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Less than 36 hours after the mass shooting in Orlando, Florida, the Forest Lake Seventh-day Adventist Church in the nearby city of Apopka announced on Facebook that it would host, free of charge, funeral services for those killed.
The post said the church “is extending their availability for FREE funeral services for any LGBT victims of the #thePulse shooting.” The church also offered to stream the services live on the Internet for family and friends who could not attend.
June 21, 2016 in From the World Church, RSS English by IADComm
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The Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) released the following statement in honor of World Refugee Day.
This World Refugee Day, there are more than 60 million people around the world who are internally displaced, seeking asylum, or living as refugees in other countries. The United Nations has described the Syrian crisis, which has displaced approximately half of the country’s population, as the biggest humanitarian emergency of our era.
June 21, 2016 in From the World Church, RSS English by IADComm
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Representatives from the Ministry of Health from the city of Monterrey, Mexico, stood next to Seventh-day Adventist leaders in North Mexico to sign a memorandum of understanding, last month. The group of leaders agreed to work together in promoting health across the more than 300,000 homes where more than one million people live in the metropolitan city, during a ceremony held at the España Park, May 23, 2016.
It is the first large-scale memorandum of understanding that the church has signed with the city to promote a healthy lifestyle, with the church’s “I Want to Live Healthy” program. The “I Want to Live Health” program centers around the health message, which focuses on the physical, mental and spiritual well-being of the person.
June 21, 2016 in From the Field, RSS English by IADComm
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Seventh-day Adventist leaders in North Mexico are rejoicing for the first opportunity the church had to gather Adventist students enrolled at Antonoma University of Tamaulipas, a public institution, for a special program last month.
The four-hour gathering at the university’s auditorium brought the church’s public campus ministries leaders, professionals and students together for the historic meeting which officially launched the beginning of the ministries on the campus.
June 20, 2016 in From the Field, RSS English by IADComm
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Students from Washington Adventist University cleaned streets, painted houses, and conducted a health screening clinic in Havana, Cuba, marking the first time that a Seventh-day Adventist university in North America has sponsored a humanitarian mission trip on the Caribbean island in living memory.
A group of 11 student and faculty volunteers painted 20 homes and treated 186 people at the health screening clinic during the 10-day visit, the university said this week.
June 20, 2016 in From the World Church, RSS English by IADComm
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Hundreds of Seventh-day Adventist business owners and professionals across the Inter-American Division (IAD) will have the opportunity this Sabbath, June 18, to reaffirm their commitment of sharing Christ in their businesses and invite other professionals to join in support of the mission of the church.
The Adventist-laymen’s Services and Industries (ASI) Emphasis Day in Inter-America will provide guidance and support for ASI members to reach their chapter goals as they preach the gospel in their project ministries where they live.
June 15, 2016 in From the Headquarter, RSS English by IADComm
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She saw homeless children. She saw troubled young people. She saw the forgotten elderly. These were heart-breaking scenes that moved Fulbia Castrellón as she passed the run-down community park in Concepcion la Vieja–a neighborhood in Panama City, Panama.
What could she do to bring hope and make a difference in their lives? Her idea was simple: Soup. That was the spark that drew the interest of women’s ministry leaders across the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Panama City.
June 14, 2016 in From the Field, RSS English by IADComm
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Pharmacologist and Dental Surgeon, Dr. Lincoln Edwards, is the new president-elect of Northern Caribbean University (NCU). Dr. Edward was elected yesterday, during a meeting of the Board of Governors of the Seventh-day Adventist-owned institution at the church’s headquarters in Mandeville, Jamaica.
Dr. Edwards, who is a native of Jamaica and graduate of the University of the West Indies and Loma Linda University has served as an assistant professor in the Schools of Medicine and Dentistry at Loma Linda University, and is currently an Associate Professor at the University of Texas Health Sciences Center, School of Dentistry in Houston.
June 13, 2016 in From the Field, RSS English by IADComm
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Daniel R. Jackson, president of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in North America, issued the following statement on June 12, 2016, in response to the mass shooting at the Pulse Club in Orlando, Florida:
“The Seventh-day Adventist Church in North America is heartbroken as we mourn the loss of innocent lives in the deadliest mass shooting in United States history. We extend our deepest condolences and prayers for the 50 people killed, the 53 wounded, their families, loved ones, and friends.
June 13, 2016 in From the World Church, RSS English by IADComm
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Johan Pineda stands as the district pastor who has baptized the most people into the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Mexico with 296 new members in 2015. At 31 years of age, he leads 26 churches and 10 small congregations, or companies, in Ocosingo, Chiapas, one of the several religious intolerant regions in the country.
Pineda believes the work of evangelism is all about getting his membership of more than 1,100 actively involved in spreading the gospel in creative ways.
June 10, 2016 in From the Headquarter, RSS English by IADComm
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