Oceania
What the World Needs From the Church Right Now
A small but meaningful part of my ministry is creating short devotional videos. I genuinely enjoy the challenge of taking big theological ideas and distilling them into something brief and accessible. Even when no one comments or likes a video, I still love the process. And often the real conversations happen later when someone mentions a … Continued
Joshua Stothers
September 14, 2026
Can Social Technologies Provide the Love and Connection We Crave?
God created us for love and connection—with Him and with each other. While sin resulted in separation from God and alienation from each other, our need for love and connection continues to be a fundamental human need. Because of sin, however, we tend to look for this love and connection in places that don’t deliver. … Continued
Edyta Jankiewicz
September 1, 2026
Chinese Outreach Opens Door to the Pacific
Chinese-language television programs produced during Solomon Islands for Christ have opened new avenues for mission among Chinese communities across the Pacific. Daniel Jiao, president of the Chinese Union Mission, recently traveled from Hong Kong to the Solomon Islands to record a series of evangelistic presentations at the Solomon Islands Mission (SIM) Hope Channel studio. The … Continued
University in Fiji “A Testament to God’s Faithfulness,” School Leader Says
Church leaders didn’t know what to do. In 2008, after many decades on a campus near Suva, the capital city of Fiji, the owners of the land where Fulton Adventist University College was located rejected the terms of a new lease agreement. Then, in contempt of court, landowners issued the Adventist educational institution an eviction … Continued
Marcos Paseggi
August 12, 2026
Fiddling for Fuel
When Jonathon Ginn first picked up the violin, he couldn’t have imagined he would one day be playing it in front of a gas station. He was about 6 years old when his parents took him to hear Adventist violinist Jaime Jorge perform. Soon Ginn told his parents he wanted to learn the violin. “There … Continued
Jesse Herford
August 7, 2026
Dreams and Prayers are Going a Long Way in Tonga, Church Leaders Say
Through two large loudspeakers the singing of Christian songs tells residents of the quiet neighborhood that is time to come to the evening gathering on July 13. The sun has just set in that unassuming corner of Nuku‘alofa, the capital city of the Kingdom of Tonga in the South Pacific. A gentle breeze from the … Continued
Marcos Paseggi
August 6, 2026
From Tonga to Panama, Adventists Seek to Reach Out to the Chinese Diaspora
Several Seventh-day Adventist leaders serving at the Hong Kong-based Chinese Union Mission traveled to the South Pacific in July 2026 to support an evangelistic initiative in that region. They were deployed to the Kingdom of Tonga and the Solomon Islands, where they reached out and connected with the Chinese diaspora residing there. The team was … Continued
The FIFA World Cup, a Health Clinic, and Bible Truth
It was around 3:00 a.m. when Wrinnes Tavalia heard steps outside his stilt house in the isolated jungle Vataghobu village in the Solomon Islands, July 16. In the dark, people from neighboring villages walked silently, looking for a place to sit and wait under his veranda. Across Tavalia’s house and by the water well, two … Continued
Marcos Paseggi
July 31, 2026
Tonga Adventist Schools Show They Are Being “Lights to the Ends of the World”
Minutes before 8:00 a.m. hundreds of young smiling students in pristine school uniforms find their seats under an open structure at Hilliard Memorial School in Nuku’alofa, Tonga. They are just in time for the moments of praise, led by one of their teachers. It’s a special emphasis week at Hilliard Memorial, a Seventh-day Adventist school … Continued
Marcos Paseggi
July 30, 2026
Tonga Evangelistic Efforts Move Everyone—From Children to Guests—to Action
The official start for the scheduled evangelistic meeting is still 30 minutes away, but dozens of adults, seniors, teens, and children have already arrived outside the Houmakelikao Seventh-day Adventist Church in Tonga. The sun has set just a few minutes before, and now dusk is rushing to set in. A group of children, sons of … Continued
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