On July 26, the Executive Committee of the Allegheny West Conference elected Elder Marvin C. Brown, III as the new President of the Allegheny West Conference, headquartered just outside Columbus, Ohio. Elder Brown replaces Dr. William T. Cox, who served as President for nearly 9 years. Dr. Cox accepted a call to become the Executive...
Editor’s Note: This is Part II of a series following up on last month’s Regional Conference Convocation. The Convocation was for the purpose of virtual fellowship and also to begin a dialog on the issues facing Regional Conferences-AND, NOT just to TALK about them-but to take action on them. Part I was posted on the...
On July 8-11, the Regional Conferences, the Regional churches in the Pacific and the North Pacific Union and the Bermuda Conference came together for an historic virtual convocation. This first of its kind event would have been all but impossible without technology. The physical assembly of people from across North America-sort of a North American...
I was born in Birmingham, Alabama, 100 years from the beginning of the American Civil War and five generations removed from slavery. Our Heritage: Slavery and More For the United States, slavery remains an albatross: from 1619, when 20 African slaves arrived in Jamestown, Virginia, through the profound words of the Declaration of Independence in...
On June 5, 2020, health professionals from all over the country, including AdventHealth, took a knee for 8 minutes and 46 seconds in remembrance of George Floyd, who died on May 25 after a Minneapolis police officer kneeled on his neck for the same amount of time. At homes and hospitals, medical professionals from AdventHealth participated...
After the Regional Conference Convocation-What’s Next? The Seventh-day Adventist Regional Conferences Convocation just completed 4 days of virtual worship, fellowship and dialog. It is my personal belief that community and coming together is important; it is something that I have missed these past 4 months of the coronavirus pandemic-and I am not really seeing an...
At a called meeting of the Regional Conference Retirement Plan (RCRP) Board on Thursday, July 2, 2020, Dr. William T.Cox was elected the Executive Director for the RCRP. He succeeds Elder Joseph McCoy, who is retiring as of the end of 2020. Elder McCoy has served as Executive Director since 2005. Elder Cox current serves...
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...
