The Chinle Seventh-day Adventist Church isn’t exactly located in the best neighborhood in Chinle, a town of 4,500 people on the Navajo Reservation in the U.S. state of Arizona. As the pastor, I live in a trailer beside the church building. Several well-respected neighbors, including a...
The international Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) has committed $150,000 to support Adventist Community Services (ACS) food pantries in the U.S. to respond to the COVID-19 food relief efforts. In addition, ADRA is providing $2.3 million worth of medical consumables as gifts-in-kind and 426...
Since the quarantine was announced in Peru in early March, Mateus Pereira has seen his routine change dramatically. Accustomed to the intense academic experience, he suddenly had to remain isolated due to an invisible threat: the novel coronavirus known as COVID-19. The medical student is Brazilian,...
From June 15-17, 2020, the School of Journalism and Communication (SJC) at Southern Adventist University in Collegedale, Tennessee, will host a three-day virtual photo/journalism summer boot camp for high school students. The workshop, to be held via Zoom, is designed for students interested in photography, writing,...
Immigrant families are among the most vulnerable affected by the coronavirus crisis. In Brazil, many immigrants have lost their jobs or had their income reduced due to the pandemic, and they lack the basic resources to live with dignity. It is at a time like...
I miss church. This is probably the longest I’ve experienced not being able to go to church. Recently my wife and I were playing worship music from YouTube and I found myself longing to be singing in a congregation, worshipping together again. I can’t wait. I...
Esko was 63 and ill when he showed up at Piikkiö Seventh-day Adventist Church in southwestern Finland. “I don’t need the food,” he told food pantry director Riitta-Liisa Peltonen as he picked out vegetables, meat, and bread. “It’s for my friends.” Riitta-Liisa looked tenderly at the obese...
Editor’s Note: Below is a transcript of a message, posted to You Tube on May 15, 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. It's good to be with you...
A veteran Seventh-day Adventist church planter was killed while making pastoral visits in Russia. Pastor Alexander Ostankin was 46. Ostankin entered pastoral ministry as a Global Mission pioneer, and he spent the past two decades planting and pastoring churches in Siberia. “This dedicated family planted churches for many,...
More than 3,000 families across Honduras received food baskets as a result of joint efforts by the Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) in Honduras and church member volunteers. The initiative was made possible last month thanks to funds from ADRA International, ADRA Inter-America and local...