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Don C. Schneider, Former NAD President, Passes Away

Don C. Schneider, former president of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in North America (NAD), passed away this morning, May 23, 2019, in Texas, where he was living with Marti, his wife and partner in ministry. He was 76.

Schneider served as NAD president for 10 years. He was elected to the office in 2000 at the General Conference Session in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Prior to this, he served as Lake Union Conference president for almost six years.

Grupos pequeños hispanos celebran 987 bautismos

The Vida Nueva small group started meeting after 14 members from Allegheny West Conference’s Central Hispanic Church in Cincinnati, and their friends and family created a small group to reach the local Honduran immigrant community, another fruit of Vida GPS.

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Leaders Affirm Women Pastors

In December Columbia Union Conference leaders held a luncheon to affirm and express appreciation to the women clergy who serve in the Columbia Union. About 40 attendees (pictured above), including 20 women pastors, several conference presidents and ministerial directors and union officers gathered to talk about the outcome and implications of the vote at the 2018 Annual Council meetings, how women pastors are being treated at their home churches, what questions they have and receive and how the union can help.

Hispanic Small Groups Celebrate 987 Baptisms

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