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Multilingual Ministries

Phone:
(443) 391-7263
Location:
9705 Patuxent Woods Drive
Columbia, MD 21046-1565
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La Sierra University-rooted Ghanaian Seventh-day Adventist Church Celebrates New Redlands Home
April 16, 2025
“Peace for the Cities” Prayer Initiative Encourages Adventists Around the World to Pray for Their Muslim Brothers and Sisters During Ramadan
February 27, 2025

Every Culture, Every Language

We make disciples of all people, communicating the everlasting gospel in the context of the three angels’ messages of Revelation 14:6-12, leading them to accept Jesus as personal Savior and unite with His remnant Church. Following Christ’s method outlined in Ministry of Healing, we mingle with people, show sympathy, minister to their needs, and win their confidence. We carry out periodical meetings that assess specific language groups’ spiritual and social needs and develop strategies to address those needs.

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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.
Riverside, California
“Peace for the Cities” Prayer Initiative Encourages Adventists Around the World to Pray for Their Muslim Brothers and Sisters During Ramadan
The Islamic sacred month of Ramadan begins on February 28, 2025. As we pray in North America for the Pentecost 2025 initiative, for the Holy Spirit to transform and empower us, added prayer for this month of Ramadan is a natural fit. This year, members are encouraged to sign up for “Peace for the Cities” part of the Pray for Cities initiative — 30 cities with large Muslim populations, 30 days. Once you sign up, you will be able to access the daily prayer diary.
Columbia, Md.
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PELC Hispanic Track: A Christ-Centered Focus for Ministry Leaders
The Pastoral Evangelism Leadership Council (PELC) offers spiritual renewal, inspiration, and fellowship and equips pastors, chaplains, and other ministry leaders for their roles. Established more than 40 years ago by regional conference leaders, PELC is the largest annual gathering of pastors and church leaders in the North American Division. This year, it took place from December 8 to 11, 2024. While the main English track was held in the newly renovated Oakwood University Church, PELC in Spanish was hosted at the Office for Regional Conference Ministries in Huntsville, Alabama. Planned by the Hispanic Caucus, this specialized program provided resources and training for pastors serving Hispanic communities.
Huntsville, Ala.
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We provide multilingual resources, support immigrant congregations, foster cultural understanding, and equip leaders to meet the unique spiritual and social needs of diverse language communities—so that all believers can be fully integrated into the body of Christ and grow as disciples.

Our mission

To cultivate a unified spiritual community where language diversity is embraced as a gift from God, allowing all people to experience and express their faith in meaningful ways. We envision a church where cultural and linguistic differences strengthen our collective witness, reflecting the Kingdom of God—a place where every nation, tribe, and tongue will worship together.

How we serve

  • We help to network immigrant communities across the North American Division.
  • We collaborate with unions and their conferences in ministries to these emerging communities.
  • We monitor and oversee the language groups through advisories of differing language groups.
  • We provide appropriations to financially support these emerging communities.
  • We provide seminars and conferences on cultural intelligence.
  • We provide multilingual resources connecting emerging communities with needed materials.
  • We support camp meetings between unions when emerging people groups gather.
  • We fund efforts that serve refugee and immigrant evangelism programs.

Resources

 Advisories

Each of our advisories has different resources in the language they represent: