La Unión de Columbia envió recientemente cheques de ayuda por el COVID-19 a cada una de sus ocho conferencias, así como a la Universidad Adventista de Washington, dando un total de $360,000.
La unión recibió los fondos de la División Norteamericana y, en una reunión reciente el Consejo del Presidente, decidió asignar los fondos a las enti- dades. Esta fue la segunda distribución de fondos de ayuda desde que comenzó la pandemia.
Story by Kasper Haughton, Jr.
Constituents of the Allegheny West and Ohio conferences joined hands in January as they accepted the challenge to read their entire Bibles in just 31 days!
This collaborative project began months earlier when Ohio Conference President Bob Cundiff (pictured, right) and Allegheny West Conference President Marvin Brown (left) began to dream of ways to strengthen the ties between the two conferences.
Bob Cundiff comments, “Marvin and I get along really well, and we know that our constituents can too.
Story by Jerry Woods
More than 620 children around the world now have sponsors, thanks to WGTS 91.9 listeners. The station just wrapped up its annual “Days of Compassion” event. Every year WGTS teams up with Compassion International to give listeners the opportunity to provide educational support, medical care, food and the gospel message to kids in 25 different countries.
This year’s focus was on children in Kenya. While developing countries around the world have been dealing with COVID-19, Kenya is also dealing with a famine on top of the pandemic.
Story by Andrew S. Lay
Students who don’t live within driving distance of a nearby Seventh-day Adventist academy can still obtain a great Adventist education by living in a dormitory, such as Chesapeake Conference's Highland View Academy in Hagerstown, Md. This arrangement not only offers families more convenience, but it gives students the opportunity to enjoy the entire academy experience—from breakfast in the morning through recreational time or sports practice in the evening.
Story by Tamyra Horst
A year ago, 12-year-old Emilee Pearsal and her friend, Khaleisha, along with their mothers, participated in Pennsylvania Conference's Faith for Family evangelism outreach program with their Chestnut Hill church family in Philadelphia. Knocking on doors and distributing flyers, they invited people to an upcoming Revelation seminar at the church.
Editorial de Jorge Agüero
El título de este editorial—una combinación del llamado de Dios al profeta Isaías y la Gran Comisión—implica obediencia, consagración, dedicación, entrega, perseverancia e intencionalidad.
Isaías 6:8 dice: “Después oí la voz del Señor, que decía: ¿A quién enviaré, y quién irá por nosotros? Entonces respondí yo: ‘Heme aquí, envíame a mí.’” (RV 1960). Sabiendo que “la mies a la verdad es mucha, más los obreros pocos” (Lucas 10:2, RV 1960), el Señor hace la misma pregunta en medio de esta pandemia: “¿Quién irá?”
El pronto regreso del Señor se evidencia en desastres naturales sin precedentes; caos social, miedo y angustia. Jesús dice: “Cuando estas cosas comiencen a suceder, erguíos y levantad vuestra cabeza, porque vuestra redención está cerca.” (Lucas 21:28, RV 1960). Pero para que el Señor venga, la predicación del evangelio se debe cumplir a cada nación, tribu y lengua (Mateo 24:14; Apocalipsis 14:6).
Jesús nos ha dado un mandato “id, y haced discípulos a todas las naciones” (Mateo 28:19, RV 1960), y Aquel que posee toda la autoridad y el poder nos capacitará para cumplir esta misión.
Editorial by Jorge Aguero
The title of this editorial—a combination of God’s call to the prophet Isaiah and the Great Commission—implies obedience, consecration, dedication, surrender, perseverance and intentionality.
Isaiah 6:8 reads, “Then I heard the Lord asking, ‘Whom shall I send as a messenger to my people? Who will go?’ And I said, ‘Lord, I’ll go! Send me’” (TLB). Knowing that the “the harvest truly is great, but the labourers are few” (Luke 10:2, KJV), the Lord asks the same question in the midst of this pandemic: “Who will go?”
The Lord’s soon return is evidenced by unprecedented natural disasters, social chaos, fear and anguish. Jesus says, “Now when these things begin to happen, look up and lift up your heads, because your redemption draws near” (Luke 21:28, KJV). But for the Lord to come, the preaching of the gospel to every nation, tribe and language must be fulfilled (Matthew 24:14; Revelation 14:6).
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The Voice of Prophecy is pleased to announce the debut of its latest media offering. Authentic, a 30-minute television and radio program featuring Shawn Boonstra, which made its debut on Saturday, Feb. 20 on Three Angels Broadcasting Network (3ABN).
The weekly program will be accessible on hundreds of radio stations continentwide as well as a growing list of television networks. It will also be available online on the ministry’s website (vop.com) and Facebook and YouTube pages.
According to Boonstra, who serves as the executive producer, writer and host of the program, the focus of Authentic will be to have casual, transparent conversations about life, spirituality and God.
Story by Vicki Swetnam
Darren Wilkins, principal of Ohio Conference's Spring Valley Academy, recently announced that the 2021 National Merit Scholarship Program named senior Benjamin Shull a Commended Student, one of 34,000 throughout the nation, recognized for exceptional academic promise. This year, Commended Students were those who placed among the top 50,000 scorers of more than 1.5 million who entered the scholarship program by taking the 2019 Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test.