The Jamaica Union Conference of Seventh-day Adventists (JAMU) has moved to dismiss claims being circulated on social media that it has received funding from the Government or acted on its behalf to collect personal information from individuals during its hurricane relief efforts.
During a press conference hosted by JAMU yesterday to address the online claims, the hierarchy of the Seventh-day Adventist (SDA) Church in Jamaica said it was seeking to set the record straight.
Church officials described the claims as false and misleading, stressing that all assistance being provided to affected communities is financed solely through donations from overseas partners, local congregations, and individual members who have been contributing out of their own pockets.
Pastor Everett Brown, president of JAMU, said the Church has over the years maintained a record of utilising its resources to respond to the needs of people in the community.