NSD Spring Week of Prayer
The office of the Northern Asia-Pacific Division (NSD) had spring week of prayer from March 16 to 20, 2020, with Pastor Ron Clouzet, NSD Ministerial Association director, as the speaker. The NSD had originally planned…
The Word of God Is Not Bound: Mongolia Mission and COVID-19
As the newly appointed director of the Sabbath School and Personal Ministries department of Mongolia Mission, I had a number of plans for 2020. But from the beginning of the year, things have been changing…
COVID-19 and Paju International Church
As the Lunar New Year holidays passed in January 2020 and the COVID-19 crisis began to become increasingly serious, the Korean Union Conference and other institutes in Korea started coming up with emergency countermeasures. The…
MFSC Sends Special Gift to Foreign Neighbors Suffering from COVID-19 Crisis
On Sabbath afternoon of April 4, 2020, the MFSC prepared 100 bags of rice to share with 100 foreign neighbor families who were carefully selected because of their economic difficulties due to the COVID-19 crisis.…
Crisis to Opportunity: Japan Youth Stand Up to the Coronavirus with a Multi-Generation NEWSTART Program
Even though the coronavirus is bringing fear upon the world, fearless young people in Japan are coming up with creative ways to make a stand. From March 17 to 26, 2020, a group of young…
Tips for Surviving and Thriving During COVID-19 (for Families and Children)
For many families, the first week of staying at home due to Covid-19 pandemic felt a bit like vacation. However, by the second week, things began to change with a myriad Zoom meetings, trying to…
CHURCH IS PEOPLE, NOT BUILDING
Regardless the outbreak of COVID-19, church is never and should never be closed. Why? Because church is not a building. Church is people. “But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation,…
JUC Children’s Ministries Trainings
The Japan Union Conference (JUC) Children’s Ministries department held special trainings in each Conference and Mission of JUC from February 1 to 8, 2020. These trainings were planned and organized by Pastor Masaru Kobayashi, JUC…
Postponed General Conference Session to focus on mission and business meetings
On March 19, the leadership of the Seventh-day Adventist Church announced the postponement of the 2020 General Conference session due to the rapid and unpredictable spread of the COVID-19 pandemic. The 2021 General Conference Session…
World Church Executive Committee Votes to Postpone General Conference Session
The Executive Committee of the Seventh-day Adventist Church (EXCOM) voted March 19, to postpone the 2020 General Conference Session until May 2021. The vote comes after a March 17 recommendation from the General Conference Administrative…