Colombia: Adventist young people join efforts for community outreach programs
October 26, 2012 – Barranquilla, Colombia...Shirley Ruedas/IAD Staff More than 400 children and young people from throughout the Seventh-day Adventist…
Online evangelism from Brazil connects with young audience
Seventh-day Adventist Church leaders in South America say a new method of interactive, online evangelism is connecting with young adults worldwide.
Inter-America prepares to unveil its comprehensive initiatives and activities for 2013
October 27, 2012, is a date which has been buzzing throughout churches in Inter-America for months now because on this special day thousands of local church board members will take part in the second annual executive committee meetings broadcast live on the internet from Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
Jamaica: Adventist generosity spreads across communities in the north region
The young, old and young at heart were all smiles and some testified of being overwhelmed with joy as pastors, workers, students and church members across the Seventh-day Adventist Church in North Jamaica completed a week of generosity on Oct. 17, 2012.
Montemorelos University’s health model community project among the top ten models in Global Obesity Forum
A health model submitted by the Health Science department at the Adventist-operated Montemorelos University in Montemorelos, Mexico, was chosen as one of the ten best health models following this year’s Global Obesity Forum
Church’s view on homosexuality adjusted to include ‘compassion’
The Seventh-day Adventist Church on Wednesday reaffirmed its stance against homosexual activity and same-sex marriage, but also softened the denomination’s position statement to offer compassion toward gays.
Attentive
Joel Almaguel, president of the church in the North Puerto Rico Conference leans forward while listening to proceedings at Annual…
Twitter pause
Jorge Villarreal of the Vértice Seventh-day Adventist Church in Monterrey, Mexico, pauses from tweeting to engage in the worship service…
Training helps delegates drill down leadership principles
A pastor with an animated personality took to the platform at the 2012 Annual Council and told what sounded like an unbelievable story: He recalled how he dropped to his knees to pray beside two young men who had died – and after saying amen, the dead men had resurrected.
Annual Council’s final day promotes community, outreach initiatives
During the final day of the 2012 Annual Council, delegates approved new outreach initiatives, learned about plans for the denomination’s 150th anniversary, and received updates on other business session items.
Class is in session
The Seventh-day Adventist world church headquarters auditorium Monday became a university lecture hall where hundreds of administrators visiting from around the world studied and reviewed sections of a voluminous book called the Working Policy.
Education, organization top Monday afternoon agenda
Educational and organizational matters topped the agenda of the Seventh-day Adventist Church’s 2012 Annual Council on the afternoon of October 15, with world church leaders voting to reorganize the Chinese Union Mission.