By AdventistNews@gc.adventist.org (Christian Record Services)

Christian Record Services for the Blind (CRS), a ministry of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in North America, has extended access to its proprietary online library to all of the divisions outside North America. This includes several different reading formats, including audio streaming, large electronic print and refreshable Braille.
The library is available to verified members who are legally blind and can be accessed through computers, tablets and some smartphones. This offer represents…

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By AdventistNews@gc.adventist.org (Dale Galusha)

Mark Finley is an experienced public evangelist, who currently serves as Assistant to the President of the Seventh-day Adventist World Church, Ted N.C. Wilson, located in the U.S. of Maryland. He has written more than 70 books and spoke recently about his new book, The Church Triumphant.

Do you believe that God’s people, coming from various cultures and perspectives, can find solutions to issues facing the church today?

I have great confidence in the ultimate triumph of God’s church. I…

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By AdventistNews@gc.adventist.org (Carolina Inthurn)

Brazilian Independence Day is celebrated on September 7. This national holiday is marked by public celebrations in small and large cities all around the country.

In Carlos Chagas, in eastern Minas Gerais, the civic parade began later than usual, just after sunset. According to the city hall, the change occurred so that regional Pathfinder clubs could participate. “We have changed in consideration for the Pathfinders Club, which does a wonderful job here,” explains Mayor Acassio Vieira. “We…

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

“You are not alone. Your church family is with you and God is touching many hearts all over the world to help you endure through this process,” Peter Kerr, president of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in the Atlantic Caribbean Union, as he spoke to dozens of church members who evacuated Abaco and Grand Bahama after Hurricane Dorian destroyed their homes and communities earlier this month.
The nearly 100 displaced members gathered at the Hillview Adventist Church in Nassau, Bahamas, on Sep. 14,…

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By AdventistNews@gc.adventist.org (Gina Wahlen, General Conference Presidential)

Donald Robinson, former Undertreasurer of the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, passed to his rest Friday evening, September 6, 2019. He was 79.
“On behalf of the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists and the worldwide church family, we offer our sincere sympathy and Christian condolences to Elaine Robinson and the entire Robinson family,” stated Ted N.C. Wilson, president of the Seventh-day Adventist Church, in an email.
“Don was a very diligent, astute, and sincere…

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By AdventistNews@gc.adventist.org (ADRA international)

Four days have passed since Category 5 Hurricane Dorian dumped heavy rain on the Abaco and Grand Bahama islands for more than 40 hours. As the storm tapers off, the devastation is immense. Families have been left stranded in their homes, knee-deep in high-rise water levels, while countless others are left homeless.

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“Seventy percent of the islands are covered in water and there’s no way to get to them right now,” says Leonardo Rahming, executive secretary of the…

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By AdventistNews@gc.adventist.org (Libna Stevens, IAD)

Seventh-day Adventist leaders in Nassau, The Bahamas, are still waiting to know the fate of the hundreds of members who have been affected by the devastating effects of Hurricane Dorian on the hardest hit islands of Abaco, Grand Bahama, Bimini and the Berry Islands. The Category 4 hurricane pounded the northern Bahamas for over 40 hours starting on Sep. 1, packing winds of over 185 miles per hour, flooding the islands, stranding residents and killing at least seven people.
“This is something…

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By AdventistNews@gc.adventist.org (Prince Bahati, communication director, East-Central Africa Division)

His Excellency Paul Kagame, the president of the Republic of Rwanda, and Ted N.C. Wilson, president of the worldwide Seventh-day Adventist Church, recently unveiled the new East-Central Africa Division (ECD) School of Medicine.
Eustace Pennicook, founding dean of the medical school, highlighted the four phases of the school and explained to the attendees the first phase that has been completed. This phase is composed of four main parts, including a science complex which contains nine…

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By AdventistNews@gc.adventist.org (Lindsey Gendke/Southwestern Adventist University, and NAD Communication)

Big things are happening with Southwestern Adventist University’s Dinosaur Research Project. With its Dinosaur Science Museum housing a world-class collection of over 25,000 bones and its ever-increasing media exposure, the project is drawing unprecedented attention. For those who can’t visit the project’s dig site in Wyoming, Hope Channel is preparing to release a six-episode documentary on the project this fall, giving viewers a small glimpse of what hundreds of students, researchers, and…

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By AdventistNews@gc.adventist.org (Renata Paes)

Every year, Catholic pilgrims leave their homes throughout Minas Gerais, Brazil, to walk to the city of Romaria for one of the greatest religious festivities in the state, which takes place on August 15. Some of these pilgrims start walking as early as August 1st. This year, the members of the Espaço Adventista da Colina in Uberlandia set up a tent along the pilgrim’s route, as part of the “Living Water” project.
Beginning with prayer and a lot preparation, volunteers spent the weekend of…

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