News Briefs for July 25, 2024
25 July 2024 |
Tech Outage by Crowdstrike Leaves Collegedale Mission Trip Group Stranded at Airport
“The group was on the way home after a mission trip in Fiji. But they have been stuck in Los Angeles since Monday due to several flight cancelations. Group leaders with Collegedale Seventh-day Adventist Church say it’s been a tearful few days stuck in California.” Read full story at the News Channel 9 website. (Update: Group is finally headed home as of late evening, 07.25.24.)
First Adventist Indonesian Youth & Young Adult Ministries Convention Hosted in Colorado
“The first-ever Adventist Indonesian Youth & Young Adult Ministries Convention, or AIYMCON, was held at Campion Academy in Loveland, Colorado, United States, July 10–14…One participant remarked, “I experienced a unity that I’ve never experienced before in the Indo community.” Read full story at the Rocky Mountain Conference website.
New Faith-based Cancer Hospital Opened in Romania
“A brand-new oncology hospital in Romania has the potential to become a center of influence as it shares the Seventh-day Adventist principles of healthy living and serves those who most need it, regional church leaders said. The official inauguration of the Spitalul Oncologic Medex took place in Târgu-Mureș on July 12 and 13.” Full story at the Adventist Review website.
Thirty-Five Dominican Pastors Collaborate on Mission Trip to Build New Church
“Pastors from the southeastern part of the Dominican Republic recently left their local congregations for a week to take part in a special mission trip in the Pilancón municipality in Bayaguana, in the Monte Plata province. The goal was to build a church under the guidance of Maranatha Volunteers International (MVI),” as well as to learn to work as a team. Full story at the Inter-American News website.
Nearly 200 Baptized, Including Armed Forces General and Son, in South Sudan
“…A general in the armed forces of South Sudan had gotten in touch with the Adventist Church and went through preparation to be baptized. On July 13, before scores of witnesses from the church and the community, General Conference president Ted N. C. Wilson submerged General Gabriel in the waters of a branch of the River Nile in Juba. And after baptizing the general, Wilson also baptized his 27-year-old son Wakrial.” Full story at the Adventist Review website.