The Columbia Union Conference coordinates the Seventh-day Adventist Church’s work in the Mid-Atlantic United States, where 150,000 members worship in 860 congregations. We provide administrative support to eight conferences; two healthcare networks; 81 early childhood, elementary and secondary schools; a liberal arts university; a health sciences college; a 49 community services centers; 8 camps; 5 book and health food stores and a radio station.
God is love, power, and splendor—and God is a mystery. His ways are far beyond us, but He still reaches out to us. God is infinite yet intimate, three yet one,
all-knowing yet all-forgiving.
Story by Adventist HealthCare staff
Adventist HealthCare has been named one of Newsweek’s Most Trustworthy Companies in America 2024. The list of 700 U.S. companies was announced March 27 after an analysis by Newsweek and Statista Inc., the world-leading statistics portal and industry ranking provider.
Adventist HealthCare was among only 10 hospitals and healthcare systems in the U.S. to receive this prestigious recognition.
Story by Lizbeth Rodriguez-Diep
Editorial by Tim Bailey
This April, as the Mountain View Conference (MVC) moves into a newquinquennium, I cannot help but look back and see how far we have come. God has blessed our small conference with many new people who have committed their lives to Him and joined the Seventh-day Adventist Church. Since our last constituency, we have experienced an almost 10 percent growth in membership, almost double the attendance, and a 12 to 20 percent increase in tithe, depending on the year.
Story by LaTasha Hewitt
Allegheny East Conference’s (AEC) Office of Education is pleased to welcome Renee Humphreys as the new associate superintendent of schools. She fills the vacancy left by Cynthia Poole, who accepted the role of associate director for early childhood education at the Columbia Union Conference.
Story by Michele Joseph
As a school psychologist and the lay pastor of Liberty Mission Seventh-day Adventist Church in Washington, D.C., Donald Ross always looks for ways to connect with people.
Teaching Against Rage and Guns while Embracing Talents and Social Skills—called T.A.R.G.E.T.S.S. — was created to do just that for students whose environment leaves them a witness to gun violence.
Through this program, he and his team—which includes his wife, home-based business owner Karen, and Maria Williams, the church Community Services director —give teens tools to build a better life.
In December, the church held its second graduation for the six-week course, which is funded by a city mini grant.