Could the recent Supreme Court decision in favor of Catholic charities refusing to adopt children to gay families impact civil rights for the Seventh-day Adventist Church?
This summer, Emmanuel Asiedu, Columbia Union treasurer, and his wife, Annette, hosted evangelistic and health seminars in Kumasi, Ghana, resulting in 10 baptisms, 50 Bible studies and many answers to prayer.
Pastores y coordinadores de los Ministerios Hispanos se reunieron recientemente en la sede de la Unión de Columbia para orar y llevarse a casa más de 13,600 Biblias y 100,000 El Camino a Cristo en inglés y en español.
Ten months into the pandemic, many churches and schools are still meeting virtually. The Visitor staff asked leaders around the union what they’ve learned about online ministry during this time, and gleaned tips on how local leaders can make the most of these important communication tools
Yesterday, the Columbia Union Conference sent COVID-19 relief checks, totaling $360,000, to each of its eight conferences, as well as Washington Adventist University.
Many churches across the Columbia Union Conference are still closed for in-person worship due to the coronavirus pandemic, including all churches in the Allegheny East and West conferences. Churches in the New Jersey Conference have experienced 38 deaths as a result of COVID-19. Eighty percent of these churches are now open at 25 percent capacity, reported President Dave Weigley at the September 17 Columbia Union Conference Executive Committee meeting.
