In Inter-America, Adventist Church celebrates growth in Mexico during satellite program
Minatitlán, Veracruz, México | Libna Stevens/IAD Thousands of Seventh-day Adventists in Veracruz, Mexico, celebrated the culmination of intense evangelistic efforts during a live satellite event from the city of Minatitlán, last weekend. Thousands packed the Minatitlán Convention Center during the event. Image by Libna Stevens/IAD A crowd of about 8,000 filled the Minatitlán Convention Center…
Read MoreHospital Administrator Bemoans Customs Challenges at Launch of Community Mobile Clinic
Mandeville, Jamaica…Nigel Coke Communities across Jamaica are set to benefit from much-needed, free health check-ups and prescriptions, thanks to the generosity and commitment to a healthy society by Rohan McNellie, proprietor of the Three Angels Pharmacy in Mandeville. The launch represents the fulfillment of a seven-year dream of McNellie’s to give back to the community…
Read MoreThe milk of human kindness
Every now and again when we find ourselves on the brink of losing hope and belief in the goodness of human beings comes a story that reminds us why we dare not. We were particularly drawn to two stories in yesterday’s edition of this newspaper — stories that clearly show that, amidst the daily tide…
Read MoreCHURCH FOOTBALL LEAGUE LEADS TO BAPTISM
The Recreational Football league that was organized by the Youth Ministries Department of Central Jamaica Conference of Seventh-day Adventists’ in November 2016 is reaping success in leading young men to Christ. Bryan Bogle, a member of the Bellas Gate football team was baptized at the Bellas Gate Seventh-day Adventist Church on Sabbath, March 18, 2017…
Read More“Life on Life” Evangelism
“Life on Life Evangelism is what is necessary if we are to complete God’s mission here on earth” was the call made Dr. Sung Kwon, Executive Director of the Adventist Community Services, for the North America Division. Dr. Kwon was speaking to over Eighty (80) Adventist Community Services Leaders within the Central Jamaica Conference of…
Read More“Stop being religious practitioners,” says Kwon. Adventists urged to make a difference in their communities
Scores of colporteurs were spiritually revived and encouraged to be champions in their work for the lord at the recent Jamaica Union Conference (JAMU), Publishing Ministries Colporteurs Retreat and Training Institute. The week-long event was hosted under the theme “Transformed to Serve.” The programme began on March 12 with two days retreat at the Sea…
Read MoreIn the US, Deportation Fears Keep Members Away from Church
By: Sylvia García Urrutia, Columbia Union Conference In recent months, newly proposed United States immigration policies have caused a wave of fear among many Seventh-day Adventist church members and their families across the Columbia Union Conference, or church region. Many are so afraid that they have decided to skip church. “During those first few weeks…
Read MoreColporteurs encouraged to be transformed for Service at Publishing Ministries Colporteurs Retreat and Training Institute
Scores of colporteurs were spiritually revived and encouraged to be champions in their work for the lord at the recent Jamaica Union Conference (JAMU), Publishing Ministries Colporteurs Retreat and Training Institute. The week-long event was hosted under the theme “Transformed to Serve.” The programme began on March 12 with two days retreat at the Sea…
Read MoreNCU team heads to Silicon Valley for International Business Model Competition
Northern Caribbean University (NCU) has been crowned winner of the National Business Model Competition (NBMC) and will represent Jamaica at the upcoming International Business Model Competition (IBMC) in Silicon Valley, California. Its the fourth-consecutive year that NCU has walked away winner of the competition since it’s inception in 2013. The Mandeville-based student-entrepreneur team, Natsima Nutraceuticals,…
Read MoreAdventist Church launches massive mentorship programme for at-risk youth
MONTEGO BAY, St James -The Western Jamaica Conference of Seventh-day Adventist Churches has launched a massive mentorship programme with ambitions to steer 7,000 unattached youths in western Jamaica away from violent paths. “I grew up as a boy where boys were afraid of grown men. Now I am an old man and I have discovered…
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