While I’m the president of the committee you will never get the invalid pension!” Dr. Bilanovich was emphatic. His patient Štefica Bratulic (Stefania Bratulich) was devastated to hear those words. Not...
When I was a student, I felt that there was a never-ending list of facts and rules to remember. As a pastor and an academic my “to remember” list has transformed into a collection of appointments, com...
“You know, you’re already living the Adventist lifestyle. You might as well go ahead and make it official.” These were the words that triggered my sister, Annette Washington, 54, a truck driver from B...
The Southern Africa-Indian Ocean Division (SID) comprises 12 unions and one attached field and has a membership of over 4 million church members. The country of Zambia has the largest membership in th...
With hearts full of hope and faces of happiness, 16 people from the national penitentiary of Tacumbú, in Paraguay, decided to be 'Restored in Christ' through baptism during an Easter evangelism event...
The 2021 Spring Meeting of the General Conference (GC) Executive Committee recently took place on April 13–14. The session was conducted virtually to adapt to the current COVID-19 pandemic. Two pivota...
On Tuesday, April 13, 2021, members of the General Conference Executive Committee (GC EXCOM) of the Seventh-day Adventist Church voted to hold a Special General Conference (GC) Session on January 18, ...
It’s the middle of the week, and the organizer of Avondale’s Festival of Faith is meeting with her team members. They’re flat—organizing a morning and evening session each day on top of study is drain...
Solidarity—what does this word mean to you? One of the definitions of this term, from the Michaelis Brazilian Dictionary of the Portuguese Language, is, “Feeling of love or compassion for the needy or...
Treasurer of the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, Juan Prestol-Puesán, formally announced his retirement just prior to the annual Spring Meetings held virtually April 13 – 14, 2021. Prest...