Sandra Roberts Becomes First Woman...

To loud applause Sunday afternoon, Dr. Sandra Roberts was confirmed as Southeastern California Conference’s next president, making her the first...
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Netherlands Ordains First Woman Pastor...

The Netherlands Union Conference (NUC) has welcomed two new pastors, Enrico Karg and Guisèle Berkel-Larmonie, in an ordination ceremony at the...
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Build Your Own Peace Week

Chris Blake wrote this article for the Journal of Adventist Education, published this summer, about practical ways students can work toward becoming...
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Netherlands Union Conference to Ordain...

Last Friday the Netherlands Union Conference publicly announced its May 30 decision to begin ordaining women. The Union leadership delayed the...
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The State of the Ordination Conversation

This January, when the Theology of Ordination Study Committee met in Laurel, Maryland, the setting of the proceedings, just outside of Washington, D....
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Second Report Regarding Ruguri Raises...

Three days after Spectrum was told at statement would be coming "shortly" and two days after IRLA spoke out, the Seventh-day Adventist Church ...
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Adventist Leader Ruguri Calls Same-sex...

This is not the first time that East-Central Africa Division president Blasious Ruguri has addressed homosexuality. Before his words were reported in...
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Division Leader in Africa Voices...

According to New Vision: "Pastor Blasious Ruguri (pictured), the Seventh-day Adventist church president in East and Central Africa, said the church...
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The Road to Women's Ordination in...

Yesterday, after a long and complicated journey towards the acceptance of fundamental equality between the sexes, the Netherlands Union Conference...
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Looking for Lessons in the ADRA...

During the past several years, Spectrum has been following the management, personnel and board changes at ADRA International, and the ensuing turmoil...
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