POLICE corporal and elder at Ocho Rios Seventh-day Adventist Church Wayne Bartley is a man on a mission. The cop, who has been a member of the Jamaica Constabulary Force for 14 years, is not only dedicated to fighting crime, but also to winning souls for Christ. Bartley, an ordained ...
Miami, Florida, United States | Libna Stevens/IAD In less than two days, young people across Seventh-day Adventist congregations around the world will unite in carrying out acts of kindness and sharing hope in their communities on Sabbath, March 18, 2017. The annual special day coined as Global Youth Day, is ...
For Elder Michael Vernal and the members of the Regent Street SDA Church, March 11, 2017 will long be remembered as a very special day in the life of the church. For starters, history will record that this was the first time that Elder  Vernal ever baptized anyone and to ...
Adventist Church in Haiti Struggles to Rebuild After Hurricane Matthew
Port Salut, Haiti | Libna Stevens/IAD Five months after Hurricane Matthew devastated Haiti’s southern peninsula, the Seventh-day Adventist Church is still trying to cope with helping members restore their lives and rebuild dozens of churches. Pastor Jean Mathieu Mitchel, executive secretary of the church in South Haiti, says thousands of ...
More than ninety communicators from forty six churches in East Jamaica Conference participated in  the 2017  Communication Retreat which saw communicators participating in practical hands on training to do live video streaming in preparation for a massive Conference wide evangelistic campaign set to begin in June later this year. This ...
'Doctor' In Waiting ... Blind Senator Floyd Morris Nears PhD After Leaving High School Without A Subject
In a story of triumph over adversity, blind senator, Floyd Morris, who left St Mary High School 31 years ago without having a single subject in an external exam, is celebrating the successful defence of his thesis for a doctor of philosophy (PhD) degree. With the passing of the oral ...
CJC EMPLOYS ITS FIRST FEMALE PASTOR
For the first time in its 66 years of operation, the Central Jamaica Conference of Seventh-day Adventists (CJC) has voted to employ a female Pastor. At the meeting of the Conference’s Executive Committee on the 15th February, 2017, members voted to employ Mrs Latoya Smythe-Forbes as the Assistant Pastor of ...