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Prayer and Power Ignite St. Louis Launches Season of Prayer and Evangelism
On April 12, 2025, the Northside Seventh-day Adventist Church in St. Louis, Missouri, was filled with energy, unity, and purpose during the Ignite St. Louis: One Spirit, One Mission prayer symposium. Hosted by the Mid-America and Lake Union conferences, the evening event drew church members and leaders together to pray for God’s power and guidance leading up to major evangelistic efforts.
La Sierra University-rooted Ghanaian Seventh-day Adventist Church Celebrates New Redlands Home
It began as a small gathering under the trees on La Sierra University’s campus in June 2003. Nine Seventh-day Adventist Ghanaian students and community members formed a Sabbath worship service, bound together by a shared faith, culture, and desire to connect. The small group began holding Sabbath School classes at various locations — first on campus and eventually at a nearby strip mall. Their numbers gradually grew until they had approximately 80 members in 2024, at which point the congregation decided it was time to acquire their own church building.
This Spring, North American Division to Host Second Pentecost 2025 Division-wide Prayer Meeting
On May 2, 2025, the North American Division of the Seventh-day Adventist Church will livestream a special one-hour prayer meeting. The first such meeting ushered in the 10 Day of Prayer on Jan. 8. NAD president G. Alexander Bryant shared that the division recognizes "our great need to stay in a mindset of knowing our continual need to pray for the outpouring of the Holy Spirit;" and thus, church leaders felt compelled to host another event to enrobe in prayer the churches and schools engaged in community efforts and proclamation events this spring, as well as continue to invoke the Holy Spirit in all members.
Beyond the Pews: 2025 eHuddle Calls Church to Greater Impact
For years, White Memorial Seventh-day Adventist Church in Los Angeles, California, was viewed as the church that did not care. In January 2025, everything changed. On Tuesday, January 7, during their week of prayer, Arteaga and his leaders experienced three blackouts from heavy winds. The next morning, they awoke to “images that the city we love, our mission field, our home, was on fire,” Arteaga shared at the 2025 eHuddle — an evangelism and leadership think tank hosted by the North American Division (NAD) Ministerial Association from Feb. 24 to 26 at Andrews University in Berrien Springs, Michigan.
El Centinela: Al servicio de la familia, la salud y la fe
Corría el año 1874 cuando Jaime White, junto a un grupo visionario,decidió fundar la Pacific Press, la segunda casa editora de la Iglesia Adventista. Tenían un objetivo claro y ambicioso: imprimir una revista que hablara de las señales de los tiempos. Lo que no sabían era que estaban a punto de dar inicio a una historia legendaria que trascendería fronteras y tiempos.
Nurturing the Roots
It’s not every day that the leader of the North American headquarters of an international religious organization returns to the city where his ministry began years ago to conduct a three-week evangelistic series. But from August 27 to September 16, 2023, in Springfield, Missouri, G. Alexander Bryant, president of the North American Division of Seventh-day Adventists (NAD), did just that.
Expectations With Honor
A pastor’s biblical role and function include having a servant leader’s heart, caregiving, and shepherding. That leading includes coaching, equipping, teaching, and preaching. The layered expectations pastors face in role and function can, however, be fulfilling and overwhelming simultaneously.
Inspiring Ministry and Strengthening Faith at the NAD’s 2023 Hispanic Advisory
At the North American Division’s (NAD) 2023 Hispanic Advisory Meeting, participants’ joy and sense of community were palpable. From August 28-31, the NAD headquarters came alive with dynamic singing, devotionals, prayer sessions, ministry reports, and presentations from Spanish media ministries Esperanza TV and El Centinela.