Hundreds of Pathfinders from across New Zealand welcomed the start of 2026 together at the About Turn Pathfinder Camporee, where 11 young people were baptised during the week-long event.
Tag: baptisms
Held under the theme "Tracing God’s Written Story," the week-long event brought hundreds of students for spiritual renewal, leadership and fellowship.
According to the Vanuatu Bureau of Statistics, the Seventh-day Adventist Church is the second-largest Christian denomination in the country.
After 40 years of service, one of Papua New Guinea’s earliest female Adventist ministers has retired from pastoral ministry, concluding her work with the baptism of three individuals during a service held at Kavieng Beach, New Ireland Province.
Adventist members, visitors from other denominations and community members joined the meetings throughout the series with an average attendance of 900 people each evening.
"We're excited about our direction as a Conference."
A team of eight volunteers from Tasmania travelled to Madang Manus Mission (PNG) in June to help construct new classrooms and support a 10-night evangelistic program, resulting in baptisms and additional decisions for baptism.
A week-long evangelistic program held at Kerevat National School of Excellence in East New Britain concluded with 11 student baptisms and increased interest in the Adventist message among staff and students.
The results were attributed to the groundwork done by local church members using Discipleship Empowerment Training (DET) materials.