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

More than 40,000 Seventh-day Adventists in Rwanda flocked to the Amahoro National Stadium, located in the capitol city of Kigali, to celebrate 100 years of Adventism in the country.
President of the Seventh-day Adventist Church, Ted N.C. Wilson, preaching to the congregation on Sabbath, called the event “momentous” and reminded everyone of God’s leadership throughout the ages.
Reading from the book of Joshua, Wilson took them through the experience of the children of Israel and the crossing…

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

Since Monday, September 2, the islands of Abaco and Grand Bahama in the Bahamas were hardest hit by Hurricane Dorian, a Category 5 storm with sustained winds of 185 mph with gusts of up to 220 mph.
Local reports in the Bahamas indicate at least five people are dead and 21 people injured. The hurricane’s windspeed was recently downgraded to Category 2, but still lingers over the Bahamas.
“This [Hurricane Dorian] is the worst and largest storm the Bahamas has ever experienced,” says Leonardo…

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By AdventistNews@gc.adventist.org (Adventist News Network and Adventist Review)

A diverse group of Seventh-day Adventist medical experts, theologians, healthcare administrators and ethicists are currently engaged in an attempt to clarify the Church’s official stance on the controversial issue of abortion.
The denomination last offered guidelines, but not an official statement on abortion, in a 1992 document. Beginning two years ago, the Biblical Research Institute of the General Conference (BRI), which offers biblical and theological insight to the church on many issues,…

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By AdventistNews@gc.adventist.org (Hope Channel International)

Hope Channel International will launch a new television program entitled, “Revival for Mission” that will premiere on Hope Channel every Friday, starting September 6, 2019 at 8:30pm (EST).
Hosted by President of the Seventh-day Adventist World Church, Ted N.C. Wilson and President of Hope Channel International, Derek Morris, Revival for Mission will be a weekly half-hour program that will explore ways people are actively serving the community around them. The mission-focused television series…

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

Reports estimate more than 15,000 people were heavily affected by a recent fire that swept across a densely populated slum in Dhaka, the capital city of Bangladesh. The left three people injured, and more than 2,000 houses damaged beyond repair. The local government has been working to place people in temporary shelters.
“Thousands of families are now homeless and are in need of non-food items, such as mosquito nets, clothes for children, cooking materials, and more,” says Victor Boidya,…

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