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Sometimes I Feel Like I Need a Sabbath from the Sabbath

  I love my church. I’m all in. I want it to grow, to thrive, to become the kind of community people actually want to be part of. And with...
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Trying to Preserve Adventism Is Ensuring Its Demise

Much of our energy today is spent worrying about whether the church will survive. We analyze membership trends, debate retention versus accession, measure the depth of conversion, and diagnose...
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Forty-Two Percent of Everyone Who Joins Us Eventually Leaves. Let’s Talk About That.

That’s not a rounding error. That’s a pattern. Since 1965, more than 18.5 million people have joined the Seventh-day Adventist Church and then walked away from it. Eighteen and a half million....
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Doubt Doesn’t Break Your Faith. Pretending Does.

Nobody leaves Adventism because they asked too many questions. They leave because they asked questions—and got silence, sidelong glances, and a Sabbath School quarterly that...
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Prayer Is Not a Prescription. (God Made Therapists Too.)

Somewhere along the way we decided that struggling Christians just weren’t praying hard enough. Depression? More devotions.Anxiety? Claim the victory.Trauma? Have you tried fasting? We meant...
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You Are Not a Backslider. You Are a Human Being Having a Hard Time.

  We have a word for people who are struggling. We call them backsliders—which is a remarkable thing to call someone. It implies direction. It implies...
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Here’s Why the Mormons Are Way Richer Than Us

It’s not magic—it’s culture, structure, and theology. Members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints are, on average, wealthier than Seventh-day Adventists,...

Adventist Culture

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Friendship Isn’t a Mission Field

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When people talk about “friendship evangelism,” it often feels...

Adventist Shaming: A Better Way Forward

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There are many absolutely beautiful aspects of Adventism. I...

We Can Do Vastly Better

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    For a group that often specializes in self-criticism, it’s...

Does BarelyAdventist Hate the Church?

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Between the satire, the memes, the open questions, the...

Adventist Food

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You Are Not a Prophet

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  For decades, the Adventist Church has had people who...

Superstitious Church leaders scrap 13th Sabbath tradition

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SILVER SPRING, Md. --- In a dramatic shift for...

Would Adventist Leaders Be in Better Shape If They Actually Believed the Health Message?

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Long before Blue Zones were trendy, we were warning...

Why do people leave Adventism relieved—and why don’t we want to hear that?

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When people leave Adventism, many describe something unexpected: relief. Not...

Sabbath Observance

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How Worried Should You be that Your Congregation isn’t Growing?

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Look, let’s be real for a second. If your...

Bible Study Circle Quietly Reviews Anointing-Oil Contingency Plans

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Last Tuesday, as news of the U.S. naval blockade...

Local Adventist Agrees With Pope, Deeply Uncomfortable About It

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Man unsure whether to share article or burn phone COLLEGEDALE,...

Silver Spring Is Not Heaven. Fortunately, That’s Not the Point.

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If you’ve spent any time watching the General Conference...

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