By AdventistNews@gc.adventist.org (Luther Taniveke)

In this time of crisis everybody is trying to find somewhere or some way to protect themselves from this killer disease known to the world as COVID-19. The question many are asking is what should we do to save ourselves during this pandemic?
No one wants to die. And therefore our societies are trying everything. Governments, health services, churches and other organizations around the globe are putting together strategic plans to help their citizens and members survive this killer disease.
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By AdventistNews@gc.adventist.org (Samantha Young)

On May 21, 2020, the North American Division (NAD) elected Edwin G. Romero to serve as the administrator and chief executive officer of the North American Division Retirement Plans, filling the vacancy left by Raymond Jimenez. Like his predecessor, Romero was also elected associate treasurer for the NAD.
“Edwin has served admirably as the chief financial officer for three years and has a tremendous grasp of the complexities of the operation,” said Randy Robinson, NAD treasurer and Adventist…

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By AdventistNews@gc.adventist.org (Pavel Liberansky,, Head of Publishing Department, Euro-Asia Division)

Man gets used to everything. And perhaps many of us are already accustomed to both quarantine and self-isolation. Once in Heaven, many of us will probably be interested in asking Noah how he suffered isolation in the ark? It was a kind of quarantine that had never happened before, with absolutely closed doors. How did Noah get along with his family in this enclosed space?
While still in the ark and dreaming of the end of the flood, Noah probably came to the conclusion that the Earth they would…

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By AdventistNews@gc.adventist.org (Kimberly Luste Maran)

The 2020 Sonscreen Film Festival, in collaboration with new partner CoLab, was on track to be held April 2-5, 2020. Those plans drastically changed the second week of March as novel coronavirus disease closures caused the North American Division (NAD) to cancel the festival that was to be hosted at the Loma Linda University Church in California.
By April 13, after long hours of reorganizing, shuffling, and creating, the festival moved online. It became the first NAD event to successfully…

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

The Adventist church in Mare and the New Caledonia Mission celebrated a special day on May 9 with the ordination of three elders and the baptism of five people.
The elders were ordained during the morning Sabbath service, followed by communion. Then, the baptismal candidates—Arlette Roine, Charles Roine, Evelyn Waheo, Tom Wright, and Edmond—publicly gave their hearts to Jesus in the afternoon.
Each person baptized had an inspiring story to share.
In particular, Mr Roine’s baptism sent…

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By AdventistNews@gc.adventist.org (Silvia Tapia)

Things were desperate for Izaílde Silva, in fact, they were about as bleak as they could be: it was lunchtime and the 58-year-old housekeeper had no food on the stove. There was nothing in the pantry at the woman’s home in Belém do Pará, a city of 1.4 million people in northern Brazil. Victoria and Paola, Silva’s granddaughters, didn’t know it yet, but there would be no lunch, and likely no dinner, either.
Silva’s work as a maid—and the income that provided meals for Victoria and…

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

On May 18, Matthew Rushing, 9, from Moreno Valley, California, delivered dozens of boxes of snacks to Loma Linda University Medical Center Emergency Department staff, aiming to lift their spirits during the COVID-19 pandemic.
In just a little over two weeks, Rushing raised more than $400 for his project by selling his book of poetry called “Poems for Hard Times.” He said he wanted to donate to emergency department workers at Loma Linda University Medical Center because his pediatrician works at…

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By AdventistNews@gc.adventist.org (Tracey Bridcutt)

A special Sabbath event has united thousands of Adventists from around the South Pacific Division (SPD) like never before.
The #weRtheCHURCH division-wide Sabbath connected church members in a special way at a time when many churches are temporarily closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The event was the first of its kind in the history of the Adventist church in the South Pacific. Hosted by Glenn Townend, SPD president, and Litiana Turner, children’s ministries leader, it began on Friday…

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By AdventistNews@gc.adventist.org (Sheyla Paiva)

As serious as the global pandemic caused by the novel coronavirus is—and with over 5 million cases worldwide, it is very serious indeed—the Seventh-day Adventist Church continues an emphasis on youth nurture and development.
In Paraguay, a nation of 7.25 million people in the center of South America, that means taking the church’s Pathfinder program (“Conquistadores” in Spanish) for children age 10 and up, and the Adventurers (“Aventureros”) for younger children, online. There are 12,622…

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By AdventistNews@gc.adventist.org (Leonardo Saimon)

With Brazil surpassing Russia as the nation with the second-highest number of coronavirus cases in the world, millions are wondering about the prophetic significance of current events such as the pandemic. On May 23, Brazil reported 347,398 cases of the novel coronavirus and 22,013 deaths, second only to the United States, where there are 1.6 million confirmed cases of the virus and 97,477 deaths reported.
To answer these questions with biblical truths and Scriptural assurance, Seventh-day…

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