GC Delegates Vote to Tighten Language of Fundamental #6 on Creation
On Tuesday of the 2015 GC session (July 7) the delegates overwhelmingly voted to update the language of the statement of Fundamental Belief #6 on Creation to specifically highlight the Seventh-day Adventist position on the historical and, in particular, the literal nature of the creation week described in Genesis (the changes in wording are highlighted below). God…
LSU Removes Dr. Lee Grismer as Chairman of the Biology Department
by Sean Pitman . It has recently come to my attention that La Sierra University has quietly taken the chairmanship of the biology department away from Dr. Lee Grismer and given it to Dr. John Perumal (not updated on LSU’s website until after October 17). From the church’s perspective, this certainly is an improvement since…
La Sierra University gets 3-year AAA Accreditation
Excerpts from an article by Mark Kellner in Adventist News: La Sierra University, a Seventh-day Adventist-owned educational institution in Riverside, California, received a three-year accreditation through 2016, following a vote by the Adventist Accrediting Association (AAA) board, meeting Wednesday, October 9, in Silver Spring, Maryland. The maximum term granted for accreditation is five years, Lisa…
The Adventist Accrediting Association to Approve LSU’s Accreditation
by: Sean Pitman I have it on good authority that the Adventist Accrediting Association plans to approve accreditation for La Sierra University at its October 9, 2013 meeting (as per the recommendation of its review team that conducted a “Focused Visit” to La Sierra University from April 16-18, 2013). The argument is that LSU…