News - Jamaica Union Conference of Seventh-day Adventist

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…

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…

Hospital 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…

The 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…

CHURCH 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…

“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…

“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…

In 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…