By AdventistNews@gc.adventist.org (Maria Shajiei)

Are you a believer?” the man asked. My husband nodded. “And you too?” I also nodded. The man was busily folding individual sized pizza boxes for the next order, his white apron matching his neatly cropped salt-and-pepper hair. “I used to go to church, but I don’t anymore. Not for 20, 22 years now. I’m a believer too.”
Minutes earlier, my husband and I had been walking through the Armenian section of town looking for a curtain shop. We were excitedly fixing up our first home together and wanted…

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By AdventistNews@gc.adventist.org (Vanessa Castro and Shounny Cruz)

The Adventist Voluntary Service is in charge of training and motivating young people or adults who can give a part of their time, with the aim of serving society and sharing a message of hope anywhere in the world.
The missionaries are involved in various activities, in different institutions of the Adventist denomination, and they also share different people through Bible studies so that they can learn more about the faith of Jesus.
“For us the pandemic has not been a problem,” says Pastor…

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By AdventistNews@gc.adventist.org (Armen Matevosyan)

On Saturday, June 6, an entire family from the village of Maslyanino in the Novosibirsk Region of Russia, Yuri and Olesya Krasnov and their daughters Esther and Sophia joined God’s church. The intrigue of their baptisms is that Bible prophecies about the gathering of Israel and bringing the people of God to his flock have recently been fulfilled.
Since the late 1990s, the Krasnovs went to the Baptist church. But they felt in their souls that something was missing–they wanted something deeper….

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By AdventistNews@gc.adventist.org (Nathan Brown)

It’s embedded in the name of God’s people throughout most of the Bible’s story. As the sun was about to rise by the Jabbok River, Jacob was given a new name by his mysterious assailant: “Your name will no longer be Jacob, but Israel, because you have struggled with God and with humans and have overcome” (Genesis 32:28, NIV). According to Matthew Korpman’s fascinating new book—Saying No to God—this affirmation of struggling faithfully with God has been overlooked too often and invites us into a…

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By AdventistNews@gc.adventist.org (Communication Department, Zaoksky University)

The coronavirus pandemic has changed the way of life for everyone. Many events around the world have been canceled or postponed to other dates, but not so at Zaoksky University in Tula Oblast, Russia.
On June 12 and 13, the university held graduation ceremonies online, and anyone could join the live broadcast and feel like part of the general celebration. Despite all the restrictions, diplomas were issued on Friday, even if it was in an unusual form.
The director of the EAD education…

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By AdventistNews@gc.adventist.org (North America Division)

On June 21, 2020, the Seventh-day Adventist Church’s North American Division issued the following statement after a full-page advertisement was published by a fringe organization on the same day in the Nashville Tennessean, a Gannett-owned newspaper.
“The Seventh-day Adventist Church in North America is deeply disturbed by the two hurtful ads recently published in the Nashville Tennessean.
“The claims made against the Muslim community have caused pain and strife. We soundly reject these…

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By AdventistNews@gc.adventist.org (Silvia Tapia, South American ADRA)

Every day, about 40,000 people are forced to flee their countries due to persecution, conflict, or widespread violence. Today, approximately 79.5 million people are displaced from their places of origin. According to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), in December 2019 it was estimated 26 million refugees were spread across the world.
The UNHCR said, in 2020, the Venezuelan refugee and migrant crisis should be considered the second largest on the planet, just behind that…

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By AdventistNews@gc.adventist.org (Maryellen Fairfax)

Curdled milk sits in the breakfast bowl, remnants of yesterday’s dinner. It’s raining again today. You load the clothes into the dryer and turn on the news, searching for some semblance of normal. The monotone warnings and humdrum rhythms bring strange comfort, wordless lyrics to life’s repetitive tune.
Ba dum.
“Key federal ministers deny the PM’s push for a global COVID-19 inquiry . . . ba dum, ba dum . . . tensions between Australia and China increase . . . ba dum . . . violence escalates in…

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By AdventistNews@gc.adventist.org (Heather Jackson)

There is life after a cancer diagnosis — that’s the message Gina Valvo, 49, wants new cancer patients to see and hear clearly. Valvo hopes sharing her story will inspire many who are faced with a similar life-altering medical report.
Valvo learned she had Stage 4 cancer in May of 2019. Physicians at Loma Linda University Medical Centertold her it started in her left breast and spread to her spine, liver, bones and finally, her left ovary.
When physicians began to explain her life-expectancy,…

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By AdventistNews@gc.adventist.org (Lucas Alves)

The role of the local church elder in the Adventist Church is of fundamental importance. Reflecting on its function, in the light of the Word of God, is essential, as we run the risk of diminishing its value and relevance in these challenging days.
The Bible offers a roadmap for success in this important function: In chapter 20 of the book of Acts, we find Paul with a group of elders, coming from the city of Ephesus to Miletus, to say goodbye to the great apostle with the possibility of never…

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