Loren Seibold

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Executive Editor at Adventist Today

Contributor at Spectrum Magazine

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“I Love You No Matter What!

1 week ago | atoday.org | Loren Seibold

melody tan, parenting by Melody Tan | 18 June 2025 |Growing up, the only overseas holiday my family could afford was a one-month visit to England when I was 16. Other than that trip, where I saw a different country through the tinted lens of a tourist, my birth country was the only culture I experienced for the first 20 years of my life. Yet I never felt I belonged.
“I Alone Can Fix It”: How Churches Grow and Evolve

1 week ago | atoday.org | Loren Seibold

News by Mark Johnson | 17 June 2025 |Adventism is in a decades-long crisis. We are split into at least two different churches.2 Reinder Bruinsma and others have defined the widely differing categories into which we fall. New members pour into the church in some geographical areas while the disenchanted hemorrhage out the back door in others.
Editorial: “Heading to St. Louis for GC Session? Come Have Lunch With Us!”

2 weeks ago | atoday.org | Loren Seibold

Features editorial Are you attending this summer’s General Conference Session in St. Louis? If so, we’d love to meet you in person!Join us for a casual, complimentary vegetarian buffet lunch on Friday, July 11, at the Hotel Saint Louis, Autograph Collection (705 Olive St, St. Louis, MO 63101)—just two blocks from the America’s Center.
Has Reclaiming the Prophet, a New Book on Ellen White, Been Deep-Sixed?

2 weeks ago | atoday.org | Loren Seibold

by Loren Seibold | 12 June 2025 | Recently we read a rumor that a new book about Ellen White, published by Pacific Press, had been withdrawn from the market. A far-right Adventist website was the first to say that Reclaiming the Prophet had been pulled from both the shelves and the presses. Last week a statement released by the White Estate concluded with, “Following recent consultations, Pacific Press has decided not to further circulate or reprint the book.
The Faith of Father Mulcahy

2 weeks ago | atoday.org | Loren Seibold

News by Lindsey Abston Painter | 10 June 2025 |I’m watching M*A*S*H for the first time. I know I’m late to the party—I was born in the 80’s so I missed M*A*S*H in its heyday. It’s still funny and brilliant, at the same time fun and deeply moving.
Has the Adventist Church lost its unique identity, Aunty?

2 weeks ago | atoday.org | Loren Seibold

Features aunt sevvy 9 June 2025 |Dear Aunt Sevvy,Has the Adventist Church lost its unique identity? I feel like it is becoming increasingly difficult to distinguish us from the rest of the Christian world. We are given the specific instruction to be a “peculiar people.” What do you think, Aunty?
Gulf States Special Constituency Votes to Close Bass Memorial

2 weeks ago | atoday.org | Loren Seibold

News bass memorial academy, gulf states conference 9 June 2025 |A special constituency meeting Gulf States Conference has voted to close Bass Memorial Academy, ratifying a decision made earlier by the conference executive committee on January 7 to quit funding the academy at the end of this year. You can watch the constituency meeting here.
Editorial: “They Shall Deceive the Very Elect”

3 weeks ago | atoday.org | Loren Seibold

Features editorial For there shall arise false christs and false prophets and shall show great signs and wonders, insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect. Matthew 24:24I remember as a child reading about false christs and prophets. That last phrase, “They shall deceive the very elect” stuck in my brain.
Exploring the 2025 General Conference Session Agenda

3 weeks ago | atoday.org | Loren Seibold

by Loren Seibold | 6 June 2025 |The 2025 General Conference Session agenda is out—and it’s a 94-page book. This document feels a bit like the credits at the end of a movie, or that software fine print that you click without reading: you know there is some important information there, but it’s not easy to figure out which bits are important. But for those who are interested in more detail without having to read it all yourself, here are what seemed to me to be highlights.
Dr. Gina Spivey-Brown Begins New Role as President of Oakwood University

3 weeks ago | atoday.org | Loren Seibold

News Oakwood University by Greg Dunn | 5 June 2025 |The Oakwood University Board of Trustees two months ago selected the highly accomplished Dr. Gina Spivey-Brown, Ph.D., RN, MSA, FAAN, FNAP, FADLN, as its 12th president – and the first woman to lead the storied institution.