We were saddened to learn of the death of Pastor Rafael Luz on 5 April 2021. Pastor Luz was born on 15 May 1967 in Brazil. On 21 August 2005 he married Sheilla Ferraz and their union brought about Shawn and Timothy.
Pastor Luz joined the Seventh-day Adventist Church denominational service in the UK in 2005 as the Dean of Boarding at Stanborough School. In 2007 he accepted a call from the South England Conference and began serving as a licensed pastor among several of the Portuguese-speaking…Source: https://adventist.uk/news/article/go/2021-04-14/death-of-pastor-rafael-luz/
Adventist Church Leaders Vote to Hold a Special One-Day GC Session in January 2022
On Tuesday, April 13, 2021, members of the General Conference Executive Committee (GC EXCOM) of the Seventh-day Adventist Church voted to hold a Special General Conference (GC) Session on January 18, ……
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Paul Douglas, Current GCAS Director, Voted GC Treasurer-Elect
14 April 2021 | Paul Douglas, current director of the General Conference Auditing Service (GCAS), has been voted in as GC Treasurer-Elect. The GC Executive Committee vote passed with 204 “Yes” votes and 10 “No” votes this morning at GC Spring Meeting. Douglas will start the job on August 1. More details to follow. To […] Source: https://atoday.org/paul-douglas-current-gcas-director-voted-gc-treasurer-elect/
Erton Kohler Voted General Conference Executive Secretary
14 April 2021 | Current South American Division President Erton Kohler has been voted to the position of General Conference Executive Secretary at the General Conference Spring Meeting. The vote passed 197 to 16. Kohler is replacing G.T. Ng as secretary. In 2006, Kohler was the youngest person ever to be elected as division president […] Source: https://atoday.org/erton-kohler-voted-general-conference-executive-secretary/
Collaborative Effort Boosts Solidarity During the Pandemic
Solidarity—what does this word mean to you? One of the definitions of this term, from the Michaelis Brazilian Dictionary of the Portuguese Language, is, “Feeling of love or compassion for the needy or……
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