One hundred years after the Seventh-day Adventist Church was established in the West Indies the church has grown to be one of the largest in the region. Adventists living on the islands of the Bahamas, Cayman, Jamaica and Turks and Caicos started a serie
"Our future is what beckons us and challenges us. And we must walk into that future without distancing ourselves from the 'wall' at our backs. We must feel its support constantly," Seventh-day Adventist world church president Pastor Jan Paulsen said durin
He has received three honorary degrees and the leaders of Kenya, the Gambia and Malawi have given him awards for service. But to Seventh-day Adventist Pastor Matthew Ango Bediako, born in rural Ghana, the award he received from John Agyekum Kufuor, Ghana'
Boasting first-rate facilities, a large campus and a nursing school, the Seventh-day Adventist-owned Giffard Memorial Hospital in Andhra Pradesh, India has a significant Adventist presence in the local community of Nuzvid. Yet most of its 100 beds lie emp
"Reading the Bible can sometimes feel like walking into a fog to them," said Kathleen Beagles, Sabbath School Bible study guide editor for the headquarters of the Seventh-day Adventist church, of the many young people who feel alienated from the Bible and
A United States federal district court in Fayetteville, Arkansas, has ruled for a Seventh-day Adventist who sought accommodation for his Sabbath-keeping beliefs. The worker was awarded U.S. $311,166.75 in lost wages and punitive damages.