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 […]
During A National Abortion Showdown Adventists Remain on the Sidelines
On January 22, 1973 the United States Supreme Court outlawed the states’ right to limit abortion. In a 7-2 ruling (Roe v. Wade) the Supreme Court declared abortion to be a civil right protected by the US Constitution. Since this ruling “over 3,000″ American babies are aborted every day – 1 every 30 seconds; and […]
Seventh-day Adventist, Methodist, Baptist, Lutheran, Buddhist, Pagan, Jewish and Muslim Faith Leaders Sign Letter Supporting Abortion
More than 150 faith leaders and pastors in Tennessee have signed a letter urging Governor Bill Lee to oppose the “Fetal Heartbeat Bill” (HB77). [1] [2] This bill would protect the sanctity of life and “ban abortions in the state (Tennessee) once a fetal heartbeat has been detected. The bill only allows cases of medical […]
New Proposed California Law would turn Public Universities into Non-surgical Abortion Clinics
The “College Student Right to Access Act” (SB 24) was just recently approved by the California Senate Health Committee. The new measure was passed two weeks ago by a vote of 7-3. Should this bill become law it would require that public universities in California provide their students with access to “medical abortions, also known as nonsurgical […]
The Church’s Silence on the Abortion Crisis is Alarming
“Rescue those who are being taken away to death; hold back those who are stumbling to the slaughter” Proverbs 24:11 (RSV). We have been commanded to protect and save those who are being led to the slaughter. It is time for Seventh-day Adventists to see the evil in abortion and to stand up and speak […]