Inter-America Expands Cross-Cultural Mission Training to 700 Regional Leaders
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February 14, 2021
In an effort to continue expanding mission outreach to different people groups across the territory, the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Inter-America, during a recent training symposium, equipped more than 700 of its church leaders, administrators, pastors, and mission coordinators to build bridges to Muslims. The first-of-its-kind event, coined as the Adventist Muslim Relations Training Symposium, sought to provide new knowledge, skills and attitudes as mission leaders engage in dialogue with their Muslim friends.
The six-day virtual symposium on Islamic studies began on Jan. 11, for several days after and ended with a certification ceremony on Feb. 1, 2021.
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Published on: 02-09-2021
In an effort to continue expanding mission outreach to different people groups across the territory, the Inter-American Division of the Seventh-day Adventist Church (IAD) recently sought to equip more than 700 of its church leaders, administrators, pastors, and mission coordinators to build bridges to Muslims.
The first-of-its-kind event, coined as the Adventist Muslim Relations Training Symposium, sought to provide new knowledge, skills, and attitudes as mission leaders engage in dialogue with their Muslim friends. The six-day virtual symposium on Islamic studies began on January 11 and ended with a certification ceremony on February 1, 2021.
“It is a great day for the Inter-American Division today,” Elie Henry, president of the Adventist Church in the IAD, said as he addressed hundreds of leaders during the online ceremony. “You have a new way to look at cross-cultural ministry.” It’s just the beginning, he sa
Inter-American Leadership to Elect Department Heads and Regional Leaders
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January 30, 2021
Top Seventh-day Adventist leaders from across the church in the Inter-American Division (IAD) voted today to hold elections of its department heads this April during the mid-year business meetings of its executive committee. Department heads are normally elected during each General Conference Session, but the unusual move was made because, due to the pandemic, the Session, rescheduled for May of this year, was postponed until June 2022.
The vote to move the elections up was held during a virtual conference and was nearly unanimous.
The General Conference Executive Committee in view of the Article XI of its bylaws gave authorization for divisions to appoint associate officers, field secretaries, department directors and associates before session for the term that ends in 2025, church administrators said.
In a direct talk to the Haitian people yesterday, President Jovenel Moïse made it clear to all, including his detractors that his presidential mandate ends on February 7, 2022 and not February 7, 2021 as most of the opposition clinging to the constitutional date are wont to believe. In the two-hour conversation on both the national TV and social media, the President is embarking on a charm offensive in order not to lose the battle of public opinion, by promising the people more than he can deliver. Throughout his speech, the president went through a litany of what ails the nation, from insecurity to unemployment, the high cost of living, the social divisions and infrastructure that have threatened the nation over the past several years and his promise to address them all, if not solve them before his term comes to an end. Though he spoke about a lot of issues, his main preoccupation was the issue of the constitutional end to his mandate. He conceded that he has no intention of holdi
Inter-American Publishing Ministries Leader Dies of COVID-19 Complications
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January 2, 2021
Pastor Ervin González, publishing ministries director for the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Inter-America, died on Dec. 31, 2020, after complications due to the novel coronavirus. González passed away after being admitted to a hospital in Monterrey, Mexico, earlier in December. He was 59.
“This is most devastating news for us,” said Pastor Elie Henry, president of the church in Inter-America. “Last time I spoke to him was just before he went into the hospital on Dec. 18. We prayed together and I could hear that he was so strong in his connection with God.”