The benefits and blessings of Adventist Christian Education were evident for everyone to see at the 2017 staging of Education Rally held at the Trench Town SDA Church on Sabbath February 25, 2017. Held under the theme ‘Transformed, Inspired, Soaring to Success’, the rally saw scores of students from Adventist schools across East Jamaica Conference, participate in the worship service through songs, reading of the scripture, storytelling and drama.
Dr. Lincoln Edwards, President, Northern Caribbean University (NCU), spoke in East Jamaica Conference as president of NCU, for the first time since he was elected to lead that institution.
Edwards, in his message put forward a powerful case for Adventist Christian education and suggested that Christ centered education by the church is a viable solution to solving the nations crime problem.
The university president captioned his message ‘Transformed to Serve’ and posited that the Adventist Church in Jamaica can play a key role in bringing about transformation in this country.
“We have the ability as Seventh-day Adventists with our network of churches to radically transform the society of Jamaica and make it the place where people want to live and do business,” said Dr. Edwards.
