Columbia Union News
Story by NAD Staff
On December 2, 2017, at 4 p.m. (CST) students from Oakwood University will dialogue with Seventh-day Adventist Church leaders from the North American Division (NAD) during a 120-minute livestreamed conversation. During “Is This Thing On?” Dan Jackson, president of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in North America, and Alex Bryant, executive secretary, will answer questions via audience and social media during the program’s second Facebook Live event this year.
Story by V. Michelle Bernard
During the November Columbia Union Conference Executive Committee meeting, members elected Emmanuel Asiedu as the new treasurer of the union effective January 1, 2018.
“Emmanuel is a uniquely gifted leader,” says Dave Weigley, union president. “He’s very mission focused. … I think he’ll be a real blessing to our union in many ways.”
Story by Adventist Review and Adventist News Network
Story by V. Michelle Bernard
In 2016 conferences within the Columbia Union territory started 50 new church plants, the most in the North American Division (NAD) that year. To make this possible, the union provided $67,500, and solicited $250,000 from the NAD and General Conference, reports Frank Bondurant, vice president for Ministries Development.