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

The Seventh-day Adventist Church in Venezuela is saddened by the loss of one of its members in La Gran Sabana, in the southeastern part of the country that shares borders with Brazil and Guyana. Zoraida Rodríguez, an active member of her local church in Kumarakapay, was killed on Feb. 22, 2019, during a confrontation between the military and members of nearby border communities. Her husband, two other church members and 13 other civilians were injured and are currently being treated in a…

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By AdventistNews@gc.adventist.org (Adventist Mission)

Following the popular My Story, My Mission film contest for college students comes the #FollowHim film contest exclusively for young people aged 18 years old and younger. Adventist Mission invites youth around the world to creatively express, in one minute or less, what it means to follow Christ in a mission-focused life.
This contest is for youth who meet the age requirements and self-identify as Adventist or attend Adventist-affiliated schools. To ensure eligibility, entrants are asked to…

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By AdventistNews@gc.adventist.org (Kimi-Roux James, ADRA International)

The Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) announced this week a new global advocacy campaign, “Every Child. Everywhere. In School.” The campaign is an urgent call to leaders around the world that all children, regardless of race, age, nationality, gender, religion or origin, have a right to earn and complete an education, and that being in school is a recognition of the value and potential of each individual child.
The campaign aims to collect one million signatures by 2020 through…

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By AdventistNews@gc.adventist.org (ChanMin Chung, Communication Coordinator, Middle East and North Africa Union)

Visitors often remember the Taksim Seventh-day Adventist Church in Istanbul, Turkey as a place with panoramic views over the Bosphorus Strait and magnificent metropolitan area.
For Adventists in Turkey, the Taksim Adventist Church property, situated near the bustling center of Taksim square, has been a symbolic place because it represents the history of the Adventist church in the country.
General Counsel of the Office of General Counsel of the Seventh-day Adventist World Church, Karnik…

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By AdventistNews@gc.adventist.org (Dyhann Buddoo-Fletcher/IAD)

His voice, was as clear as crystal, but it was what six-year-old Dakarai Williams said that held thousands of worshipers in rapt attention at the Lord Transform Me Convention held at the Montego Bay Convention Center in Jamaica on Feb. 9, 2019.
“Two years ago l was asked to be baptized but l said, I cannot get baptize and go to heaven leaving my mother behind to go to hell,” said Dakarai. “It touched my mom’s heart. She must have seen how sad l looked. But Guess what!” asked Dakarai and,…

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By AdventistNews@gc.adventist.org (Andrew McChesney, Adventist Mission)

What do you do when you have to make a big decision?
Paula Cristina Ghibut had a big decision to make. She was 14 and about to finish eighth grade in Romania. She had to decide where to go to high school.
The decision was huge.
Paula wanted to become an elementary school teacher, and she could go to a nearby public high school that offered a special teaching track for high school students.
But Paula had attended Adventist schools since kindergarten, and she wasn’t sure that she should go to…

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

Life Health Foods AU (LHF) has teamed up with former Olympian Stephanie Rice to increase awareness of the benefits of following a plant-based diet and to encourage Australians to eat more plant-based foods.
Since partnering with Rice in 2018, LHF brand Vegie Delights has launched a number of marketing campaigns and activities that promote a plant-based diet as being not only good for health, but also for animal welfare and the environment.
Rice, who won three gold medals for swimming at the…

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By AdventistNews@gc.adventist.org (Darla Martin Tucker)

This winter, La Sierra University’s Zapara School of Business launched its first out-of-state Master of Business Administration program, offering graduate courses designed for busy health care professionals.
The MBA cohort program at Adventist Health Castle medical center in Kailua, Hawaii, officially began instruction on Jan. 7, 2019, following a fast-tracked setup and approval in December by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges and subsequent approval by the state of Hawaii. The…

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By AdventistNews@gc.adventist.org (Bettina Krause, communication director, International Religious Liberty Association)

The almost two-year legal ordeal of Han Ji Man, a young Seventh-day Adventist medical student in Korea, ended last month when the country’s Supreme Court upheld his right to take university exams outside of Sabbath hours. Adventists in Korea are celebrating the landmark ruling, issued January 31, which they hope will signal a new era of legal protection for Sabbath keepers and other people of faith.
“This verdict is historically important for Korean Adventists and provides a judicial precedent…

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By AdventistNews@gc.adventist.org (Andrew McChesney, Adventist Mission)

As Seventh-day Adventist world church leaders rejoiced over healthier bodies after a week of exercise and plant-based meals at a Global Leadership Summit in Jamaica, church president Ted N.C. Wilson implored them to maintain healthy lifestyles and serve as living examples of the Adventist health message to the world.
Wilson upheld a balanced, Christ-centered lifestyle free from meat and caffeine in his closing remarks to the 12th annual gathering held this year in Montego Bay.
“The focus has…

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