Adventist Youth Ministries (AYM) for the Southern Africa-Indian Ocean Division (SID) received a minibus donated by Kurima Centre at the division’s Annual Council on Monday, 9 November 2026.

SID President Dr Harington Simui Akombwa presided over the handover, and General Conference Secretary Elder Rick McEdward offered the dedication prayer. General Conference Vice Presidents Elder Thomas Lemon and Elder Rick Remmers, General Conference Associate Treasurer Gideon Mutero, SID officers and directors, and members of the Annual Council attended.

McEdward thanked Kurima Centre for the donation and commented on the vehicle’s livery. “It’s a mission billboard,” he said. Reading from Acts 8, he said he hoped many would be not only transported by it but transformed, and that it would carry the message to campuses, camporees and congresses.

The minibus has been branded to carry the Youth Ministries programme for the current five-year period. It advertises the first SID Public Campus Ministry (PCM) Mission Conference in 2027, under the theme “Mission Refocus”; the fifth SID Pathfinder Camporee in 2028, under “Mission Possible”; and the fourth Pan African Youth Congress (PAYC) in 2029, under “Youthful and Useful.”

The rear of the vehicle carries the OneVoice27 message, the Church’s global evangelistic initiative and its call for 100,000 voices for Christ.

“As we join the world church in OneVoice27, this bus will literally drive the message forward,” said Dr Irvine Gwatiringa, SID Youth Ministries Director. “Everywhere it goes, it proclaims that God is doing a new thing, and our young people are part of it.”