By AdventistNews@gc.adventist.org (Ted N.C. Wilson, president, Seventh-day Adventist World Church)

“On behalf of Seventh-day Adventists worldwide, we offer our sincere condolences and sympathy to the families and the nation of New Zealand affected by the horrendous killing of at least 50 people in Christchurch. As Seventh-day Adventists, we believe completely in and defend religious liberty and freedom of conscience for all people and their right to worship in peace as their consciences dictate. What a tragic event that took place at a house of worship in Christchurch. We ask that people…

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

Ted N.C. Wilson, president of the Seventh-day Adventist World Church, appealed to church members worldwide to pray as a fierce cyclone bore down on Mozambique.
Cyclone Idai made landfall with winds of up to 105 miles per hour (165 kilometers per hour) late March 14 near Beira, a port of 500,000 people where the Adventist Church operates Mozambique Adventist University.
A team of church leaders led by Alberto Timm, associate director of the General Conference’s Ellen G. White Estate, were…

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

Ted N.C. Wilson, president of the Seventh-day Adventist World Church, appealed to church members worldwide to pray as a fierce cyclone bore down on Mozambique.
Cyclone Idai made landfall with winds of up to 105 miles per hour (165 kilometers per hour) late March 14 near Beira, a port of 500,000 people where the Adventist Church operates Mozambique Adventist University.
A team of church leaders led by Alberto Timm, associate director of the General Conference’s Ellen G. White Estate, were…

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By AdventistNews@gc.adventist.org (Gina Wahlen, Editor and Project Manager, General Conference Presidential)

Leading up to the Andrews University board meetings in Berrien Springs, MI this week, university president Andrea Luxton and Ted N.C. Wilson, president of the Seventh-day Adventist Church, engaged in an hour-long conversation featuring questions covering a wide array of topics of interest in the church today. The conversation was part of an afternoon program held March 2 in Pioneer Memorial Church.
Manyquestions were submitted to Andrews University for the afternoon event including questions on…

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By AdventistNews@gc.adventist.org (Marcos Paseggi, Adventist Review)

Seventh-day Adventist communicators closed the 2019 Global Adventist Internet Network (GAiN) Conference in Sweimeh, Jordan, with a pledge to step up and go bold with initiatives to support the mission of the church.
The February 28, 2019 wrap-up session for the event, which drew more than 600 information technology (IT) experts, communication directors, television producers, photographers, videographers, radio producers, and news writers working for the Adventist Church, showed an increasing…

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

A series of eight presentations delivered during a recent meetingbetween representatives of the Seventh-day Adventist Church and the Seventh Day Adventist Reform Movement are now available online, says Dr. Nikolaus Satelmajer, coordinator of the two-day dialogue held in December last year.
Satelmajer, former associate secretary of the Ministerial Association and editor of Ministrymagazine, said news reports of the conversation between these two groups — which share many historical and…

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By AdventistNews@gc.adventist.org (Heather Jackson)

Heart disease is the number one killer in women, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Stress is one of the major risk factors responsible for cardiovascular disease. According to the American Institute of Stress, work is the major stress source for American adults.
Purvi Parwani, MD, a Loma Linda University International Heart Institute cardiovascular disease specialist who focuses on women’s cardiovascular disease, says high mortality due to cardiovascular disease in…

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By AdventistNews@gc.adventist.org (Enno Müller)

For two and a half days, on Feb. 18-20, 2019, evangelism directors of conferences and unions, church administrators, pastors, innovators, and other leaders gathered at eHuddle in San Diego to share, learn, and dialogue on how the Seventh-day Adventist Church in North America can more effectively reach people in a growing, secular culture.
More than 200 people attended the eHuddle event, sponsored by the North American Division (NAD) Ministerial Association, though more were able to benefit from…

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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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