By AdventistNews@gc.adventist.org (CD-EUDNews)

In this time of confinement due to COVID-19, the Internet has become, more than ever, a daily companion. Online, you can find just about anything you want: answers to questions, information and data, entertainment, and…God?
Among the most searched topics online is religion, and it is important that the supply of information adequately meets the demand. Theologian Chris Vogel is working on exactly that.
On his YouTube channel Masterpiece Bible, Vogel shares short (5-10-minute) videos…

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By AdventistNews@gc.adventist.org (Ted N.C. Wilson, President, Seventh-day Adventist Church)

Editor’s Note: Below is a transcript of a message, posted to You Tube on May 8, from president of the Adventist Church, Ted N.C. Wilson. Elder Wilson will release a new video each week, during the Coronavirus pandemic, which you can view here.
It’s good to be with you again. What a blessing it is to see how God is carrying each one of us through this amazing and difficult pandemic. Some areas that are subsiding, others that are increasing, but God will see us through, through His grace. Now,…

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By AdventistNews@gc.adventist.org (Royston Philbert/NCC Staff/ IAD News Staff)

The Seventh-day Adventist community on St. Croix was in solidarity with the leaders and members of the Peter’s Rest Adventist Church on May 5, 2020, as they watched their state-of-the-art church building consumed by fire. The building, located at a strategic location in the Peter’s Rest neighborhood, was considered a landmark by many on the island.
Several units from the Virgin Islands (VI) Fire Service responded and worked tirelessly to contain the fire, which spread rapidly through the…

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By AdventistNews@gc.adventist.org (Tanaka Noa, Pacific North Asian Division and Adventist Review)

A group of young people, who had planned to participate in March’s Youth Rush program, but were unable to do so due to the coronavirus outbreak, came up with a new idea called Daniel Rush. Youth Rush is a student literature evangelism program of the Japan Union Conference.
This program was designed to provide young people with an opportunity to grow spiritually and socially during the long quarantine in which they cannot attend school. Not wanting to waste time and idle at home, three college…

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By AdventistNews@gc.adventist.org (Micah Akui/Record Staff)

While many Adventists in Lae have found COVID-19 restrictions distressing and limiting to their faith journey, Akaly Vetalis and Numan Asine—young people from Bumbu Sand church, a community of nearly 400 people—have treated the restrictions as an opportunity for ministry.
Vetalis and Asine visited Micah Akui, youth ministries director for the Morobe Mission, requesting leadership resources for their newly-built church.
“At first I did not quite understand what they were up to,” explained Akui….

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By AdventistNews@gc.adventist.org (Fernanda Gomes)

As the pandemic linked to the novel coronavirus COVID-19 continues to disrupt lives around the globe, Seventh-day Adventists in Brazil are doing their part to help neighbors in need. Over the weekend of April 25-26, members of the Orion Pathfinders Club in Praça dos Imigrantes, in the south of Minas Gerais state, collected donations at a drive-thru collection stop.
Hundreds of people came to the site to donate food, cleaning supplies and clothing. Selma Dias, Pathfinder leader, said…

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

The Victorian Conference, in partnership with Hope Channel and the South Pacific Division, have collaborated to create an integrated online evangelistic campaign designed to reach new secular audiences and funnel them into local church communities.
Commencing on May 8, “Predictions of Hope: Beyond Corona” is the first four-day installment of programs, presented by pastors Gary Webster and Robbie Berghan. It is designed as a “bridge” to help secular audiences connect with relevant global events…

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By AdventistNews@gc.adventist.org (Ellen Hostetler/It Is Written)

Just as Tennessee state officials started enforcing social distancing guidelines encouraging people to stay home due to COVID-19 in March, It Is Written began airing a weekly Sabbath School Bible study and sermon series for its viewers.
The It Is Written TV Sabbath School program features John Bradshaw, speaker/director of It Is Written, along with the co-authors of the current Adult Bible Study Guide, “How to Interpret Scripture,” Michael Hasel, professor of Near Eastern Studies and…

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By AdventistNews@gc.adventist.org (Briana Pastorino)

Two Seventh-day Adventist hospitals in California again received national recognition for patient safety and quality, independent watchdog organization The Leapfrog Group announced.
Both Loma Linda University Medical Center and its East Campus hospitals received “A” grades for spring 2020. The designations are widely considered one of the most competitive honors American hospitals can receive. “Leapfrog’s recognition of our physicians, nurses and support staff is an incredible honor,”…

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By AdventistNews@gc.adventist.org (Sharon Domínguez/Inter-American Division News Staff)

Some 13,500 Seventh-day Adventists across the church in the Inter-Oceanic Mexican region received food and essential items for their families as the country continues its quarantine regulations. The families selected were among the most needy across eight states comprising a church membership of more 203,400.
“Many of our members with their own small businesses do not have the possibility to work and we wanted to make sure the church did something to help them,” said Pastor Moisés Reyna,…

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