Dr. H. Jean Wright II has written Find Strength In Your Struggle: Discover The Miracle In You to help readers learn you can overcome any situation with power from God. Wright is a member of Pennsylvania Conference's Chestnut Hill church in Philadelphia.
Interview by Dawna-gene Milton
Visitor: What was the motivation behind writing Find Strength In Your Struggle: Discover The Miracle In You?
This summer Charleston, S.C., has been in the news because of the racially motivated massacre of nine African-Americans attending a Bible study and prayer service at the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church. A young, white man entered the house of worship and, after an hour, pulled out a gun and began his murderous rampage.
Editorial by Rick Remmers, Chesapeake Conference president
Words seem to fail in describing and condemning the horror of such racist and violent actions. While news outlets have covered many aspects of this disturbing story, there is a perspective from the Bible that needs to be considered.
The first angel’s message reads, “And I saw another angel fly in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting gospel to preach unto them that dwell on the Earth, and to every nation, and kindred, and tongue, and people” (Rev. 14:6).
Adventist Church in Europe Responds to Migrant Crisis
Brandon Senior, a Bible worker in Chambersburg and Waynesboro, Pa., who preaches on creation, compiled seven points of scientific evidence that point to intelligent design. Feature photo by iStock.
The Creation Debate: Why Does it Matter if it Happened in Six Literal Days?
Story by Edwin Manuel Garcia
A decades-old dispute within Seventh-day Adventism about when and how the Earth was developed may have been settled to the liking of the church’s top officials and a majority of its worldwide delegates this summer at the 60th General Conference (GC) Session in San Antonio. However, the intra-denominational conflict doesn’t look like it’s about to cease.
En Newport News, Va., todo va de lo mejor—es decir, jóvenes enfocados, educados y espirituales, los estudiantes de Calvary Rites of Passage Program (CROP).
Historia por Tompaul Wheeler
CROP surgió de la iglesia Calvary en Allegheny East Conference como una forma de los miembros varones dedicados demostrarle a los jovencitos el camino a un futuro exitoso. Trevor Kinlock, pastor de Calvary, y James Hiers, anciano, implementaron el programa en el 2007 y le ofrecen a los adolescentes comunicación informal, reuniones mensuales, excursiones a sitios históricos e incluso una gira misionera semestral a Tanzania para ayudar en un orfanatorio.
Pennsylvania emplea a un nuevo director
Historia por Tamyra Horst
Gabriel Montalvo (en la foto) es el nuevo director de los ministerios hispanos en Pennsylvania Conference, aunque no es nuevo en el ministerio en este estado. Comenzó como pastor laico en 1996, al frente de las iglesias Philadelphia Hispanic #4, Hispanic ll, Lehigh Valley Hispanic, Bethlehem Hispanic e Easton El Camino y el grupo El Faro en Lehigh Valley. Actualmente pastorea las iglesias Grace Hispanic y Frazer Hispanic y las compañías South Philly Hispanic, Kennett Square Hispanic y Philadelphia Youth Connect en el área de Philadelphia.
Como pastor, evangelista y plantador de Iglesias, su visión para el ministerio hispano es “involucrar a niños, jóvenes y adultos en apresurar el regreso de Cristo revelando a Jesús y haciendo a su vez discípulos”.
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