Would you like to attend missionary school but are unable to spend time away from home or work? Maybe there isn’t a missionary school in your country, and you are unable to travel. With you in mind, Units around the world are developing online missionary schools to make missionary school courses available to you wherever you are.
Chennai, India—On October 12, 2019, two souls were baptized in Chennai, India. Brother Daniel was invited by Brother Alwin Vedhasingh, GC Regional Secretary for Asia and local pastor in Chennai, to visit from the church in Bangalore (350km from Chennai) to perform the baptism.
Abbotsford, Canada—On October 11-13, 2019, a Thanksgiving Conference was held in Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada. The conference began on Friday evening with a sermon by Brother David Zic, GC Education Department Director. Brother Zic was the guest speaker for the event and visited from the Seventh Day Adventist Reform Movement Northern California Conference.
On October 22, 1844, William Miller and his congregation of over 50,000 Advent believers, including Ellen Harmon, were sorely disappointed. Over ten years had been spent in careful study to pinpoint this event in history. Years of labor and means were spent to tell the world of Jesus’ imminent return. And yet, He did not appear.
On September 29, 2019, a baptism was held in Sri Lanka, where three souls were baptized in the Jaffna Region. The baptism was performed by Brother G.Harrington Joseph, the local church elder, and Brother Nicolas Mariyanayagam, church leader in Jaffna.