By Gabriela Profeta Phillips, director of Adventist-Muslim relations for the North American Division A wave of violence hit southern California last week, leaving many of us numbed. “Why?” we asked ourselves. “Why would a seemingly normal man, happily married and blessed with a 6-month-old child, take the lives of people indiscriminately? ...
By Larry R. Evans, assistant to the General Conference president for Special Needs Ministries For decades those who could not see, hear, walk, or think like the majority were often grouped into a category referred to as “those with disabilities.” While not a bad label, it often did at least ...
Delegates Elect New Administration for Jamaica Union Conference
Approximately 275 delegates at the Second (First Quinquennial) Session of the Jamaica Union Conference of Seventh-day Adventists (JAMU) voted unanimously for to elect a new administration to provide Spiritual and  administrative leadership to its more than 280,000 members for the next five year. The Session was held at the Mandeville ...
JAMU host Second (First Quinqennial) Session
The Jamaica Union Conference of Seventh-day Adventists will host its Second (First Quenquennial) Session at the Mandeville Seventh-day Adventist Church in Manchester from December 1-3, 2015. The theme for the Session is “Reaching Forward with Christ” Registration for all delegates will begin at 12:00 noon and will continue until 4:00 ...
Central Jamaica Conference is Heritage Quiz Champion
Central Jamaica Conference (CJC) proved they knew more about the history and doctrines of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Jamaica by finishing ahead of the other four Conferences in the Jamaica Union Conference (JAMU) Heritage Quiz finals held on Saturday, November 21, at the Northern Caribbean University (NCU) Gymnatorium in ...
DOVER, St Mary: Executive secretary and treasurer at the North East Jamaica Conference (NEJC) of Seventh-day Adventists, Adlai Blythe, describes himself as "a second-generation Adventist who was born and raised in the Church". After spending more than 20 years working in the public sector as an administrator and accountant, Blythe ...
Nathanael and Norine Reese with their newborn son, Asher. (Photo courtesy of Norine Reese)
By Andrew McChesney, news editor, Adventist Review A Seventh-day Adventist nurse delivered her own baby as her husband frantically sped their car toward the hospital in the U.S. state of North Carolina. Norine Reese had planned to give birth at home as she had with her other three boys. But her midwife ...