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Ministerial student Kevar Brown had just one semester left to complete his degree at Northern Caribbean University (NCU) and the man of God had a bright future ahead. The ninth of 10 children, he would have been the first person in his family to graduate from university. However, everything changed abruptly on Father’s Day when Brown collapsed at the pulpit while officiating at the funeral service for his beloved aunt, Curline Brown. He died on the way to the hospital from what the autopsy report revealed was a heart attack. His sister, Maxine Davis, was among the mourners inside the Orange Bay Seventh-day Adventist Church in Portland when the events unfolded, and it was in her lap that Brown took his last breath. Davis and her brother were best friends, and although she had seen several clips of him preaching, Father’s Day would have been the first time she would see him preach live. “My brother went up to the pulpit and said ‘I have done many funerals in different places and countries, but this is the most difficult one for me’. After that I see my brother put his head on the pulpit like him was resting and mi seh Kevar tired. But then him hold up his head and mi see him eye dem roll over. I rushed to the pulpit and helped the other people to tek off him tie and pull him shirt. Then I hear him groan and I knew that we had to get him to the hospital at once,” Davis shared. Read more...

NCU theology student dies officiating aunt’s funeral

Ministerial student Kevar Brown had just one semester left to complete his degree at Northern Caribbean University (NCU) and the man of God had a…

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High achiever turns Gleaner vendor to help finance medical school dream

At the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic two years ago, 18-year-old Justeena Rhone grasped the opportunity to make money selling newspapers, shooting for her dream…

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Dr. Meric Walker Elected to Serve as EJC President 2022-2026

After prayerful contemplation and discussion, the delegates of the East Jamaica Conference have elected Dr. Meric Walker to serve as EJC president for 2022-2026. The…

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GC Session Delegates Vote in IAD Secretary and Treasurer

Hours after the General Conference Session delegates voted to elect Pastor Elie Henry as president of the Inter-American Division on Jun. 8, 2022, Pastors Leonard…

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Adventist Church Elects Elie Henry as IAD President

Pastor Elie Henry, who has been serving as president of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in the Inter-American Division since 2018, was elected to serve as…

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Ordained Adventist ministers charged to be ‘defenders of the faith’

Three ministers of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in western Jamaica were charged to be “defenders of the faith” during their Service of Ordination, held on…

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Elie Henry Elected President Inter-American Division

Elie Henry Elected President Inter-American Division 2022-2025

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Notice of the East Jamaica Conference Sixth Quadrennial Session June 19-20, 2022

Notice of the East Jamaica Conference 6th Quadrennial Session Notice is hereby given that the Sixth Quadrennial Session of the East Jamaica Conference of Seventh-day Adventists will be held at the Kencot Seventh-day Adventist Church, 10-12 Osbourne Road, Kingston 5, Jamaica, on Sunday, June 19, 2022, and Monday, June 20, 2022. The Theme is: “Embracing…

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NOTICE THE SIXTH QUADRENNIAL SESSION FOR WEST JAMAICA CONFERENCE

Notice is hereby given that the Sixth Quadrennial Session West Jamaica Conference of Seventh-day Adventists will be held on June 21-22, 2022 at the Seventh-day Adventist Conference Centre, 1 Mt. Salem Road, Montego Bay, St. James.   Registration: 8:30 am – 10:30 am at the Noel Fraser Auditorium The Session will open at 11:00 am…

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