A COVID-19 assistance plan will support mission offices struggling financially as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. The plan was approved by the South Pacific Division (SPD) boards during their quarterly meetings last week.
Rodney Brady, chief financial officer for the SPD, said a number of missions have been adversely affected by a reduction in tithe and offerings due to the economic fallout of COVID-19, leaving some struggling to pay pastors’ wages.
“Other missions have not been…Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ann-en/~3/NUnBKgvQQIw/

My sister committed suicide when she was 14.
Overcome with grief, my mother decided to have another child, a girl. To her disappointment, she gave birth to me — a boy.
Mother raised me in the southern Portuguese town of Faro with a brother who was nine years older. Father lived in the Middle East, working in construction.
Mother was perpetually sad. That sadness deepened when Father got a divorce and my brother left home. Then she was hospitalized with cancer and I, only 11, was sent to live…Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ann-en/~3/D8T4sltpOKg/

Not even a global pandemic can stop the outreach efforts of the Seventh-day Adventist Church on Taiwan. Restrictions on public worship and evangelism have sent members online to witness, as well as to share the Church’s health message.
Due to the pandemic, the Taiwan Conference’s 2020 mission plans with local churches were canceled. However, the Health Ministries department encouraged local churches to conduct a vegetarian health week and made great efforts to promote the participation of…Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ann-en/~3/aDqpo-WebGI/

In contexts of social, digital, and technological changes, relating across generations can sometimes be a challenge. However, when the theme is solidarity, thoughts and attitudes seem to converge to the biblical commandment that advises us to love God and neighbors as yourself.
It was with their minds on this principle that the youth of the Adventist Church of Lagoinha, in Belo Horizonte, joined with volunteers from the Adventist Solidarity Action (ASA)  to provide for the hungry people on the…Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ann-en/~3/XXuCfKlzQW8/

Representing the face of compassion to communities enveloped by fear and uncertainty, the Agape Adventist Church on St. Thomas, and the Cruz Bay Adventist Church on St. John, lead a series of ministry initiatives to help individuals cope during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Meeting the needs of the community is not optional for the Adventist Church, said Annette Small, community services director for the Cruz Bay Adventist Church in St. John.  “While many churches have gone to online…Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ann-en/~3/Vq97yjMQ66A/