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Seventh-day Adventist world church leaders are set to discuss the theology of ordination and the ownership constituency of a university among other agenda items later this month at the 2014 Annual Council, a meeting of the Seventh-day Adventist world church’s Executive Committee.
The theology of ordination will likely be the key discussion of the seven-day meeting. The denomination has engaged in a nearly five-year study of the matter, which has implications for ordination and how it relates to gender.
October 2, 2014 in From the World Church by IADComm
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Southern Adventist University received the 2014 Governor’s Healthier Workplace award, part of the state’s Healthier Tennessee initiative, for meeting all 32 of the program’s requirements and being an involved community advocate for wellness.
The normal lifestyle on campus met a lot of the simple criteria for having a healthy workplace, including vegetarian meals and an alcohol- and smoking-free environment.
October 1, 2014 in From the World Church by IADComm
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An Adventist boarding school in northeast India has been devastated by a flash flood that killed one teacher and forced it to close its doors to 900 elementary and high school students for at least a month or two.
Floodwaters swamped Riverside Adventist Academy in the Indian state of Meghalay after torrential rain unexpectedly caused the banks of the nearby Didram River to overflow.
October 1, 2014 in From the World Church by IADComm
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A Seventh-day Adventist pastor is missing after being abducted by gunmen during a communion service last Sabbath at a church in separatist-controlled eastern Ukraine, local church leaders said.
Unidentified men carrying machine guns and wearing camouflage burst into the church in the city of Horlivka on September 27 and seized Pastor Sergei Litovchenko, the Ukrainian Union Conference said.
September 30, 2014 in From the World Church by IADComm
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Seventh-day Adventist Church President Ted N. C. Wilson issued the following statement today:
On behalf of the leadership and membership of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in its 13 world divisions, and indeed the more than 18 million members in 215 countries, I would like to express my deep concern for the people in West Africa who are living under the threat of the Ebola virus—particularly in the countries of Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Senegal and Nigeria.
September 29, 2014 in From the World Church by IADComm
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September 26, 2014 | Silver Spring, Maryland, United States | ANN staff A newly released report by a Seventh-day Adventist Church internal commission said claims of forced reconversion to Hinduism in northern India last month are untrue and that members reconverted of their own will because of little support from leadership. The report states: “There […]
September 29, 2014 in From the World Church by IADComm
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Hope Channel, Inc.’s Board of Directors this week appointed producer Gabriel Begle as its new Vice President for Programming, Production and Broadcast.
Begle will provide leadership in the development, production, acquisition, and broadcast of Hope Channel’s television programs, a release stated.
September 25, 2014 in From the World Church by IADComm
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Ted N. C. Wilson, president of the Seventh-day Adventist Church, appealed to church members worldwide to earnestly read what the Bible says about women’s ordination and to pray that he and other church leaders humbly follow the Holy Spirit’s guidance on the matter.
Church members wishing to understand what the Bible teaches on women’s ordination have no reason to worry about where to start, said Artur A. Stele, who oversaw an unprecedented, two-year study on women’s ordination as chair of the church-commissioned Theology of Ordination Study Committee.
September 24, 2014 in From the World Church by IADComm
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A Seventh-day Adventist Church official in Northern Nigeria said the terrorist group Boko Haram destroyed an Adventist Church last month after members fled the area.
The Magar Adventist Church in the Northeastern state of Borno was burned on Saturday, August 23, said Stephen H. Bindas, president of the Northern Nigeria Union Conference, based in Abuja. The incident happened after the congregation’s 67 members left the area to escape Boko Haram’s threats, Bindas said.
September 24, 2014 in From the World Church by IADComm
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The Seventh-day Adventist Church in Spain recently received a license to officially broadcast the nation’s first non-Catholic religious station, marking what Church leaders say is a significant step for religious liberty in the country.
The Association of Adventist Radio in Spain received a license for an FM station from the Council for Audiovisuals in Catalonia on September 3.
September 23, 2014 in From the World Church by IADComm
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