Two U.S. regional groups of the Seventh-day Adventist Church have women pastors and are moving faster than the worldwide church on the issue. The Pacific Union Conference, which includes California ...

At 9:30 a.m. Sunday, First Baptist Church, 1003 W. Sixth St., will present guest speaker Rev. Reilly with musicians Hillary Klug, a national buck dancing champion, fiddler and recording artist from ...

After an afternoon of discussion and debate, Seventh-Day Adventist women will still not be allowed to serve as ordained clergy. In town for the church’s international General Conference session, over ...

(RNS) For now, statements from church headquarters in Silver Spring, Md., focus less on gender and more on concern that regional church bodies have forged ahead with their own decisions without ...

* Pastor David Smith of Ojai Valley Adventist Church will continue a sermon series today, “Your Most Radical Decision.” The second installment is titled “Is God ...

A contentious five-year battle over the ordination of women as Seventh-day Adventist ministers ended Wednesday with a 58 percent "no" vote at the group's quinquennial business session in San Antonio, ...

SILVER SPRING, Md. (RNS) Seventh-day Adventists opted for a middle-way approach on the divisive issue of women’s ordination on Tuesday (October 14), kicking the question to next year’s worldwide ...

The women ministries of the Seventh-Day Adventist nationwide have been empowered to contribute to the development of the country and spread the gospel of peace and unity. This training had over 5,000 ...

PASADENA>> The Southern California Conference of Seventh-day Adventists issued a statement Tuesday stating that Pasadena Public Health Director and SDA associate pastor Dr. Eric Walsh does not ...

Seventh-day Adventists opted for a middle-way approach on the divisive issue of women's ordination on Tuesday, kicking the question to next year's worldwide meeting without taking a firm stance either ...

(RNS) The 243-44 vote marks the next step in a decades-long consideration of an issue that has divided the worldwide denomination, which time and again has voted to not permit women’s ordination.