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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.
Groundbreaking for Collaborative Reserve Building in Alberta Advances Truth and Reconciliation
A groundbreaking held in Maskwacis, Alberta, Canada, on Oct. 20, 2023, for a multipurpose building to be constructed by the Alberta Conference heralded a dream come true for the Indigenous Adventists and community leaders who live there. Located on a rare parcel of private land in a reserve long-known in Indigenous circles for courage and innovation, the future center of influence, Mamawi Atosketan Centre (MAC), is being seen by the community and church officials at all levels as a clear path forward in working with Indigenous peoples.
Seminary Offers New Training Opportunities at Andrews University
The Seventh-day Adventist Theological Seminary at Andrews University is launching three new initiatives impacting the Master of Divinity program (MDiv). With a new concentration, another dual degree and a cohort offered entirely in Spanish, the seminary is opening even more doors for training opportunities.
Southern Adventist University Breaks Ground on Ruth McKee School of Business
Community members joined Southern Adventist University’s Board of Trustees along with students, employees, alumni, and donors to break ground for the new Ruth McKee School of Business facility on September 29, 2023, in Collegedale, Tennessee.
New AdventHealth for Children Program will be First in Southeast to Care for Kids and Adults with Down Syndrome
On Tuesday, October 17, 2023, AdventHealth for Children opened the SMILE with Stella Tremonti Down Syndrome Clinic, the medical home for the health system’s new lifespan program caring for children and adults with Down syndrome.