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By Dr. Robert Wright,

The 1888 General Conference session in Minneapolis was a landmark event in the Seventh-day Adventist Church’s theology on Righteousness by Faith in Jesus Christ. While church leaders such as General Conference President George I. Butler and Editor of the Review and Herald, Uriah Smith were adamant that it was the righteousness that comes from keeping the Law that qualifies one for heaven, others like E.J. Waggoner and A.T. Jones advocated the righteousness of Christ alone that was necessary.

In fact, even after the 1888 Session during which light came from the Lord through the ministry of Ellen White in regards to the vital necessity of the righteousness of Christ for salvation, Smith, seemingly not understanding the import of the prophetic revelations, still penned in the June 11, 1889 editorial of the Review and Herald: “There is a righteousness we must have, in order to see the kingdom of heaven, which is called ‘our righteousness,’ and this righteousness comes from being in harmony with the law of God.

Righteousness by Faith

By Dr. Robert Wright, The 1888 General Conference session in Minneapolis was a landmark event in the Seventh-day Adventist Church’s theology on Righteousness by Faith in Jesus Christ. While church leaders such as General Conference President George I. Butler and Editor of the Review and Herald, Uriah Smith were adamant that it was the righteousness…

SDA Church impacts Downtown with Love in the Marketplace

Despite the rain, ‘Love in the Marketplace’ was well supported and celebrated by church members in and around St William Grant Park, downtown Kingston, Jamaica, on Sabbath, November 28, 2015 at 3pm. The North Street and Heroes Circle Districts of churches (North Street, Arnold Road, Heroes Circle, Ephesus and Cross Road) dominated the eastern, northern, southern…

What Adventists Can Do After an Extremist Attack

By Gabriela Profeta Phillips, director of Adventist-Muslim relations for the North American Division A wave of violence hit southern California last week, leaving many of us numbed. “Why?” we asked ourselves. “Why would a seemingly normal man, happily married and blessed with a 6-month-old child, take the lives of people indiscriminately? How could a young mother…

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…

Delegates 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…

JAMU 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…

Central 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…

Adlai 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…

Adventist 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…

Adventists 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…