ADRA Jamaica, the humanitarian arm of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Jamaica, has been actively providing aid to those in need before and in the aftermath of Hurricane Melissa, which swept through the western parishes of Jamaica, causing fatalities and destruction. Prior to the landfall of the hurricane, ADRA Jamaica ...
The Black River Adventist Church, located in the capital of St Elizabeth, stands roofless and flooded after Hurricane Melissa tore through the area on October 28, damaging trees and property across one of the hardest-hit regions in western Jamaica. The scale of destruction left behind by Hurricane Melissa in Jamaica ...
By Nigel Coke | Mandeville, Jamaica The Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) Jamaica, the humanitarian arm of the Seventh-day Adventist Church, has been actively responding to the needs of Jamaicans affected by Hurricane Mellissa, which swept through the western parishes, leaving behind loss of life and widespread destruction. Before ...
November 3, 2025 | Montego Bay, Jamaica | Libna Stevens, Inter-American Division News The scale of destruction left behind by Hurricane Melissa in Jamaica “cannot be captured by the English word disaster,” said Pastor Glen Samuels, president of the West Jamaica Conference, as he surveyed the wreckage across the island’s ...
October 31, 2025 | Miami, Florida, United States | Libna Stevens, Inter-American Division News Seventh-day Adventist leaders across Jamaica, Cuba, Haiti, and the Dominican Republic are working to locate members and assess damage after Hurricane Melissa tore through the islands from October 27–30, 2025. The storm toppled power lines, uprooted ...
October 4, 2025 | Thailand | Marcos Paseggi, Adventist Review When Carolyn Lim, a Seventh-day Adventist psychotherapist in Singapore, was working with young people, she began to notice something seemingly odd. When a new young client would come to see her and she would ask the person what had prompted ...
October 9, 2025 | Silver Spring, Maryland, United States \ Marcos Paseggi, Adventist Review Hundreds of members of the Executive Committee of the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists (GCEXCOM) convened at the denomination headquarters in Silver Spring, Maryland, United States, for the opening of the Annual Council 2025 on October ...
