3 February, 2016

Adventists Church in Jamaica distances itself from pastor’s comments made at political rally

The Seventh-day Adventist Church in Jamaica is disassociating itself from comments made by one of its clergy at the People’s National Party (PNP) mass rally in Half-Way-Tree, in St. Andrew, on Jan. 31, 2016. Pastor Michael Harvey, who is employed by the church’s flagship education institution Northern Caribbean University (NCU) in the capacity of church pastor and vice president of spiritual affairs, told the large gathering that they should rise up and be counted in his exhortation for them, to vote for the PNP.

2 February, 2016

Mexican State governor pledges support for Adventist efforts in religious liberty and social programs

Human rights and religious freedom were the focus of a meeting last week between Ganoune Diop, the Seventh-day Adventist world church’s religious liberty leader, and Eruviel Ávila Villegas, governor of Mexico’s most populous state. The two, along with representatives of the Adventist Church in central Mexico, met on January 22 in Toluca de Lerdo, the state capital, and discussed ways in which Adventists work to improve the quality of life within communities.

29 January, 2016

In the Atlantic Caribbean, Adventist schools strategize to function as a school system instead of a system of schools

The Seventh-day Adventist Church in the Atlantic Caribbean Union, which oversees The Bahamas, Cayman Islands and Turks and Caicos, plans to unify its four primary and secondary schools into one school system. Three of its church schools recently underwent an assessment by the Bainum Family Foundation, a foundation which develops programs that build instructional and organizational capacity in schools to ensure that both students and schools reach their full potential.

27 January, 2016

Goalkeeper stuns Brazil’s sporting world by refusing to play on Sabbath

An up-and-coming soccer goalkeeper has stirred up a storm in Brazil’s sporting world by announcing that he would no longer play matches scheduled from sundown Friday to sundown Saturday. Carlos Vítor da Costa Ressurreição, 30, who was baptized into the Seventh-day Adventist Church last month, told reporters about his decision a few days ago, sparking a wave of surprise, sympathy, and even anger from fans and sports commentators who struggled to understand his rationale.

25 January, 2016

En République Dominicaine, les pasteurs Adventistes reçoivent l’accréditation pour officier à des mariages civils

Lorsque Luis Miguel Acevedo, directeur d’ADRA pour la République Dominicaine, s’est marié en 2012, son épouse Arjoy et lui ont du passer par le tribunal pour que leur union soit légalement reconnue. Le couple a également dû payer au juge une somme, qui s’élève actuellement à 200 dollars US, pour qu’il officie à leur mariage. C’est seulement à ce moment qu’ils ont pu se rendre à l’église Adventiste locale pour la cérémonie religieuse.

21 January, 2016

Adventists distribute bottled water in Flint, Michigan, amid water crisis

Seventh-day Adventist volunteers are distributing bottled water and water filters to residents of Flint, Michigan, after high levels of lead in the local water supply left the city without drinking water. Flint, a financially strapped city of 100,000 people north of Detroit, is mired in a water crisis following a cost-cutting decision last year to switch its water source from Lake Huron to the Flint River.

20 January, 2016

Adventists file lawsuit against U.S. city for banning literature evangelism

A U.S. conference of the Seventh-day Adventist Church and two of its members filed a lawsuit against an Arkansas city on Jan. 19 over a local ordinance that prevents door-to-door literature evangelism. The lawsuit, filed by the Arkansas-Louisiana Conference, asks a U.S. district court to declare the ordinance enacted by White Hall, population 5,500, to be unconstitutional and a violation of the first amendment right to free speech.