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Southern Adventist University Partners with Community in Prayer
More than 300 Christians in the Collegedale, Tennessee, community gathered on the Southern Adventist University campus for six consecutive evenings in May to pray for an outpouring of the Holy Spirit.
AdventHealth for Children gifts $1 million to Orlando Science Center to bring STEM experiences to local youth
AdventHealth for Children has gifted $1 million to Orlando Science Center, supporting the organization’s Unlock Science Campaign and creating new exhibits, experiences, and educational programs to provide high-quality STEM experiences for individuals in the Central Florida community.
Called to Thrive: Human Resources Conference Celebrates Quiet Champions Behind the Scenes
From April 28 to 30, 2025, human resources professionals from across the division gathered in Miami, Florida, for the NAD’s annual event honoring their often-unseen labor and offering a unique networking, training, and worship experience. Throughout tHRive, the division's 2025 Human Resources Conference, 329 attendees were reminded that their work is more than recruitment, onboarding, and policies. It’s critical to the gospel mission of the Seventh-day Adventist Church.
Sonscreen 2025 Brings Together 200+ Creatives to Celebrate Faith, Film, and Community
From April 3-5, more than 200 student filmmakers, professionals, and guests gathered at Loma Linda University Church in California for the North American Division’s 2025 Sonscreen Film Festival. Now in its 22nd year, this unique NAD event showcased 48 student films and several professional projects, featured workshops led by professional faith-based filmmakers, and honored emerging voices via a pitch competition with cash prizes and an awards ceremony.
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.