Winter Retreat at Advent Christian Village This week, I’m at the Advent Christian Village in Dowling Park, Fla. for the Winter Retreat. It feels like a homecoming since I lived here as the pastor of the Village Church for five years and truly enjoyed the experience. It’s great seeing familiar as well as new faces. […]
Benson, N.C. Holly Grove AC Church was privileged to baptize Vanessa Collins and Debbie Horton and receive them as members on Sunday, January 5. Malaysia – Ruth Devairakkam The Tamil churches from various denominations organized a Christmas gathering on December 19, 2019. There were 350 people attending the event. The evening included a pre-Christmas program […]
Ministry Training Institute Update As we begin our 2020 E-News, we are excited to share that our Leadership Development Program, Ministry Training Institutes (MTI), has started with 17 students in three of our Field Offices. This is a little lower than what we had previously announced, but a few of our students decided they were […]
News from Our Latin America Ministries Honduras As reported in September, a team of Honduran friends of Cristo Salva are helping to prepare for the new school year. Dina, Oscar, Miriam, Enrique and their families have been putting the school supplies together for distribution, spending the last couple months ordering and purchasing everything. The distribution […]
News from Mexico and Honduras Praying for the new board of directors Mexico The Mexican AC Conference held its annual meeting this past weekend in Tecate, Mexico. Members from all the churches were present except for one from the Ensenada area who is dealing with some legal problems. The two churches from La Paz were […]
Agape House Worldwide Ministry Director Rowena Cabrizos attended a 25-day session with Haggai International Institute at the Mid Pacific Center in Maui, Hawaii during the month of November. This training was to aid in her efforts of evangelizing and discipling globally, as well as making connections with other attendees from all over the world. As […]
Triennial 2020 SAVE THE DATE: The Triennial Convention is coming in 2020! It will be held on August 9-13 in Concord, N.C. at the Great Wolf Lodge. The theme for this is “One Hope, A Call to Missional Unity.” Please plan to bring your whole family and enjoy the Great Wolf Lodge water park and […]
The birth of Christ is the central event in the history of the earth. Advent begins four Sundays before Christmas, as we prepare for the celebration of Christmas Day. It prepares us for the celebration of the birth of Christ but also reminds us that we eagerly await his second advent. As Advent Christians, our […]
Early December Highlights From Jeff Walsh, Director of International Missions Jeff Walsh Here’s a few mission highlights I’d like to make you aware of: Christmas in October – Gifts were sent in November to our active and retired missionaries as well as to our affiliated ministry partners. We’ve already heard back from people in several countries […]
Princeton, West Virginia On Sunday, November 17, the Princeton Advent Christian Church hosted Appalachian Regional Superintendent Bill Millinor who delivered a challenging message from Philippians 2 about the humility of Jesus Christ. Afterward, there was a pizza party with the church volunteers who packed 52 shoeboxes with donated toys and personal items collected through the fall […]