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After struggling for a long time with the reality of living in a rotten wooden house, Barbara Denton is now smiling brightly since receiving the gift of a newly renovated one-bedroom home in Clifton, Bernard Lodge, in St Catherine. Thanks to the Central Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, Denton's old home is now a joy to behold. The organisation hosted its third staging of Operation Save A Youth project (OSAY) on Sunday in the parish, which saw thousands of young men and women affiliated with the Seventh-day Adventist Church wanting to play their part in giving back to society. This year, Denton's home was OSAY's special project and the senior citizen was very happy and grateful to God and the Seventh-day Adventist Church. "They are renovating the house because it was rottening out. I only have one bedroom, and lizards and all those things live in it. The windows and doors are not good anymore," she told The Gleaner. Read more...

Thank God And OSAY! – Woman Overjoyed For Renovated House

In Inter-America, Adventist youth engage in community impact during Global Youth Day

Miami, Florida, United States | IAD Staff Thousands of Seventh-day Adventist young people from across the Inter-American Division stretched out their arms to donate blood, lend a hand, and spread cheer and hope in their communities during the church’s Global Youth Day event on Mar. 18, 2017. Liszeth Susana of Venezuela smiles after donating blood…

Inter-American Leadership to Host Online Member Retention Conference

Miami, Florida, United States – Libna Stevens/IAD A special retention conference for all Seventh-day Adventist church pastors and leaders will be streamed live on Monday, Mar. 27, 2017. Led by the Inter-American Division (IAD) leadership, the event will seek to equip pastors and local church leaders on engaging members and newly baptized members in the…

“Finish the Race” – JAMU President Charged Pastors

St. Ann Jamaica…Omar Oliphant/JAMU At a Service of Ordination, punctuated with joy and solemnity, Pastors Amiel Summerbell and Tavauhn Thomas were set aside for the work of the gospel. The Service took was held on Sabbath, March 11, 2017 at the Brown’s Town Seventh-day Adventist Church in St. Ann. Pastor Everett Brown, president of the…

St Ann cop baptises 6 people

POLICE corporal and elder at Ocho Rios Seventh-day Adventist Church Wayne Bartley is a man on a mission. The cop, who has been a member of the Jamaica Constabulary Force for 14 years, is not only dedicated to fighting crime, but also to winning souls for Christ. Bartley, an ordained leader at the St Ann…

Adventists to serve in their communities during Global Youth Day

Miami, Florida, United States | Libna Stevens/IAD In less than two days, young people across Seventh-day Adventist congregations around the world will unite in carrying out acts of kindness and sharing hope in their communities on Sabbath, March 18, 2017. The annual special day coined as Global Youth Day, is sponsored by the General Conference’s…

It is Joy, Unspeakable Joy “ – says Elder after Baptizing his eighty two year old mother on Special LTM Baptism Day

For Elder Michael Vernal and the members of the Regent Street SDA Church, March 11, 2017 will long be remembered as a very special day in the life of the church. For starters, history will record that this was the first time that Elder Vernal ever baptized anyone and to top it off, his first…

Adventist Church in Haiti Struggles to Rebuild After Hurricane Matthew

Port Salut, Haiti | Libna Stevens/IAD Five months after Hurricane Matthew devastated Haiti’s southern peninsula, the Seventh-day Adventist Church is still trying to cope with helping members restore their lives and rebuild dozens of churches. Pastor Jean Mathieu Mitchel, executive secretary of the church in South Haiti, says thousands of church members were affected by…

EJC Communicators set to play critical role in massive Conference Wide Evangelistic Campaign in June of this year

More than ninety communicators from forty six churches in East Jamaica Conference participated in the 2017 Communication Retreat which saw communicators participating in practical hands on training to do live video streaming in preparation for a massive Conference wide evangelistic campaign set to begin in June later this year. This was the second Communication Retreat…

‘Doctor’ In Waiting … Blind Senator Floyd Morris Nears PhD After Leaving High School Without A Subject

In a story of triumph over adversity, blind senator, Floyd Morris, who left St Mary High School 31 years ago without having a single subject in an external exam, is celebrating the successful defence of his thesis for a doctor of philosophy (PhD) degree. With the passing of the oral examination yesterday, the former senate…