- Spanning Bermuda, Canada, Guam-Micronesia, and the U.S., the North American Division (NAD) has long been recognized as one of the world church’s most diverse regions. As NAD congregations increasingly reflect diverse languages, ethnicities, and cultures, leaders are called to create spaces where people of all backgrounds feel seen and valued. Across the Manitoba-Saskatchewan Conference (Man-Sask), […]
- The numbers are in from the annual America’s College Financial Grades by Forbes magazine, and La Sierra University’s report card shows strong institutional financial health, outpacing many others on a list of more than 900 schools arounds the nation, including its peer institutions. On May 22, Forbes published its annual financial grades which assesses the fiscal fitness of […]
- Just in time for summer watching, the first episode of the North American Division’s new documentary web series, Faith at Work, will premiere June 26, 2026, on the @NADAdventist YouTube channel. The 10-episode series highlights practical, hands-on ways that churches and schools across the division are connecting with their communities. Each episode showcases a creative outreach hosted […]
- The North American Division (NAD) of Seventh-day Adventists is joining the Church’s worldwide movement to share the hope of Jesus Christ through All Things New, the public-facing expression of the global OneVoice27 initiative.* Through OneVoice27, the NAD is looking to mobilize members, churches, schools, ministries, conferences, and unions around a shared mission focus leading to September […]
- The Center for Youth Evangelism has officially appointed Pedro Perez as the new International Pathfinder Camporee director. Perez steps into the role succeeding Ron Whitehead, who provided visionary leadership as both the CYE executive director and International Pathfinder Camporee director for 29 years. Perez brings to the CYE a wealth of experience, most recently serving […]
The leadership of the Crossville Seventh-day Adventist Church would like to publicly state their objection to any civil government’s request or encouragement that their citizens participate in acts of worship or religious observance that contradict their own sincerely held convictions and beliefs. Furthermore, as proponents of liberty of conscience apart from interference of governmental powers, we stand in opposition with the statement made in the presidential proclamation given on May 4, 2026 encouraging Americans to observe the (Shabbat) Sabbath from Friday sundown May 15 to Saturday sundown May 16 to recognize the sacred Jewish tradition of rest and gratitude to the Almighty.
The above declaration crosses an important boundary that protects religious liberty and freedom of conscience. Setting this precedent now will allow civil government in the future to direct religious expression of its citizens regardless of differences in their personally held beliefs. By necessity, worship must arise voluntarily from personal conviction, not from government endorsements or legislative decrees. State sponsored religious practices, which are not otherwise willfully and independently adopted by its citizens, have historically then required oppressive governmental mandates in order to secure external religious obedience which is incompatible with one’s voluntarily chosen faith and religious practices. For the reasons stated above, we respectfully protest the presidential proclamation of May 4, 2026.