Finding Meaning In The History Of ADU

Adventist University of Health Sciences (ADU) Spring Graduation 2013. University of the Southern Caribbean (USC) is mentioned in the Commencement Address. Introduction of speaker, Dr. Robert A. Williams, begins at the 37:00 minute marker.

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Washington Adventist University (WAU) was founded in 1904 and is a Seventh-day Adventist liberal arts university operating in Takoma Park, Maryland, United States.

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Battle Creek Revisited: Lessons from the lives of pioneers

 

SDA World Church leaders at Battle Creek's 'Historic Adventist Village"
 for Annual Spring Meeting marking the 150th anniversary of the organized church 

"In the end, it seemed fitting that an archivist -- in this case, David Trim of the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists -- would encapsulate two days of presentations about a variety of topics related to the 150-year anniversary of the movement's formal organization.

"This is a historian's dream," the waistcoated Trim said the afternoon of Sabbath, April 13, 2013, before an assemblage of world church officers  "Church leaders sitting down for two days listening to history -- may it happen many more times!"

The two days of programs were not, however, merely an academic exercise. Instead, the presentations were designed to help delegates to the movement's Spring Meeting, one of two bi-annual business sessions, understand the roots of present-day Adventism as well as to draw lessons from the lives of pioneers, early believers and even apostates.

The fervor of early Adventists sometimes faded: Moses Hull was one of those who suggested the name "Seventh-day Adventist Church," but later apostatized into Spiritualism. John Harvey Kellogg, leader of the church's early health and education departments, built the famed Battle Creek Sanatorium, but later wrested it from church control, and in 1907 was dropped from membership  because of his advocacy of pantheistic ideas. Towards the end of his life, reported Bill Knott, editor and executive publisher of Adventist Review and Adventist World magazines, Kellogg acknowledged his errors, at least privately, but declined rebaptism for fear of igniting controversy.

Sadly, though, Knott said, "Kellogg's story ended well before his death," because of his separation from the movement ..."

Read more: http://www.adventistreview.com/article/6223/archives/issue-2013-1510/10-cn-adventist-leaders-hear-fresh-perspectives-on-early-church-history

The Lovely Hill: Where People Live Longer and Happier

""Adventists believe in the body and soul as one," according to Dr. Daniel Giang of Loma Linda University's Medical Center. Pastor Randy Roberts of the same university references scripture to drive the point home: "In Corinthians, Paul speaking of the human body says specifically, 'you are the temple of the Holy spirit.' Therefore, he says, whatever you do in your body, you do it to the honor, the glory and the praise of God." The Seventh-Day Adventists, like Jews and Muslims, stay away from foods that the Bible deems impure, like pork.

Many Seventh-Day Adventists are vegetarians, physically active, and involved in their community. In other words, their lifestyles are quite unique in an America where community has become less and less important and over one third of the population is obese. Smoking and drinking are discouraged by the faith, as is the consumption of caffeine, rich foods, and certain spices. By most of our hyper-connected standards, the Seventh-Day Adventists are also an isolated community. Unlike other Christian sects that take their Sabbath on Sunday, they take theirs on Saturday. The more conservative members of the religion cut themselves off from popular culture altogether.

Because of their unique lifestyle, scientists from a variety of organizations like the National Health Institute and the American Cancer Society have since 1958 been studying how the community's dietary habits, lifestyle, disease rates, and mortality interact in a series of studies known as the Adventist Health Studies. What they have found in the decades since is remarkable ..."

Read more: http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2013/02/the-lovely-hill-where-people-live-longer-and-happier/272798/

Study of Education Outcomes Places Adventist Schools Significantly Ahead of Public Schools

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"The first analysis of all available research comparing religious, public and charter schools was released recently in a presentation at Notre Dame University and the author had positive comments about Adventist schools. The meta-analysis combined data from all 90 studies on this topic published in recent years, most of them in refereed academic journals. It is the first such analysis ever undertaken comparing the three types of schools and included both elementary and secondary students.


Dr. William H. Jeynes, well known for his meta-analytic research on a number of topics, is a senior fellow at the Witherspoon Institute in Princeton, New Jersey, and professor of education at California State University, Long Beach. He is known as the architect of the economic and education plan that enabled the Republic of Korea to recover from the 1997-98 Asian economic crisis. He has authored more than 110 academic publications, including 10 books.

Students attending faith-based schools had an academic advantage of approximately one year over their counterparts in both public and charter schools, Jeynes stated in his Notre Dame lecture. Even when the data was controlled for socioeconomic status, ethnicity and gender this advantage was maintained. “I was quite surprised that students from charter schools did no better than their counterparts in traditional public schools,” Jeynes said. “I really expected charter school students to outperform pupils in traditional public schools. It appears that if this nation is to support the notion of a greater breadth of school choice, then religious schools should be included.”

 Schools operated by the Seventh-day Adventist Church were included in the analysis and Jeynes spoke exclusively to Adventist Today about the results. “Students who attend Adventist schools score at an academic level about 11 months ahead of their counterparts,” he said. “Even when controlling for socioeconomic status, race and gender, the advantage is six months ...”"


Read more: http://www.atoday.org/article/1774/news/april/study-of-education-outcomes-places-adventist-schools-significantly-ahead-of-public-schools

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Let's Share: A relationship with God

Devon Franklin - The other side of Victory

Background information:
"Setting: It’s a Friday afternoon in Lisle, Illinois, a Chicago suburb. Attendees at the Evangelical Press Association awards lunch fall silent as a 33-year-old Hollywood film studio executive takes the podium. 

But this isn’t your typical Christian convention speaker. While sharing his earnest story about grace, faith, and the power of a transformed life, DeVon Franklin, vice president of production at Columbia Pictures, one of Hollywood’s top film studios, talks about the time he was on location filming a remake of the family-friendly movie The Karate Kid in Beijing, China. 

“It was getting late in the afternoon that Friday,” he recalled. “The sun was going down. I could have stayed on the set and completed my work, and no one [back home] would have known,” he explained. “But I would have known, and God would have known. So I told the folks I was leaving, had someone take over, and had a great Sabbath in China.” Yes, he said “Sabbath,” and yes, he identified himself as a Seventh-day Adventist Christian. 

Afterward dozens of conference-goers lined up to get an autographed copy of Franklin’s book, Produced by Faith, and laud his Christian commitment ..."

Read more: http://www.adventistreview.org/article/4722/archives/issue-2011-1526/adventist-film-exec-produces-by-faith

The Festival Of The Laity