My heart rate increased as I tried to suppress my rising panic. Hot tears pricked the back of my eyes as I listened closely to what the preacher was saying. He was getting close, I could tell. I had learned to expect these things on the last days of Weeks of Spiritual Emphasis—the dreaded call. ...
What do you do when you go to a church where people don't trust each other or welcome others? where church leaders are in disagreements most of the time over theological views and don’t invite visitors for potluck? As the pastor, how can you bring healing to that church? Some years ago, I pastor...
Bahia Adventist College intensifies support for colporteurs and encourages student involvement in missionary activities.
On Global Children’s Day, Sabbath, March 19, 2022, the Mongolian Mission (MM) organized a special children’s program. Adventist children learned how to help, give, and share God’s love with other children from the community in an initiative called “Serving from the Heart.” That Sabbath, Mongolian...
Pathfinder teams from across North America and the world gathered in person and remotely on April 22–23, 2022, for the Pathfinder Bible Experience division finals. Sixty-three teams gathered in person at the Lane Events Center in Eugene, Oregon, and 30 teams joined remotely. This was the first in...
The Seventh-day Adventist Church, through its Possibility Ministries in the Dominican Republic, recently dedicated the first congregation specifically for the hearing impaired in southeastern Santo Domingo. The ceremony drew church leaders, member volunteers, and more than 35 hearing impaired at ...