Why Adventist Church Is Placing New Emphasis on Special Needs
By Larry R. Evans, assistant to the General Conference president for Special Needs Ministries For decades those who could not see, hear, walk, or think like the majority were often grouped into a category referred to as “those with disabilities.” While not a bad label, it often did at least two things. First, those receiving…
Read MoreDelegates Elect New Administration for Jamaica Union Conference
Approximately 275 delegates at the Second (First Quinquennial) Session of the Jamaica Union Conference of Seventh-day Adventists (JAMU) voted unanimously for to elect a new administration to provide Spiritual and administrative leadership to its more than 280,000 members for the next five year. The Session was held at the Mandeville Adventists Church in Manchester from…
Read MoreJAMU host Second (First Quinqennial) Session
The Jamaica Union Conference of Seventh-day Adventists will host its Second (First Quenquennial) Session at the Mandeville Seventh-day Adventist Church in Manchester from December 1-3, 2015. The theme for the Session is “Reaching Forward with Christ” Registration for all delegates will begin at 12:00 noon and will continue until 4:00 p.m. Jamaica Union Conference staff. The…
Read MoreCentral Jamaica Conference is Heritage Quiz Champion
Central Jamaica Conference (CJC) proved they knew more about the history and doctrines of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Jamaica by finishing ahead of the other four Conferences in the Jamaica Union Conference (JAMU) Heritage Quiz finals held on Saturday, November 21, at the Northern Caribbean University (NCU) Gymnatorium in Mandeville, Manchester. the CJC team…
Read MoreAdlai Blythe attempts to counter secularism
DOVER, St Mary: Executive secretary and treasurer at the North East Jamaica Conference (NEJC) of Seventh-day Adventists, Adlai Blythe, describes himself as “a second-generation Adventist who was born and raised in the Church”. After spending more than 20 years working in the public sector as an administrator and accountant, Blythe joined the conference at its…
Read MoreAdventist Nurse Delivers Own Son as Car Races to Hospital
By Andrew McChesney, news editor, Adventist Review A Seventh-day Adventist nurse delivered her own baby as her husband frantically sped their car toward the hospital in the U.S. state of North Carolina. Norine Reese had planned to give birth at home as she had with her other three boys. But her midwife service was unable to send…
Read MoreAdventists launch first mobile medical and dental clinic in Jamaica
Portmore, Jamaica | Damian Chambers/IAD The Honorable Fitz Jackson, member of Jamaica’s Parliament for South St. Catherine, is about to cut the ribbon to officially launch the mobile clinic. Pastor Roy Dennis and Dr. Patric Rutherford looks on. Images by Damian Chambers. The Braeton Seventh-day Adventist Church in Central Jamaica is now prepared to take…
Read MoreFollow up on those programmes, clergyman tells PAJ
MEMBERS of the media fraternity have been urged by a clergyman to follow up with the launch of various programmes announced in the media to ensure that work is actually being done. This they were told at the Andrew’s Seventh-Day Adventist Church service yesterday which marks the beginning of National Journalism Week. Pastor Levi Johnson,…
Read MoreAdventists Offer Prayers and Support in Paris Tragedy
By Andrew McChesney, news editor, Adventist Review The Seventh-day Adventist Church and its members worldwide offered prayers and support for Paris after a series of shootings and explosions killed scores of people. France declared a state of emergency and closed its borders after at least 80 people were reported killed in a concert hall and…
Read MoreInter-America elects new leadership positions at top levels of the church
Miami, Florida, United States | Libna Stevens/IAD Inter-American Division’s Executive Committee members elected several leaders to head a number of ministries, a few institutions and appointed administrators to 13 union missions of the Inter-American territory, today. The following were elected to serve in the Inter-American Division Headquarters Office in Miami, Florida: ADRA Director: David Poloche…
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