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Church a fixture in society, ‘not just a destination,’ Adventist mission expert says 2012, Miami, Florida, United States Libna Stevens/ANN staff Seventh-day Adventist leadership pledged at the church’s first Urban Ministries Summit in Inter-America to better connect with the more than 36 million people living in three of the region’s largest cities: Mexico City, Mexico; Bogota, Colombia; and Caracas, Venezuela.
Executive Committee hears of plans for urban area outreach, Bible reading program 2012, Silver Spring, Maryland, United States Ansel Oliver/ANN Top regional Seventh-day Adventist Church leaders today identified 24 cities that will receive targeted outreach efforts, the next step of a plan voted by church officials last year to focus on urban area ministry worldwide. Presidents of each of the 13 world divisions read Genesis chapter 1 to launch the Revived by His Word initiative, a program to motivate church members to read the entire Bible between now and General Conference Session in 2015.
Served at world headquarters in 1970s 2012, Decatur, Georgia, United States Southern Union staff Fernon Retzer, Sabbath School Department director at the Seventh-day Adventist Church world headquarters in the 1970s and a missionary in South America, died April 5 in Chattanooga, Tennessee. He was 90. Church administrator Fernon Retzer served as a department director at the Adventist Church headquarters and president of local church administrative offices in South America.
This video is from the 3rd Quarter 2012, Adventist Mission DVD. It highlights the 100th Anniversary of the 13th Sabbath Offering and the Mission Quarterly
A pastor uses a non-traditional outreach method to reach immigrants in Singapore.
North American Division’s numbers are down, but Thomas says NAD can get its groove back; growth of missions in other divisions 2012, Silver Spring, Maryland, United States Ansel Oliver/ANN The Seventh-day Adventist Church’s North American Division still sends more overseas volunteers than any of the denomination’s 12 other world divisions. But its numbers are in retreat
Stints in Brazil, Bolivia, Bangladesh; Colleagues remember his generosity, strong faith 2012, Silver Spring, Maryland, United States Corrado Cozzi/Teresa Costello/ANN staff Eric Monnier, 59, a Seventh-day Adventist missionary whose work spurred church growth in South America in the 1970s and 80s, died January 22 in Collonges-sous-Salève, France, following a battle with cancer. Monnier’s mission career spanned 35 years and two continents
