Incomplete church film leaked

An unauthorized version of Adventist Church-produced film “What Might Have Been” was leaked online last week before its orgionally planned release date of May 16. The film portrays the moments at the 1901 General Conference Session and Ellen White’s 1903 vision regarding that session. It was produced by the General Conference Ministerial Association as a call for the church to finally be part of hastening the second coming through revival and reformation.

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Survey: Muut or Disqus?

ADvindicate has switched to Disqus for its comment platform. We had been using Muut for a long time, but about a week ago there was a glitch that reset the path for each dynamically created thread. That means the little bit of code that is placed at the end of each article that automatically generates the path where the comments are stored on the server was reset, causing all the comments to disappear from each article; however, all these comments are still viewable in the forum. 

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An Adventist church begins Sunday services as evangelism tool

A Sunday church service called “Surge Church” was launched by the First Seventh-day Adventist Church in Huntsville, Ala., Feb. 8 to an audience of about 250 people in hopes it would reach those who felt more comfortable worshipping on Sunday. "Why not create a forum where the truth can be taught on a Sunday morning in a context where people are used to coming to church,” said First SDA Church Senior Pastor Debleaire Snell in an interview with PELC Power Tools Podcast.

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Writers wanted, will pay

ADvindicate is in the process of expanding its news coverage, so we're looking for journalists. Experience or training in news coverage is preferred. Our pay rate ranges from $50-$150 and is based on an article's popularity. The article's popularity is measured over a two-week span by Google Analytics, and payment is issued after the 14th day of publication. If your article is published, you are guaranteed a base payment of $50 for your article no matter its popularity.

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ADvindicate surpasses its goal of $30,000

We're excited to announce ADvindicate raised over $33,000 for its 2015 budget. ADvindicate's goal has been to publish a biblical perspective on trending Adventist issues. With the ability to pay for content, we now have more control over the quality and quantity of our articles, but beyond that, it allows us to begin expanding our news coverage. So thank you for your dedication to ADvindicate's goal and mission. 

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Christianity Today assesses Adventists' struggle to be distinct

Christianity Today published an article called "The Season of Adventists: Can Ben Carson's Church Stay Separatist Amid Booming Growth?" by Sarah Eekhoff Zylstra in its January/February edition about the denomination's worries the church is becoming too mainstream. A picture of Ellen White and Billy Graham's faces posed opposite of each other in a venn diagram illustrates the article.

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ADvindicate readership almost doubles again

ADvindicate experienced another year of tremendous growth. An average of 13,379 people visited the site per month for a total of 160,558 in 2014. Compare that to 88,518 in 2013 and you'll see ADvindicate's readership increased by 81 percent. ADvindicate had a total of 741,657 pageviews in 2014, an average of 61,804 per month. We are nothing without our readers, so we are thankful for you and your continued prayers and support.

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Time's up! Give now

After almost two and a half years, we decided it was time to fundraise and take ADvindicate to the next level. With no money and a reliance on voluntary submissions for the first couple years, there was only so much we could offer. One of our readers approached ADvindicate president Gerry Wagoner at a convention and asked why ADvindicate wasn't covering more news. All of us at ADvindicate have full-time jobs and write and run the website in our spare time. In spite of this, God has blessed the site and we're doing well. There are many things we would have liked to cover, but due to lack of money and available writers, we were unable to deliver.

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Ty Gibson tries to bring clarity to conflicting voices in the church

The current tensions and polemics within the Seventh-day Adventist Church are not occurring in a vacuum. We have history behind us that has created the trajectory within which we are now living. To a significant degree the spirit and content of our present dialogues and debates are shaped by a tragic theological turn we took in our journey as a people more than one hundred years ago.

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WWU President answers spiritual formation accusations

The attackers—“the accusers of the brethren,” if I may call them that—offer criticisms that are low on content and high on innuendo, half-truth, and damnation by association. They offer their accusations from afar without engaging the people they accuse (see Matthew 18:15-17). Those of us who know the people being attacked, who regularly listen to them teach Sabbath School classes and preach and participate in committee meetings, simply do not recognize the extreme caricature the attackers offer. 

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Parent voices concern over 'Adam and Steve' to PUC president

Unfortunately, the atmosphere [at PUC] is such that I feel I cannot, in good conscious, encourage my daughters to attend this school. Should they attend here, my concern would be that they would no longer abide by the guidance and principles I felt convicted to teach them. After listening to Pastor Henderson’s sermon, I felt the time had come to voice my disappointment and concerns and forward them to your office for your records.

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Adam and Steve

Pacific Union College chaplain and PUC Church associate pastor Jonathan Henderson was the featured speaker at PUC's Fall Revival last week, an annual fall quarter week of spiritual emphasis, focused on relationships. Monday began with Adam and God, and Tuesday followed with Adam and Eve, but on Wednesday, Henderson focused his attention on the issue of homosexuality in a sermon titled "Adam and Steve."

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