By Andrew McChesney and Marcos Paseggi, Adventist Review
Don’t worry if you happen to walk into a Seventh-day Adventist church in the United States where English is not the first language of choice. Chances are you are worshiping in one of the increasingly typical Adventist congregations across the country.
Seventh-day Adventists are the most racially and ethnically diverse religious group in the United States, according to a report released Monday by the Pew Research Center, a respected non-partisan organization in Washington.
“Thirty-seven percent of adults who identify as Seventh-day Adventists are white, while 32 percent are black, 15 percent are Hispanic, 8 percent are Asian, and another 8 percent are another race or mixed race,” Michael Lipka, a Pew editor who focuses on religion, wrote in the report.
Adventists ‘Most Racially Diverse Religious Group in U.S.’
By Andrew McChesney and Marcos Paseggi, Adventist Review Don’t worry if you happen to walk into a Seventh-day Adventist church in the United States where English is not the first language of choice. Chances are you are worshiping in one of the increasingly typical Adventist congregations across the country. Seventh-day Adventists are the most racially and…
Read MoreADRA and NHF conduct Health Clinic for the Clifton
The Adventist Development Relief Agency (ADRA) partnered with the National Health Fund (NHF) to conduct a free, two-day health clinic for the residents of Clifton Community in Portmore, St. Catherine. The clinic was held on Monday July 20 and Tuesday July 21 and over 400 persons benefited. The NHF utilized its recently acquired state-of-the-art mobile…
Read MoreFacing Isolation, Adventist Public Officials Form an Association
By Bettina Krause, ANN An international group of Seventh-day Adventists holding high public office has banded together to form a new association aimed at ending the isolation that its members have experienced as Christians in government service. The World Adventist Public Officials Association elected Floyd Morris, Senate president of Jamaica, as its first president at…
Read MoreOutstanding Work in Religious Liberty Recognized at GC
Photos and story by Phillip Castell In an effort to show appreciation and recognize the outstanding work by Public Affairs and Religious Liberty (PARL) around the world, the department of PARL of the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists hosted a special luncheon on July 8, 2015 during the 60th General Conference Session in San Antonio,…
Read MoreDeparting Adventists Impress San Antonio Airport Staff
By Andrew McChesney, news editor, Adventist Review Seventh-day Adventists impressed San Antonio’s mayor by providing $20 million in free healthcare to local residents in April, three months before the opening of the 2015 General Conference session. The 65,000 Adventists who attended the July 2-11 session delighted local businesses by spending more than $40 million. Now…
Read MoreSan Antonio Mayor Grateful for GC Session and Steps to Christ
By Andrew McChesney, Adventist Review / ANN San Antonio Mayor Ivy R. Taylor thanked Seventh-day Adventists for bringing the free healthcare and the 2015 General Conference session to her city — and said she looked forward to reading a brand-new copy of Steps to Christ. General Conference president Ted N.C. Wilson, speaking at a closing meeting…
Read More3 New and 3 Incumbent GC Vice Presidents Elected
By Sandra Blackmer, Michael Campbell, and Andrew McChesney, Adventist Review / ANN, with information supplied by Adventist.org A slimmed-down leadership team of six general vice presidents has been elected to the General Conference and charged with helping implement three mission-oriented goals that the Seventh-day Adventist Church intends to prioritize over the next five years. The lineup includes three new officers—Guillermo…
Read MoreWhat U.S. Same-Sex Ruling Means for Adventists
By Todd McFarland, associate general counsel, General Conference, and Orlan Johnson, director, public affairs and religious liberty department, North American Division The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision that finds a constitutional right to same-sex marriage raises a lot of questions for the church. This decision, reached on June 26, 2015, in Obergefell v. Hodges, is one that many Seventh-day…
Read MoreTo Every Nation
G. T. Ng, Executive Secretary The Seventh-day Adventist Church began with a handful of Millerite Christians trying to make sense of the Great Disappointment in 1844, when Jesus did not return as expected. This small band of faithful members refused to give up their faith. They shook off their despondency and resolutely obeyed the biblical injunction…
Read MoreNominating Committee Chooses Continuity and Change
By Stephen Chavez, Adventist Review/ANN Delegates unanimously reelected G. T. Ng as General Conference (GC) executive secretary and GC undertreasurer Juan Prestol-Puesán as General Conference treasurer. Ng, whose service for the denomination includes being a pastor, seminary professor, and General Conference administrator, was elected as GC secretary five years ago at the GC session in Atlanta.…
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