Seventh-day Adventist Church
‘The Hopeful,’ film about Adventist origins, debuts in theaters
By Kathryn Post — April 17, 2024
(RNS) — ‘I think a lot of those misconceptions that Adventists maybe aren’t mainstream Christians, I think they’re going to be challenged,’ said director and co-producer Kyle Portbury.
Jehovah’s Witnesses return to door knocking ‘like getting back on a bicycle’
By Adelle M. Banks — September 2, 2022
(RNS) — When people are less open to them, they focus more on those who take a tract, read a brochure or enroll in a Bible study program.
How a Peruvian farmer converted to Judaism and started a movement
By Yonat Shimron — August 3, 2022
(RNS) — 'The Prophet of the Andes' offers a peek at the momentous changes that are reshaping religions as more people abandon the religion of their birth for something else — in this case, Judaism.
Pastor who approved of marital rape removed from Seventh-day Adventist Church
By Yonat Shimron — November 24, 2021
(RNS) — Burnett Robinson will no longer be allowed to serve as pastor in the Seventh-day Adventist Church.
Adventists’ new North American leader hopes to leverage the denomination’s ‘strength of diversity’
By Adelle M. Banks — October 2, 2020
(RNS) — ‘We can't distance ourselves from it because it's a part of who our church is,’ G. Alexander Bryant said of Adventists facing racial tensions.
Republicans introduce bill to protect LGBTQ rights and religious freedom
By Yonat Shimron — December 6, 2019
(RNS) — The ‘Fairness for All’ bill, introduced by Rep. Chris Stewart and eight other Republican legislators, is the culmination of a three-year effort to bridge the divide between LGBTQ people and religious conservatives.
Desmond Ford, 90, Adventist theologian defrocked for controversial beliefs, dies
By Mark A. Kellner — March 12, 2019
(RNS) — Desmond Ford, a theology professor who was defrocked by Seventh-day Adventists after being accused of questioning the movement's core beliefs, died this week at 90. The controversy over Ford led to a schism among Adventists.
Adventist pastor comes out as bisexual, resigns her church
By Adelle M. Banks — April 28, 2017
(RNS) 'Through study and prayer, I’ve come to a point of complete disagreement with the Adventist Church on their teachings about LGBT people,' Alicia Johnston said.
Mel Gibson’s ‘Hacksaw Ridge’ puts Seventh-day Adventists in spotlight
By RNS staff — November 8, 2016
NASHVILLE — Hacksaw Ridge tells the extraordinary true story of the late Desmond Doss, a Seventh-day Adventist who refused to carry a weapon due to religious beliefs while serving as a combat medic.
Churches to Russia: We’re not leaving
By Kimberly Winston — July 11, 2016
(RNS) A new Putin-backed law would outlaw proselytzing by religious organizations in Russia.
5 faith facts about Ben Carson: Retired neurosurgeon, Seventh-day Adventist
By Adelle M. Banks — February 1, 2016
(RNS) Ben Carson withdrew from the 2016 GOP race on March 4, in the wake of losses on Super Tuesday
Ben Carson oversteps his Adventist faith in proposing separate bathrooms for transgender people (COMMENTARY)
By Eliel Cruz — November 11, 2015
(RNS) The Seventh-day Adventist Church publicly acknowledged the need to do more research before making comments on the transgender community. Perhaps Carson should follow suit.
Ben Carson’s faith (and mine) has already touched your life (COMMENTARY)
By Mark A. Kellner — October 26, 2015
What Donald Trump doesn’t know about Seventh-day Adventism could perhaps fill a book or two. But the 1 million Adventists in the U.S. would be happy to tell him -- or anyone else -- the full story.
Male Adventist pastors forgo ordination credentials in solidarity with unordained women
By Adelle M. Banks — October 15, 2015
(RNS) The act of protest has occurred in several states across the U.S. after the global denomination voted in July not to allow its regional church bodies to ordain women pastors.
Why I hate to go to church (COMMENTARY)
By Eliel Cruz — July 17, 2015
(RNS) Sermons are preached as if LGBT people don’t exist, as if we’re just theoretical ideas, as if we weren’t sitting in the pews.
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