Pastor’s Nexus

Moderate Drinking Linked to Breast Cancer
Moderate alcohol consumption, or about two drinks a day, has often been touted as heart healthy in recent years, but a new study finds the same quantity causes cancer.

Global Mission Issues Committee Grapples With Challenge of Dual Allegiance
Seventh-day Adventist missiologists and church leaders met recently to wrestle with the ongoing challenge of church members who retain non-Christian practices and beliefs from their former religions. This discussion was the focus of the Global Mission Issues Committee that met in April, at the Seventh-day Adventist Church World Headquarters in Silver Spring, Maryland.

World Church: Church Leaders ‘Healing Relationships’ at the Heart of Retention, Reclamation
Acceptance is at the heart of retaining and reclaiming members in the Seventh-day Adventist Church, church leaders agreed when they voted on a document called “Conserving Membership Gains-An Appeal.” The document was born out of earlier reports at the church’s Council on Evangelism and Witness (CEW) [see ANN article 'World Church: Keep 'Counting Your Sheep,' Church Leaders Say"] that stated that 28 percent of those who leave the Adventist church do not disagree with the church’s teachings but felt an “absence of belonging and [a] lack of meaningful engagement in the local congregation and its mission.”

Belief in Reincarnation Tied to Memory Errors
People who believe they have lived past lives as, say, Indian princesses or battlefield commanders are more likely to make certain types of memory errors, according to a new study.

Spirituality Influences Health, Most U.S. Doctors Say
The majority of American doctors think that religion and spirituality play an important role in influencing patients’ health, a new review found.

The Downside of TV Dinners
By all means, eat dinner with your family. Just don’t watch the tube at the same time.

World Church: Keep ‘Counting Your Sheep,’ Church Leaders Say
Seventh-day Adventists have little trouble tallying up new believers when they first enter the fold of church membership. But if fledgling Adventists get lost or tangled in temptation over the months and years that follow, who is out looking for them?

Campaign warns against smacking kids
A $2.5 million tax-payer funded campaign will warn parents not to smack their children.

Sydney’s homeless get their feet washed for Easter
Dozens of homeless men and women piled in to the Exodus Foundation on Liverpool road in Ashfield this morning, to have their feet washed.