22 October 2020 | by Jim Walters and Nathan Schilt This dialogue is reading for the Adventist Today Sabbath Seminar of 24 October. Nate to Jim: I sometimes ask myself a question when my passion for earthly justice threatens to produce more judgment and negativity than love and compassion: How much have the truly important […] Source: https://atoday.org/biblical-perspectives-on-the-2020-election-a-dialogue/
Gay Teacher Fired From Adventist School In Florida
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/
Mt. Roubidoux pastors dismissed, questions remain
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/
Birmingham Churches Reach Out Under Lockdown
You never let a serious crisis go to waste. And what I mean by that it’s an opportunity to do things you think you could not do before. Rahm Emanuel
What a different year it has been! Although the pandemic has caused the doors of our church buildings in Area 5 to remain closed for the past seven months, it has given us the opportunity to do things and to influence the lives of people in our communities in ways we would not have thought possible had the crisis not arisen.
Here is a summary…Source: https://adventist.uk/news/article/go/2020-10-21/773/
