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Adventist Leaders in Russia Address Fake News on Church Status

By: Adventist Review Staff & Euro-Asia Division Leaders in the Euro-Asia Division of the Seventh-day Adventist Church, a church region that includes the Russian Federation, released an official statement last week, as they try to counter false news circulating about the status of the church in that country. The statement, signed by the church regional…

In Inter-America, Church Leaders Honor Church Elders, Report Growth and Vote Initiatives

Miami, Florida, United States | Libna Stevens/IAD The Seventh-day Adventist Church in Inter-America concluded its first business meetings of the year by praising the work of thousands of pastors, church elders, and laypersons in expanding the membership throughout the territory. Dozens of executive committee members from the Inter-American Division (IAD) and its 24 union administrative…

J’can driving animation in St Vincent and the Grenadines

He has had many ups and downs, heard a lot of nos and had more doors closed in his face than he can count. But with a passion for animation and moulding young minds, David Martin is now a leader in the animation industry in the region. Having studied communications at Northern Caribbean University and…

Taxi Driver risks life to rescue father and son from Flooded home

On a day when his church was flooded, Owen Taylor, a member of the Palmetto Gardens Seventh-day Adventist Church who is also a local taxi driver from the Palmetto Gardens Community, took swift actions to swim across flood waters to rescue Mr. Henry Blair and his adult son who were trapped in their home next…

Jamaica Union Shepherdesses Empowered to Thrive in Spite of Challenges

Mandeville, Jamaica…Lawrie Henry Pastors’ wives seem to some to lead privileged lives and the role is often coveted. However behind the polished veneer lie unspoken hardships.These women often feel oppressed by weighty expectations, feel inadequate and struggle with loneliness and isolation. Speaking at the Jamaica Union Conference of Seventh-day Adventists’ Shepherdess Convention held on Sunday…

Tufton hails Adventist Church for its support

Minister of Health Dr Christopher Tufton has saluted the Adventist Church for allowing use of its facility in St James to accommodate services offered by the Cornwall Regional Hospital. Since March, the Western Jamaica Conference of Seventh-day Adventists has been housing several outpatient services as a result of noxious fumes emanating from the central ventilation…

Seventh-day Adventist World Church vote statement on Transgenderism

Silver Spring, Maryland, United States | ANN Staf The following statement on Transgenderism, or Gender Dysphoria, was voted by the executive committee of the Seventh-day Adventist Church during their annual Spring Meetings. In his role as chair, Ted Wilson, president of the Seventh-day Adventist Church urged the statement be voted “with the understanding we may…

Where there is a will, there’s always a way

Inadequacy of education, training and socialisation for young people, and related high unemployment are global problems. In Jamaica they are particularly pronounced — often blamed for the country’s intolerably high crime rate. To make matters worse, there is very little in terms of rehabilitation for those young people who have committed themselves on the wrong…

NCU head wants to transform lives

BY GARFIELD MYERS Editor-at-Large South Central Bureau President of Northern Caribbean University, Dr Lincoln Edwards, remembers being truly “frightened” one day in 2011 when he visited the tough St James community of Flanker for the very first time. His fear wasn’t for his own physical safety; rather, it was fear for society. “I had never…

Adventists Appeal Court Ruling on Kellogg Sabbath Accommodation Case

Silver Spring, Maryland, United States | Kimberly Luste Maran On March 22, 2017, two former Kellogg employees made their appeal to the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit after a lower court found insufficient evidence that the two Adventist plaintiffs were treated unfairly when they were fired for failing to work on…