Adventist Jailed in Kazakhstan for ‘Inciting Religious Hatred’
By ANN staff ASeventh-day Adventist believer has been jailed for two years in Kazakhstan for “inciting religious hatred” with a profession of faith, a court ruling that has raised concerns about religious freedom in the former Soviet republic. The defendant, Yklas Kabduakasov, denies the charge and is considering an appeal. The city court in Kazakhstan’s…
Read MoreRobert Folkenberg, former president of Adventist Church, passes at 74
Will be remembered for his passion to mission in the US and abroad, leaders say. Silver Spring, Maryland, United States | ANN Staff | Pastor Robert S. Folkenberg, an innovative church worker and mission advocate who served as president of the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, passed to his rest this week at the age…
Read MoreATCU Elects Directors and Officers for the New Quinquennium
At the second quinquennial session of the Atlantic Caribbean Union held during December 6-7, 2015, and at the ATCU year-end committee meetings that took place December 10 and 11, 2015 in the Cayman Islands, the following were elected to serve in the various departments of ATCU for the next five years: Cheryl Rolle, Associate Secretary;…
Read MoreCJC Appoints new Youth Director
The Central Jamaica Conference Executive Committee voted to appoint Pastor Kevan Barnaby as Youth Director. The position of Youth Director became vacant when Pastor Greg Baldeo, who served in this capacity since July 2014, went off on study leave to Canada in December. The vote took place on Tuesday December 15, 2015 and takes immediate…
Read MoreAdventist Church reopens book and health food store
MANDEVILLE, Manchester: “Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in good health, even as thy soul prospereth.” – 3 John 1:2 It started as the ABC Book and Nutrition Centre, under an initiative of the local church union’s publishing house from as far back as 125 years ago when Adventism…
Read MoreNew Leaders Elected to Serve in EJC
Written by: Phillip E. L. Castell Pastors Linton Williams and Ray Davis emerged as new Executive Secretary and Youth Ministries Director of East Jamaica Conference, at the end of a specially called Executive Committee meeting on December 15, 2015 at the East Jamaica Conference Office on Constant Spring Road. Pastor Wadsworth Cedric McAnuff was…
Read MoreRighteousness by Faith
By Dr. Robert Wright, The 1888 General Conference session in Minneapolis was a landmark event in the Seventh-day Adventist Church’s theology on Righteousness by Faith in Jesus Christ. While church leaders such as General Conference President George I. Butler and Editor of the Review and Herald, Uriah Smith were adamant that it was the righteousness…
Read MoreWhy Adventist Church Is Placing New Emphasis on Special Needs
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 two things. First, those receiving…
Read MoreWhat Adventists Can Do After an Extremist Attack
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? How could a young mother…
Read MoreSDA Church impacts Downtown with Love in the Marketplace
Despite the rain, ‘Love in the Marketplace’ was well supported and celebrated by church members in and around St William Grant Park, downtown Kingston, Jamaica, on Sabbath, November 28, 2015 at 3pm. The North Street and Heroes Circle Districts of churches (North Street, Arnold Road, Heroes Circle, Ephesus and Cross Road) dominated the eastern, northern, southern…
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