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Southern Adventist University Partners with Community in Prayer
More than 300 Christians in the Collegedale, Tennessee, community gathered on the Southern Adventist University campus for six consecutive evenings in May to pray for an outpouring of the Holy Spirit.
Called to Thrive: Human Resources Conference Celebrates Quiet Champions Behind the Scenes
From April 28 to 30, 2025, human resources professionals from across the division gathered in Miami, Florida, for the NAD’s annual event honoring their often-unseen labor and offering a unique networking, training, and worship experience. Throughout tHRive, the division's 2025 Human Resources Conference, 329 attendees were reminded that their work is more than recruitment, onboarding, and policies. It’s critical to the gospel mission of the Seventh-day Adventist Church.
Sonscreen 2025 Brings Together 200+ Creatives to Celebrate Faith, Film, and Community
From April 3-5, more than 200 student filmmakers, professionals, and guests gathered at Loma Linda University Church in California for the North American Division’s 2025 Sonscreen Film Festival. Now in its 22nd year, this unique NAD event showcased 48 student films and several professional projects, featured workshops led by professional faith-based filmmakers, and honored emerging voices via a pitch competition with cash prizes and an awards ceremony.
More than a Festival: Helping Young Creatives Find Their Voice
From laughter to tears, the 2025 Sonscreen Film Festival spotlighted bold, personal storytelling by emerging Adventist filmmakers. Discover the heart of this one-of-a-kind event through the voices of the standout young creatives who brought their visions to life on the big screen.
Survivor of 1963 Birmingham Church Bombing Shares Her Story With Pacific Union College Community
On January 12, 2023, nearly 60 years after surviving the Birmingham Church bombing that killed her older sister and two friends, Sarah Collins Rudolph told her story to Pacific Union College (PUC) students. Rudolph was the featured guest for a special Community on Thursday commemorating Martin Luther King Jr. Day.
Evangelist Jim Gilley Passes to His Rest
James William “Jim” Gilley, a former vice president of the North American Division and president of the Three Angels Broadcasting Network (3ABN), passed to his rest on Dec. 28, 2022, in Clermont, Florida, after a month-long battle with COVID-19 pneumonia and Legionnaires’ disease. He was 82.
Breath of Life Speaker Leads Week of Prayer at Andrews University.
On January 23-27, 2023, Pastor Debleaire Snell, speaker/director of Breath of Life was invited to be the guest speaker for the Andrews University Week of Prayer. The theme was "Get Unrealistic," named after his most recent book about how faith frees us from life's limitations. Hundreds of students gathered daily to get a spiritual boost as the spring semester began.
Rose Otis, First General Conference Women’s Ministries Director, First Woman to Serve as a North American Division Vice President, Passes to Her Rest
On Jan. 7, 2023, Rose Marie Otis, first General Conference Women’s Ministries director, and first woman to serve as a North American Division vice president, passed to her rest. Widely known as a public speaker and author, she was living in Frederick, Maryland, at the time of her death. Otis was 82.