Jonathan Russell

In early March, Stan and Gloria Beerman, long-time Oregon Conference employees, announced their upcoming retirements.

On Oct. 21, 2021, the Oregon Conference Executive Committee elected Pastor Jana Lee as the new director for Children's and Family Ministries. For the last 10 years, Pastor Jana has been an associate pastor responsible for ministry to kids and fami...

Twelve-year-old Shirley Giles looked around her church, marveling at the adults who had accepted her, embraced her, loved her and advocated for her. She noticed the old ladies that would stop to give her an encouraging word and the Sabbath School ...

On Oct. 21, 2021, the Oregon Conference Executive Committee took the following personnel-related actions:

In Oregon's Rogue Valley, in the small community of White City, a Samoan Adventist congregation is thriving. 

Jesus set the standard by ministering equally to all persons during His ministry on Earth. Just prior to leaving Earth to return to heaven, He gave the instruction to make disciples of all people, and the closing everlasting gospel to be proclaime...

When fires raged across Oregon in September, tens of thousands of people began to evacuate their homes. But where do fleeing families go to escape the flames? 

It’s almost camp meeting time! Are you ready? Because of the pandemic restrictions, Gladstone Campground will be uncharacteristically quiet in July. Yet we are prayerfully anticipating a spiritual feast as we experience Gladstone Camp Meeting onli...

Portland Adventist Community Services (PACS) invited Laura Pascoe to serve as its next executive director. She began her duties in November 2019. Her selection comes after a four-month search process led by the PACS governing board.

This spring we started a series on the Oregon Conference Facebook page called Oregon Adventist Stories (OAS) to help connect our members on a more personal level. We asked the founder of Humans of Adventism, Kaleb Eisele, to help us with it. He’s ...