An Adventist goalkeeper recently declined to play for the team flying in the wrecked aircraft because of his beliefs Posted November 29, 2016 The leader of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in the South American region expressed his condolences after a plane carrying a Brazilian soccer team and a considerable number of reporters crashed in a […]
Read MoreVanuatu President Attends Sabbath Worship at Adventist Church
Head of state is also an Anglican priest, lauds Adventist education in the nation Posted November 29, 2016 Vanuatu President Baldwin Lonsdale and a delegation from his office attended the worship service this past Sabbath, Nov. 26, at Portoroki Seventh-day Adventist Church in Port Vila, the republic’s capital city. The church program began with a welcome […]
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Goaaallll!! Adventist Soccer Player Back on Field With Sabbath-off Contract
Months after his former team declined a contract renewal, professional Brazilian soccer goalie Carlos Vítor da Costa Ressurreição, a Seventh-day Adventist who said he wouldn’t play or practice on the Sabbath day, is back in professional competition. (Photo: Jaime Costa) Source link
Read MoreAlan Collins, sculptor of 'silent sermons,’ dies at 88
Alan Collins putting a finishing touch on a clay model of “Sacrificial Service,” a sculpture for Oakwood University in Huntsville, Alabama. [Photo courtesy of Gleaner Magazine] Visitors often comment on a striking fiberglass sculpture portraying the three angels of Revelation 14 that is affixed to the façade of the Seventh-day Adventist Church’s Trans-European Division headquarters in […]
Read MoreOakwood University, Adventist-owned historically black school, celebrates 120 years
Marking 120 years of advancing learning among underserved populations, Oakwood University, a Seventh-day Adventist school consistently ranked among America’s best Historically Black Colleges and Universities, or HBCUs, celebrated a week of Founder’s Day activities from November 9 to 16 at the school’s Huntsville, Alabama, campus. University president Leslie Pollard said, “For 120 years, Oakwood has advanced […]
Read MoreHacksaw Ridge opens unprecedented witnessing opportunities in Central Europe
Adventist youth in Krakow, Poland prepare to distribute Znaki Czasu (Signs of the Times) to movie-goers. [Photo courtesy of the Trans-European Division] Karolina and Monika, from Krakow, Poland have spent a lot of time this last month at their local cinema. Recently baptized teenage twins, you will find them there, dressed in World-War II look-a-like […]
Read MoreIn Brazil, prestigious scientific journal “Nature Communications” focuses on Adventist lifestyle
Nov 28, 2016 | Brasilla, Brazil | Felipe Lemos, South American Division For several months, more than 1,500 people were evaluated in the Advent Study, which was featured in the Nature Communications article. [Photo: Estaudo Advento] The relationship between an intestinal bacteria and its possible effects on diabetes was published in a national scientific article, […]
Read MoreIn Brazil, prestigious scientific journal “Nature Communications” focuses on Adventist lifestyle
Nov 28, 2016 | Brasilla, Brazil | Felipe Lemos, South American Division For several months, more than 1,500 people were evaluated in the Advent Study, which was featured in the Nature Communications article. [Photo: Estaudo Advento] The relationship between an intestinal bacteria and its possible effects on diabetes was published in a national scientific article, […]
Read MoreHacksaw Ridge opens unprecedented witnessing opportunities in Central Europe
Adventist youth in Krakow, Poland prepare to distribute Znaki Czasu (Signs of the Times) to movie-goers. [Photo courtesy of the Trans-European Division] Karolina and Monika, from Krakow, Poland have spent a lot of time this last month at their local cinema. Recently baptized teenage twins, you will find them there, dressed in World-War II look-a-like […]
Read MoreJuan Carlos Viera, 78, Longtime Adventist Administrator, Ellen White Exponent, Passes
Humility, kindness, peace were hallmarks of his years of service Posted November 28, 2016 Juan Carlos Viera, a Seventh-day Adventist pastor and administrator universally admired for his humility, kindness, and the sense of peace that surrounded him, passed to his rest on November 25 at the age of 78, at his home in Beaumont, California, […]
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