Community participation is vital to prevent and control the spread of diseases transmitted by the Aedes aegypti mosquito. Community participation has been defined “as a process whereby individuals, families and communities are involved in the planning and conduct of local vector control activities so as to ensure that the programme ...
By Bettina Krause As the heads of state from 54 African countries gathered for a summit, a Seventh-day Adventist leader urged them to recognize “respect for human dignity” as a foundational principle of good governance. Ganoune Diop, director of public affairs and religious liberty for the Adventist world church, spoke ...
Pastor Laundale Munroe, the Sabbath school and personal ministries director of the West Jamaica Conference of Seventh-day Adventists (SDA), is urging members of the congregation in Hanover to establish special-needs ministries within their respective churches. Munroe was speaking at the Hanover SDA churches' parish convention at the Bioprist Knowledge Park ...
While the Seventh-day Adventist Church is generally seen as being moderately conservative, it is also progressive, learning from its historical contexts, respecting the views of others pertaining to attitudes regarding public, political, and civic affairs. The General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, as early as 1865 resolved, that “the act of ...
MANDEVILLE, Jamaica, (NCU) After presenting his annual report to the Northern Caribbean University (NCU) Board, NCU president, Dr. Trevor G. Gardner, indicated his desire not to be considered for service in the 2016-17 academic year. He has offered to serve for the rest of the 2015-2016 academic year, through to ...
A U.S. conference of the Seventh-day Adventist Church and two of its members filed a lawsuit against an Arkansas city on Jan. 19 over a local ordinance that prevents door-to-door literature evangelism. The lawsuit, filed by the Arkansas-Louisiana Conference, asks a U.S. district court to declare the ordinance enacted by White ...
Washington, D.C. United States | Bettina Krause | A Seventh-day Adventist religious liberty leader is urging corporate employers to respect their employees’ religious beliefs—not just because it’s the right thing to do, but also because it contributes to a profitable bottom line. Attorney Dwayne Leslie, associate director of the Public ...
