NJC PRESIDENT REITERATES ZERO TOLERANCE ON CHILD ABUSE
President of the North Jamaica Conference, Pastor Karl Archer, strongly reiterated the great need for vigilance and care in dealing with children and in protecting them from all forms of abuse on Sunday January 22, 2017. Speaking at the Conference’s first of two Annual Conventions, Pastor Archer said, “The time has come for us as…
Read MoreYear of Proclamation Launched at LTM Symposium
More than two hundred and thirty individuals were recognized and awarded with plaques and certificates for their service and contribution to the mission of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in East Jamaica Conference (EJC) at a special Lord Transform Me Membership Appreciation on January 15, 2017. The event was held at the Hagley Park SDA Church…
Read MoreAdventists told to fortify their minds with the Word at EJC Convention
Written by: Phillip E. L. Castell – Director, Communication, Public Affairs & Religious Liberty The first of four Conventions in East Jamaica Conference (EJC) for 2017 lived up to expectations by providing inspiration, information and motivation for members of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in zone 1, gathered at the King’s Chapel SDA Church on January…
Read MoreFabia Phillips-Lawrence accepts call to join NCU Media Groupeee
After serving as Assistant Communication Director at East Jamaica Conference (EJC) for just over three years, Mrs. Fabia Phillips-Lawrence accepted a call from Northern Caribbean University (NCU) Media Group to serve as Programmes Manager. The move took effect at the start of 2017 with Mrs. Phillips-Lawrence taking up her new post on Monday January 9,…
Read MorePreventing Suicide
BERNARD DAVY, CARLOS FAYARD, AND PETER LANDLESS On September 5, 2014—in the presence of ministries-of-health leaders, ambassadors, administrators, and health professionals—the World Health Organization (WHO) in Geneva issued its first-ever comprehensive report on suicide.1 Its goal was to reduce the rate of suicide by 10 percent by 2020. The presenters’ research and statistics showed that…
Read MoreInter-American leadership reflect on blessings and evangelism opportunities ahead
Miami, Florida, United States | Libna Stevens/IAD Seventh-day Adventist leaders and staff of the Inter-American Division (IAD) headquarter office took time this week to reflect on the blessings 2016 brought to the church across the territory and looked on blessings ahead despite the challenges the new year may bring. IAD President Pastor Israel Leito encourages…
Read MoreMore Things Are Wrought by Prayer
BY SHAWN CRAIG, special contributor to Adventist Review I learned (what I thought at the time) one of the most poignant lessons about effective, culturally transformative Christianity from my one of my public high school teachers several years ago.She said, “Never be so heavenly minded that you are no earthly good.” It’s a simple and…
Read MoreAdventists ordain five ministers to further the Gospel
As the Seventh-Day Adventist Church in Jamaica continues its mission of spreading the Gospel of Salvation to all mankind, four ministers were set apart for service to God and His Church. During a special Service of Ordination, Pastor Everett Brown, president of the Adventist Church in Jamaica, reminded the ministers that “a call to ministry…
Read MoreJCF calls on Adventist Church to help in the fight against crime
Written by: Phillip E. L. Castell, Communication, Public Affairs & Religious Liberty Director Assistant Commissioner of Police Assan Thompson called on the Seventh-day Adventist (SDA) Church to assist in the fight against crime by helping to reduce the tolerance level of Jamaicans to crime, when he addressed church members at the East Jamaica Conference (EJC)…
Read MoreSeventh-Day Adventist Lifestyle Centre in Jamaica Expected to Tap into Health Tourism Market
A partnership forged between the US-based, House of Blessing Lifestyle Centre and the Central Jamaica Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, resulted in a ground breaking ceremony for the construction of a 20-room Five Star Lifestyle Centre on the grounds of the Adventist-owned site at Camp Verley in Spring Gardens, St. Catherine on December 22, 2016. The…
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