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Published on: 03-12-2021
Jessyka and Kiefer Dooley are Seventh-day Adventist Millennial youth leaders who say they grew up with no interest in becoming leaders. Through a winding river of circumstances including being introduced to a lifelong relationship with Jesus they have both developed a passion for summer camp and youth ministries.
Jessyka recalls not having a positive experience in school or church until she met Jesus as a Friend. “I had an incredible chaplain and mentor my senior year in academy,” Jessyca says. “She connected me with a relationship with Jesus that was so much deeper than what the church had offered me in the past.”
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Published on: 02-18-2021
The Executive Committee (EXCOM) of the Seventh-day Adventist Church voted Wednesday, February 17, 2021, to move the 2022 General Conference (GC) Session, the quinquennial business meeting of the denomination, from Indianapolis, Indiana to St. Louis, Missouri, United States. The vote comes after GC Management was unexpectedly informed by the city of Indianapolis that the space in Indianapolis was no longer available for the June 6-11, 2022 dates. The dates voted by the General Conference Executive Committee will remain the same.
“The announcement to us that the dates in Indianapolis were not available came as a complete surprise, since we had taken this information to the GC Executive Committee,” Adventist Church president Ted N. C. Wilson said. “The officials in Indianapolis have been gracious but found they were unable to provide the verbally confirmed dates. We felt bad about not continuing the wonderful collaborat
Adventist Church Leaders Move General Conference Session to St. Louis, Missouri
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Spectrum posted earlier this week, the Executive Committee of the General Conference has voted to move the 2022 GC Session from Indianapolis, Indiana to St. Louis, Missouri. The official announcement from the
Adventist News Network is now available, and is shared in full below:
Adventist Church Leaders move General Conference Session to St. Louis, Missouri
The Executive Committee (EXCOM) of the Seventh-day Adventist Church voted Wednesday, February 17, to move the 2022 General Conference (GC) Session, the quinquennial business meeting of the denomination, from Indianapolis, Indiana to St. Louis, Missouri, also located in the United States. The vote comes after GC Management was unexpectedly informed by the city of Indianapolis that the space in Indianapolis, was no longer available for the June 6-11, 2022 dates. These dates voted by the General Conference Executive Committee wi
“I Can’t Breathe!” Selected Lessons from George Floyd’s Death for the Global Adventist Church
In the June 2020
Adventist Review issue,[1] several articles were devoted to reactions to the murder of George Floyd in the United States and its aftermath. A number of these reactions are of interest to this paper.
Seventh-day Adventists are customarily considered by many people to be apathetic to social issues.[2] Jesus himself did not overlook them. Quoting Isaiah 61:1, 2 in Luke 4:18, 19, Jesus indicated that his ministry was focused on granting equity and justice to those people who have been abused by others especially by those of higher status in the society. Jesus did this because in the Bible God himself is repeatedly known as a God of justice (see, for instance, Isaiah 30:18), who intimately works for the justice of the underprivileged (see, for instance, Deuteronomy 10:18).
Ken Bacon Named President and CEO for AdventHealth’s Multi-State Division
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January 24, 2021
Ken Bacon has been named president and CEO for AdventHealth’s Multi-State Division, effective March 1. In his new role, Bacon will oversee the strategic direction, development and expansion of the entire division, which spans five regions comprised of 20 campuses across eight states.
Currently, Bacon serves as group president for the Denver Metro Group of Centura Health, one of AdventHealth’s joint operating agreements. The Denver Metro Group includes the five AdventHealth hospitals which make up the organization’s Rocky Mountain Region, as well as three CommonSpirit Health hospitals. In addition to his group president role, Bacon serves as the regional CEO for AdventHealth’s Rocky Mountain Region.