Program seeks to motivate youth Bible study at home in northern Bahia state, Brazil

Seventh-day Adventists in the north of the Brazilian state of Bahia cheered June 27 when two churches reopened and four people were baptized in the pre-dawn hours of that Sabbath day.
But for others still at home, especially children in homes without i…

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Hundreds of Minneapolis youth march for justice and healing

On Saturday, June 20, 2020, hundreds of youth and young adults took to the streets of Minneapolis, Minnesota, with “A Cry for Justice and Healing,” an outreach event aimed at rebuilding the city and regaining a sense of peace.
The event, held in the af…

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Jonah and Bar-Jonah

One day, Mr. Jonah, a small-town man from Gath-hepher, ran off to the seaport of Joppa on a mission to avoid an assignment in big city Nineveh. I imagine he scanned the sailing times for ships, searching for the best option. Perhaps there were tantaliz…

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Happyhand Donates Fifty Thousand To Shelter

HappyHand promised NOK 30,000 to the Crisis Centre in Moss. They got NOK 50,000.
Each month, the HappyHand second-hand store in Moss, Norway distributes its profits from sales to charitable purposes at home and abroad. The shop is run by volunteers fro…

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Online Evangelism Initiative Draws 404 New Members in Southeast Mexico

Seventh-day Adventist leaders and members in Southeast Mexico recently celebrated the culmination of their first online evangelistic campaign that drew in 404 new believers through baptism. “Covid-19 made our churches close, but we know the mission ca…

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Watered-down sermons

About seven-and-a-half years ago, I started work as a minister in the Seventh-day Adventist Church. I was determined to grow the church that had been placed under my care.
After 12 months of working very hard in a small congregation, I was dismayed to …

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