Churches within the South Atlantic Conference have not re-opened since closing in mid-March due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Let us be absolutely clear. We still believe that this virus has a high probability of being spread, especially in large gatherings such as worship services and funerals. Bearing this in mind, attendance at the service for...
On May 31, 2020, Oakwood University president Leslie Pollard wrote the following letter to the school’s community following the death of George Floyd. Oakwood University is an historically Black Seventh-day Adventist school in Huntsville, Alabama, United States.—Editors Since I first shared my feelings about recent events in our nation on last Thursday morning [May 28, 2020] during...
I was a delegate at the 2015 General Conference Session in San Antonio, Texas. The overarching issue at that session was the issue of women’s ordination. I remember a conversation that I had just prior to the final vote with Dr. Sandy Roberts, the President of the Southeastern California Conference, which is the largest conference...
I have been extraordinarily blessed in my life and ministry to have known-with a fair degree of closeness-many of the major figures in our church. The late Elder C.D. Brooks was my pastor as a little boy in Cleveland, Ohio. The late Elder E.E. Cleveland’s wife was a good friend of my late mother; Elder...
Monday, May 25, America’s seething cauldron of social turmoil erupted into a rage that has become difficult to suppress. It is a rage for justice, and the unmasking of a lie. As a black man I know this: everything you’ve seen on television is only the iceberg’s tip of how that lie has misshapen the...
Office Re-openings: The first Regional Conference Office openings have taken place. South Atlantic Conference, headquartered in Decatur was the first to re-open, on May 26. The workers worked in split shifts in order to reduce the number of people in the office at any one time. Additionally, the staff donned masks and gloves when they...
May 14-23 Allegheny West Conference Speakers: Dr. W.T. Cox, Elders Marvin Brown, Samuel Thomas, Jr., Stan Hood and Steven Lewis June 12-13 South Central Conference Speakers: Elder Benjamin Jones, Jr., Michael Kelly, Drs. Paul Shongwe and Toussaint Williams June 14-20 Central States Conference Speakers: Dr. James Doggette, Sr., and Elder Lola Moore-Johnston ...
The coronavirus pandemic has caused major disruption and chaos around the world. I do not think that any of us have ever seen anything like it. But there has been some good that has come out of it. I am blessed to still have a job and that means I get to work from home....
During the COVID-19 pandemic, food banks have limited supplies. This is causing a strain on the Adventist Community Services (ACS) centers that are continuing to serve and support families and individuals who are facing even more challenges due to this crisis. The North American Division (NAD) is committed to supporting the operations of ACS Food...
