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

“Predictions of Hope: Beyond Corona” with pastors Gary Webster and Robbie Berghan went live May 8-11, accumulating more than 6,000 livestream views and nearly 300,000 views overall, as well as 305 new contacts requesting access to the Beyond series and more than 400 registrations for “Hope Awakens,” the next installment of programs.
The four-night program was the first stage of a new, integrated funnel approach to online evangelism, never before attempted by the Adventist Church.
“Nothing like…

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By AdventistNews@gc.adventist.org (Érica Tavares)

Keeping the streets clean, conserving the city and regularly collecting waste are fundamental activities for the health and well-being of the population. These tasks are performed every day by urban cleaning professionals, street sweepers. Since 2011, May 16 is nationally dedicated to honoring these professionals, an event known as “Gari Day” after the Portuguese word for street sweepers.
The Santa Inês Adventist School (EASI), located in the seventh-largest city of the northeast Brazilian…

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By AdventistNews@gc.adventist.org (Adventist South American News Agency)

For many people, living in the big cities of Brazil represents a constant race against time. Many begin their day before the sun rises and only end when the sky is dark again. Because of their fast-paced routine and work, they end up neglecting their own health, sleeping and eating poorly. Reality was no different for 34-year-old self-employed Daniel Santos.
“My life started before 5:30 a.m. and during the day, even when I was in traffic, I was always running,” Santos said. “I felt like I was…

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By AdventistNews@gc.adventist.org (Mylon Medley/NAD News)

The phrase “Dikos Ntsaaígíí-19” is often used when speaking about COVID-19 within the Navajo Nation. It means “big cough” or “cough that kills” in the Navajo language Diné Bizaad. Unfortunately, the Navajo people have been disproportionately affected by the deadly virus since the first case was confirmed on the tribal land on March 17, 2020. Navajo Nation has the most confirmed cases of the coronavirus per capita in the United States. As of May 17, after rigorous testing facilitated by the…

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By AdventistNews@gc.adventist.org (NAD Office of Communication)

Daniel R. Jackson, president of the North American Division of the General Conference of the Seventh-day Adventist Church (NAD), and his wife Donna, have announced their intent to retire, effective July 1, 2020. With the postponement of the 2020 General Conference (GC) Session, NAD administration has worked with GC leadership to establish a clear process for the election of the new NAD president in July 2020.
The Jacksons have served at the NAD headquarters since his election in June 2010 at…

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By AdventistNews@gc.adventist.org (Bernardo Medina/Inter-American Division News Staff)

The Seventh-day Adventist Church in the Dominican Republic recently urged its members and citizens to join in fasting and prayer as COVID-19 cases continue to rise.
According to Pastor Paulino Puello, president of the church in the Dominican Republic, government statistics (as of May 15) show that there are 11,700 confirmed cases of the coronavirus and 470 deaths, including one church member who died last month.
Natanael Encarnacion, 55, of the Colirio Adventist Church in the southeastern…

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

In light of social isolation restrictions and widespread concern surrounding novel coronavirus (COVID-19), the Hope Discovery Centre in Wahroonga, New South Wales, Australia, has produced “Coronavirus Versus Your Immune System” GLOW tracts—small brochures of information for church members to distribute to their communities.
South Pacific Division (SPD) president Pastor Glenn Townend and his wife, Pamela, have been daily distributing the tracts in their Central Coast neighborhood, being sure to…

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By AdventistNews@gc.adventist.org (Victor Hulbert)

There is an upside to the current travel restrictions. Online meetings save travel time and money. Zoom fatigue helps officers develop agendas that focus on the essential. With positive goodwill that is attainable.
This was certainly the case for the 48 participants of the Trans-European Division (TED) Spring Meetings, who joined by Zoom for an intense but productive morning on Monday, May 18, 2020.
The spring Executive Committee brings together union presidents, lay and pastoral…

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By AdventistNews@gc.adventist.org (CD. EUDNews)

May 16, 2020 was a Health Emphasis Day of the Inter-European Region of Seventh-day Adventists (EUD).
“I would like to invite us to look back, for a moment, to the beginning of the Christian church” said Valérie Dufour, EUD health ministry director.
She recommends the book Medicine & Health Care in Early Christianity, in which the author, Gary Ferngren, underlines that before the advent of Christianity there was no concept of responsibility of public officials to prevent disease or to treat…

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

From the northernmost part of Mexico to the southernmost part of Colombia, Seventh-day Adventists paused to worship and pray together during a special Sabbath program on May 16, 2020. The one-hour online program saw top church leaders in Inter-America stand and pray together in the midst of the Coronavirus pandemic.
Prayers were focused on gratitude, healing, and the social and economic needs of the membership, as well as a special outpouring of the Holy Spirit throughout the 42 countries and…

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