By AdventistNews@gc.adventist.org (EUDnews/tedNEWS)

It is hard to write a letter to ‘dear coronavirus’. Even the word ‘dear’ makes us cringe. There is no love lost for this deadly disease. Yet the irony of challenging this ‘dear’ disease directly has not been lost on viewers across 60+ countries and in multiple languages worldwide.
For 12 weeks #dearcoronavirus clips have circulated the globe sharing a message of hope and love. Now, in a final clip we note that “You left emptiness in the lives of millions of people since you arrived. You showed…

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By AdventistNews@gc.adventist.org (Richard Hart, Loma Linda University)

Once again our country is being reminded that we have much work to do. As we watch the news, we must feel more than sympathy for our African American students, faculty, staff, friends and colleagues. This has gone on far too long, and even though the protests are now being taken advantage of by other forces of evil, we must not get derailed from the fundamental issues.
To see a plea for breath and life itself from George Floyd, and a long line before him, is painful to watch. That this occurred…

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By AdventistNews@gc.adventist.org (Libna Stevens, Inter-American Division News)

Seventh-day Adventist hospital administrators and church leaders throughout the Inter-American Division (IAD) territory recently paused for spiritual reflection and prayer for physicians, other health professionals, and general staff as they care for patients during the pandemic crisis. The video conference session was meant to reaffirm the mission of spreading hope, love and compassion – even in the midst of stringent measures of operation across the 14 Adventist hospitals in Inter-America. …

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By AdventistNews@gc.adventist.org (Record Staff)

The director of intensive care at Sydney Adventist Hospital was recognized during the Queen’s Birthday Honors, which were announced on Sunday, June 8.
Professor Simon Finfer was appointed an Officer in the Order of Australia (AO) for his service to intensive care medicine, medical research and education, and for his service to global health institutes. Finfer has been on the team leading the San’s preparedness to deal with the needs of the COVID-19 pandemic.
He has a particular interest in…

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

Kirsten Roggenkamp and Heather Blaire are both school teachers who became friends in their shared classroom at Mile High Academy in Denver, Colorado. Their writing partnership has focused on re-telling Bible stories for younger readers, and they talked with Australia’s Record magazine about these projects.
Tell us about your journey to becoming authors.
For a generation of children who are used to seeing stories acted out in movies and on TV, it was important us to present the Bible stories…

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By AdventistNews@gc.adventist.org (Mark A. Kellner, with reporting from NAD Office of Communication)

In May of 2001, Seventh-day Adventist pastor and evangelist Walter L. Pearson, Jr., then the speaker/director of Breath of Life, the church’s television outreach focused on the African American community, gave the dedicatory sermon for the new building that would house the South Nashville Seventh-day Adventist Church in Tennessee, pastored by Carlton P. Byrd.
Several months later, Pearson, who passed to his rest on June 7, 2020, at the age of 74, returned to Byrd’s congregation as part of a…

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By AdventistNews@gc.adventist.org (Felipe Lemos)

Despite the restrictions imposed by quarantines related to the Covid-19 pandemic, membership in the South American Division of the Seventh-day Adventist Church grew by 1.76 percent in the first four months of 2020. The division supports church activities in eight nations on the South American continent.
By the end of April, the South American Division closed its books with 2,487,669 members. The 1.76 percent increase over 2019 reflects “real growth,” defined as the difference between the number…

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By AdventistNews@gc.adventist.org (Sandra Blackmer)

When COVID-19 hit Norway late last February and turned the lives of its residents upside down, Delfred and Hannah Onde thought that everything their team was accomplishing in the Oslo community would come to a grinding halt. It wasn’t long, however, before the Holy Spirit helped them to begin thinking outside the box. Passion for Mission Originally from the Philippines, Delfred, a pastor, and Hannah, a nurse, have served as missionaries in various world regions—including South Korea,…

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By AdventistNews@gc.adventist.org (Rosmery Sánchez)

Dozens of volunteers from the Agency for Development and Assistance Resources (ADRA Peru) arrived in the Nauta area of Loreto, Peru, on May 31st to deliver 430 economic vouchers and 70 basic food kits to poverty stricken families in the region.
Ing. Santos Guerrero, head of Special Projects for ADRA Peru says, “The need is wide and the health emergency has led to an economic emergency. Now there is the desperation of not having access to food. These basic baskets, at least, will help [the…

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By AdventistNews@gc.adventist.org (Ellen Hostetler, It Is Written, and Adventist Review)

In May 2020, the It Is Written television ministry won five Telly Awards for two programs, “Innocents Lost” and “The Scottsboro Nine.” The two winning programs deal with hard subjects, ministry leaders said.
“Innocents Lost” carefully covers the difficult topic of miscarriage. It explores the heartbreaking reality of losing someone who was never able to be truly known. John Bradshaw, It Is Written president, interviews a mother who has walked through this painful journey, and a physician who…

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