Inter-America prepares for 4th international Pathfinder Camporee
Miami, Florida, United States | Libna Stevens/IAD In less than three months thousands of young people will travel to the Dominican Republic to camp out, meet new friends, learn new skills and be inspired during Inter-America’s fourth territory-wide pathfinder camporee. More than 13,000 young people from the Seventh-day Adventist Church across 24 major church regions…
Read MoreJamaican doctor pioneers disc replacement procedure
A group of doctors has high hopes that an artificial disc, owned exclusively by a Jamaican-born doctor, can be used as a tool to drive medical tourism in Jamaica. The technology was used for the first time in a four-level disc replacement procedure at the Andrews Memorial Hospital in St Andrew on February 1. The…
Read MoreHagley Park Prep. School stages successful Career Day Expo
Students of Hagley Park Prep. School were given the freedom to dress in the career uniform of their choice for a day and exposed to different career options during their Career Day Expo which was held on the school compound on February 2, 2017. School principal, Dr. Paulene Gayle-Betten was pleased that the school had…
Read MoreYoung man falls in love with the Adventist Church through free literature in an empty church
Beruit, Lebanon | Chanmin Chung, communication coordinator, Middle East and North Africa Union Ahmet was visiting his sick father, who lived in a massive Middle Eastern city where Seventh-day Adventists are not legally allowed to witness in public or distribute literature door-to-door. Although he had never heard of Adventists or visited their church, Ahmet felt…
Read MoreAdventist Leader Urges Church to Grow into Spiritual Maturity
The third convention in East Jamaica Conference in as many weeks received overwhelming support from church members in zones 2 & 3 who gathered for worship, prayer and praise on January 28, 2017 at the Hagley Park SDA Church. Speaker for the divine hour was president of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Jamaica, Pastor Everett…
Read MoreOPERATION BETTER LIFE ACTIVATED!!!
The Newland Community came alive to the sounds of melodious singing/music on Sunday evening, 22 January 2017, to commence the Better Life and Community Series. Despite the recent gruesome murder of a man near the site (old Jamintel site off Newland Road), members of the community turned out in large numbers under the big red…
Read MoreNorthern Caribbean University signs $18.2 million dollar MoU with the government
NCU, Mandeville, Jamaica – Northern Caribbean University has signed an $18.2 million dollar Memorandum of Understanding for the implementation of the In-Vitro Propagation of Irish Potato Seed programme. The MoU was signed between Northern Caribbean University, NCU, the Ministry of Industry Commerce Agriculture and Fisheries, the Jamaica Social Investment Fund, JSIF, and the Scientific Research…
Read MoreSeventh-day Adventist Church Condemns Unlawful Sexual Behavior
The Seventh-day Adventist Church in Jamaica, through the media, has learnt that an Elder/member of the Heywood Hall Adventist Church in St. Mary has been arrested by the Centre for the Investigation of Sexual Offences and Child Abuse (CISOCA) for questioning for allegations of unlawful sexual behavior involving a minor. Pastor Everett Brown “We condemn…
Read MoreWith conflict increasing worldwide, Adventists talk peacemaking at the United Nations
The Seventh-day Adventist Church is co-leading a discussion about peacemaking at the United Nations, with a church leader telling a major symposium that peace means far more than just the absence of war. Ganoune Diop, director of public affairs and religious liberty for the Seventh-day Adventist world church, made his remarks during a presentation to…
Read MoreInter-America breaks ground for its new IATS and HFU facility
Mayaguez, Puerto Rico | Libna Stevens/IAD The Seventh-day Adventist Church in Inter-America recently held a groundbreaking ceremony for two of its higher education institutions stationed in Mayaguez, Puerto Rico. Top Inter-American Division (IAD) administrators and leaders took part breaking ground on Jan. 19, for a new three-story facility that will house the offices of the…
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