[cross-posted from www.sdasession.ca] After months of intense preparation, the administration of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Canada is set to welcome delegates and guests from across the country to the quinquennial session to convene today in Oshawa, Ontario. Once every five years, the national headquarters of the church, as required by its constitution and bylaws, calls [...]

When US First Lady Michelle Obama launched the Let’s Move initiative in order to combat the growing trend of childhood obesity, the Seventh-day Adventist Church joined in the fight. Adventists InStep for Life, a health ministry of the North American Division (NAD), invites Adventist churches, schools and health care organizations to join in the fight [...]

On September 18, 2011, the Board of Directors of the Seventh-day Adventist Church (British Columbia Conference), unanimously elected Elder Wayne Culmore as our new Conference President. Elder Culmore will be replacing President Gordon Pifher who has accepted a position to the North Pacific Union to serve as Director of Stewardship, Leadership and Creative Ministries. “Thank [...]

A severe weather system originating in Michigan led to tornado warnings in parts of southwestern Ontario on Wednesday night, August 24. An F-1 tornado was reported to have touched down in an area between Cambridge and Burlington and another one in Nairn. Brilliant lightning, heavy rainsand even hail were witnessed throughout the Greater Toronto area [...]

Dan Jackson, president of the North American Division (NAD), announced August 11, 2011 that “Gordon Pifher, president of the British Columbia Conference, has accepted an invitation of the North Pacific Union Conference Executive Committee to become director of Stewardship, Leadership and Creative Ministries.” Mark Johnson, president of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Canada states “Gordon [...]

Suzette (Stanley) York, principal of Memphis Junior Academy in Memphis, Tenn., was found dead in a classroom of the school she led yesterday morning. A grade 11 student has been charged with her killing. Suzette will be fondly remembered by many in Canada because she and her husband, Les, were teachers in Adventist schools in [...]

For more photos related to this story, click here. Last week the United Nations appealed to the international community for emergency aid as East Africa faces severe drought and famine putting about 10 million people at risk of starvation. While in Kenya earlier this year, Lacombe-based charity A Better World (ABW) was forewarned about the situation [...]