By Andrew McChesney, Adventist Mission Seventh-day Adventist education is the path to people’s hearts in Bangladesh, church leaders said. “Our church in Bangladesh is basically schools”, said Milton Das, communication director for the Bangladesh Union Mission. “Education is the strongest medium to reach the people of Bangladesh. Where there is a church, there is a … Continue reading –>
By Andrew McChesney, Adventist Mission A 30-year-old woman was admitted with a bad case of pneumonia to Blantyre Adventist Hospital in Malawi. When she didn’t improve with antibiotics, missionary physician Tiffany Priester ordered an HIV test. The results came back positive. She had full-blown AIDS. Tiffany explained to the family that it usually takes three … Continue reading –>
By Lloyd Perrin The church that I pastor in the U.S. state of Oregon has an official membership of 491 people. But only 38 percent of those members are active, a number that inches up to 44 percent if you include elderly members who are house-bound because of physical or mental disabilities. That means 56 … Continue reading –>
By Vladimir Borisov After attending a pastors conference in another country, friends asked me to take a box of 100 religious books back home. I wanted to help, but my country strictly controls the distribution of religious literature. “I’ll take the box of books only if the bus driver agrees to assume responsibility for it”, … Continue reading –>
By Vyacheslav Koshkodan At the age of 16, I was a rocker who listened to Nirvana and Metallica, had long hair, and wore torn clothing. I spent my nights at a dancehall, drinking alcohol and smoking marijuana in my small hometown in the former Soviet republic of Moldova. Then a Seventh-day Adventist church member took … Continue reading –>
By Philip Baptiste Amina is serving a five-year prison sentence in East-Central Africa after being arrested as she headed to India to blow up a large facility. But persistent visits by a Seventh-day Adventist pastor resulted in her discarding her fundamentalist understanding of Islam and being baptized into the Adventist Church several weeks ago. “I … Continue reading –>
By Andrew McChesney, Adventist Mission Frank Cantrill, a retired Seventh-day Adventist pastor in Australia, was shocked when doctors diagnosed him with skin cancer. But an even bigger surprise came two weeks later when a gaping hole in his head healed in what stunned doctors called a miracle. Frank was diagnosed with stage-four melanoma, a kind … Continue reading –>
By Elvis Dumitru I am a pastor because my grandfather, a lifelong Orthodox believer, endorsed the Seventh-day Adventist Church. As my grandfather was growing old, he spoke to my father in their home in Ratesti, a small village in Romania. “If you ever want to belong to the only true Christian church, you have to … Continue reading –>
By Andrew McChesney, Adventist Mission Seventh-day Adventist students who wish to become nurses no longer face a Sabbath conflict with the opening of the church’s first nursing school in Bangladesh. The three-story facility that houses the Bangladesh Adventist Nursing Institute was funded in part by a Thirteenth Sabbath Offering and stands on the campus of … Continue reading –>
Healthy Church for the Rich By Andrew McChesney, Adventist Mission Kiyong Kwon, a business owner and church planter, chose an affluent suburb of South Korea’s capital, Seoul, for his second church plant. His first church, opened in a rural area four years earlier, was filled to overflowing, and he wanted a new challenge. “When God … Continue reading –>
