An annual observance of State Religious Freedom Week in the Brazilian state of São Paulo took on special significance in 2020 due to the global pandemic and lockdown. The São Paulo Legislative Assembly, or ALSEP, hosted a multi-day meeting on “Religious Freedom in the Pandemic.”
Dr. Damaris Moura, a state deputy and member of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Brazil, chaired the event, which featured several national and international experts and religious movement representatives.
Notable…Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ann-en/~3/HUJ9kN9apGw/

A Seventh-day Adventist congregation in Cheonghak-ri, a village in South Korea’s Gyeonggi region, held a blood drive to help replenish stock diminished by the coronavirus pandemic.
On a recent Sabbath morning,  a blood donation bus from the Korean Red Cross arrived at the parking lot of the Cheonghak Seventh-day Adventist Church, after a deacon, Seong KiYeol, organized the effort.
Seong, a nurse at a Seoul hospital, had  asked a blood supplier to deliver blood to the facility and was told he’d…Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ann-en/~3/32oIv5hhiGo/

A solution to the problem of the great global crisis resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic would be that we would be able to see the virus. The fact that borders and non-essential businesses have been closed, events have been canceled, we are forced to stay at home, and other restrictions derive from the fact that we don’t know where the virus is and, therefore, we have no way of attacking and destroying it.
Imagine going out of your home and, as you drive down the road, you suddenly see a cloud…Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ann-en/~3/qJ8MqglcJEY/

When will Jesus come again? It is what we as Seventh-day Adventists call ‘the blessed hope’. It is part of our name – our calling. We are Adventists! But when will he come?
Recently there has been a considerable rise in speculation, not just over the nearness of Christ’s return – something we all hold dear, but with some specific dates associated with it – and, in particular, the year 2027.  Is this something we can test against the Bible? That is a question we asked Newbold’s professor…Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ann-en/~3/3lXA0UfllaE/