An intentional, multi-year evangelistic effort by the Seventh-day Adventist Church in the Dominican Republic finished its most recent phase with a two-week series of meetings in the capital city of Santo Domingo.
Local leaders have praised agricultural research at Northern Caribbean University, a Seventh-day Adventist institution, and want to fund more programs there.
The Seventh-day Adventist Church, in a program noting the International Day of Women, recently honored the current, and former, first ladies of the Dominican Republic.
As the Seventh-day Adventist Church expands its membership to cultures vastly different from its North American birthplace, how does a worldwide movement approach local issues and traditions while at the same time maintaining uniform standards?
Thirteen years after a global strategy document outlined key challenge areas for church outreach, the Seventh-day Adventist Church has recorded significant progress in meeting those objectives, the church's Office of Global Mission reports.
In an effort to foster spiritual growth and connect believers across the globe, the Seventh-day Adventist Church established "global prayer partnerships" among local regions, or conferences, of the church.