The Ebola Virus
By Peter Landless, MB, BCh, MMed, FCP (SA), FACC, FASNC, Director of Health Ministries for the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists The Ebola virus outbreak in West Africa has captivated the attention of the world. It has spawned genuine concern as well as a huge amount of fear and paranoia. At present it is confined…
Read MoreAmidst the Flames–Kiev Adventist Christian Medical Center
By Fred Hardinge, DrPH, RD, FAND, Associate Director of Health Ministries for the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists This recently opened institution is located a few kilometers from the heart of Kiev where more than 30 people have been killed in the civil unrest that is shaking Ukraine. While many have fled the city, the…
Read MoreLong Thanh Health Expo in Vietnam
[Information provided by To Phuong, Health Ministries Director for Vietnam] Long Thanh Health Expo was the first health event organized by the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Vietnam for the purpose of exposing the general public the Adventist lifestyle. This was held on 8-9 December 2013 in Phuoc Thai high school and clinic. This was the…
Read MoreNo Good News to Report: Dr. Jay Sloop Still Missing
NOTE: For the most recent updates on this situation, please visit the Sloop Blog. Thank you. Sadly, after more than a week of being missing in Kiev, Dr. Jay Sloop has not been found. The Sloop family is requesting that those who choose could fast and pray that this mystery can be solved. All that…
Read MoreUpdate: Dr. Jay Sloop still missing in Kiev
By Fred Hardinge, DrPH, RD, FAND, Associate Director of Health Ministries for the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists NOTE: For the most recent updates on this situation, please visit the Sloop Blog. Thank you. It is well past noon on Sabbath in Kiev. Yesterday, the largest group of searchers spent the entire day in the…
Read MoreHealth Ministeries Director Missing in Ukraine
By Fred Hardinge, DrPH, RD, FAND, Associate Director of Health Ministries for the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists NOTE: For the most current updated information on this story please visit the Sloop Blog. Dr. Jay Sloop, Upper Columbia Conference Health Ministries Director, disappeared Tuesday while walking in Kiev, Ukraine. Sloop went first to Serbia to…
Read MoreNew Vegetarian Plate Published
Source: My Vegetarian Plate | GCHM Publications Library By Fred Hardinge, DrPH, RD, FAND, Associate Director of Health Ministries for the General Conference of Seventh-day AdventistsThe introduction by the USDA of MyPlate in 2010 was a giant leap from the more complex pyramid to a simple plate for illustrating adequate dietary intake to the general…
Read MoreMinisterial and Health Ministry Meeting Continues in Snowstorm
By Fred Hardinge, DrPH, RD, FAND, Associate Director of Health Ministries for the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists Employees of the world headquarters of the Seventh-day Adventist Church have been furloughed today because of a heavy snowstorm. In spite of this storm, the representatives of each of the 13 divisions of the church for Health…
Read MoreGlobal Meeting of Pastoral and Health Ministries Leadership
By Fred Hardinge, DrPH, RD, FAND, Associate Director of Health Ministries for the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists Ministerial and Health Ministries leaders from all 13 divisions of the Seventh-day Adventist Church have gathered at headquarters in Silver Spring, MD for a historic three days of discussion and prayer about how to more effectively blend…
Read MoreHealth Outreach in the Middle East
By Allan Handysides, MD, MB, ChB, Retired Director of the Department of Health Ministries, General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists The fabled city of Beirut was the landing destination of Drs. Landless and Handysides, as they came to the end of an itinerary that included Russia, Geneva, and the United Arab Emirates. The Adventist University is…
Read MoreLeadership Summits
By Allan Handysides, MD, MB, ChB, Retired Director of the Department of Health Ministries, General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists It was a great privilege to accompany Pastors Jean Pierre Mulumba and Philip Gai of the East-Central Africa Division to various territories in that Division, along with Union Executive Secretary David Matte. Driving some seven hours…
Read MoreRussian Health Ministry On The Move
By Allan Handysides, MD, MB, ChB, Retired Director of the Department of Health Ministries, General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists Drs. Handysides and Landless recently completed a visit to several areas in Russia. Considerable anxiety was expressed over a propensity toward extreme positions being both proposed to and, in some cases, being accepted by members. Because…
Read MoreCELEBRATIONS: Book Just Released
By Fred Hardinge, DrPH, RD, FAND, Associate Director of Health Ministries for the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists The Health Ministries Department has recently released a full-color, table-top book titled CELEBRATIONS. This book explores the secrets of a healthful lifestyle and an exuberant appreciation of the joy of living well. It has met with critical…
Read MoreHealth Ministries Advisory for Southern Asia Division
By Fred Hardinge, DrPH, RD, FAND, Associate Director of Health Ministries for the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists Drs. Kathleen Kuntaraf and Fred Hardinge met with the Health Ministries leadership of the Southern Asia Division September 25-29, 20112 in Chennai, India. Representatives from all seven Unions and most of the Sections were present. These consultations…
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