How Far into Africa?

A person dressed in traditional attire stands in a field of tall grass, facing away, and gazing at a vast landscape with rolling hills and a dramatic, cloudy sky illuminated by the setting sun. The scene is serene and expansive, with mountains in the distance.

Meiring Pretorius How Far into Africa?

Have you ever wondered how the gospel message will reach every person on the globe? Well, this is God’s promise in His...

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Risë Rafferty, RDN The Plantrician

You will not find this word in Webster’s dictionary, in a telephone book, or a listing of careers. The word plantrician was...

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James Rafferty Sink or Swim

The first crisis I can remember experiencing came when I was four years old and fell backward into a swimming pool. I...

Anneliese Stock Surprised by Gentleness

I find it quite paradoxical how, on a given day, I can clean my kitchen so well you’d think I was Cinderella,...

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Anneliese Stock Share the Wealth: A Mission Update from Madagascar

The United Nations Development Programme’s most recent data ranked Madagascar 154 out of 188 countries on the Human Development Index.1 That’s basically...

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Risë Rafferty, RDN Butyrate and the Bowel, Part 3

Crosstalk is a term that can pertain to telecommunications, when distinguishable signals leak from one connection to another. In electronics, crosstalk is...

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Fred Bischoff Love Because… (Part 2)

God loves because He is love. Unselfish love describes the essence of His character and the relational joy of His existence. He...

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Anneliese Stock With the Flip of a Switch

As a kid, I suffered from the quintessential childhood fear: I was scared of the dark. I could be in a room...

A large crowd of people, mostly holding up papers, gathers outside. The crowd appears animated and engaged, with many raising the documents above their heads. Trees and buildings are visible in the background, and a yellow bus is parked to the left.

Meiring Pretorius Literature Evangelism in Tanzania

Magomeni Seventh-day Adventist Church believes that the most rapid and cost-effective way of placing the gospel in the hands of humanity’s hungering...

Risë Rafferty, RDN Butyrate and the Bowel, Part 2

Last month we began understanding one of the ways the community of microbes residing within impacts the health of its host organ,...