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October 29, 2018 In News By PrayzFM

Seventh-day Adventist Church in North America makes statement on Pittsburgh Synagogue Shooting

The Seventh-day Adventist Church in North America is deeply saddened and troubled by the shooting that took place during Sabbath services at a Jewish synagogue in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on October 27, 2018, where 11 people lost their lives and four more were injured. Our thoughts...

October 26, 2018 In News By PrayzFM

Ground-breaking Sabbath lawsuit could expand religious freedom protection in Korea

Seventh-day Adventists in Korea are requesting prayers from their world church family as a landmark Sabbath-keeping lawsuit makes its way to the nation’s Supreme Court. First-year medical student Jiman Han is suing for the right to take university exams outside of Sabbath hours. His predicament...

October 26, 2018 In News By PrayzFM

Ophthalmologists travel to Fijian village, performing 137 surgeries in six days

The head of ophthalmology at Loma Linda University Health assembled a team of cataract surgeons to perform corrective eye surgeries in Fiji, a country where vision care and glasses are limited and procedures to restore eyesight aren’t common. Michael Rauser, MD, department chair of the Loma Linda...

October 26, 2018 In News By PrayzFM

Adventists join call for more action to protect migrant and refugee children

Heartrending accounts of violence against refugee and migrant children set the tone for a unique gathering this month in Rome, Italy, which brought together representatives of more than 80 international faith groups and non-governmental organizations. The three-day summit, called “Faith Action for Children on the Move,” began...

October 24, 2018 In News By PrayzFM

Global Healthcare Conference shares leadership and governance education to international healthcare leaders.

More than 300 Seventh-day Adventist healthcare leaders from 44 countries attended the eighth Global Healthcare Conference, one of Loma Linda University Health’s ongoing international initiatives that support the development of the church’s healthcare institutions in developing countries around the world. Held October 18 to 21 in...

October 24, 2018 In News By PrayzFM

Stewardship Ministries launches a five-month evangelism campaign with featured film

A film produced by the North American Division Stewardship Department and One Mustard Seed seeks to teach parents and children what it means to be a good steward. The Mysterious Note is available for churches to use October 22-February 22, 2019, as part of an evangelistic and/or...

October 24, 2018 In News By PrayzFM

Mystifying Myths

If a myth is repeated often enough and loud enough a lot of people will accept it as reality. For centuries people believed the earth was flat, and the sun revolved around the earth. Even reputed scientists and scholars of the day taught and repeated...

October 23, 2018 In News By PrayzFM

In Jamaica, Church celebrates baptisms during ‘Year of the Child and Adolescent’ initiative

Dozens of children were among the 82 persons baptized into the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Jamaica, during a special “Baptism of Praise” which gathered hundreds of church leaders and members at the Falmouth Adventist Church and other churches on Sep. 29, 2018. The event was...

October 23, 2018 In News By PrayzFM

Students excited to be out of tents and into new classrooms

Eight months after Tropical Cyclone Gita devastated Tonga, life has mostly returned to normal for students at Seventh-day Adventist schools in the Pacific Island nation. During a visit to Tonga earlier this month, Trans Pacific Union Mission associate education director Mele Vaihola found most of the...

October 23, 2018 In News By PrayzFM

Double amputee woman to complete upcoming New York City full marathon

Brazilian athlete Adriele Silva, 31, looks forward to crossing the finish line at mile 26.2 of the 2018 TCS New York City Marathon on Sunday, November 4. The New York Road Runners, who has organized the race since 1970, believes she will be the first...