Esther Doss describes herself as a “hearing deaf person.” Born to deaf parents, she knew the alphabet in sign language by the time she was 18 months old—even before she knew her ABCs in English. A major part of her life has been ministering to deaf people. “My whole heart is set on deaf ministry...
With an average of some 50,000 people joining the Adventist Church each year in Peru, one of the fastest growing areas for the church worldwide, a challenge presents itself: providing worship space for members. From July 1 to 11, 36 members of the Markham Woods, Florida, Adventist Church volunt...
A three-year counselor-training program will help victims of HIV/AIDS in Africa. The program, initiated by the Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA), will prepare people to train counselors in the care, support and counseling of those infected and affected by HIV/AIDS. The project is fun...
Empowering youth with tools to avoid risk behaviors was the goal of "Youth Alive," a youth drug prevention program held in Hong Kong July 5 to 11 for the church's Northern Asia-Pacific region (see ANN Nov. 24, 2003: http://news.adventist.org/data/2003/10/
In the aftermath of floods that ravaged southeast Haiti in May, the Adventist Relief and Development Agency (ADRA) and the International Behavioral Health Trauma Team from Loma Linda University, met in Port-au-Prince from June 28 to July 3 to train local
After years of civil war in Congo kept Adventists separated from pastoral visits, a four-week evangelistic outreach held by the Voice of Prophecy "brought much-needed hope to the church members," said Pastor Jules K K Lumbu, who led the effort.