Cayman Islands Conference

Trapped Chilean miners find light of Word in ‘mini-Bibles’

Seventh-day Adventist pastor Carlos Parra Diaz (left), shows one of the miniature Bibles sent down a supply shaft to the 33 trapped miners in the Atacama desert. Parra is serving as chaplain at the rescue site, local church leaders said. photo courtesy South American Division

Adventist Church is ‘spiritual reference’ for miners, families [...]

Cayman Conference Workers Meeting 2010

The day began on a high spiritual note with some of the teachers leading out in song service. The President gave the devotional message using Deuteronomy 6:1-12. He emphasized four points out of the text, called the Shema. 1. The Lord our God is one Lord. 2. Love the Lord with your body [...]

The President’s Schedule August – September, 2010

August 2010

31 — Creek Church Rededication / Pomare’s final Sabbath [July]

01 — Bethel Baptism [2] and Concert [@ Filadelfia]

02 — Minister’s Meeting

07 — Preach at Maranatha Church / Evangelist Campbell [5 baptisms]

09 — Cosmic Conflict Campaign – David Campbell [1 baptism]

10 — Love 103.9 FM – Radio broadcast – 7-9 p.m.

11 — Cosmic Conflict Campaign [...]

First blind doctoral student graduates from Adventist seminary

McAllister learned Hebrew by feeling letter shapes

23 Aug 2010, Berrien Springs, Michigan, United States Keri Suarez/ANN staff | Source: ANN

Ray McAllister is awarded a Ph.D in Religion from the Andrews University Seventh-day Adventist Theological Seminary on August 1. McAllister is the first blind student to graduate with the degree from a [...]

Shirley Burton, Former Adventist Communication Director, Dies

Shirley Burton, a former Adventist Church director of Communication, died Monday. She was 83. photo: courtesy Archives and Statistics

Public Relations pioneer sought positive image for church in community

Source: Adventist News Network

18 Aug 2010, Silver Spring, Maryland, United States ANN staff

Shirley Burton, former Seventh-day Adventist world church Communication director who helped shape [...]

From The President’s Desk

Pastor Eric D. Clarke, M.A., J.P. President of the Cayman Islands Conference

Update August 14, 2010

Greetings & salutations

Praise ye the Lord. Blessed is the man that feareth the Lord that delighteth greatly in his commandments. His seed shall be mighty up earth: the generation of the upright shall be blessed. Ps.112: 1, 2

Cosmic [...]

In South Africa, 22 dead as fire destroys church-owned nursing home
Pieter Wessels Home burned to the ground Sunday night 4 Aug 2010, Nigel, Gauteng, South Africa Ebrahim Ishmail/Transvaal Conference
The death toll has risen to 22 in the wake of a nighttime August 1 fire that destroyed the Pieter Wessels Frail Care facility, owned and operated by the Seventh-day Adventist Church’s Transvaal Conference. The Wessels home, which [...]

From the President’s Desk

Pastor Eric D. Clarke, M.A., J.P. President of the Cayman Islands Conference

Update August 7, 2010

The Lord does not look at the things man looks at. Man looks at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart. 1 Samuel 16:7 Our Deepest Sympathies We extend sympathies to the family [...]

Adventist World Radio selects its financial officer as new president

Chow to lead radio ministry of denomination 30 Jul 2010, Silver Spring, Maryland, United States ANN staff

Dowell Chow is the new president of Adventist World Radio. He first joined the ministry in 2005 and has served as its vice president for finance photo courtesy AWR

The Adventist World Radio board yesterday selected the ministry’s [...]

Adventists monitoring possible Sunday business-closing law in Europe

European Parliament member wants to promote time with family 27 Jul 2010, Silver Spring, Maryland, United States Ansel Oliver/ANN

Seventh-day Adventist religious liberty proponents are monitoring a proposal from a European Parliament member who wants businesses in Europe to close their doors on Sundays.

Parliament member Martin Kastler of Germany is urging for the passage of continent-wide laws [...]