More than 300 laypersons from East Colombia wait their turn to receive certificates during a special ceremony at the Libertad Adventista School Auditorium in Bucaramanga, Colombia, on Oct. 5, 2013. The graduation was part of an eight-month training program led by Andrews University’s Latin American Theological Seminary in equipping laypeople in partnering with pastors in […]
Church Elders Levon Walcott (left) of the Rest Store Adventist Church in Manchester, Jamaica, and Cortis Nolan (third from left) of the Wynters Acres Adventist Church in St. Catherine, await to baptize two new members at Camp Verley, St. Catherine, on Sep. 28, 2013. Walcott and Cortis were among hundreds of ordained church elders across […]
A supercell thunderstorm unfolds making its way to Navojoa Adventist University in Mexico, on September 13, 2013. The university is located in an arid area in the State of Sonora, in North Mexico, where massive thunderstorms are common during the month of September. The institution is home to more than 400 students and dozens of […]
Six leaders from the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Cuba smile as they are welcomed by registration staff on the first day of Inter-America’s historic Women’s Ministries Convention held in Miami, Florida, on Aug. 29, 2013. The delegation of six leaders were part of more than 600 women leaders who traveled for a three-day event filled […]
A group of about 100 young people from Barbados and other Caribbean Islands celebrate as their leader Marvalee Franklyn is honored with an ASI award for her outstanding leadership in mission projects since 2000 during Inter-America’s 13th Annual ASI Convention held in Costa Rica, Aug. 14-17, 2013. The group of children and young people participated […]
Pastor Otoniel Trujillo (left) and Mario Calderon (right) of Guatemala, place a hand on Isaias Perdomo during an ordination ceremony at the Dimension Profetica Adventist Church in Guatemala City, Guatemala, on Aug. 10, 2013. Perdomo, age 39, who pastors District 2 in the Metropolitan region in Guatemala City, was among six ministers who were ordained […]
University of Southern Caribbean students Belkis Marsham, Denisha Mohammed and Reansha Vitalis of Trinidad prepare to cook roti with curry potatoes for fellow students at a small apartment in Panama City, Panama, July 30, 2013. The 18-student team took part in a two-week church planting project where they led an evangelistic series in two urban […]
Nearly 2,000 gathered to hear Adventist World Church President Ted N.C. Wilson speak during a worship service at the Sheraton Hotel, Cable Beach, in Nassau, The Bahamas, on July 27, 2013. Pastor Wilson met with government leaders, church leaders, members and the press during his visit to the 32,000-member church in the Atlantic Caribbean Union, […]
Jamaica’s Minister of National Security the Hon. Peter Bunting kneels in prayer during the Prayer for the Nation Independence Service held at the Mandeville Seventh-day Adventist Church on Saturday, August 3, 2013. Seventh-day Adventists throughout hundreds of churches in Jamaica joined in prayer for the nation and its leaders. Image by Nigel Coke/IAD
Pastor Josney Rodriguez (right), president of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in East Venezuela headquartered in Caracas, speaks during the church’s live Sabbath radio program “En Contacto con la Iglesia” (In Touch with the Church), and prays for the release of Pastor Monteiro in Togo, July 27, 2013. The live program encouraged listeners throughout 17 radio […]
