Adventist Health Policy Association [AHPA] is a lobbying firm representing Seventh-day Adventist health care systems. This policy and advocacy group has just recently set up offices in Washington, D.C. in order to help advance policies and to have a voice among federal agencies and members of Congress. According to a recent report by FierceHealthcare, a […]
When Social Justice Overrides the Everlasting Gospel
“The government under which Jesus lived was corrupt and oppressive; on every hand were crying abuses,—extortion, intolerance, and grinding cruelty. Yet the Savior attempted no civil reforms. He attacked no national abuses, nor condemned the national enemies. He did not interfere with the authority or administration of those in power. He who was our example […]
Grasping the Hand of the Roman Power
“Protestantism shall stretch her hand across the gulf to grasp the hand of the Roman power” (Maranatha, p. 216) Earlier this year Methodists, Roman Catholics and Seventh-day Adventists held hands during an ecumenical prayer vigil in Cremona, Italy. These men locked hands in public in a show of unity and solidarity in Northern Italy. This […]
Adventists, Jesuits and Evangelicals work Towards a “Peaceful Co-existence Between Religions”
“Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners.” 1 Corinthians 15:33. “Let’s work towards peaceful co-existence between all religions!” [1] This was the actual message given on September 26, 2018 during the opening of the 2018 G20 Interfaith Forum. This gathering is being called the “world capital of ecumenism” and a “mega gathering of churches and faith-based […]
Using Children to Improve Our Relationship with Rome
“The time was when Protestants placed a high value upon the liberty of conscience which had been so dearly purchased. They taught their children to abhor popery and held that to seek harmony with Rome would be disloyalty to God. But how widely different are the sentiments now expressed!” (Great Controversy, p. 563). It is […]
Ted Wilson’s Full Speech at Interfaith Event in Moscow, Russia
Here is President Ted Wilson’s speech in its entirety when he addressed a multi-faith gathering of Muslims, Pentecostals, Lutherans Orthodox and Roman Catholics. This speech took place during a celebration commemorating the 500th Anniversary of the Protestant Reformation on October 31, 2017 (See all the pictures below). Pope Francis also sent his representative who not only […]
Encountering Other Religious Faiths
We live in a multicultural world with different beliefs systems and religious faiths. How do we relate to the various religions of the world? And more importantly, how should we interact with the 4,300 world religions and the more than 33,000 Christian denominations? With so many religious beliefs, churches, denominations, congregations, religious bodies, faith groups, […]
None Dare Call It Ecumenism
“There is as great a difference in our faith and that of nominal professors, as the heavens are higher than the earth” (Spiritual Gifts, Vol. 2, p. 300). “Ecumenism doesn’t exist,” some would have you believe, “No, not in Adventism.” Even if ecumenism were to actually succeed in infiltrating our ranks no one would dare […]
Getting to Know You
This 5-minute video showcases some of the complexities of inter-church relationships taking place throughout Adventism.
The Battle For Europe
The once powerful Protestant empires of Europe have crumbled under the fervent assault of Rome. Europe’s Protestant past is no more. Europe today resembles the distant, pre-Reformation past when it was ruled by Catholic popes. We are seeing the final chapter on the Reformation as strange events both in the religious and secular world are […]