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Many people turn to social media to cope with feelings of loneliness, but there is ongoing debate on the health impacts. Some find that the digital space helps to connect with family and friends, while others experience greater feelings of loneliness the more time they spend in the digital world. How can both be true?
“Seeking God’s Spirit” Pentecost 2025 Prayer Meeting Kicks Off 10 Days of Prayer
On January 8, 2025, the North American Division of the Seventh-day Adventist Church will kick off the world church's 10 Days of Prayer with a special prayer meeting. The event, which will live stream from the NAD headquarters, begins at 9 p.m. ET. The NAD is encouraging those interested in joining the North American Division for the special hour-long prayer meeting to register via the special Pentecost 2025 prayer page.
NAD's Top 10 Stories of 2024
In 2024, the North American Division website garnered more than 1.1 million page views. Close to 473,000 unique page views (first visit clicks) were directed to the NAD website with 334K from the United States and 20K from Canada.The top 10 most-visited news articles for 2024 are listed below. Click the titles to read the full articles, and enjoy this 2023 North American Division news year-in-review. And enjoy several popular stories that made the cut in our top 10 that were not NAD originals — these are listed at the end of our 2024 list.
Breath of Life Ministries Celebrates 50 Years of Media, Music, and Evangelism
On Friday, Dec. 6, 2024, Breath of Life Ministries celebrated 50 years with its Legacy Night, held at Oakwood University Church (OUC) in Huntsville, Alabama — its home since 2012. The evening reflected on the ministry’s evolution and honored key contributors. It also featured performances by 10-time Grammy winners Take 6 and the current Breath of Life Quartet, as well as a message by former speaker/director Carlton P. Byrd, now president of the Southwest Region Conference of Seventh-day Adventists.
Pentecost 2025 News
"We're asking for God's Spirit to do something above and beyond what we can do," said G. Alexander Bryant, North American Division president, this past May as plans to share Pentecost 2025 with the NAD executive committee took shape. Pentecost 2025 launched on July 1 and, to date, more than 2,100 churches and schools have signed up.
New Research Hub Advances Innovative Education at Southern Adventist University
The new Center for Learning Innovation and Research (CLIR) at Southern Adventist University has the goal of fostering research collaboration between faculty and students at both the graduate and undergraduate levels across the entire campus. Currently, 12 faculty-led research studies that span more than a third of the school’s academic disciplines are being facilitated.
New AdventHealth Complex Opens at Union Adventist University
To start the new school year, Union Adventist University officially opened a renovated and expanded wellness center, the newly named AdventHealth Complex. It’s a grand opening 44 years in the making. Ever since Union health center first opened, the campus master plan has called for a second phase. Now with a new name and a major expansion, the promises of 1980 have finally become a reality for the students of 2024.
Pacific Union College's Biology Department Awarded More Than $300K for Study and Outreach
Pacific Union College Professors Drs. Scott Butterfield and Floyd Hayes from the biology department were awarded two grants totaling more than $300,000 from the Blue Ribbon Committee for the Rehabilitation of Clear Lake and the National Audubon Society's Audubon in Action program to develop a monitoring program for grebes, a bioindicator of ecosystem health, at Clear Lake.