News – Page 236 – Jamaica Union Conference of Seventh-day Adventist

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) Camp Meeting held during the period December 14 – 18, 2016, at the Kencot SDA Church. The crime fighter was invited by the leadership of the SDA church in EJC to share how the church can assist the police to reduce crime in Jamaica. Pastor Eric Nathan, president of the SDA Church in EJC, told Thompson that he and his church stands ready to work with the police to make Jamaica a better place. “This church believes in law and order and we are praying for you and the leadership of the security forces,” said Pastor Nathan as he introduced ACP Thompson prior to his presentation. In highlighting some of the current and emerging threats facing the country, ACP Thompson said “for a country of this size, Jamaica’s murder rate is too high.” Read more...

JCF 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)…

Seventh-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…

Adventist Church in Jamaica and Bahamas Pays Tribute to Retiring Couple

Ronnie (Pastor) and Patricia Henry, whose work for the Adventist church spans Jamaica and the Bahamas, were showered with expressions of love and appreciation by friends, family, co-workers and church leaders during a retirement dinner held in their honour by the Central Jamaica Conference (CJC) and the Inter-American Division Publishing Association (IADPA) at the Willowdene…

‘Fire cannot stop the praises’

ORACABESSA, St Mary: A passionate preacher whose St Mary church was razed to the ground has revealed plans to construct a new house of worship in the next three months on the same spot where the Boscobel Seventh-Day Adventist Church and its contents were destroyed four weeks ago. Speaking from his home in Port Maria,…

CJC CREATES NEW PASTORAL DISTRICT IN PORTMORE AND VOTED THE LARGEST NUMBER OF PASTORAL REASSIGNMENTS SINCE 2014

With effect from the 1st January, 2017 the Braeton district of Seventh-day Adventist Churches, will merge two of its congregations (Hellshire and Greater Portmore) to create the Hellshire District. This action was voted by the Central Jamaica Conference (CJC) Executive Committee on December 13, 2016. According to Pastor Levi Johnson, President of CJC, this move…

Adventist Hospital partners with Church and Government Agencies to conduct free Health and Information Fair in Spanish Town Community

As part of their quarterly outreach programme, the Adventist owned and operated Andrews Memorial Hospital (AMH) partnered with the Clear Park Seventh-day Adventist Church and other Government Agencies to conduct a free Health and Information Fair in the Gordon Pen Community of Spanish Town, St. Catherine that benefited over 100 persons. The outreach begun with…

Hope Channel Deaf added to global Adventist broadcast network

Silver Spring, Maryland, United States | Hope Channel marketing team Hope Channel Inc. Hope Channel Deaf joins Hope Channel’s global network this week as an Internet-based media ministry with four categories of programs—nature, family, the Bible, and health. Hope Channel is the official broadcast network of the Seventh-day Adventist Church Programs on Hope Channel Deaf are signed…

Inter-America trains administrators and committee leaders during online session

Miami, Florida, United States | Libna Stevens/IAD The Seventh-day Adventist Church in Inter-America provided newly appointed church administrators from the territory’s major church regions, or unions, local fields, and institutions a special online orientation yesterday to assist them as they lead and make decisions for the fulfillment of the work in the Inter-American division territory.…

Adventist Church Hosts Successful LIFT Convention in EJC

Written by: Phillip E. L. Castell The final Life Improvement Festival and Teachings (LIFT) Convention for the year lived up to expectation and was a source of information, education and encouragement in Christian Stewardship to members of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in East Jamaica Conference. The convention was held at the Half-Way Tree SDA Church…

Two baptized in Prep. school WOP

Written by: Fabia Phillips-Lawrence | Thursday, November 17, 2016 Pastor W. Graham examines the candidates Two grade 5 students of the Seventh-day Adventist owned Kingsway Preparatory School in St. Andrew answered the call to give their lives to Jesus during the penultimate day of the institution’s annual week of prayer. Tianna Barnett and Carla…