By the time most of you read this report, it will be 12 days since the Kahramanmaras earthquake affected the borders of south-eastern Turkey and north-western Syria. The disaster has been dubbed the worst in modern history in the region as the death toll passes 41,000.
ADRA continues to escalate emergency response operations to deliver immediate relief to earthquake victims in Syria and Turkey. “Before the disaster happened, we were already in the region and have been for a long time, both…Source: https://adventist.uk/news/article/go/2023-02-16/1460/
Mission Spotlight for February 18
Support for the mission activities of the Seventh-day Adventist church has always been part of the Sabbath School program. This video is Mission Spotlight for this week.
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An Invitation to Progressive Christianity
By Jim Burklo | 16 February 2023 | “It tastes like cardboard,” I said to my friend—also named Jim—as we wandered through the crowd, veggie burgers in hand. He nodded and laughed. We drifted into a huge canvas tent where a preacher was fully, physically engaged in exhortation, mopping his sweaty forehead with a big […] Source: https://atoday.org/an-invitation-to-progressive-christianity/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=an-invitation-to-progressive-christianity
Love In Action – Willesden Adventist Church Leads On Community Outreach
A unique outreach event on 14 February, 2023, brought scores of people from the community to the Willesden Seventh-day Adventist church. Under the caption Love In Action – Touching Lives, Changing Communities, as the world focused on Valentine’s Day, the church’s outreach was demonstrable of God’s love, reflected in practical acts of love and service to its community. Departmental church leaders and volunteers from the church’s Centre of Help and Hope and Community Kitchen served each attendee…Source: https://adventist.uk/news/article/go/2023-02-16/1459/
Death of Esnoraldo Enrique Duarte (8 September 1951 – 12 January 2023)
We share with sadness the news of the death of Pastor Esnoraldo Enrique Duarte, whose demise occurred on Sunday 12 February, after a period of illness.
Duarte entered denominational employment on 15 October 1977 in his native Colombia, where he worked before joining the South England Conference (SEC) on 1 July 2001 until his retirement in December 2021. Duarte received his education in Colombia before enrolling at Loma Linda University, where he obtained a master’s degree in public…Source: https://adventist.uk/news/article/go/2023-02-16/1458/