By AdventistNews@gc.adventist.org (Ted N.C. Wilson, President, General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists)

Editor’s Note: Below is a transcript of a message, posted to You Tube on June 12, 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.
Friends, I’m happy to connect with you again at the end of another week. As the world continues to slowly move forward out of the coronavirus situation, we are seeing some places opening up, and people starting to move into what has been termed the…

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By AdventistNews@gc.adventist.org (Corrado Cozzi/Victor Hulbert. [EUDnews/tedNEWS])

Standing on the cliffs above Dover you can look out over the English Channel towards France and watch mighty ships and tankers plough through the busiest shipping lanes in the world. Dotted amongst those hundreds of vessels, you may just spot a small inflatable boat crammed with people – refugees and migrants, who have paid large sums of money to people smugglers to help them cross into British waters. Their lives are in great danger.
You do not see this in the news headlines. You do not…

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

Thousands of Seventh-day Adventist women throughout the Inter-American Division (IAD) territory took time to reaffirm their commitment of spreading the love of Christ in their churches and communities during a special program highlighting Women’s Ministries Emphasis Day, on June 13, 2020. The online program saw women ministries leaders from throughout the 24 unions or major church regions worshiping, testifying and sharing how God is leading in their lives to reach others.
“We are delighted…

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

“Pastors and church leaders, thank you for joining us,” welcomed Ivan Williams, Sr., North American Division (NAD) Ministerial Association director, in a statement read by Sidnee Kilby, Ministerial Association administrative assistant. Williams, who could not be present for the NAD’s “Let Justice Roll” virtual conference on June 10, 2020, continued, “This conference is born out of moral outrage over the systematic injustice and racial discrimination long endured by African Americans in and out…

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By AdventistNews@gc.adventist.org (Felipe Lemos)

“The Greatest Hope,” a book centered on the soon return of Jesus Christ to a sin-scarred planet, will hit the streets of South America on October 31. Thousands of Seventh-day Adventists in the region will go from slum districts to penthouses sharing the good news of Christ’s second coming on that day, church leaders said.
The Impact Hope event (Impacto Esperança in Portuguese) now in its thirteenth year, is noted for the tremendous enthusiasm of church members for distributing a missionary…

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By AdventistNews@gc.adventist.org (DonaJayne Potts)

Now that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has recommended wearing face masks in public to slow the spread of COVID-19, it’s important to know how to properly wash, disinfect and handle reusable cloth masks.
Ryan Sinclair, PhD, MPH, associate professor of environmental microbiology at Loma Linda University School of Public Health says his research supports that fabric, when not properly disinfected, are carriers for both bacteria, including E. coli, and viruses — norovirus…

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

Adventist churches across Fiji recently joined together for a Total Member Involvement (TMI) initiative to deliver food packs to workers and families who have lost jobs, income or have otherwise been negatively affected by COVID-19.
Church members from Lautoka Adventist Church, Ra East district, Ba district, Tavua district and Namosi district, as well as the Fiji Mission, joined forces to deliver hundreds of food packs containing fresh vegetables and essential items to people in Nadi on Fiji’s…

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

A spiritual revival week at Kambubu Adventist Secondary School, New Britain New Ireland Mission, Papua New Guinea, culminated in the baptism of 19 people.
The week-long series about salvation was attended by more than 300 people each night, including students, staff and families, and members of Kambubu English church and Kambubu Pidgin church. Two screens were set up inside and outside the chapel to cater for the attendees.
An appeal was made on the Friday evening, which saw staff, students…

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By AdventistNews@gc.adventist.org (Vanessa Arba)

As lockdowns and other pandemic-related restrictions ease, what will happen to Seventh-day Adventist church attendance in the South American Division? It’s not entirely clear, but church-sponsored research offers some potential insights.
A recent survey of 1,930 Adventist Church members and attendees in the Brazilian Central Plateau region showed that 82.3 percent of them have regularly followed, in the past three months, the online services and schedules of their or even other Adventist…

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By AdventistNews@gc.adventist.org (Becky St. Clair)

In early June, Willie and Elaine Oliver, directors for the department of family ministries at the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, hosted a live online event focused on the intersection of marriage, families, and prayer as a part of the World Covid-19 Marriage and Family Day of Prayer.
“We were concerned about the rising accounts of distress and abuse in marriages and families due to the COVID-19 quarantine,” Elaine states. “Even in previously stable homes, people were feeling…

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