Feature Walla Walla College Enrollment growth reached 1,968 in 2004–05, the second highest enrollment in WWC history.An average of 90 WWC students serve as student missionaries every year.Approximately 84 percent of students receive financial aid each year; the average finan... Read more Planned Giving The NPUC planned giving and trust services department annually administers an average of $25 million in trusts and annuities.As of the end of 2005, the department was administering nearly 400 charitable documents.During the past five years, the de... Read more Regional, Youth African American members celebrated their 30th annual convocation in 2006.There are more than 126 NPUC Pathfinder clubs.During the past five years, regional members have contributed more than $8 million in tithe and baptized 864 new members to bri... Read more Public Affairs, Religious Liberty Labor union exemption requests have doubled since 2002, indicating increased assertiveness of labor unions in businesses and state agencies.Three individuals lose their jobs every day in the U.S. because of religious discrimination in the workplac... Read more Native Ministries Monte Church travels more than 150,000 miles every year to visit far-flung native groups.There are 31 native churches or companies in the NPUC, with 1,489 members.There are 15 annual native camp meetings across the Northwest and Canada.The North P... Read more Legal Counsel David Duncan received his law degree from Willamette University in 1971.Duncan works through enough paper each year to create several stacks equal to his height.Legal work on estate planning fills 60 percent of Duncan's time; the remainder is spen... Read more Information Technology More than 600 gigabytes of data passed through the NPUC "firewall" last year—nearly two gigabytes per day.The NPUC information technology department provides technical support for nearly 200 church-related employees in the Northwest.The weekly bac... Read more Education There are 588 certificated, full-time K–12 teachers in 122 schools within the NPUC, with 43 percent of the teachers possessing masters or higher degrees.Of the 14 NPUC senior academies, Idaho has one, Montana one, Oregon five, Upper Columbia three... Read more Disaster Response NPUC church members contributed more than $270,000 in offerings and donations, as well as volunteer teams and supplies to assist victims of hurricanes Katrina and Rita.Adventist Community Services (ACS) is the official Adventist disaster response ... Read more Communication More than 2 million pages are printed each month to provide the GLEANER to Northwest Adventist homes.The NPUC and GLEANER Web sites received more than 100,000 visits last year.Adventist media touches more than 100,000 listeners/viewers each week i... Read more Treasurer The long process of acquiring land, the proper permits, building and then relocating the North Pacific Union Conference (NPUC) office to Ridgefield, Wash., is nearly complete.Some have questioned why relocation was even necessary. While that discu... Read more Treasurer More than $43 million in appropriations were passed on to local conferences through the NPUC during the last five years.The NPUC revolving fund is generally open for deposits by members who wish to provide funds for church and school buildings whi... Read more Pagination First page « First Previous page ‹ Previous … Page 46 Page 47 Page 48 Page 49 Current page 50 Page 51 Page 52 Page 53 Page 54 … Next page Next › Last page Last »
Walla Walla College Enrollment growth reached 1,968 in 2004–05, the second highest enrollment in WWC history.An average of 90 WWC students serve as student missionaries every year.Approximately 84 percent of students receive financial aid each year; the average finan... Read more
Planned Giving The NPUC planned giving and trust services department annually administers an average of $25 million in trusts and annuities.As of the end of 2005, the department was administering nearly 400 charitable documents.During the past five years, the de... Read more
Regional, Youth African American members celebrated their 30th annual convocation in 2006.There are more than 126 NPUC Pathfinder clubs.During the past five years, regional members have contributed more than $8 million in tithe and baptized 864 new members to bri... Read more
Public Affairs, Religious Liberty Labor union exemption requests have doubled since 2002, indicating increased assertiveness of labor unions in businesses and state agencies.Three individuals lose their jobs every day in the U.S. because of religious discrimination in the workplac... Read more
Native Ministries Monte Church travels more than 150,000 miles every year to visit far-flung native groups.There are 31 native churches or companies in the NPUC, with 1,489 members.There are 15 annual native camp meetings across the Northwest and Canada.The North P... Read more
Legal Counsel David Duncan received his law degree from Willamette University in 1971.Duncan works through enough paper each year to create several stacks equal to his height.Legal work on estate planning fills 60 percent of Duncan's time; the remainder is spen... Read more
Information Technology More than 600 gigabytes of data passed through the NPUC "firewall" last year—nearly two gigabytes per day.The NPUC information technology department provides technical support for nearly 200 church-related employees in the Northwest.The weekly bac... Read more
Education There are 588 certificated, full-time K–12 teachers in 122 schools within the NPUC, with 43 percent of the teachers possessing masters or higher degrees.Of the 14 NPUC senior academies, Idaho has one, Montana one, Oregon five, Upper Columbia three... Read more
Disaster Response NPUC church members contributed more than $270,000 in offerings and donations, as well as volunteer teams and supplies to assist victims of hurricanes Katrina and Rita.Adventist Community Services (ACS) is the official Adventist disaster response ... Read more
Communication More than 2 million pages are printed each month to provide the GLEANER to Northwest Adventist homes.The NPUC and GLEANER Web sites received more than 100,000 visits last year.Adventist media touches more than 100,000 listeners/viewers each week i... Read more
Treasurer The long process of acquiring land, the proper permits, building and then relocating the North Pacific Union Conference (NPUC) office to Ridgefield, Wash., is nearly complete.Some have questioned why relocation was even necessary. While that discu... Read more
Treasurer More than $43 million in appropriations were passed on to local conferences through the NPUC during the last five years.The NPUC revolving fund is generally open for deposits by members who wish to provide funds for church and school buildings whi... Read more
