July 2017

In less than 3 months, the book Faith, Reason, and Earth History: A Paradigm of Earth and Biological Origin by Intelligent Design has been downloaded for free more than 13,000 times. By not printing the book, $12,000 was saved in costs; $300 of that savings is now being used to market the book online allowing for greater reach than the printed book (1,000 copies) would have received at a fraction of the cost. LEARN MORE about how technology has opened doors for the Gospel message in unusual ways.

Loma Linda University’s School of Allied Health Professions has introduced a bachelor’s degree in nuclear medicine, expanding the program from a certificate in an effort to meet the needs of the industry that is increasingly seeking graduates of a four-year program. Nuclear medicine is a specialty that uses nuclear properties of radioactive and stable nuclides to make diagnostic evaluations of a body’s physiological conditions on a cellular level.

The Oakwood University Aeolians Choir was named Choir of the World in the choral category during the Llangollen International Musical Eisteddfod, Wales, England, on July 8, 2017. Jason Ferdinand, the Aeolians' director, was named Outstanding Director of the World Choral Festival.

The Bermuda Conference held the Good News Gospel Explosion evangelistic meetings from April 8-29, with evangelist Claudius Morgan, from the Caribbean Union Conference in Maraval, Trinidad. A total of 88 people were baptized as a result of the meetings.