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January 7, 2020 In News By PrayzFM

Adventist families among those affected by massive flooding in Indonesia

While the world welcomed the New Year on the evening of December 31, 2019, citizens of Jakarta, Indonesia braced themselves for torrential rains and severe flooding as monsoons and rising rivers submerged the Indonesian capital affecting the population of over 30 million people. Local authorities initiated...

January 4, 2020 In News By PrayzFM

Adventist Church in Australia responds to bushfire tragedy

Leaders of the Seventh-day Adventist Church have expressed their heartfelt sympathies for those impacted by the bushfires currently raging across Australia. Jorge Munoz, president of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Australia, said he is shocked and saddened by the unfolding tragedy. “I extend my deepest condolences to...

December 27, 2019 In News By PrayzFM

Adventist paramedic in Northern Territory receives award

Katherine Seventh-day Adventist Church attendee Rebekah Tierney was announced as “New Practitioner of the Year” for St John Ambulance Australia (NT) during an awards ceremony at Parliament House in Darwin on November 28. Tierney moved to Katherine at the end of 2018 to complete her new grad...

December 26, 2019 In News By PrayzFM

The Gift of Jesus Christ

As we come to the close of another year, I would like to invite you for a moment to consider the most amazing gift of Jesus Christ. While we do not know exactly when He was born, the important thing is that we know for...

December 25, 2019 In News By PrayzFM

Is Christmas pagan?

Commonly referred to as “The most wonderful time of the year”, Christmas sees an increase in generosity, families and friends gathering together, and Jesus celebrated. Yet some Christians have difficulty with this day. In the mid-19th century, a Protestant minister, Alexander Hislop wrote a book called, The...

December 25, 2019 In News By PrayzFM

Bar owner closes store to serve church

For 40 years, smoking was part of 65-year-old Osvaldo Henrique da Costa’s life. Four decades of this habits brought him constant tiredness, a cough and difficulty breathing. The vice chained and anguished him. Until one day he met a friend in his bar who told him:...

December 24, 2019 In News By PrayzFM

Adventist humanitarian agency helps fishermen families in the northeastern region

A November oil spill in Brazil has become the country’s worst marine environmental disaster. Now, the disaster has begun to impact the finances of the families in the northeastern region of the country. After collecting more than 5 thousand tons of oil from the Brazilian...

December 24, 2019 In News By PrayzFM

President of the Seventh-day Adventist World Church sends message to Adventist members in Burundi.

Editors 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...

December 24, 2019 In News By PrayzFM

Philippine Island of Negros to Receive its First Cath Lab, Provide Expanded Cardiac Services

The more than 4 million residents of the fourth largest island of the Philippines, Negros, will soon have access to better diagnosis and treatment for heart conditions thanks to a donation by the U.S.-based, 50-hospital health system AdventHealth. AdventHealth’s Global Missions team shipped a donated cardiac...

December 10, 2019 In News By PrayzFM

ADRA appoints Annetta Gibson as new Vice President for Finance

The Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) has announced the appointment of Annetta “Ann” Gibson as vice president for finance. Gibson began her appointment, effective December 4. Gibson steps into the role previously held by Michael Kruger who now serves as president of ADRA. “Ann is...