Among the group was a former witch doctor.
Couple's relationship with God and each other thrives during pandemic
Enrollment dips but commitment to providing safe, quality education remains
Rebuilding after a fire presented its challenges but 'the Lord just richly blessed on all levels through this process.'
Old textbooks, a whiteboard, dried glue sticks, half-sharpened colored pencils, crayons — these were the things with which young Rachel Heffelfinger played as she made lesson plans and graded for her imaginary class.
This past March brought an unprecedented set of circumstances to Andrews University’s corner of Southwest Michigan. In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the campus transitioned to remote learning for the spring and summer semesters. Faculty, staff and students moved from full classrooms and cafeteria study sessions to rushed goodbyes and deserted parking lots.
In light of the murder of George Floyd and a renewed highlight of historical and current systemic racism endured by African Americans in America, a number of believers have been asking the question, “What can we do? Where do we go from here? And what is the responsibility of the church, especially for Christians who identify as Seventh-day Adventists?”
Calvin B. Rock has been a major leadership voice in the Seventh-day Adventist Church for more than six decades as a pastor, church administrator and writer. He was president of Oakwood University from 1971 to 1985 and general vice president of the General Conference from 1985 until his retirement in 2002. He has been an active participant in North American Adventism’s continuing discussions of race relations.
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As a therapist, and Seventh-day Adventist Christian, I help people improve their relationships with themselves, and others, every day.
Since August 2019, David C. Springer has been studying at Andrews University to earn his Master’s in Social Work as part of the Fulbright Foreign Student Scholarship Program.
Jamil and Vanessa (Hernandez) Hairston met in high school at Georgia–Cumberland Academy and went on to study at Southern Adventist University. Vanessa majored in Elementary Education and Jamil in Clinical Psychology, and they were married during their senior year.
While I have been homebound over the last few months, I have been reflecting on the changing world and our role in it, as Christians, as Seventh-day Adventists and as Andrews University.
