Seventh-day Adventists

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.

Ben Carson’s Muslim comments ignore his own denomination’s history (COMMENTARY)

By Aaron Griffith — September 23, 2015
(RNS) One wonders whether Carson’s rhetoric about Muslims would at all be tempered if he recalled the example of beleaguered Seventh-day Adventists staring down forced Sabbath-keeping.

Adventists stay the course, vote to deny women’s ordination

By Adelle M. Banks — July 8, 2015
(RNS) Despite the "no" vote, several U.S. conferences of Seventh-day Adventists have ordained women in recent years.

Seventh-day Adventist pastor plans to flirt with atheism for 12 months

By Kimberly Winston — January 3, 2014
(RNS) California pastor Ryan Bell is flirting with atheism for 12 months. His unorthodox resolution is only an experiment, he says. He is not an atheist. “At least not yet."

At Adventist restaurants, meals are good for the body and the planet

By G. Jeffrey MacDonald — December 19, 2013
(RNS) Some patrons of The Ark are now rethinking how they relate to the natural world and other creatures -- even if they aren’t signing on to Adventism, which encourages but does not require a meatless diet.

‘Two and a Half Men’ star apologizes for trashing show

By Daniel Burke — November 28, 2012

(RNS) The teenage star of "Two and a Half Men'' apologized Tuesday for calling his show unbiblical “filth'' and encouraging people not to watch it during a videotaped testimony about his conversion to Seventh-day Adventism. By Daniel Burke. 

‘Two and a Half Men’ star becomes Christian, blasts show

By Daniel Burke — November 27, 2012

(RNS) Another star of the CBS sitcom “Two and a Half Men” has gone rogue -- but in a decidedly different direction than notorious carouser Charlie Sheen. By Daniel Burke. 

Adventists call actions to allow women’s ordinations “mistakes”

By Adelle M. Banks — October 18, 2012

(RNS) Leaders of the Seventh-day Adventist Church overwhelmingly passed a statement Tuesday (Oct. 16) calling decisions by two of its U.S. regional groups to approve ordination of women pastors “serious mistakes.” By Adelle M. Banks.

Seventh-day Adventists facing pressure on allowing female clergy

By Adelle M. Banks — August 30, 2012

(RNS) Two U.S. regional groups of the Seventh-day Adventist Church have recently approved the ordination of women pastors, moving ahead of the worldwide church that has begun a study of the issue. By Adelle M. Banks.

Seventh-day Adventists file suit over door-to-door solicitations

By Kent Faulk / The Birmingham News — July 16, 2012

(RNS) Seventh-day Adventists have filed a federal lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of ordinances in an Alabama city that the church says bars it and other religious groups from door-to-door solicitations unless they first register and pay license fees. By Kent Faulk. 

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