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¿Adventistas en el movimiento 15-M?

Jonás Berea | 1

Column

Should Seventh-day Adventists be Republicans?

Loren Seibold | 102

Spirituality

Ascension and Pentecost: Between the Ups and Downs

Scott Arany | 2

Column

It is not by measure that God gives the Spirit

Herold Weiss | 14

Sabbath School

The Role of Institutions in Evangelism – A Call to the Adventist Business Community

Kim Papaioannou

Escuela sabática

“Dando testimonio: la retórica de la influencia”

Karl. G. Wilcox

The Role of Institutions in Evangelism – A Call to the Adventist Business Community
Kim Papaioannou | 38

Commentary for discussion on Sabbath, May 19, 2012

Spectrum Blog

Sabbath Sermon: The God Gap: Politics and the Adventist Christian I—Chris Oberg

Alexander Carpenter | 1

NPUC Plans Action on Women in Church Leadership

North Pacific Union Conference | 8

According to this week's headlines in GleanerNow!:

Columbia Union Calls Constituency Meeting to Vote on Ordination

Columbia Union Conference | 61

The Columbia Union Conference sent out the following press release:

At its May 17 meeting, the Columbia Union Conference Executive Committee received a report from an ad hoc committee assigned to study how to affirm women in ministry.

After discussing the report (included below), the committee voted:

Spectrum's conversation is growing up

Jonathan Pichot | 33

Spectrum's conversation is growing up. Sunday, May 20th, we will be moving to a new commenting system.

The Spectrum community has produced over 180,000 comments in the past four years. When we moved to our current platform in 2008 we could not have expected how many important conversations would take place in this digital space.

LSU Responds to Biology Professor Lee Greer

La Sierra University | 175

La Sierra University generated a lot of news last week, with a press release by biology professor Dr. Lee Greer that prompted a story in the local paper. Asked for a response, this is what the university had to say:

Atlantic Union Conference Releases Statement on Women in Ministry

Atlantic Union Conference | 71

At its regularly scheduled quarterly meeting on May 10, 2012, the Atlantic Union Conference Executive Committee voted the following statement regarding women in ministry.

Kinship International Responds to British Union Conference Statement on Same-Sex Marriage

Kinship International | 207

We carefully read the British Union Conference of Seventh-day Adventists’ recent statement about the government’s 12-week consultation on same-sex marriage in England and Wales.

Creations—Artists

Leslie Foster

This week's selection of films is focused on artists. The short films explore artists' connection to religion, spirituality, God, country, and war—connections that are sometimes fraught with tension but can bear amazing fruit.

1. Invocation