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Pastor Charvone Clarke Honored as Leading Pastor in Evangelism for 2024

SPANISH TOWN, JAMAICA – Pastor Charvone Clarke has been awarded the prestigious title of Leading Pastor in Evangelism in the Jamaica Union Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, for 2024. This honour recognizes his excellence in evangelism for two consecutive years, 2023 and 2024.

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Church leaders address the dual nature of technology in religion freedom

CHURCH LEADERS have discovered the paradoxical nature of technological advancements in religious freedom, which pose significant threats while creating new opportunities.

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Churches facing empty pulpit crisis

At age 25, Andrew Walters spends his Sundays managing the demanding schedule of pastoring three churches in rural Westmoreland.

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Bell tolls for traditional churches?

‘The church will not die,’ says clergyman, but anthropologist sounds death knell for quiet worship

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Shaping minds for future ministry

A Nigerian-born pastor who has been here for the past seven years says he finds great pleasure in ministering to Jamaicans, especially his students at Northern Caribbean University’s (NCU) School of Religion and Theology (SRT).

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‘Religious discrimination has no face’

The faith community in Jamaica used the recent religious liberty summit to remind employers, educational institutions, politicians, and other stakeholders to respect and accommodate citizens’ spiritual beliefs in practise, not just in policy. “Religious discrimination has no face, no class or colour, no race or ethnicity… We have to work with governments, international organisations, and other partners to encourage religious freedom and tackle related challenges,” Nigel Coke, director of public affairs and religious liberty at Jamaica Union Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, said in his remarks at the January 30 summit at Jamaica Conference Centre, downtown Kingston.

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