When the Washington Conference camp meeting planning team gathered to debrief, the room was filled with stories about how God miraculously provided with the restart of the traditional camp meeting experience. One of the first miracles: the multiplying of food for a welcome back barbecue and the holding back of rain to allow for ample [...]
On June 27, 2023, the North American Division's executive committee elected César and Carolann De León to lead the family ministries department. The De Leóns will serve as director and associate director, replacing Claudio and Pamela Consuegra, who were in the same respective roles and retired on March 31, 2023, after serving the division for nearly [...]
On Thursday, June 29, 2023, the United States Supreme Court delivered a landmark victory for religious freedom and workplace Sabbath accommodation. In the case of Groff v. Dejoy, postal worker Gerald Groff requested that his employer, the United States Postal Service, not schedule him to work on Sundays, his day of worship. At the time, the Postal [...]
Notice is hereby given that the 55th Regular Session of the Idaho Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, Inc. will convene in the gymnasium of Gem State Adventist Academy, Caldwell, Idaho, on Sunday, Sept. 17, 2023, at 9:30 a.m. Mountain Time. The purpose of the meeting is to receive reports of conference activities since the last Regular [...]
Notice is hereby given that the quadrennial session of the Upper Columbia Conference of Seventh-day Adventists is called to convene at the Upper Columbia Academy convocation center in Spangle, Washington, on Sunday, Sept. 24, 2023, at 9:30 a.m. Pacific Time. The purpose of this meeting is to receive from the officers and department directors of [...]
While the Seventh-day Adventist Church was once a large group of multi-generational families attending church and doing community outreach, the membership numbers are decreasing, due in part to the lack of engagement with young adults. Between 1965 and 2022, approximately 17.6 million people left the Adventist Church.1 According to data from a 2014 statistics report2 [...]
Refuge Church marked a significant milestone on May 6 when they were officially recognized as a church entity within the Washington Conference territory. Refuge started five years ago as a church plant focusing on Hispanic students and young professionals. As Refuge has grown, their ministry context has grown as well. “Now we focus on multicultural [...]
In Matt. 5, we find Jesus laying out His understanding of the Kingdom of God, which He announced would be coming soon. His understanding was vastly different from the popular teaching of His day. Seeing the multitudes, Jesus went up on a hillside and began to teach the people. “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs [...]
On Aug. 27, 2022, the Pleasant Valley Church in Happy Valley, Oregon, became the first Seventh-day Adventist Church in the Oregon Conference to have a multi-pastoral staff led by a female pastor.
Communication professionals and communication students from North America and beyond attended the Society of Adventist Communicators Convention Oct. 13–15, 2022.
