Did You Know? 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 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 The Adventist Logo The official logo of the Seventh-day Adventist Church is a recognizable anchor for both church members and the public. It assures the viewer that a church (as in a church sign) or letter can be trusted as a representative and official part of the ... Read more gleaneronline.org Logo Resources Logo ResourcesBesides gleaneronline.org, there are several resources available on the Internet to help church members use the church logo appropriately.Church SignsFor a selection of outdoor sign designs and highway signs to alert the public to yo... Read more A Season of Giving Giving: A State of Heart Giving: A State of HeartThe greatest use of life is to spend it for something that will outlast it.—William JamesLife's most urgent question is: what are you doing for others?—Martin Luther King Jr.We can do no great things; only small things with... Read more A Season of Giving Christmas Fast Facts Christmas Fast Facts* During the Christmas buying season, Visa cards alone are used an average of 5,340 times every minute within the U.S.* To solicit cash for a charity Christmas dinner in 1891, a large crabpot was set down on a San Francisco str... Read more How Time Works Time's OriginsWebster's New World College Dictionary (fourth ed.) defines time as “a period or interval, or the period between two events or during which something exists, happens or acts.”At its core, time is fairly elusive. We can't see it or se... Read more Look for It on the Web Have you ever expected to see a story published in the GLEANER, and it never was? Look for it on GLEANERonline, www.gleaneronline.org.Every month the GLEANER receives more stories than fit into the print version. Look for them on the Web.When time... Read more Amazing People Facts In proportion to its size, the tongue is the strongest muscle in the body.Apples are more efficient than caffeine at waking a person up in the morning.The average person will spend two weeks of their life waiting for the traffic light to change.Th... Read more Theme: Adoption: The Best Option Out-of-wedlock births now account for one-third of all births in the U.S.Source: 2000, National Vital Statistics30 percent of Americans feel that adoption is the most appropriate action for unmarried teens faced with an unexpected pregnancy compar... Read more Did You Know? There are 126 K-8, K-9, K-10, K-12 and 9-12 schools administered by the Seventh-day Adventist church in the Northwest.Within this school system 8,009 students were taught by 693 full-time, part-time, and locally hired teachers.Alaska has seven Adv... Read more Wild Animals Tom and Pat Leeson are Northwest wildlife photographers with an international reputation. Here are nine animals they have photographed. Can you identify the animals? Click here for the answers. To see more of the Leesons photographs visit leeso... Read more Pagination First page « First Previous page ‹ Previous Page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Current page 7 Page 8 Next page Next › Last page Last »
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
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
The Adventist Logo The official logo of the Seventh-day Adventist Church is a recognizable anchor for both church members and the public. It assures the viewer that a church (as in a church sign) or letter can be trusted as a representative and official part of the ... Read more
gleaneronline.org Logo Resources Logo ResourcesBesides gleaneronline.org, there are several resources available on the Internet to help church members use the church logo appropriately.Church SignsFor a selection of outdoor sign designs and highway signs to alert the public to yo... Read more
A Season of Giving Giving: A State of Heart Giving: A State of HeartThe greatest use of life is to spend it for something that will outlast it.—William JamesLife's most urgent question is: what are you doing for others?—Martin Luther King Jr.We can do no great things; only small things with... Read more
A Season of Giving Christmas Fast Facts Christmas Fast Facts* During the Christmas buying season, Visa cards alone are used an average of 5,340 times every minute within the U.S.* To solicit cash for a charity Christmas dinner in 1891, a large crabpot was set down on a San Francisco str... Read more
How Time Works Time's OriginsWebster's New World College Dictionary (fourth ed.) defines time as “a period or interval, or the period between two events or during which something exists, happens or acts.”At its core, time is fairly elusive. We can't see it or se... Read more
Look for It on the Web Have you ever expected to see a story published in the GLEANER, and it never was? Look for it on GLEANERonline, www.gleaneronline.org.Every month the GLEANER receives more stories than fit into the print version. Look for them on the Web.When time... Read more
Amazing People Facts In proportion to its size, the tongue is the strongest muscle in the body.Apples are more efficient than caffeine at waking a person up in the morning.The average person will spend two weeks of their life waiting for the traffic light to change.Th... Read more
Theme: Adoption: The Best Option Out-of-wedlock births now account for one-third of all births in the U.S.Source: 2000, National Vital Statistics30 percent of Americans feel that adoption is the most appropriate action for unmarried teens faced with an unexpected pregnancy compar... Read more
Did You Know? There are 126 K-8, K-9, K-10, K-12 and 9-12 schools administered by the Seventh-day Adventist church in the Northwest.Within this school system 8,009 students were taught by 693 full-time, part-time, and locally hired teachers.Alaska has seven Adv... Read more
Wild Animals Tom and Pat Leeson are Northwest wildlife photographers with an international reputation. Here are nine animals they have photographed. Can you identify the animals? Click here for the answers. To see more of the Leesons photographs visit leeso... Read more
