All God’s People

The Supreme Court delivered an historic win for workers whose faith conflicts with otherwise valid non-discriminatory work rules. The vote on June 29, 2023, was unanimous – all nine judges joining theopinion. The legal team representing Gerald Groff included Adventist attorney Alan Reinach, who serves as director of public affairs and religious liberty for the…

  Each year from September 15 to October 15, Americans observe National Hispanic Heritage Month.During this month we take time to recognize the achievements and contributions of Hispanic Americanchampions who have inspired others to achieve success. The observation began in 1968 as HispanicHeritage Week under President Lyndon Johnson and was expanded in 1988 by President…

  The Lancaster church celebrated more than 100 years of ministry this summer. Southern California Conference leadership commemorated the occasion with flowers and a certificate of recognition. The treasurer of the conference also presented a check for $10,000 to the church to expand their evangelistic vision. Read the entire story Adventist Health St. Helena garnered…

  The devastating impact of the wildfire that destroyed Lahaina and swept through West Maui in Hawaii, on Tuesday, August 8, is not yet fully known. At the time of this taping, 114 lives have been lost with hundreds still missing. Pastor Erik VanDenburgh, president of the Hawaii Conference, wrote on August 9, “Members have…

  For the past three years, the Diversity Festival has taken place during the final quarter of the year at Antelope Valley Adventist School. It was created as a celebration of cultures and an appreciation of diversity on campus. Throughout the quarter, students learned about the history, culture, and customs that shape each country. In…

  Juneteenth is the oldest nationally celebrated commemoration of the ending of slavery in the United States. On June 19, 1865, Union General Gordon Granger arrived in Galveston, Texas, and proclaimed the freedom of all enslaved people in accordance with the Emancipation Proclamation, which had been issued more than two years earlier by President Abraham…

  Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month is observed in the United States during the month of May and recognizes the contributions and influence of Asian Americans and Pacific Islander Americans to the history, culture, and achievements of the United States. Out of the 218,191 members in the Pacific Union Conference, 9.59% are Asian…

  On April 18, the Supreme Court of the United States held a hearing whose eventual ruling could have longstanding implications on religious accommodation in the workplace. The Supreme Court held oral argument in Groff v. DeJoy. Gerald Groff was a rural postal service employee in Pennsylvania who requested to not work on Sunday, his…

  We are so proud of our own Berit von Pohle—La Sierra University’s Alumna of the Year! Berit von Pohle, vice president for education of the Pacific Union Conference, received the prestigious award at La Sierra’s homecoming weekend April 13-15. Joy Fehr, president of La Sierra University, said this in her introduction: “Throughout her extensive…

  April is Education month at the Pacific Union Conference. It’s the month of alumni weekends and homecomings at our academies and at La Sierra University and Pacific Union College. And it’s the month of the Education issue of the Recorder! In preparing for the sixth annual Education issue, our Recorder editor, Alberto Valenzuela, was…

  This week we bring you one of our favorite AGP Easter Specials. Christians around the world are celebrating Holy Week—the final week in the ministry of Jesus Christ, which includes the two pivotal moments in His life so significant to the Christian faith: His death and resurrection. We spoke with Elder Bradford Newton, president…

  Elder Bradford C. Newton, president of the Pacific Union Conference, and Elder Alberto Ingleton, vice president for Hispanic Ministries, conducted an evangelistic series at El Camino a Cristo Seventh-day Adventist Church in Huntington Park, California, March 4–11. “The Holy Spirit was dramatically evident,” Elder Newton said, “and 20 were baptized at the close of…

  Pine Hills Adventist Academy is celebrating 10 years of amazing productions: My Fair Lady, Mary Poppins, The Music Man, and Fiddler on the Roof, to name a few. And they just finished their production of Les Miserables. Out of 36 academy students at Pine Hills, 30 of them were in the production. They were…

  The girl’s flag football team of Sacramento Adventist Academy was featured on the local CBS news station recently. The California Interscholastic Federation or CIF, which is the governing body for high school sports, has unanimously approved girl’s flag football as a sanctioned sport. Kayelynn Welty, a senior at Sacramento Adventist Academy, has been interested…

  We are sad to share the news that T. Marshall Kelly passed away this week. In a career that spanned over 70 years in the gospel ministry, Elder Kelly served the Seventh-day Adventist church as a pastor, Bible teacher, and singing evangelist. In retirement, he served as a college chaplain and interim pastor of…

  Christian Figueroa grew up in the Seventh-day Adventist tradition, regularly attended church with his family, and understood Adventist beliefs. But it wasn’t until he encountered experiences at La Sierra Academy and La Sierra University that his own spiritual life and identity fell into focus.  The window into a deeper personal faith cracked opened during…