February is Black History Month. I remember when I worked in the South Central Conference, seemingly every year, there was a large Adventist entity-where when Black History Month was celebrated-there was always a backlash against the celebration of the contributions of African-Americans to society and to the Seventh-day Adventist Church. Inevitably, there was an ugly...
The ORCM Communication Internship was born as the result of a Communications class assignment. As part of the requirements for the assignment, we were tasked with coming up with ways to promote and raise awareness of the importance of Regional Conferences as well as develop a plan to help continue the legacy that is filled...
Well, this is the first week of February and reality has set in. The health clubs are clearing out, the treadmills are gathering dust, and the diet is done. Millions of people have discovered that resolutions are a lot easier to make than they are to keep. If the researchers at Forbes magazine are right,...
This article is the result of a follow-up interview with Mrs. Joan Tynes, in which she talked about the long-awaited republication of Angels in Ebony, one of the earliest books about Black Adventist History, originally published in 1975 by her father, Dr. Jacob Justiss, Jr. Concerned that a generation of Black Americans, and Black Seventh-day...
Happy New Year everyone. It is hard to believe that we are two decades into this millennium. Remember all the anticipated drama when the year 2000 came around? Remember Y2K and all of the turmoil that was supposed to happen technologically when the clock struck midnight on January 1, 2000? You may well not remember-because...
Non-Adventists in Adventist Pulpits? It’s amazing what a few little words can do. They can pave the way for a pastor’s removal. They can make conference president drive hours to referee a stirred up business meeting. They can even change the way a non- Adventist church or pastor thinks about Adventism. These few little words,...
Pastor Danielle Pilgrim has recently accepted a call to Andrews University as Associate Chaplain. That responsibility carries with it the assignment as the Pastor of the New Life Seventh-day Adventist Church, an on-campus church under the umbrella of Pioneer Memorial Seventh-day Adventist Church. She is believed to be the first African-American female chaplain in the...
Spanish for “beautiful hill,” Loma Linda, California is nestled between mountain peaks in the middle of the San Bernardino Valley. The city is known as an epicenter of health and wellness, with more than 900 physicians on the campus of Loma Linda University and Medical Center. But that’s not Loma Linda’s only wellness claim to...
About two weeks ago, I had the privilege and the opportunity to go back home. Home for me is Cleveland, Ohio. It was on the occasion of the 100th Anniversary of Black Adventism in Cleveland. What made it more special was the fact that my 2 sisters, my brother and all of our spouses came...
Dr. Carlton P. Byrd, Speaker/Director for Breath of Life Television Ministry and Senior Pastor for the Oakwood University was recognized at the recent Year End Meetings of the North American Division (NAD) as the recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award for Evangelism. Dr. Byrd has been used by God to baptize 5,000 individuals in his...
