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Adventist Education Shines on Global Stage at GC Session 2025
The heartbeat of Adventist education pulsed through the vibrant exhibit hall at the 2025 General Conference Session in St. Louis, where a panoramic education pavilion showcased the breadth and depth of one of the world’s largest Protestant education systems. With colorful displays, engaging demonstrations, and the presence of passionate educators and students, the pavilion powerfully highlighted the global mission of Adventist education, including its renowned universities within the North American Division.
NAD Pilots Content Creation Booth at 2025 GC Session
“Creator’s Corner” helps ministries create timeless content and charts a course for future media efforts. The exhibit hall buzzed with activity, but inside the plexiglass-walled booth, the noise was muffled. Tucked among the bustling displays at the 62nd General Conference Session, this compact room stood out. Outfitted with cameras, lighting, and audio gear, it was clear to any passerby: this was a content creation studio.
The Weight of Every Note
In the hush of early morning, long before most delegates file into the cavernous America’s Center for the General Conference Session, Ken Logan is already seated at the organ. He begins most days at 7:15 a.m., offering a prelude that acts as a bridge to worship. It is a quiet ritual that soon swells into something far larger, a soundtrack for the more than 2,000 delegates expected each day.
Breath of Life Rally Concludes, Leaving Hope in St. Louis Community
The spiritual energy sweeping across the St. Louis metro area in Missouri, United States, continues in the wake of Breath of Life’s Hope Rally 2025, a two-week citywide revival that brought together churches, pastors, and community members under the theme of Almost Home.
La Sierra University Ranks No. 4 for Social Mobility, Climbs in Best Value in U.S. News & World Report Rankings
La Sierra University maintained its robust status in the 2025 Best Colleges rankings released on Sept. 24, 2024 by U.S. News & World Report, bettering its placement for "Best Value" and retaining its position as No. 4 within 15 western states for "Social Mobility," an indicator of a university’s ability to enroll and graduate disadvantaged students.
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 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.