It’s hard to knock on someone’s door, even if we already know them. In fact, it’s not even socially acceptable nowadays to just show up unexpectedly at someone’s house in case they are busy when we stop by. We must call and schedule a visit first. Add the need for social (physical) distancing, and it becomes clear that the old way of evangelizing can no longer be the primary method. But you don’t have to knock on a stranger’s door to share your faith. Nor do you have to create the content….Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ann-en/~3/N3UDaWRFjWs/

It’s 5am on a Sunday morning in early April. Although Fiji’s capital of Suva is in lockdown, 12-year-old Nasoni Junior is already awake and ready to feed the homeless on the city streets.
Today, Junior is joining his parents as he has done so many times before, but this time he is more reluctant. The police have been very strict in arresting people, and authorities have not made it clear whether Junior and his team are allowed to continue their ministry.
Junior’s team is called “MISSION-1”,…Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ann-en/~3/gsoa7OJPINA/

The Chinle Seventh-day Adventist Church isn’t exactly located in the best neighborhood in Chinle, a town of 4,500 people on the Navajo Reservation in the U.S. state of Arizona.
As the pastor, I live in a trailer beside the church building. Several well-respected neighbors, including a Navajo Nation police officer, live in nearby trailers. But one house is looked down on as the local “drug house.” Its unkempt yard and constant stream of random foot and vehicle traffic lend credibility to its…Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ann-en/~3/cCZmHNy7-TM/

I am at the end of a long battle against COVID-19 that has lasted nearly eight weeks. I still find it challenging to stand upright because I feel weak and suffer from vertigo, which makes the simplest daily chores risky. Even when I am sitting down, I still endure sudden headaches and a constant daze.
These past two months, I spent almost seven weeks in bed, and this has transformed my way of looking at life and its priorities. In this, I am not unique. People talk about a “post COVID-19…Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ann-en/~3/8aj1M0BjcwU/

Twenty-one-year-old Brenda Matos has found a unique and dynamic way to share biblical messages with thousands of Internet users. Using TikTok, a wildly popular social media video app, Matos posts daily videos featuring Christian themes, Bible study tips, reading suggestions for books by Adventist Church co-founder Ellen G. White, and a series of stories about Protestant reformers. Matos records her TikTok videos at home in Joinville, Santa Catarina, Brazil, using her smartphone.
Matos’ profile…Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ann-en/~3/eEQfSFQOOcI/