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Who says kids can't preach or be in charge of church service? Age is no limit for this 3rd-grader in Jackson, Miss.
For the past two years, Samuel Green has preached his own memorized sermons at more than 50 churches and events —and he's only 7 years old!
USA Today featured the Seventh-day Adventist kid preacher in an article reprinted from a local newspaper.
Here's how he does it:
Adventist Pastor Antonio Monteiro, center, prays during a recent visit with church leaders in the Civil Prison of Lomé, where he has been held without bail for a year. [photo credit: Adventist News Network]
A year after Seventh-day Adventist Pastor Antonio Monteiro was imprisoned in Togo on unsupported charges, church lawyers and human rights activists are redoubling efforts to secure his release.
Togolese government officials this week rejected the Adventist Church’s fifth request for Monteiro’s immediate release, according to a lawyer from the church’s Sahel Union Mission working closely on the case.
Last Saturday’s Global Youth Day was the single largest international mobilization of Seventh-day Adventists through social media, said Gilbert Cangy, the world church’s Youth Ministries director.
As hundreds of thousands of Adventist youth participated in community outreach, the church’s Youth departments worldwide reported their service activities live on Hope Channel in Australia, Germany and the United States.
More than 80,000 youth were connected through the social media – including Facebook and Twitter – and over 4 million people were talking about the initiative on the Internet.
On Sabbath, March 16, millions of youth around the world will hear one less sermon and instead BE the sermon.
Instead of sitting in church and listening to a sermon, the General Conference Youth Ministries Department wants youth to share God through acts of kindness in their communities. The GC Youth Ministries Dept. says 8 million youth will be participating.
This is all part of something called Global Youth Day. The theme is "One in Compassion," and it is meant to kick off the worldwide Youth Week of Prayer.
The GC wants youth to feel that they are part of a global movement and that they are all working together with a common mission of service.
The Youth Department hopes Global Youth Day will be "a much needed positive and constructive response to perceived fragmentation," according to the department's proposal.
So here's the plan:
Residents of a Christian community in eastern Pakistan, among them Seventh-day Adventists, are reeling after a mob torched their homes and businesses in response to alleged insults against Muhammad.
The unrest began last week after a report circulated that a young Christian man had committed blasphemy against Islam’s prophet. By March 9, the situation had escalated and thousands of protesters began setting fire to property owned by Christians in a Lahore neighborhood.
College students share what Sabbath means to them in this new video by Southern Adventist University.
Bored on Sabbath? Here are some ideas that might help!
Too funny! Favorite part: the slides.
What do you think? Add your comments below:
This Monday, production will begin on a new steampunk miniseries sponsored by the Seventh-day Adventist world church headquarters, according to the North American Division.
The Record Keeper, is a new take on "The Great Controversy" by Ellen G. White, according to Adventist News Network (ANN).
The 11-episode series is scheduled to be released online this Spring, according to its Facebook page.
The project is being produced by Big Puddle Films, and is funded by the Adventist World Church and private donations, according to ANN.
You can watch the pilot episode below:
Students at Walla Walla University joined the latest online craze when they danced the Harlem Shake at the library Tuesday, Feb. 11.
Students were asked to follow two ground rules before participating in the video: don't break anything and keep the dance moves silly and appropriate.
Students at other Adventist universities have also been doing their own versions of the Harlem Shake.
UPDATE: Chris Paul agrees to meet with Leah Clayton. Watch her reaction
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Students at Southern Adventist University have been asking us to spread the word about this. So we're joining them to #HelpLeeMeetCP3.
Laurence Clayton, a student at Southern Adventist University, had a very difficult decision to make.
His mom had terminal cancer and he didn't know how long she would live.
But Laurence was only one semester away from graduating. If he stayed at school, there would be a chance that his mom would get to see him become a college graduate. However, there was also a chance she could die without her son at her side.
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