Daniel R. Jackson, president of the North American Division is retiring July 1, 2020. The postponement of the 2020 General Conference Session complicated the process for the election of the new NAD president in July 2020. The NAD nominating committee will meet on July 6 to select a name to be presented and voted on […] Source: https://atoday.org/nad-president-to-retire-july-1-replacement-process-defined/
Adventists call for prayer and fasting as COVID-19 cases climb in the Dominican Republic
The Seventh-day Adventist Church in the Dominican Republic recently urged its members and citizens to join in fasting and prayer as COVID-19 cases continue to rise.
According to Pastor Paulino Puello, president of the church in the Dominican Republic, government statistics (as of May 15) show that there are 11,700 confirmed cases of the coronavirus and 470 deaths, including one church member who died last month.
Natanael Encarnacion, 55, of the Colirio Adventist Church in the southeastern…
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Being a healing agent
May 16, 2020 was a Health Emphasis Day of the Inter-European Region of Seventh-day Adventists (EUD).
“I would like to invite us to look back, for a moment, to the beginning of the Christian church” said Valérie Dufour, EUD health ministry director.
She recommends the book Medicine & Health Care in Early Christianity, in which the author, Gary Ferngren, underlines that before the advent of Christianity there was no concept of responsibility of public officials to prevent disease or to treat…
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Working together in difficult times and still open for business
There is an upside to the current travel restrictions. Online meetings save travel time and money. Zoom fatigue helps officers develop agendas that focus on the essential. With positive goodwill that is attainable.
This was certainly the case for the 48 participants of the Trans-European Division (TED) Spring Meetings, who joined by Zoom for an intense but productive morning on Monday, May 18, 2020.
The spring Executive Committee brings together union presidents, lay and pastoral…
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Giovedi 21 Maggio 2020
1 Re 3:11,12 E Dio gli disse: Poiche' tu hai domandato questo, e non hai chiesto per te lunga vita, ne' ricchezze, ne' la morte dei tuoi nemici, ma hai chiesto intelligenza per poter discernere cio' che e' giusto, ecco, io faccio come tu hai detto; e ti do un cuore saggio e intelligente: nessuno e' stato simile a te nel passato, e nessuno sara' simile a te in futuro. Testo di Massimiliano Paris presentato in studio da Laura Paris. Meditazione giornaliera, serie "Apri la porta del tuo cuore". https://hopemedia.it Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RyptrIiq5d8
