USA - Maine
Please welcome the new Pastor to the Pastors!
The officers of the Maine State Advent Christian Conference are pleased to announce that Rev. David Patterson is the new Pastor to the Pastors. You can reach David via e-mail at rev.davidpatterson@spiritualcare.me or by phone at (207) 615-4371. We believe God has gifted David with the gift-mix and heart to minister to our pastors. Please keep David in your prayers as he makes the transition into this position.
USA – Walterboro, S.C.
Grace Advent Christian Church just had their first “drive-in church” service this past Sunday. They had a great turn out. About 70 people in their respected vehicles tuned their radios to the service or rolled their windows down to hear it coming through the speakers in our steeple. They were also able to livestream it and had over 120 people viewing the service online. For the following Sundays, they plan to still hold a “Drive-in Church Service.” This style of church is beneficial for those that don’t have the internet and still want to attend. Plus, they can have a comfortable seat and control the AC/heat.
If you’d like to watch to watch Grace Advent Christian Church’s livestreams, click here.
India | YJM’s Ministry Partner | Pastor B. Balu Nayak
Pastor B. Balu Nayak, the leader of Balunayak Banjara Tribal Ministries at Mahabubabad, Baluthanda and Salarthanda in Telangana State wrote this week:
“I have feeding for orphans, beggars and the poor. Distributed fruits at Mahabubabad.”
Kenya Advent Christian Conference
Pastor Samuel Ondieki wrote on March 30:
“We have been locked in the house for the last week and a curfew is on for the next 21 days. There is little support I received from the government. COVID-19 has made food prices twice as high and everything is costly. I want to thank God for good health for the children (orphanage). Coronavirus is moving at a rapid rate here in Kenya and I pray God will have mercy on us and around the globe. This time let us cry to God and for God to heal our land. God bless you all.”
Mozambique – Advent Christian Conference
On a recent phone call with Africa/Europe Area Director Bryce Whiting, Samuel Kasakatira (Mozambique Conference President) and four conference pastors were pleased to greet Bryce and to let him know that they are asking God for his blessing in the U.S. as we battle coronavirus.
As the new Conference President, Pastor Samuel Kasakatira is acquainting himself with the churches. Finding some of them to be meeting under a mango tree, he is taking a bold position of leadership by teaching them the responsibility of building their own buildings using the resources they have: dirt, hands and labor. They are making bricks and putting them into place themselves.
