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May 5, 2020 In News By PrayzFM

Adventists in St. Maarten prepare hot meals for hundreds of volunteers everyday

For more than three weeks now, a group of Seventh-day Adventists across the Dutch Island of Sint Maarten have been serving over 300 meals to volunteers who have been assisting the government in packing and distributing meals to seniors and other citizens who depend on...

May 5, 2020 In News By PrayzFM

“The Big Thank You”

How big a thank you have you said this week? My neighbour works in a local supermarket. She told me how good it felt to be thanked and to feel valued during this crisis. The reality of the value of ordinary people doing ordinary but...

May 3, 2020 In News By PrayzFM

God and Suffering

Thousands of people have lost jobs, superannuation funds are worth substantially less and relationship issues are becoming more apparent—those are just some of the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic. People are infected, health care workers are stressed and families are grieving; everyone is suffering. The virus...

May 2, 2020 In News By PrayzFM

Pastor Ted Wilson gives May 1st message to the Adventist Church

Editor’s Note: Below is a transcript of a message, posted to You Tube on May 1, from president of the Adventist Church, Ted N.C. Wilson. Elder Wilson will release a new video each week, during the Coronavirus pandemic, which you can view here. I'm glad to make contact...

May 2, 2020 In News By PrayzFM

Adventist Development and Relief Agency steps up U.S. and global COVID-19 operations to aid affected communities and frontline health workers

The Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) is serving more than 2.4 million households around the world where lives have been disrupted by the coronavirus pandemic. ADRA has launched COVID-19 response projects in 37 countries to support frontline workers, low-income families, the elderly, and people facing layoffs as...

May 2, 2020 In News By PrayzFM

As the world’s attention is focused elsewhere, religious freedom abuses continue

Even as the global Covid-19 pandemic dominates news headlines, a major report on religious freedom released this week in Washington, D.C. provided a sobering reminder that religious persecution and restrictions continue unabated in many parts of the world. The annual report, which tracks both positive...

April 30, 2020 In News By PrayzFM

Adventist leaders move toward greater compliance with core governance policies

What could go wrong if Seventh-day Adventist Church entities and organizations do not adhere to working policies currently in force? Many things, said General Conference Auditing Services (GCAS) director Paul Douglas on April 14, 2020. For one, noncompliance often pushes church leaders to make uninformed decisions,...

April 28, 2020 In News By PrayzFM

Adventists hospital in Puerto Rico releases first COVID-19 patient.

Adventist-operated Bella Vista Adventist Hospital in Mayaguez, Puerto Rico, released its first patient who recovered from COVID-19 on Apr. 15, 2020. Elyse Octave, age 40, was wheeled through the halls of the hospital after spending three weeks under the care of medical staff at the...

April 28, 2020 In News By PrayzFM

Dear Coronavirus 6: Supporting those with loss

“The new #dearcoronavirus #6 is perhaps to most moving to date. It may well make your spine tingle as you watch it,” declares Victor Hulbert, Communication director for the Trans-European Division, and one of the coordinators of the series #dearcoronavirus. In this new videoclip we hear...

April 26, 2020 In News By PrayzFM

President of the Seventh-day Adventist Church, Ted N.C. Wilson, sends letter of encouragement to Adventist members in Burundi

[Editor's Note: Since May of 2019, the Adventist Church members in Burundi have endured ongoing persecution from the countries government. On October 24, the president of the Burundi Union Mission, pastor Lamec Barishinga, was arrested. This arrest was part of an escalating series of threats and attacks on...