PERSPECTIVE: Reverence and Worship As I walked into the gym, the volume of voices confused and then dismayed me. I had arrived a little late for the church service at an Adventist academy and expected to find worshipers eager to hear the word of God. Instead, the speaker at the mic... Read more
Fast Facts The Seventh-day Adventist Church was first officially organized in 1863 with 3,500 members, all within North America.Today, more than 90 percent of church members reside elsewhere, in 203 different countries around the world.Adventists speak in mo... Read more
Our Worldwide Church Worldwide churches – 51,000 with 12.3 million membersSabbath Schools – 112,541 with 15.3 million membersBaptisms – 2,600 new members each dayMinisters – 14,500Schools – 6,300 with 1.2 million studentsHospitals – 169Worldwide tithes and offerings –... Read more
My Friends with Young Families, Remember: The Cats in the Cradle The Cat’s in the CradleWhen our kids were small, some well-meaning sage would comment to us, “Well, enjoy them now because before you know it, they’ll be gone!” We’d patronizingly nod our assent, realizing that what they said was, in fact, true. B... Read more
My Friends with Young Families, Remember: The Cats in the Cradle The Cat’s in the CradleWhen our kids were small, some well-meaning sage would comment to us, “Well, enjoy them now because before you know it, they’ll be gone!” We’d patronizingly nod our assent, realizing that what they said was, in fact, true. B... Read more
Fast Facts The Seventh-day Adventist Church was first officially organized in 1863 with 3,500 members, all within North America.Today, more than 90 percent of church members reside elsewhere, in 203 different countries around the world.Adventists speak in mo... Read more
Our Worldwide Church Worldwide churches – 51,000 with 12.3 million membersSabbath Schools – 112,541 with 15.3 million membersBaptisms – 2,600 new members each dayMinisters – 14,500Schools – 6,300 with 1.2 million studentsHospitals – 169Worldwide tithes and offerings –... Read more
Facing the Great Depression There’s an intriguing line of research on depression that shows one group in our society as being significantly less affected by this mental illness than any other group. Care to guess what the group might be? Left-handers? Blondes? Psychology maj... Read more
