Category Archives: News
Headline Round-Up (27 March 2015)
Here is an unsystematic and incomplete listing of some recent Adventist headlines relating to social ethics and action (excerpts included). Click on the titles to access the complete articles. AU to hold Social Justice Summit: Race and Justice in America (Adv … Continue reading
ANN: Denomination Appoints Ebola Response Coordinator
Ansel Oliver reports for the Adventist News Network: The Adventist Development and Relief Agency has appointed an Ebola Response Coordinator in a move that Seventh-day Adventist Church leaders say will help the global denomination and its numerous entities respond to … Continue reading
NEWS: Ukraine, Reform Movement, and Forest Fires
What is ADRA doing in the Ukraine? (ADRA Canada, 29 July 2014; link) ADRA is supporting people displaced by fighting from the eastern part of Ukraine. This assistance includes hygiene kits, clothes, socks and underwear, disposable tableware, towels, and napkins. … Continue reading
Adventist World (Feb 2014)
The February 2014 edition of Adventist World has at least five stories relating to social ethics and action (I may have failed to see these themes in the other articles). Below are excerpts from each article, and the complete magazine … Continue reading
News Round-up from Three News Outlets
Here are social ethics/action stories from three Adventist news outlets–ANN (official), Adventist Today, and Spectrum. Adventist News Network (ANN) In Europe, Adventists call on Sunday Alliance not to discriminate (11 Feb 2014) In El Salvador, Adventist literacy program brings new … Continue reading
Week’s Links [#5 updated]
This week’s list is shorter than usual, just choosing five stories from three outlets. 1. Adventist Church sides with Muslim woman in workplace religious freedom case (Elizabeth Lechleitner, Adv News Network, 12 Dec 2013) The Seventh-day Adventist Church yesterday filed … Continue reading
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Week’s Links [updated]
SDA: ADRA Responds to Hurricane Ingrid and Tropical Storm Manuel (DelaCruz, ADRA) U.S. President Discusses Imprisoned Pastor with Iranian President (ReligiousLiberty.TV) OPINION: Does Religion Make Civilization Possible? (ReligiousLiberty.TV) Drip, Drip, Drip… The Price Pressure on Food and the Squeezing of … Continue reading
Week’s Links
SDA Forum in Chattanooga to Examine the Christian Divide (CHATTANOOGA TIMES FREE PRESS, Spectrum) How Would An Attack on Syria Affect the Religious Liberty of the Syrian People? (ReligiousLiberty.TV) Brian McLaren Talks About Doctrine and Christian Identity (Scriven, Spectrum) “Examining … Continue reading
Week’s Links
SDA VOICES Adventists Join Oklahoma Tornado Relief Effort (Mark Kellner, Adventist Review) Loma Linda’s Earth and Biological Sciences Department Turns 50 (Heather Reifsnyder & Nancy Yuen, Adventist Review) WARS AND RUMORS OF WARS: SYRIA (Planet in Distress) Religious freedom celebration … Continue reading
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Tagged disaster response, economics, environment, food, health, healthcare, international development, LGBTQ, religious liberty, war
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Week’s Links
SDA Voices & Issues The Kingdom or Ang Ginharian (Ryan, Where the Road Lies) In Jamaica, visually impaired Adventist appointed senate president (Nigel Coke, ANN) First Blind Person to Serve as Senate President in Jamaica is an Adventist (Adventist Today) New documentary … Continue reading
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Tagged disaster response, environment, government, healthcare, LGBTQ, peace, potpourri, trafficking, women in ministry, women's rights
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