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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
Urban Health Center Inspires Hope in Belgium’s Capital
In a heavily secularized context such as Belgium—where the Seventh-day Adventist Church comprises approximately 0.025 percent of the national population—urban ministry initiatives require innovative frameworks to engage the public. Located in Brussels, at the heart of the European district, the LivingWell center was established to address modern societal needs through health and wellness principles grounded … Continued
Put People Before Metrics, Adventist Content Marketing Strategist Says
For content creators accustomed to measuring their impact through views, followers, likes, and engagement, Cristel Romero, a content marketing strategist and audiovisual producer of the Inter-Oceanic Mexican Union, offered a different measure of success: the person behind the number. Speaking to nearly 200 content creators and influencers during the Seventh-day Adventist Church’s Creator Summit in … Continued
Libna Stevens
September 8, 2026
The Second Paul of Asia Minor
Threatened constantly, imprisoned repeatedly, and ultimately martyred for his faith, Zadour G. Baharian carried the Advent message across the Ottoman Empire, helping establish the Adventist work throughout Asia Minor.
Sven Hagen Jensen
September 8, 2026
Our Voice ↗
Doomscrolling
At 13 I feared nuclear war; at 70 I don’t, even though it could happen.
Clifford Goldstein
September 11, 2026
The Party’s Over
I fear for America because I tremble for its leaders. Yes, of course—the grand celebration of this country’s semiquincentennial birthday this summer was characteristically over the top. Nobody throws a party like America! But as the hoopla fades, the somber depiction of this nation in the Apocalypse cannot be shaken: “Then I saw a second … Continued
Dwight K. Nelson
September 10, 2026
“But then face to face”
We were designed to experience personal, embodied, unmediated, eternal fellowship with God.
Shawn Brace
September 6, 2026
Our People ↗
Rescuing Lives When Disaster Struck Home in Venezuela
When the ground began to shake, Captain Robinson Navarro was on the second floor of the Caracas fire station, at which he was based. At first he didn’t think much of it. Days earlier there had been a tremor that his colleagues had not even noticed. But this time the shaking grew stronger and did … Continued
Nohemi Belandria
September 13, 2026
A Jewish Christian Finds an Adventist Home
Yet when David, a Jew, chose to follow God faithfully according to the light he had received, God returned to him far more than he had lost.
Reinaldo W. Siqueira
September 4, 2026
Point Man
Lost in rugged terrain, covered in mud, and facing dangers at every turn, José learned an unforgettable lesson: the One who goes before us is more important than any map, compass, or weapon.
Adel Torres
September 2, 2026
Behind the Lens, Hope
When Jonathan Lanza reached the Suma sector of Catia La Mar, in Venezuela, the scene stopped him in his tracks. Four-story buildings had collapsed onto one another like pieces in a Tetris game. Ambulances surrounded the area as people shouted and ran through clouds of dust. “I had to pray right there,” Lanza recalls. “A … Continued
Nohemi Belandria
September 2, 2026
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