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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
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Opposition Senator Dr Floyd Morris, who was recently elected to the United Nations Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, wants Jamaica’s church community to ensure that it supports the passage of the Disabilities Act and that church-run facilities have accommodations in place for disabled persons.
Morris, who is visually impaired, made the call on Sunday while addressing a Zoom webinar for the Seventh-day Adventist Church’s (SDA) fifth annual Adventist Possibility Ministries’ Annual Possibilities Rendezvous, which focuses on acts of outreach ministry for the disabled community and persons with special needs.
“In order for that legislation to come into effect, the Government has decided that codes of practice have to be put in place to ensure that individuals have a guide to prevent discrimination against persons with disabilities. Once these codes of practice have been completed, the church as a community has to make sure that all the servic