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Seventh-day Adventist leaders and office staff at the Inter-American Division (IAD) Headquarters met to welcome the year with a special worship service on Jan 5, to reflect on the blessings 2015 brought and set their sights on the plans and activities that will set the tone throughout the church territory for the next five years.
The more than 80 ministers and staff members at the IAD Office in Miami, Florida, took the time to pray, commit their efforts to the church and its mission and review the financial progress in the vast territory.
January 6, 2016 in From the Headquarter, RSS English by IADComm
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Do you want to live 10 years longer than the average American?
Loma Linda University Health, the organization whose ground-breaking research found that Adventists in Loma Linda have an edge on longevity, is releasing 14 short television programs showing you how.
January 5, 2016 in From the World Church, RSS English by IADComm
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Thousands of young people from across the United States and more than 50 other countries have descended on Louisville, Kentucky, to focus on Jesus’ Second Coming and to give something back to the community during an annual GYC convention.
The five-day convention of GYC, or “Generation. Youth. Christ,” is themed “Called. Chosen. Faithful” and runs through Jan. 3 at the Kentucky International Convention Center.
January 4, 2016 in From the World Church, RSS English by IADComm
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Five Seventh-day Adventist students died and another 11 were injured when the 36-seat vehicle that they were riding ran off the road in the South Pacific nation of Papua New Guinea.
The accident, blamed on engine failure, occurred around midday Dec. 28 as the students were returning from an Adventist student convention organized by the regional organization Sepik Adventist Students Associated, or SEASA.
January 1, 2016 in From the World Church, RSS English by IADComm
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Yklas Kabduakasov, a Seventh-day Adventist, was recently sentenced to serve two years in a labor camp for “inciting religious hatred.” Kabduakasov was accused of making incendiary comments during lectures with students of the capital university. A charge which Kabduakasov has consistently denied.
December 31, 2015 in From the World Church, RSS English by IADComm
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Robert S. Folkenberg, an innovative church administrator and mission advocate who led the Seventh-day Adventist Church for nine years, died Dec. 24 after a lengthy struggle with cancer. He was just days from his 75th birthday.
Folkenberg felt that Adventists had an exciting message to share and the Internet was a great way to expand the church’s reach.
December 25, 2015 in From the World Church, RSS English by IADComm
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The streets of Road Town on Tortola in the British Virgin Islands were painted red as Seventh-day Adventists marched in support of the fight against the AIDS epidemic. More than 250 young people from pathfinder and adventurer clubs across the island, together with church members, gathered at the Road Town Band Stand on Nov. 28, 2015, to send a message about the importance of preventing the spread of the HIV virus and AIDS in their communities.
December 18, 2015 in From the Field, RSS English by IADComm
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The Seventh-day Adventist Church has signed a landmark protocol with Romania’s government that gives it a voice in the country’s education system for the first time.
Marius Munteanu, representing the Adventist Church in Romania, signed the protocol on educational collaboration with Education Minister Sorin Mihai Cîmpeanu and Victor Opaschi, the state secretary for religious affairs, at a ceremony in the East European country’s capital, Bucharest.
December 18, 2015 in From the World Church, RSS English by IADComm
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Adventist healthcare leaders across the Inter-American Division (IAD) reported on their institutions’ accomplishments during the last five-year period and outlined development plans for the coming years during last month’s Adventist Healthcare Service – Inter-America (AHS-IA) board meetings in Miami, Florida.
AHS-IA was established in 2010 in association with Adventist Health International with headquarters at Loma Linda University, in California, said Elie S. Honore, M.D., president of AHS-IA.
December 15, 2015 in From the Headquarter, RSS English by IADComm
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physician from Yakima, Washington, who went missing while on a Seventh-day Adventist health training visit to the country in 2013.
Although DNA tests have not been completed, police said it appears Sloop’s body was recovered from a building next to the park where he went missing on Tuesday, May 14, 2013.
December 12, 2015 in From the World Church, RSS English by IADComm
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