Welcome to the Lake Union Headquarters
We serve huge metropolitan centers like Chicago, Detroit, Indianapolis and Milwaukee, but we also feel close to home in small cities and villages scattered throughout our mostly farmland territory. We serve over 90,000 members in nearly 560 churches and companies in five local conferences. We are home to the Seventh-day Adventist Theological Seminary on the campus of Andrews University, UChicago Medicine AdventHealth Great Lakes facilities in Illinois and Wisconsin, as well as approximately 79 academies and elementary schools.
Current Issue
— Gary Burns, EditorWith our lives being diverted and focus redirected due to the COVID-19 pandemic, I decided this was a good time to read through the Bible again. I’m now in the Psalms, a refreshing contrast to my new perspective of the Old Testament stories of carnage and violence, given our current culture. I had forgotten how far God’s people, even His best people, had drifted away from God in such short order following the miraculous Red Sea crossing. I found myself quick to judge and condemn their actions until I read further and saw myself in the story.
However unwelcome these current events, we may find blessings. For one, it certainly has adjusted my thinking regarding priorities. We have a whole new paradigm of life on this planet and where our priorities should be. And speaking of priorities, what about our neighbors who may have no clue of Heaven’s perspective? This could be our opportunity to reach them with a message of hope and spiritual healing.