St Ann cop baptises 6 people
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 leader at the St Ann…
Read MoreAdventists to serve in their communities during Global Youth Day
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 sponsored by the General Conference’s…
Read MoreIt is Joy, Unspeakable Joy “ – says Elder after Baptizing his eighty two year old mother on Special LTM Baptism Day
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 top it off, his first…
Read MoreAdventist 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 church members were affected by…
Read MoreEJC Communicators set to play critical role in massive Conference Wide Evangelistic Campaign in June of this year
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 was the second Communication Retreat…
Read More‘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 examination yesterday, the former senate…
Read MoreCJC 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 the Asia District of Churches.…
Read MoreOutstanding Five Year Old Awarded Scholarship to Kingsway Prep. School
The Trench Town SDA Church erupted in appreciation when Dr. Donna Brown, Education Director in East Jamaica Conference, shared the good news that five year old Dakarai Williams of Trench Town SDA Basic School, would be awarded a scholarship to attend Kingsway Prep. School at the beginning of the next school year. The scholarship was…
Read MoreAdventists have the ability to radically transform the Society says NCU President
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,…
Read MoreInter-America Launches Comprehensive Plan to Certify More Than 30,000 Church Elders
Miami, Florida, United States | Libna Stevens/IAD Top Seventh-day Adventist leaders at the Inter-American Division (IAD) took time last weekend to honor the work of its thousands of church elders who assist pastors in ministering to the 3.7 million members across the vast territory. The live two-hour online program was also a time to launch…
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