Press Releases

"Sígueme: un llamado a vivir en Jesús" (Follow Me—a Call to Live in Jesus) es la última innovación del Departamento Internacional de Pacific Press y representa la primera guía de estudios bíblicos de El Centinela. Diseñada especialmente para guiar a los lectores hacia una decisión deliberada por Jesús, esta guía fomenta un compromiso genuino con su seguimiento.

Sígueme, un llamado a vivir en Jesús (Follow Me — a call to live in Jesus) is the latest Spanish resource from Pacific Press and El Centinela — and the first set of evangelistic Bible guides from Centinela. It is designed to guide readers to make a conscious decision for Jesus and commit to following Him.

The Mid-America Union Young Adult LIFE Tour will be held January 26-27, 2024, at the College View Seventh-day Adventist Church in Lincoln, Neb. Pastor Benjamin Lundquist is the featured presenter, and will be joined by pastors Guadalupe Montour, Kyle Smith, and several other young adult ministry specialists.

Victor Issa, an award-winning sculptor and acclaimed artist, has completed a 3/4 life-size clay sculpture for bronze titled “Moses, A Life of Miracles.” This extraordinary work of art, meticulously crafted over 18 months, intricately chronicles the life of Moses from infancy to his contemplative moments on Mount Nebo. The reveal is set to take center stage during the August 2024 Believe the Promise International Pathfinder Camporee.

Launched in New York City, "Connecting to Hope" is a three-month awareness campaign designed to encourage individuals to foster connections with their community, family, friends, and neighbors, as well as to cultivate spiritual connections with God. The campaign's resources serve as a lifeline to combat loneliness, encouraging people to seek support, and proactively connect with those around them. This collaboration between the Seventh-day Adventist Church in North America and Hope Channel International features a series of impactful 15-second ads displayed on a digital billboard in New York City's Times Square.

The Adventist Development & Relief Agency (ADRA) has announced the appointment of three new vice presidents. Charné Renou has been appointed as the agency’s incoming vice president for finance; Sonya Funna Evelyn has been appointed to a newly created vice president role in the agency’s growing programmatic and humanitarian space; and Derris Krause has been appointed as the agency’s new vice president for marketing and development.

Effective Sunday, September 17, 2023, Joy Fehr, La Sierra University president, resigned her duties as president of the university following discussions last week with the Board of Trustees.

The General Conference Biblical Research Institute (BRI) and Andrews University have partnered to publish a book for general and classroom readers that theologically examines each of the Seventh-day Adventist Church’s fundamental beliefs. The title of the book is "God with Us: An Introduction to Adventist Theology."

Responding to the call of local churches for training and guidance in developing young adult ministry, the Young Adult LIFE Tour aims to equip and empower local churches across the North American Division of Seventh-day Adventists (NAD). The next stop on the tour is coming this October.

Students in every Adventist school in North America will have access this fall to the new “Andrews Bible Commentary” through an initiative financially sponsored by three organizations, according to John Wesley Taylor, president of Andrews University. NAD Adventist Education plans to cover the shipping cost for the commentary to be sent out from Andrews to approximately 750 elementary and secondary schools in the United States, Canada, Bermuda and Guam-Micronesia, starting in September.