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Delegates from the Inter-American Division to this year's Global Adventist Internet Network Conference held at General Conference Headquarters in Silver…
300 leaders break ground on new Washington Adventist Hospital
More than 300 community members and elected officials gathered to break ground for a new $331 million Washington Adventist Hospital in White Oak, Maryland. The hospital, scheduled to open in early 2019, will replace an aging facility built in 1907 just 6 miles (10 kilometers) away in Takoma Park.
Adventists in Jamaica mourn the passing of NCU professor
The Seventh-day Adventist family and the faculty, staff and students of Northern Caribbean University (NCU) is mourning the sudden passing of Dr. Teran Milford, late Professor and Interim Dean of the of the College of Education and Leadership at NCU. Dr. Teran Milford. Image by Orville Morgan/NCU Dr. Milford died March 3, 2016, after he collapsed during his regular morning walk. He was 65.
Adventist Church in the Cayman Islands hosts national service on International Women’s Day
The Seventh-day Adventist Church in the Cayman Islands hosted this year’s national service to launch Honouring Women Month kick off at the Kings Seventh-day Adventist Church in Grand Cayman, on Mar. 5, 2016. The Honouring Women Month, comprises a month-long program of activities organized in conjunction with the observance of International’s Women’s Day. Premier of the Cayman Islands Hon. Alden McLaughlin praised women for being “the most powerful prayer warriors,” he said. “Prayer develops powerful thinking.”
L’Eglise Adventiste aux Iles Caïman organise un service national lors de la Journée Internationale des Femmes
10 Mars 2016 – Grand Caïman, Iles Caïman – Patricia Ebanks/DIA L’Eglise Adventiste du Septième Jour dans les Iles Caïman…
In Nicaragua, Adventist School is first secondary school in nation to integrate digital technology
A Seventh-day Adventist school in Nicaragua was featured on national television as the first secondary school in the nation to integrate digital technology in the classroom. Students at Colegio Vocacional Adventista de Nicaragua, or Adventist Vocational School in Nicaragua, (COVANIC) began using digital boards, and tablets as the school year began earlier last month. Channel 2 News Media, one of the largest television stations in the country, featured the story in a 5-minute report.
Thousands of Adventists fight Zika virus in Brazil
As global alarm grows about the Zika virus, hundreds of thousands of Seventh-day Adventists in one of the most affected countries, Brazil, decided to respond with their hands and feet. The Adventist Church in Brazil kicked off the Zika Project, a national campaign to raise awareness, prevent new infections, and mobilize people to act against a virus that the World Health Organization has declared a global public health emergency.
Southern Adventist University takes steps over racially charged App posts
Southern Adventist University has blocked a social media app and organized a series of open discussions on race after insensitive comments were posted during a campus worship service led by an African-American seminary student. The anonymous comments appeared on Yik Yak as Corey Johnson, an Oakwood University graduate and seminarian at the Seventh-day Adventist Theological Seminary at Andrews University, spoke at a Friday evening vespers on Feb. 26.
Adventist Risk Management CEO to step down
Robert E. Kyte, president and chief executive officer of Adventist Risk Management, has announced his retirement from the Seventh-day Adventist Church. Kyte will retire on May 31 to pursue other business interests in Idaho, according to Adventist Risk Management, or ARM, which offers insurance and other solutions for minimizing risks within the Adventist Church.
Andrea Luxton named president of Andrews University
Andrea Luxton has been named as the next president of the Seventh-day Adventist Church’s flagship Andrews University, offering what colleagues call a stellular track record in leadership as she joins a growing number of female presidents at Adventist institutions of higher education. The Berrien Springs, Michigan-based university announced Tuesday that its board of trustees had elected Luxton, the university’s provost since 2010, to replace Niels-Erik Andreasen when he retires after 22 years as president at the end of the current academic year.
It Is Written celebrates 60 years after an initial failure
When the Seventh-day Adventist Church first asked George Vandeman to try to use television as a means of reaching people with the gospel, the project failed. It was the late 1940s, and people were unsure how to use television for Christian programming. Not everyone was convinced that the new technology had a future.
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Seventh-day Adventists take a moment with open palms before prayer during a Sabbath School Congress focused on the "Lord Transform…