At different points in our lives, we will face financial challenges. Some of these will be so severe as to reach crisis level. We might not know where the financial crisis will come from or how long it will last—but one will come, and we...
“I’m having a hard time getting my head around that,” said the young person I had been sharing with. “I just don’t feel like it’s true.” We were not discussing some mystery of the universe or the nature of God. It wasn’t some win-every-argument apologetics...
For many of us, memorizing the weekly Adult Bible Study Guides (ABSG) memory texts can be quite a mental challenge. A small group of musically-minded folk from several churches in Canterbury, New Zealand, have been working to make this process easier by putting the ABSG...
A recent survey of 1,930 members and patrons of the Adventist Church in the Brazilian Central Planalto region showed that 82.3 percent have regularly followed, over the past three months, the services and online programs of their churches or other Adventist churches. In this period,...
Lewis Stubbs, my maternal grandfather, left a legacy of mission in my life and in the lives of countless others. The testimony of his life demonstrates how everyday believers can make disciples and plant churches. He is remembered not for his theological education (he had...
Dozens of Wayúu indigenous families in La Guarija in the northern part of Colombia received food baskets, thanks to an initiative of the Seventh-day Adventist Church and the Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) in Colombia. The Wayúu families have been forced to follow quarantine guidelines...
In a special live-streamed event July 3-4, the Seventh-day Adventist Church will unveil its strategic focus for 2020-2025. Building on the Reach the World theme begun in 2015, the next five years will see a focus on mission through the Reach the World: I Will Go initiative. Originally set to...
Standing on the cliffs above Dover you can look out over the English Channel towards France and watch mighty ships and tankers plough through the busiest shipping lanes in the world. Dotted amongst those hundreds of vessels, you may just spot a small inflatable boat...
Thousands of Seventh-day Adventist women throughout the Inter-American Division (IAD) territory took time to reaffirm their commitment of spreading the love of Christ in their churches and communities during a special program highlighting Women’s Ministries Emphasis Day, on June 13, 2020. The online program...
“Pastors and church leaders, thank you for joining us,” welcomed Ivan Williams, Sr., North American Division (NAD) Ministerial Association director, in a statement read by Sidnee Kilby, Ministerial Association administrative assistant. Williams, who could not be present for the NAD’s “Let Justice Roll” virtual conference on June...