4 April, 2018

In Guyana, Hundreds Join the Church Through Large Evangelism Impact

The Seventh-day Adventist Church in Guyana recently celebrated historic evangelism efforts which brought more than 1,400 new believers into the church. Guyana, which belongs to the the Caribbean Union, is located on the northern mainland of South America. Some 5,000 church members and friends met at the National Exhibition Center in Georgetown, on Mar. 17, to witness 101 new believers get baptized into the church, during the conclusion of dozens of evangelistic campaigns held for over a week. The effort was coined as Impact Guyana 2018.

28 March, 2018

In Mexico, Adventist Church Helps Believers Affected by Religious Intolerance

The Seventh-day Adventist Church in Chiapas, Mexico, is helping victims of religious intolerance after four families were forced out of their homes by locals in the San Miguel Chiptip Community in Chiapas. Agustin Alvarez, a baptized member and three other men were expelled from their communities on Mar. 15 after attending an evangelistic campaign in another community. Their wives and children were forced to stay in the Chiptip, according to Pastor Ignacio Navarro, president of the church in Chiapas.

23 March, 2018

In Puerto Rico, Adventist University Inaugurates New Health Sciences Simulation Center

Antillean Adventist University (AAU), an institution operated by the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Puerto Rico, recently inaugurated a new Health Sciences Simulation Center. The state-of-the-art center will benefit future health care professionals with the most advanced technology in the field, university leaders said. Mayor of Mayaguez Jose Guillermo Rodríguez applauded the church and its university leaders for opening the most modern and innovative health science simulation center on the island. The ceremony was held on Mar. 13, 2018.

22 March, 2018

Adventist Church in Trinidad Mourns the Loss of Slain Church Members

Seventh-day Adventists in Trinidad are devastated by the loss of three of its members, who were victims of a violent knife attack last week. Investigators said the murders occurred on Mar. 13 in La Brea, a town in the southwestern part of the country. Michael Scott, 69, a retired high school teacher and church elder, Abigail Chapman, 42, a Spanish teacher at the Southern Adventist Academy, her daughter Olivia Chapman, 15, and schoolmate Michaela Mason, 14, were the victims.

12 March, 2018

Preacher Prays with Supreme Court Judges, High-Profile Inmates in Guatemala

A pastoral visit to the Supreme Court magistrates and another one to high-profile inmates were part of recent evangelistic activities in the Central American nation of Guatemala. Speaker/director of “Escrito está” Robert Costa closed evangelistic efforts in Guatemala City in late February, with a public event attended by thousands. “Escrito está” is the Spanish version of It Is Written, a supporting TV ministry of the Seventh-day Adventist Church.

9 March, 2018

In Dominica, Recovery is Still A Challenge

She thought they were going to die. Darnelle Celestine and her husband were standing against the remaining walls of their home. Their young daughters huddled against them, cowering as the rain beat down on their heads and the water rose to their ankles. They listened in terror as the ferocious winds of Hurricane Maria screamed through their island and tore their house apart. “The wind kept battering the house. And the roof eventually was lost to the wind, and the ceiling started imploding,” recalls Celestine. “Then the back, the walls started falling down and the hurricane came into the house.”

2 March, 2018

Adventists Volunteer in British Virgin Islands in Post-Hurricane Reconstruction

Seventh-day Adventists in the British Virgin Islands have been volunteering their time and talents to numerous roof reconstruction projects in the wake of the devastating 2017 hurricane season. The British Virgin Islands are comprised of Virgin Gorda, Tortola and St. Maarten. Dozens of volunteers took to rebuilding roofs, walls and assisting the many disrupted by the destructive winds of hurricanes Irma and Maria.