There is a myth that says that since the 1960’s no new aborted fetal tissue has been used to research and develop vaccines. The often-repeated false narrative says that somehow after the 1960’s, scientists and researchers have not had to use new aborted babies when conducting medical research for vaccines. However, a study published by […]
The President of the South American Division of Seventh-day Adventists Urges the Church to Pray to God for a COVID-19 Vaccine
Pastor Erton Kohler is the president of the 2.5 million-member South American Division of Seventh-day Adventists. [1] He published a tweet last month calling upon church members to pray to God for a COVID-19 vaccine. He included the following message in his call to daily prayer: “We need a miracle! Shall we pray together for […]
US Senators Blocked Legislation that Would have Saved Babies ‘After Birth’
“Yea, they sacrificed their sons and their daughters unto devils, And shed innocent blood, even the blood of their sons and of their daughters, whom they sacrificed unto the idols of Canaan: and the land was polluted with blood.” Psalm 106:37, 38. On Tuesday, February 25, 2020 Democrats in the US Senate successfully blocked the “Born-Alive […]
The Discussion in Adventism About Ending Abortion in America is being dominated by a Singular, Narrow Position
Hundreds of thousands of pro-life supporters were in Washington, D.C. today for the historic 2020 March for Life. [1] This annual march is held at our nation’s capital to protest the US Supreme Court’s 1973 Roe v. Wade decision that legalized abortion in America. For the first time in its 47 year history a sitting […]
Mercy Killings: Thoughts on the New Abortion Statement Voted During the 2019 Annual Council
On Wednesday, October 16, 2019 the General Conference Executive Committee approved a new statement on abortion that is expected to replace the 1992 Statement on Abortion. The new official position on abortion is designed to inform both the political world and the churches how we as a people understand this issue. The new document is called […]
Seventh-day Adventists Wrestle with the Abortion Issue During Annual Council 2019
Today the General Conference Executive Committee discussed adopting a new official statement on abortion. This official statement would inform the world and church how Seventh-day Adventists understand life. After some discussion the new guidelines on abortion were not voted on. It was recommended that the statement on abortion be referred to a writing committee for revisions. […]
Still Looking for Intelligent Life? Don’t Count on It
Our US Government spends over $2 billion dollars just to send one space rover to Mars. [1] This rover travels on the surface of the red planet transmitting video and images back to NASA scientists on earth. They are surveying the planet looking for some kind of intelligent life form. The picture above is an […]
The Trojan Horse of Abortion is Already in Adventism
Pastor Dennis Priebe is a Seventh-day Adventist minister who works with Amazing Facts Ministries. [1] He has been preaching in several churches calling the abortion crisis a political “Trojan Horse” that we need to avoid because of its close association to “evangelical politics.” He is suggesting that the political debate on abortion (the Trojan Horse) […]
Seventh-day Adventists Meet to Update Their Position on Abortion
Theologians are preparing a “statement” on abortion that will be submitted to a 26-member committee called the “Working Group on Abortion.” This committee was created to prepare a “unified statement” for Seventh-day Adventists on the subject of abortion. [1] The goal is to present a document during the next General Conference Annual Council for discussion […]
Abortion and Freedom of Conscience
By Timothy Perenich DC The Seventh-day Adventist Church is, at times, a conundrum. Instead of normalizing our practices by the word of God, we attempt to normalize the word of God to our practices. For example, the church has a creationist worldview, yet also has the distinction of being the first medical institution to put […]