By AdventistNews@gc.adventist.org (Ryan Teller)

The Union College Red Cross Club was called into action to manage a multi-agency warehouse in Omaha for donations coming in from around the country for victims of the March 2018 flooding across Nebraska.
Union College Red Cross Club members, mostly international rescue and relief students and faculty, used their disaster management training to get the warehouse up and running, and will continue to manage volunteers and accept, organize and distribute donations over the coming weeks.
Rick…

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

For the past seven months, the Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) in Colombia has been providing assistance to thousands of migrating Venezuelans who have crossed into the eastern border of Colombia to escape the economic and political instability in their homeland. The project represents an assistance of over 2.5 million US dollars, the largest the Adventist agency has been managing in the country, ADRA Colombia officials said.
According to recent government statistics, there are…

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

For the past seven months, the Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) in Colombia has been providing assistance to thousands of migrating Venezuelans who have crossed into the eastern border of Colombia to escape the economic and political instability in their homeland. The project represents an assistance of over 2.5 million US dollars, the largest the Adventist agency has been managing in the country, ADRA Colombia officials said.
According to recent government statistics, there are…

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

For the past seven months, the Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) in Colombia has been providing assistance to thousands of migrating Venezuelans who have crossed into the eastern border of Colombia to escape the economic and political instability in their homeland. The project represents an assistance of over 2.5 million US dollars, the largest the Adventist agency has been managing in the country, ADRA Colombia officials said.
According to recent government statistics, there are…

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

The Sonscreen Film Festival broke records this year as 265 student filmmakers, professors, professionals, and enthusiasts screened 57 official selections during the event held at La Sierra University in Riverside, California, on April 4-6, 2019. The official selections came from a pool of 95 submissions.
The three-day festival, run by the Seventh-day Adventist Church in North America (NAD), screened the official selections from student filmmakers, and gave the young adults the opportunity to…

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By AdventistNews@gc.adventist.org (James Ponder)

Plant-based diets are associated with lower body mass index (BMI) among Hispanic members of the Seventh-day Adventist Church, according to a new study.
The results of the study, published in journal Frontiers in Nutrition, found Hispanics who eat a plant-based diet generally weigh less and have lower BMI. Excess weight was associated with high rates of inflammation in the study.
“The study demonstrates that plant-based diet choices can help maintain healthy weight in the Hispanic…

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By AdventistNews@gc.adventist.org (Clifford Goldstein)

Tuesday morning’s devotional, “The Adventist -Bigotry Theory,” was given by Clifford Goldstein during the 2019 Spring Meetings, held at the Seventh-day Adventist Church’s World headquarters, in Silver Spring, Maryland, United States.
The devotional was based on a recent article Goldstein wrote for the Adventist Review entitled “The Adventist-Bigotry Theory (and other errors within).

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By AdventistNews@gc.adventist.org (Jean Pierre Niptik)

Seventeen inmates from the me­dium-risk prison in Port Vila, Vanuatu were baptized on Sabbath, March 23 at Teoumaville Seventh-day Adventist Church as a result of the church’s prison ministry.
The inmates were escorted to the church by cor­rectional officers in prison vehicles. A number of government dignitaries witnessed the baptism, including First Political Advisor of Internal Affairs, George Naunun, and di­rector of correctional services Johnny Marango. Elders from several Adven­tist…

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By AdventistNews@gc.adventist.org (Clinton Whalen)

Wednesday morning’s devotional, “Following Jesus Now”, was given by Clinton Wahlen during the 2019 Spring Meetings, held at the Seventh-day Adventist Church’s World headquarters, in Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
Introduction
This morning it’s not about me this morning. It’s not even about you. It’s all about Jesus. Following Jesus. But it’s not just about what it means to follow Jesus. It’s about what it means to follow Jesus now. There is a difference. There’s a…

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By AdventistNews@gc.adventist.org (tedNEWS with Caleb Quispe)

The Mostar Adventist church totally disappeared during the Balkan crisis of the 1990s. Now two young church planters, with the support of the Conference and church members, are aiming to replant a church in this historic city in the center of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
‘Život Plus’ is their latest initiative – a weekend of Lifestyle Medicine lectures and a Health Fair, together attracting the attention and participation of both Croatians and Muslims from across the 100,000 inhabitants of the city…

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