches struggle and our best tips to move beyond the fears you may have to reach your community where they can be found! Join host Pastor Kyle Allen, AWR Vice President and his guests Alyssa Truman (AWR Marketing Manager), Karen Glassford (AWR Center for Digital Evangelism Director), Pastor Jose Cortes, Jr. (Evangelism Director for North American Division) and Pastor Sam Neves (Associate Communications Director for the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventist church) MORE ABOUT DIGITAL EVANGELISM 101 AWR Vice President Kyle Allen hosts this new series, Digital Evangelism 101, that will cover three areas of Digital Evangelism – Content Creation, Marketing & Promotion and Follow-Up. This weekly series will help you grow as an individual or as a church in your digital presence. Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jil4eZWeKn8
Dear Little Church: It’s Time for Me to Move On
by Monika Arnold | 16 October 2020 | Dear Church: This is hard. I pray it lands gently, and that it’s an opportunity for reflection for all of us. There are so many things I love about you, dear church; the traditional old-fashioned hymns, song service, kneeling for prayer, that you’re a multicultural group. I […] Source: https://atoday.org/dear-little-church-its-time-for-me-to-move-on/
The ATSS communion was a foretaste of our meeting in heaven
16 October 2020 | Dear Adventist Today, My wife and I recently participated in your virtual communion service. It moved me to examine my involvement in previous standard communion celebrations. This examination was in an attempt to determine what made this service such a uniquely moving event. In so doing, my mind wandered back to […] Source: https://atoday.org/the-atss-communion-was-a-foretaste-of-our-meeting-in-heaven/
