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Celebrating Life – Over a Century

One hundred and three–not out is an enviable record that many batsmen would like to hold in a test series. Miss Isabel Lewis is not a cricketer but through the mercies of God, this is the score she has put on the longevity chart. Born January 19, 1913, Miss Lewis has defied the “three score and ten”…

Helping an Adventist With His Sabbath Work Conflict

By Charles Steinberg, GleanerNow, with Adventist Review staff My cell phone rang. It was Jeffrey Britt, a member of the Bremerton Seventh-day Adventist Church in the U.S. state of Washington. Britt is a 30-year Navy veteran who decided to return to work at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard in Bremerton, Washington, as a civil service employee. His employer had…

Pilot Gilbert Cangy Offers Flight Around World on Global Youth Day

Gilbert Cangy, youth director for the Seventh-day Adventist world church, will fly around the world in 24 hours next month — and he is inviting you to accompany him on the trip. Cangy will don a pilot’s uniform and embark on a 24-city tour that starts in the Fiji islands and soars through Australia, India,…

Ten Days of Prayer Initiative

We thank God for His guidance and leading during the “10 Days of Prayer” initiative we had earlier this year, and praise Him for what was accomplished. As the country embarks on General Election, we believe that it is necessary for us to engage in united prayer for God’s will to cover the length and…

City With Strong Adventist Presence Ranked Most Bible-Minded in U.S.

POSTED FEBRUARY 14, 2016 Evangelist John Bradshaw said the Seventh-day Adventist Church’s message should be proclaimed in every city no matter its level of Bible literacy after a survey ranked his adopted hometown as the most Bible-minded city in the United States. Chattanooga, Tennessee — which has a thriving Adventist presence — is more Bible-minded…

WHY IS COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION ESSENTIAL IN THE CONTROL OF THE AEDES AEGYPTI MOSQUITO

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 meets the local needs and…

Adventist Speaker Underscores Human Dignity to African Union Leaders

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 at the prayer breakfast at…

Establish special needs ministries in churches, pastor urges

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 in Haughton Court, Lucea, recently.…

Meric Walker: Adventists and politics

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 voting, when exercised in behalf…

NCU President to Serve Until August 2016

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 the graduation of the class…