The latest in the viral social media series #dearcoronavirus visits with medical staff from 15 countries to share their commitment and passion during this difficult time. With a mixture of front-line staff dealing directly with the virus, to those who still take a daily risk working...
One piece of business discussed annually at Spring Meeting is the Missionary Book of the Year. Especially now, when the world is in such turmoil, this special resource gives the 22 million members, pastors and leaders of the Seventh-day Adventist Church the perfect opportunity to...
At Annual Council last fall, the Executive Committee of the Seventh-day Adventist Church approved the strategic plan for the next quinquennium. The initiative, “Reach the World: I Will Go” is rooted in the Great Commission, “which calls Jesus’ followers to go and make disciples of...
On Easter Sunday, April 12, AWR360 Health, in partnership with General Conference Health, North American Division Health, Your Best Pathway to Health, Weimar Institute, Oakhaven, and others presented an online health symposium. The focus of the event was lessons learned from the 1918 influenza pandemic...
In his virtual presentation to the Executive Committee during Spring Meeting 2020, Tim Aka, associate treasurer and director of Church investments for the Seventh-day Adventist Church, gave a dire but honest picture of current economic and market trends. The COVID-19 pandemic has created unprecedented issues for...
Juan Prestol-Puesán, treasurer for the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists (GC), opened his 2020 Spring Meeting financial report by addressing current challenging economic realities. At the same time, he reiterated the Church’s continued dependency upon God for guidance and sustaining power in the midst of...
COVID-19 has taken a huge emotional and economic toll upon the world over the past few months. The leadership of the North American Division of the Seventh-day Adventist Church (NAD) is deeply concerned about the impact of the pandemic upon its members, churches, and other...
The rapid movement of the novel coronavirus, also known as COVID-19, has forced Seventh-day Adventist World Church leadership to make adjustments as to how Church business is conducted, especially with recently imposed restrictions on travel, gathering size, and social distancing. As we have previously reported, the General...
With the strong ‘stay at home’ message from governments and authorities, loneliness can be one of the negative side effects of this Coronavirus pandemic. Easter is a time when traditionally people and families meet for extra times of fellowship and worship – and often...
A simple text message sent to Adventists friends in mainland China has raised $20,000 US dollars in less than 12 hours. Samuel Wang, Chinese Evangelist to the Southern Asia-Pacific region, has coordinated the fund-raising project via group chat to help the poor who are seriously...