26 April, 2016

In Inter-America, church leaders focus on initiatives and activities for the next five years

Nearly 300 church leaders from across the Seventh-day Adventist Church in the Inter-American Division (IAD) met in Miami, Florida, last week to expand on the church’s “Lord Transform Me” evangelism initiative and to go over additional plans and activities to be carried out during the next five years. Leaders from the IAD’s 24 unions, or church regions, took the time to focus on their role in promoting a true transformation only available through God’s Holy Spirit.

22 April, 2016

Britain’s Queen awards Adventist student for work in Papua New Guinea

Queen Elizabeth II has presented a Seventh-day Adventist law student with the Commonwealth Pacific Young Person of the Year award for his efforts to provide scholarships to teens in remote villages in Papua New Guinea. Bal Kama, a doctoral student at the Australian National University College of Law and a member of the Canberra National Adventist Church, was announced as the regional winner of the 2016 Commonwealth Youth Awards for Excellence in Development Work at a ceremony in London last month.

22 April, 2016

Andrews University gets top marks for promoting physical activity

Andrews University has become the first private university in the world to be awarded gold-level status by the American College of Sports Medicine for its efforts to encourage the campus community to engage in physical exercise. The Seventh-day Adventist Church-owned university in Berrien Springs, Michigan, received the recognition after implementing the American College of Sports Medicine’s “Exercise is Medicine on Campus” program, which promotes physical activity among students, faculty, and staff at colleges and universities worldwide.

20 April, 2016

In War-weary Colombia, Adventists look ahead to post-conflict challenges

As the Colombian government and rebel groups move toward ending the country’s long-standing civil conflict, Seventh-day Adventists are seeking ways to support the peace efforts and to help rebuild a society damaged by almost five decades of violence. A two-day peace forum held last month at the Adventist Church’s South Colombia headquarters in the capital, Bogotá, brought together religious leaders, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), academics, and others, to discuss strategies for supporting post-conflict reconciliation and rebuilding.

19 April, 2016

In Caracas, 4,012 new believers are baptized into the Adventist Church during historic evangelistic celebration

The Seventh-day Adventist Church baptized 4,012 new members into the church during a historic evangelistic celebration in Caracas, Venezuela, on April 16, 2016. More than 20,000 witnessed the baptisms in the metropolitan city’s Estadio Universitario de Caracas (Caracas University Stadium) marking the culmination of eight-months of intense evangelistic efforts across the East Venezuela Union. Some traveled for more than 36 hours by boat, air, car or busloads to take part in the day’s festivities, recommit to sharing hope in their communities, and offer prayers for government leaders and the people in Venezuela.

16 April, 2016

Inter-America postpones satellite transmission from Venezuela

Inter-America’s satellite program scheduled for today from Caracas, Venezuela, has been postponed for a later date. “We faced some technical issues beyond our control for this transmission,” said Abel Marquez, communications director for the church in Inter-America in charge of overseeing the satellite connection.

15 April, 2016

Tune in to Inter-America’s satellite evangelism celebration from Caracas

Tune in to watch thousands of Seventh-day Adventists from across the East Venezuela region, celebrate the results of their evangelistic efforts so far this year during a satellite event on April 16, 2016, from Caracas, Venezuela. The celebration will gather more than 18,000 church members at the Estadio Universitario de Caracas (Caracas University Stadium) to witness the baptism of more than 4,000 new members.

14 April, 2016

​Mission to cities goals, prayer needs outlined by world division leaders at spring meeting session

Ambitious goals — and audacious prayer requests — were outlined Tuesday afternoon, April 12, by leaders of the Seventh-day Adventist Church's 13 world divisions during the second of three Spring Meeting sessions held at the world church's headquarters in Silver Spring, Maryland, United States.

14 April, 2016

Church leadership meetings open with evangelism focus

Executive committee members of the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists assembled with a focus on evangelism even before the official start of the world church’s 2016 Spring Meetings Tuesday, April 12, in Silver Spring, Maryland, United States. During the morning’s devotional period, Italo Osario, an enterprise system architect at the world headquarters spoke about the evangelistic potential found in today's information technologies.

14 April, 2016

Tim Northrop named president of Adventist Risk Management

The board of Adventist Risk Management has named Tim Northrop as the new president and chief executive of the company and its affiliated Gencon Insurance companies. Northrop, who has held multiple positions within the company, most recently as senior vice president, replaces Robert E. Kyte, who will retire May 31 to pursue other business opportunities in Idaho.

13 April, 2016

Shaky economy costs General Conference millions of dollars

An unsteady global economy shaved 20 percent off the income received by the General Conference last year, and church leaders are reworking budgetary plans as they prayerfully seek to navigate the uncharted waters ahead. While tithe and offerings remained strong worldwide in 2015, exchange-rate losses linked to the fluctuations of regional currencies against the U.S. dollar cost the General Conference, the administrative body that oversees the Seventh-day Adventist Church, a total of $19.4 million.

13 April, 2016

Adventist scholars organize key conference on origins of Bible’s first 5 books

Why doesn’t the world see what we see?” The question, raised at the start of one presenter’s presentation during a Horn Lectureship Series conference at the Seventh-day Adventist Theological Seminary at Andrews University, encapsulates succinctly the struggle nearly all scholars and laypeople have when dealing with the composition of the Pentateuch, the first five books of the Bible.