In 2022, OpenAI’s release of ChatGPT sparked an ongoing surge in generative artificialm intelligence (AI), a technology that has triggered both excitement and anxiety. Many Seventh-day Adventists are embracing AI, intent on harnessing this new tool to spread the gospel.
Washington Adventist University incoming freshman Franklin Diaz and Jennifer Perez (’29) have been selected to receive this year’s Next Generation Hispanic Pastor scholarships, provided by the Columbia Union and North American Division.
Forty-six Pathfinder Bible Experience (PBE) teams participated in the 2026 North American Division level event last weekend at Camp Hawthorne in Florida.
During the Sabbath morning testing event that focused on Isaiah, chapters 1 through 33, 46 of those teams placed first and will be moving on to the North American Division (NAD) level event, April 17 and 18 in Hawthorne, Fla.
After working in the Information Technology Services (ITS) Department at the Columbia Union Conference for 19 years, Chris Araujo has moved to the North American Division.
Columbia Union Conference leadership will continue hosting monthly Online Prayer Meetings in 2026. Join us on Facebook and YouTube at noon every first Wednesday of the month.
In 2025, Ohio Conference churches welcomed 400-plus new members. Kojo Twumasi, conference Evangelism director, says that their number one vehicle for retention was and continues to be small groups.
