Adventists Played Important Role in Obama Inaugural Events Washington D.C./USA | 25.01.2009 | Religion + State Seventh-day Adventist Christians played important, visible roles in the inaugural festivities and early celebrations for President Barack Hussein Obama, the first African-American elected as chief executive of the United States of America. Moments after President Obama’s inaugural address, Seventh-day Adventist pastor and U.S. Senate Chaplain Barry C. Black gave the invocation at the inaugural luncheon held in the Capitol’s Statuary Hall on January 20. The next morning, Wintley Phipps, a note
Historic Obama inauguration preserves tradition of prayer Washington D.C./USA | 20.01.2009 | Religion + State U.S. Senate chaplain on spirituality of nation's leaders; an Adventist's privilege Government officials and United States citizens who have gathered in the nation's Capitol today for the inauguration of president-elect Barack Obama celebrated many firsts, but they'll also rely on a framework preserved for more than 200 years, bolstered by such standbys as the inaugural prayer, says U.S. Senate Chaplain Barry C. Black. A prayer isn't something to take a red pen to, he says. Unlike speeches,
"Hope Channel TV" To Air U.S. Adventist Ministries Convention Silver Spring, Maryland/USA | 15.01.2009 | Media "Come and See! Renewing the Call to New Testament Evangelism" is the theme for the 2009 Adventist Ministries Convention, January 18-21, in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina /USA. Hope Channel will broadcast all of the general sessions of the convention, including the general Leadership Sessions, the Worship Services, and the launch of "Share the Hope," the kickoff event for the 2009 Year of Evangelism. Speakers for general sessions include: George Barna, Ron Clouzet, Gwendolyn Goldsby Grant, Karl
