Columbia Union News

The Seventh-day Adventist Church is on track to establish 300 new congregations across North America this year as part of an initiative to open 1,000 new churches over five years, a senior church officer said Sunday.

Before he saved dozens of wounded soldiers on the front lines during World War II, which earned him a Medal of Honor, Seventh-day Adventist combat medic Desmond Doss was called a misfit for refusing to carry a weapon, and commanders ostracized him for observing the Sabbath. Seventy years later, what is the military like for Adventists?

Two motions are voted during course of Unity in Mission document discussion; NAD Executive Committee votes continued support of world church.

More than 3,000 Pathfinders attended "Fearless," the largest camporee in Columbia Union Conference history, October 6 - 9. Watch the October 6 evening program here.

Ricardo Bacchus joined the Visitor staff this week. Bacchus will serve as assistant director of the Columbia Union Conference Communication Department and assistant Visitor editor.

Willis B. Quigley, president of the Columbia Union Conference from 1973-78, passed away October 15, as a result of pneumonia. He was 94 years of age.

Watch the Annual Council Meeting disccusing how to deal with unions that ordain women.

See photos from the Columbia Union Conference's "Fearless" Camporee October 6 - 9 in Schuylkill Haven, Pa.