April 17, 2013
Bus driver was terminated for Sabbath absences despite notification
Apr 17, 2013 Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
Ansel Oliver/ANN
A Seventh-day Adventist school bus driver in the U.S. state of Louisiana has won the right from a federal appeals court to proceed with a workplace discrimination case over his observance of Sabbath.
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April 16, 2013
Auditing service to adjust funding structure over four years
Apr 16, 2013 Battle Creek, Michigan, United States
Elizabeth Lechleitner/ANN
In 1899, the fledgling Seventh-day Adventist Church had only $55.33 in a bank account here in Battle Creek. Two years later, the financial landscape had worsened. The church was some $40,000 in debt. The fiscal crisis would spur early Adventists to reorganize...
April 15, 2013
Delegates urged to ‘practice what they preach’; a walk during every meeting break?
Apr 15, 2013 Battle Creek, Michigan, United States
Elizabeth Lechleitner/ANN
Adventist evangelist Mark Finley quoted a line yesterday from his mentor, television ministry legend George Vandeman, to encourage Seventh-day Adventists to take a more proactive approach to personal and corporate health.
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April 14, 2013
Johnson, Westphall also elected to fill vacancies at world church headquarters
Apr 14, 2013 Battle Creek, Michigan, United States
ANN staff
Delegates of the 2013 Spring Meeting voted today to elect Dr. Peter Landless, a physician and pastor, as director-elect of the Seventh-day Adventist world church’s Health Ministries department. Landless will replace current director Dr. Allan Handysides...
‘Where do we go from here?’ Adventist Church president asks
Apr 14, 2013 Battle Creek, Michigan, United States
Mark A. Kellner/Adventist Review and Elizabeth Lechleitner/ANN
In the end, it seemed fitting that an archivist—in this case, David Trim of the Seventh-day Adventist world church—would encapsulate two days of presentations reflecting on the 150 years since the denomination...
At Battle Creek, Sabbath message calls for recapture of urgency
Apr 14, 2013 Battle Creek, Michigan, United States
Mark A. Kellner, News Editor, Adventist Review
Meeting in the city where the Seventh-day Adventist Church’s General Conference was first organized, members of the world church's Executive Committee heard a direct call from Adventist world church president Ted N.C. Wilson,...
April 13, 2013
Delegates review development of denomination; groundbreaking for replica of first publishing house in Michigan
Apr 13, 2013 Battle Creek, Michigan, United States
Elizabeth Lechleitner/ANN
In a replica of the meeting house where Seventh-day Adventist Church pioneer and prophet Ellen G. White once spoke for 10 hours on the Great Controversy, world church leaders met yesterday to commemorate the...
April 10, 2013
Magazine, cut with penknife, united Sabbatarian Adventists
Apr 10, 2013 Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
Elizabeth Lechleitner/ANN
Editor’s note: This story is part of a series of historical articles published this year marking the 150th anniversary of the Seventh-day Adventist Church.
In July of 1849, James White...
April 8, 2013
Young director was at forefront of church technology
Apr 8, 2013 Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
Elizabeth Lechleitner/ANN
Andrew Kuntaraf, an advocate of using technology to empower better and more effective ministry, died on April 6 from injuries sustained in a motorcycle accident near Charles Town, West Virginia. He was 33.
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April 5, 2013
The renowned neurosurgeon speaks with his church amid media attention
Apr 5, 2013 Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
ANN staff
When Dr. Ben Carson spoke at February’s National Prayer Breakfast in front of United States President Barack Obama, his critical views on national healthcare legislation and the country’s increasing debt set the media abuzz.
His comments have since...