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Recent studies by Barna Research and Pew Research indicate that many people who have left mainstream, evangelical and Catholic churches over the past 25 years are open to returning.Approximately 40 million people have left churches in the past 25 years, a number greater than the total who joined during the last Great Awakening.Not all churches [...]
EuGene Lewis, long-time regional leader in the Pacific Northwest, has accepted an invitation from North Pacific Union to serve as vice president for regional affairs beginning in January 2025. He steps into this role following the dedicated service of Byron Dulan, who recently retired.Lewis brings a wealth of experience and a deep connection to ministry [...]
Follow the daily reading plan and you will read the entire Bible in a year. Nov. 1: Ezek. 16–19 Nov. 3: Haggai Nov. 4: Ezek. 20–21 Nov. 5: Ezek. 22–23 Nov. 6: Ezek. 24–27 Nov. 7: Ezek. 28–31 Nov. 8: Ezek. 32–37 Nov. 10: Ezek. 38–39 Nov. 11: Ezek. 40–41 Nov. 12: Ezek. 42–43 Nov. [...]
Camille Garvey was born into an Adventist family. Life got busy, and the Garvey family stopped attending church. When Garvey asked her mother why, she expressed concerns about the judgment and coldness members often displayed.Although they stopped attending, they still honored the Sabbath by listening to worship music and watching sermons. Garvey and her siblings [...]
The Second Coming of Jesus Christ is a solid biblical teaching — one of our core fundamental beliefs — that forms a major part of our identity as Seventh-day Adventists.In Matt. 24, Jesus takes a lot of time to describe the signs which reveal the time of His Second Coming is near, however, He told [...]
Follow the daily reading plan and you will read the entire Bible in a year. Oct. 1: Isa. 64–66 Oct. 2: 2 Kings 20–21 Oct. 3: 2 Chron. 32–36 Oct. 4: Nahum Oct. 6: Zephaniah Oct. 7: Jer. 1–3 Oct. 8: Jer. 4–6 Oct. 9: Jer. 7–9 Oct. 10: Jer. 10–13 Oct. 11: Jer. 14–22 [...]
Follow the daily reading plan and you will read the entire Bible in a year. Sept. 1: Jonah Sept. 2: 2 Kings 1–7 Sept. 3: 2 Kings 8–11 Sept. 4: 2 Kings 12–13 Sept. 5: 2 Chron. 24–28 Sept. 6: 2 Kings 14–19 Sept. 8: Micah Sept. 9: Isa. 1–7 Sept. 10: Isa. 8–12 Sept. [...]
Have you ever met someone new? Maybe you went to a new classroom or visited a new town. That’s what Paul and his friends did.They went to a city they had never been to. It was Sabbath, and there was no church to worship in. Paul knew that small groups met in homes or by [...]
In an era where screens dominate daily life, one Pacific Northwest group of professionals has embarked on a mission to infuse faith into the digital world. Their journey, rooted in a childhood under the shadow of religious censorship in the Soviet Union, has blossomed into a project that seeks to engage and enrich spiritual lives [...]
Dear Northwest Adventist readers,A year ago, I began a sacred new chapter of interacting with readers through our bimonthly Gleaner magazine, a weekly e-newsletter, the NWAdventists.com website and our @NWAdventists social accounts. It’s been a good year of growth, discovery and learning.As we continue this journey together, the NW Adventists editorial team wants to give [...]
Did you know that smoking was once acceptable on airplanes? It wasn’t until the 1980s that health advocates convinced Congress to make legislation to ban in-flight smoking.If someone tried to smoke on a plane now, they would be fined and chastised by flight attendants and passengers alike. It wasn’t always this way. In 1971, United [...]
Changes are happening on the Gladstone Park Conference Center grounds. In July, crews arrived to begin the preparations for the new Gladstone Pavilion.In February 2023, the Oregon Conference executive committee voted to move forward with the Gladstone Pavilion, a project that would provide a permanent roof over the main seating area for Gladstone Camp Meeting. [...]
There’s a quip about how life is 10% what happens to you and 90% about how you react to it. This is particularly true for the Pathfinder experience at this year’s International Pathfinder Camporee which saw a variety of travel adventures, the realities of having 60,000 people gathered in one place and the resiliency before, [...]
Follow the daily reading plan and you will read the entire Bible in a year. Aug. 1: Psalm 119:89–176 Aug. 2: Song of Sol. 1–4 Aug. 4: Prov. 1–9 Aug. 5: Prov. 10–17 Aug. 6: Prov. 18–26 Aug. 7: 2 Chron. 2–4 Aug. 8: 2 Chron. 5–7 Aug. 9: 2 Chron. 8–12 Aug. 11: 2 [...]
Follow the daily reading plan and you will read the entire Bible in a year. July 1: 1 Chron. 11–19 July 2: 1 Chron. 20–29 July 3: Psalm 1–5 July 4: Psalm 15, 20, 55 July 5: Psalm 28–30 July 7: Psalm 36–42, 47 July 8: 2 Sam. 5–13 July 9: 2 Sam. 14–19 July [...]
Who are your people? What is good news to them? Where do my people need me to show up for them? These are the questions that attendees were challenged to answer at the North American Division Young Adult LIFE Tour's latest stop at Pleasant Valley Adventist Church in Happy Valley, Oregon, April 19–20, 2024. Young [...]
Oobleck, egg drops, potato launchers, chemical reactions, explosions, electrocuting pickles, welding lessons, high ropes course, building and cooking over a fire, new songs, new friends and new experiences — sounds like too much fun to be school! Those were just a few of the experiences that fifth- and sixth-graders were able to have when they attended [...]
Follow the daily reading plan and you will read the entire Bible in a year. June 2: Judges 8–15 June 3: Judges 16–21 June 4: Ruth June 5: Psalm 6–11, 14 June 6: Psalm 16–19 June 7: Psalm 21, 27, 31 June 9: 1 Sam. 1–9 June 10: 1 Sam. 10–17 June 11: 1 Sam. [...]
Dan Linrud, Oregon Conference president, after much prayer, initiated an executive committee meeting in which he offered his resignation on Thursday, May 23, 2024. This action was accepted by the Oregon Conference Executive Committee.The resignation is effective immediately and will initiate a four-month sabbatical for Linrud. Following his sabbatical, Linrud will be eligible to seek [...]
Washington Conference’s 61st constituency session on May 5, 2024 served as a day of reflecting on God’s blessings from the last five years and fittingly began with 280 delegates singing “Great is Thy Faithfulness.”Constituency sessions are important times for church representatives to gather. They're a time to listen to ministry reports, observe trends, ask good [...]
