First in the news: The Seventh-day Adventist Church in North America expressed sympathy to the families of the victims and condemnation to the heinous killing in a school shooting in Uvalde, Texas. The statement further calls for soul searching and finding ways on how to stem the tide of violence and to implore the authorities to take action. With the theme: “Jesus is Coming! Get Involved!”, the 61st and first truly digital General Conference Session begins on Monday, June 6-11, 2022 in St. Louis, Missouri. To accommodate all the online and physical attendees, the GC is producing all the session content in four languages namely English, French, Spanish, and Portuguese. Some programs will be available in Russian and sign language. The Adventist Community Services (ACS) volunteers extended help to the community of Buffalo, New York. This community is still reeling from the mass shooting at the store on May 14. With the cooperation with other organizations, ACS volunteers are doing their best to provide for the physical and emotional needs of the community. Adventist Church in Inter-America inaugurates a new Theological Seminary Building in Puerto Rico. The seminary functions as a multi-site institution with a unique structure that provides academic programs to ministers at 10 affiliated sites, including Costa Rica, Colombia, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Trinidad, and Venezuela. After being in lockdown for more than two years, the Publishing Ministries Department of the Southern Asia-Pacific Division organized its 12th National Convention. Literature evangelists from all across the Philippine archipelago relived the reason for their calling and once again devoted themselves to become Messengers for Christ. Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nFzJ3o25txg

Join the live stream of the 61st General Conference Session being held in St. Louis, Missouri, USA. This evening, the business session reconvenes to continue with agenda items while the nominating committee meets to discuss nominations. After, Timothy Standish will present a message entitled "I Believe!" in which he calls Bible-believers to unity in the family of God. Timothy Standish holds a PhD in Environmental Biology and Public Policy. He is staffed at the Geoscience Research Institute. His message this evening is the closing meeting for the first night of the General Conference Session. Follow our church social media accounts to get more informational and inspirational posts throughout this week: ANN Website: https://adventist.news/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/adventistchurch/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/adventistchurch/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheAdventistChurch Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0tzrCLY58s4

Join the live stream of the 61st General Conference Session being held in St. Louis, Missouri, USA. Business Session reconvenes for our afternoon meeting and delegates will discuss agenda items in the America's Center Convention Complex auditorium. Nominating committee meets privately, and possibly could come with a report. You can access the session agenda here: https://www.gcsession.org/session-agenda/ Follow our church social media accounts to get more informational and inspirational posts throughout this week: ANN Website: https://adventist.news/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/adventistchurch/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/adventistchurch/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheAdventistChurch Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0OzKSZVX0_U

Join the live stream of the 61st General Conference Session held in St. Louis, Missouri, USA. This morning, Mark Finley, Barry Black & Dwight Nelson will be sharing a sermon entitled "Seeking the Holy Spirit Together in Prayer, Music and the Word." Mark Finley is the former host and director of It Is Written. Barry Black is the 62nd Chaplain of the United States Senate. Dwight K. Nelson is the Senior Pastor of Pioneer Memorial Church on the campus of Andrews University where he has pastored since 1983. All three have extensive careers in ministry and evangelism in their particular fields and we're pleased to have them opening our General Conference Session tonight. Following worship, we will move into our morning business session and hear from our General Conference President. You can access the session agenda here: https://www.gcsession.org/session-agenda/ Follow our church social media accounts to get more informational and inspirational posts throughout this week: ANN Website: https://adventist.news/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/adventistchurch/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/adventistchurch/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheAdventistChurch Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BBH4307_QjE

In this special episode, Pastor Ted Wilson is with Executive Secretary Erton Kohler and Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer Paul Douglas to welcome you to the 61st General Conference Session. It will be held at America's Center Convention Complex in St. Louis, Missouri, United States on June 6–11. The first GC Session held in May 1863 was attended by 20 delegates in a small, wooden church in Battle Creek, Michigan. These delegates represented only a few thousand Sabbath-keeping Advent believers. But today, we are a worldwide family of more than 21 million members across over 200 countries. And the sessions are now held in large stadiums and convention centers. But amid the growing population and changing locations, the commitment to Christ, His mission, the last-day message, and the hope of His soon return remains the constant focus of the church. This hope is embodied in 1 Thessalonians 4:16-17, which says, "For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first. Then, we who are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And thus, we shall always be with the Lord." Although we come from diverse cultures, languages, and backgrounds, we are united together in the body of Christ through a higher calling, purpose, and biblical mandate which God has given to His remnant people to share His message of love. This mandate is to "let all things be done decently and in order" (1 Corinthians 14:40). While there are many aspects of this event, it is primarily a spiritual and business meeting of the world church. During this meeting, world leaders are elected and concerns affecting the church are discussed and decided upon by the representative delegates. Since this upcoming GC Session will be a hybrid one, some of the delegates will be attending online. If you are one of them, you can watch the livestream at https://www.gcsession.org/live/. Let us continue praying for the success of this upcoming GC Session and more importantly, for the outpouring of the latter rain as we anticipate the soon coming of Jesus Christ. Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SRXUf333GXY