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9 March 2023 | Southern Dedicates Land for Future School of Business “Southern Adventist University students, employees, donors, and community members joined together on February 24 to dedicate land for a new building to house the School of Business. After opening remarks, the group formed a large circle around the future facility’s location and prayed […] Source: https://atoday.org/news-briefs-for-march-9-2023/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=news-briefs-for-march-9-2023
We can't show you her face . . . but this is a photo of a former New People’s Army general and assassin preaching an evangelistic series. With tears in her eyes, she is sharing the love of Jesus in a village where she used to recruit rebel soldiers. This story began with hardened rebels—in the midst of a 50-year war— who started listening to Adventist World Radio (AWR) as they lay in wait to attack government forces. Now, just a few years later, the war has ended and an entire island has been transformed by the Gospel. And this is just the beginning . . . Watch this incredible story and share it with your church on Sabbath, March 11, during the Adventist World Radio offering. You can give at awr.org/give. MB01GVFWKBF3TLL Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dSgGEwaGgkU
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. [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S0Lk9pu6bx8&w=560&h=315]
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8 March 2023 | The role of a chaplain is to be an agent of hope. The Adventist message can be a message of hope, but its hopeful notes are too often submerged under pessimism and paranoia. How can we recover and reemphasize the heart and soul of the early pioneers, who spoke and acted […] Source: https://atoday.org/atss-bill-cork-on-foundation-for-a-hopeful-ecclesiology/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=atss-bill-cork-on-foundation-for-a-hopeful-ecclesiology
Simo Vehkavuori, a retired pastor, sensed an inner voice inviting him to keep on walking after he arrived at a lake crowded with sunbathers and swimmers in Finland. Simo followed a path past several smaller lakes. “Go farther,” the inner voice said. Simo reached a small lake and saw four young people seated on the ground. “Would you like to hear a story from the Finnish Civil War a hundred years ago?” he asked.
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“Yes, please tell us!” they said.
When Simo finished the story, he said, “Excuse me, but do you mind if I ask you how you feel about religion?”
“We believe in God,” they said.
“Would you like to hear how I became a Christian?” he asked.
When he finished, he mentioned that he had several cards for online Bible studies. The young people were interested, and Simo found he had exactly four cards in his pocket. “Wow!” a young woman exclaimed. “The Lord knew that there were four of us. That is why you had four cards with you!”
At another lake, Simo approached a young woman who was sunbathing. “Would you be like to hear a story from the Finnish Civil War?” he asked.
After the story, he asked how she felt about religion and told how he had become a Christian. Seeing that she was interested, he said, “I have a book called Steps to Christ at home. Would you mind waiting 20 minutes?”
She agreed. When he returned with the book and a Bible study card, she said, “When you left, I started timing you on my watch. It took you only 15 minutes.” She gratefully accepted the gifts.
Another time, Simo went up to a married couple with their teen son. “Would you be like to hear a story from the Finnish Civil War?” he asked. Afterward, when he asked how they felt about religion, the parents replied that they had a major problem at home. Their son was using drugs. “We need to pray together,” Simo said. The woman began to cry. After praying, Simo said, “I would like to share with you a book, but it is at my home.”
“We can go in our car,” the man said. At his home, Simo gave the grateful couple Steps to Christ and a Bible study card.
Simo believes God is blessing his efforts to meet people in secular Finland. No one has ever refused his offer to tell how he became a Christian. His mission outreach, he said, is inspired by the example of Paul. “I am convinced that we should go out to meet people and not wait for them to come to us,” he said.
Produced by the General Conference Office of Adventist Mission. Find more mission stories at adventistmission[dot]org
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