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Religiosity and Health, Health Behaviors, Mental Health, Psychological Well-being Studies of Seventh-day Adventists

February 2021 Alina Baltazar, Duane McBride, Gary Hopkins, Curt VanderWaal Purpose The purpose of this brief document is to provide research literature from health studies of Seventh-day Adventist populations. This is not meant to be comprehensive, but hopefully sufficient to assist in providing relevant references about studies focusing spirituality and health in Adventist populations. The…

Reaffirming Adventist Church Response to COVID-19

This document has been produced by the General Conference Administration, Biblical Research Institute, General Conference Health Ministries, Public Affairs and Religious Liberty Department, General Conference Office of General Counsel, and Loma Linda University Health. It builds on the immunization statement voted in April 2015 and affirms both this latter statement, and the information on the…

Vaccination: Biblical-Theological Reflection

Jiří Moskala, ThD, PhD Dean of the Seventh-day Adventist Theological Seminary, Andrews University Professor of Old Testament Exegesis and Theology The word vaccination does not occur in the Bible as is the case with many other important health terms like vitamins, transfusion, high blood pressure, kidney transplant, injection, pills, carbohydrates, biopsy, body temperature, blood clots,…

World Mental Health Day 2018

Young People and Mental Health in a Changing World. Mental health issues are not luxury or exclusive problems. They are serious issues many people of all ages around the world struggle with. October 10th is World Mental Health Day 2018 and the focus this year is on young people. The World Health Organization (WHO) says there…

Lifestyle Coaching

Changing behavior is not an easy process. The challenges of everyday life and the power of long-term habits make it difficult for people to implement a lifestyle change. Health Ministries provides an answer by equipping health professionals, pastors, and health enthusiasts to facilitate the behavior change process for those they minister to using a lifestyle…

History

Why are Seventh-day Adventists interested in Health? (The Adventist Health Advantage) The work of healthcare and healing is a central belief of the Adventist Church. As early as 1863, Ellen White, co-founder of the Seventh-day Adventist Church, counseled the fledgling on the importance of healthful living. The outstanding feature of her initial message was the…

Safety of Soy: Myths and Facts

FACT SHEET SAFETY OF SOY: MYTHS AND FACTS By Team, General Conference Nutrition Council Summary Despite the fear mongering about soy via the internet, there is overwhelming scientific evidence that soy foods can be part of a healthy balanced diet. Soy foods have anti-inflammatory properties and they lower LDL cholesterol levels, blood pressure levels in…

Fact Sheet: Safety of Soy–Myths and Facts

Summary Despite the fear mongering about soy via the internet, there is overwhelming scientific evidence that soy foods can be part of a healthy balanced diet. Soy foods have anti-inflammatory properties and they lower LDL cholesterol levels, blood pressure levels in hypertensives, and also reduce the risk of some cancers. They improve kidney function and…

Membership List

Members Title First Name Last Name Degree Position Institution Dr. Fred Hardinge DrPH, RD, FADA Health & Lifestyle Consultant General Conference Health Ministries Mrs. Laura Sanchez BA Administrative Assistant General Conference Health Ministries Dr. Bert Connell PhD, RD, FADA School of Nutrition and Dietetics of LLU Loma Linda University Mr. Kern Bohumil Theology Slovak Conference…

No Health Without Mental Health!

Source: The Health Connection Newsletter | 1st Quarter 2022 Writing to his friend Gaius, John the Revelator writes the following: “Dear Friend, I pray that you may enjoy good health and that all may go well with you, even as your soul is getting along well” (3 John verse 2). This well-known verse could be…

Coronavirus Pandemic | COVID-19 2.0

COVID-19 CONTENT LINKS Covid-19 Vaccine Information Novel Coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) and Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) What is the Novel Coronavirus? How deadly is the virus? What are the signs of infection? How does it spread? What do I do if I get sick? Should I travel? Should I avoid public gatherings, cancel or limit church events?…

Coronavirus Pandemic | COVID-19

Lifestyle Coaching Leaders

Health ministry teams and health promoters introduce Lifestyle Coaching. A health program, created to help people to make lifestyle changes to lower their health risks and improve their health. Changing a health habit is not an easy process. The challenges of everyday life and the power of long-term habits make it difficult for people to…

A Blessed Time

Source: The Health Connection Newsletter | 3rd Quarter 2019 July 9 through 14, 2019 saw 900 delegates from 106 countries converge on Loma Linda University to attend the third Global Conference on Health and Lifestyle. During the five and a half days, there were more than 30 plenary presentations, 22 breakout sessions, music, worship, exercise,…

Your Brain, Your Body

Source: The Health Connection Newsletter | 1st Quarter 2019 Twelve years ago then Director General of the World Health Organization (WHO) encouraged the Church to speak on Health and Lifestyle to the world. This invitation was directed to the Health Ministries Department of the Seventh-day Adventist Church through Dr. Margaret Chan’s Office for Partnerships and…

COVID-19 Vaccines: Addressing Concerns, Offering Counsel

By: General Conference Health Ministries Department, General Conference Biblical Research Institute, and Loma Linda University School of Pharmacy and School of Public Health Seventh-day Adventists look to the coming of Christ as the great culmination of history and an end of all disease, suffering, and death. At the same time, we have been entrusted with…

Virtual Cooking Show And Scaling Up Health Ministries Training

Source: The Health Connection Newsletter | 3rd Quarter 2020 Philippines | Southern Asia-Pacific Division (SSD) This summer with the rising of the pandemic, the health ministries department of SSD under the leadership of Dr. Lalaine Alfanoso hosted several virtual health programs in order to reach people all over the globe concerning health amidst the COVID-19…

Training Information

Adventist Recovery Ministries Facilitator Training The Adventist Recovery Ministries (ARMin) Global Training is called “Journey to Wholeness.” This 15-hour training has been developed by the North American Division and the General Conference Health Ministries department to equip church leaders and enable churches to assist individuals who are struggling with addictions or any unhealthy compulsive behavior.…

Mission

The General Conference Health Ministries Department exists to support and empower Seventh-day Adventist churches, members, and institutions around the world to experience the blessings of wholistic health while actively sharing those blessings with others. We believe that we have been created as wholistic beings with physical, mental, spiritual, social, and relational dimensions. We believe that…

GC Health Ministries Launched a Lifestyle Coaching Workshop Online

A Lifestyle Coaching Skills (LCS) virtual workshop was launched by the GC Health Ministries department in February 2021. Coaching skills have been recognized as a critically helpful tool in supporting people during lifestyle change.