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The Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) is preparing to airlift critical medical supplies and several oxygen generation systems to ease India’s coronavirus health crisis.
The humanitarian agency is partnering with the Seventh-day Adventist Church, including the Adventist Health Ministries department and Adventist Health International (AHI), to expand relief operations in the South Asian nation.
“The Seventh-day Adventist Church must assist in helping people overcome the health and humanitarian tragedy that is unfolding in India,” Ted N. C. Wilson, president of the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, said. “As Christians, we are reminded in Galatians 6:2 to carry each other’s burdens to fulfill the law of Christ, and we do this in Christ’s love and power. It is our duty and responsibility to help each other, to care for the sick, and to bring healing and encouragement as Jesus did in His min
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Leaders of several Seventh-day Adventist organizations are joining forces to provide urgent assistance to India and Brazil. In a May 4, 2021 action, the Administrative Committee of the General Conference (GC-ADCOM) voted to release contingency funds and ramp up the coordination of efforts by various church organizations to assist those two pandemic-ravaged nations.
Adventist leaders explained that several church organizations have already been assisting many countries affected by the lingering COVID-19 pandemic. ADRA in India has launched several projects in partnership with the Seventh-day Adventist Church health system in India. “Initial estimates in financial support, program strengthening, and in-kind, totals about US$250,000,” they reported. Since the pandemic began, the ADRA COVID-19 response in India has totaled more than $1,210,000, with another $1,000,000 expected in the coming weeks.
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Stanley Arco, an experienced leader in both Spanish and Portuguese-speaking regions of the South American Division (SAD) of the Seventh-day Adventist Church, was elected as the new president of that 2.5-million member, eight-nation division on April 22, 2021.
The Executive Committee of the General Conference (GC EXCOM) voted to accept the SAD Executive Committee (SAD EXCOM) recommendation of Arco for the top leadership position during a special virtual session. He will replace Erton Köhler, who was recently elected secretary of the Adventist Church after 14 years as SAD president, in the region that includes Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, and Uruguay.
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Members of the General Conference Executive Committee (GC EXCOM) elected South American Division president Erton Köhler as the new secretary of the General Conference of the Seventh-day Adventist Church on April 14, 2021. The vote came after a recommendation from the Nominating Committee, on the last day of the Spring Meeting, one of the two annual business meetings of the world church.
“I feel humbled and honored by your confidence,” Köhler told the hundreds of church leaders meeting through Zoom this year, a few minutes after the vote. “I am praying for God to give me the skills that I need.”
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Paul H. Douglas, director of the General Conference Auditing Service (GCAS) since 2007, was voted treasurer/chief financial officer-elect of the Seventh-day Adventist Church on April 14, 2021. Members of the General Conference Executive Committee (GC EXCOM) voted on the Nominating Committee recommendation and elected Douglas.
“I am honored but, more so, humbled by the decision of this body and the leading of the Lord today,” Douglas told the hundreds of GC EXCOM members from around the world, who met virtually this year for the Spring Meeting, one of the two annual business meetings of the denomination. “I am not worthy, but I am willing,” he emphasized, minutes after leaders shared the results of the vote (204 to 10, or 95.3 percent, in favor of the motion).