This Month's Issue

With all churches across the Columbia Union Conference physically closed due to the coronavirus, pastors and members changed—seemingly overnight— the way they minister. In addition to offering livestreamed or pre-recorded services, many churches and conferences moved planning meetings, Sabbath School classes and Bible studies to Zoom, Facebook Live or other digital video platforms.

Recently our world has been overtaken by the coronavirus pandemic. Fear and uncertainty abound, people are suffering and many lives have been lost. Social distancing measures have left many people working from home or seeking unemployment benefits.

See the 2019 Columbia Union Conference Annual Report.

Therezinha Barbalho grew up in Brazil and wanted to be a pastor more than anything. But she realized her dream career wasn’t going to happen, so she went back to school and became a lawyer.

Nativo de México, Marco Estrada no tenía idea de que terminaría siendo pastor. "De hecho", dijo, "mi sueño era ser un soldado".

Les membres et les dirigeants ont implanté 65 églises à travers l'Union de Columbia en 2019, rapporte Frank Bondurant, vice-président pour le développement des ministères.

Qu'est-ce que la Bible signifie pour vous et comment cela affecte-t-il votre vie ? Pour les Adventistes du Septième Jour, la Bible - la Sainte Parole de Dieu - est fondamentale, primordiale et reste notre seul credo. La Bible est la lettre de Dieu à l'humanité. Elle raconte son histoire et révèle son grand plan de salut.

Le Comité Exécutif de la Fédération de l'Ohio a récemment nommé Roy M. Simpson comme le nouveau trésorier de la fédération.