Nearly 130 Adventist communicators, radio staff, and media ministry representatives from across the Indian Ocean Union Conference gathered at Rihanala Village in Mahavelona Foulpointe, Madagascar, for a four-day media congress from 30 July to 2 August 2026.
The second phase of the Angola Coastal Mission's Evangelistic Impact Project, held from 17 July to 1 August 2026 across the provinces of Benguela and Cuanza Sul, brought 3,176 new members into the Seventh-day Adventist Church, with the Balombo District leading at 668 baptisms.
Sandton Seventh-day Adventist Church, working in partnership with Meals on Wheels Sandton and Alexandra Secondary School, is providing more than 3,000 monthly meals through the Hope Kitchen community programme, weekly lunches to over 270 matric learners, and more recently, meals to families displaced by unrest in South Africa.
A two-week evangelistic campaign in Maun, Botswana, from 14 to 26 June 2026 has resulted in 112 baptisms, following months of preparatory Bible study work by five Bible workers and 30 volunteers.
Comrades Marathon finisher Emmanuel Mandeya ran 160 kilometres from Rutenga to Beitbridge on 26 July 2026 to raise funds toward completing the Eastlea Seventh-day Adventist Church, whose construction has stood unfinished for over a decade.
The General Conference's first-ever Creator Summit signalled a missional shift, not just a strategic one. For SID, it arrives at a providential moment as OneVoice27 approaches.
The Preachers Evangelism and Leadership Convention (PELC) brought over 100 pastors, elders, theology students, and church leaders from across the Southern Africa Union Conference to Cape Town from 15 to 18 July 2026, in partnership with Oakwood University in the United States.
Republic of Zambia President Hakainde Hichilema, a member of the Seventh-day Adventist Church, addressed the Lusaka Conference Adventist Youth Big Sabbath Fellowship at Blessings Centre on 25 July 2026, announcing a donation of K200,000 and a bus in support of youth-led community service and mission initiatives.
Members of the Central Seventh-day Adventist Church in Huambo, Angola, took part in a dedication service on 18 July 2026, committing their mobile phones to gospel witness, culminating in hundreds of phone lights illuminating the sanctuary in a symbolic moment led by the church's secretary.
The Novo Tempo Center of Influence in Huambo, Angola, distributed 168 clothing kits to 217 families in the Lomanda community on 19 July 2026, in partnership with Floridental Clinic and national petroleum distributor Pumangol.
The Kanye Seventh-day Adventist College of Nursing has commissioned a new academic building, marking a physical milestone in the institution's rapid recent expansion. The facility comprises two classroom blocks, two ablution blocks for male and female students, and ten office spaces, and has been...
Seven delegates from the Southern Africa-Indian Ocean Division took part in the first-ever Creator Summit of the Seventh-day Adventist Church, a four-day gathering at the General Conference that drew more than 180 social media influencers, content creators, and platform representatives from across the world.
The Dorcas women of Jacaranda Seventh-day Adventist Church in Gwanda North District delivered 40 fleece blankets, two heaters for the Kangaroo Care room, a heavy-duty kettle, and 75 hampers of hygiene supplies and fresh fruit to Gwanda Provincial Hospital on Sabbath, 11 July 2026.
From Dibete to Shakawe, 71 preachers and church workers of the Botswana Union Conference travelled to members' homes, farms, businesses, and kraals from 21 to 27 June 2026 under the Impact North Botswana Conference stewardship initiative.
Nine-year-old Regina Banda of Mambwe District, Eastern Province, has returned to school and community life after receiving medical treatment and rehabilitation through the ADRA Zambia-implemented Disability Inclusive Disaster Risk Reduction and Resilience (DiDRR) Project, funded by the German BMZ and supported by Christian Blind Mission.
The three-day symposium at Solusi Adventist High School in Matabeleland brought together over 500 upper-level students from 16 regional secondary schools for direct engagement with national examiners ahead of their final examinations.
The Mzola Adventist District hosted iDale Labobaba (The Fathers' Court), a four-day men's empowerment forum held at Chief Menyezwa's homestead in Lupane, Matabeleland North, from 8 to 11 July 2026. Two people were baptised at the close of the programme.
A delegation led by AHI Corporate Secretary Dr. Danjuma toured Kanye Adventist Hospital and Moshupa Adventist Clinic on 7 July 2026, introduced the new AHI Botswana Board Chairperson Lucas Secor, and reviewed proposed developments for a newly donated plot of land near Moshupa.
The Southern Africa-Indian Ocean Division delegation to the Network Leadership Conference in Auckland brings home a call to collaboration, digital missionary work, and preparations for the global Church's OneVoice27 evangelistic emphasis in September 2027.
Approximately 11,000 women from 32 Mission Districts camped at Mbabala Camp Site in Choma for a week-long Dorcas rally from 5 to 11 July 2026, combining spiritual renewal with practical training in evangelism, family life, and poultry keeping.
The "Evangelistic Impact" campaign, held across Benguela and Cuanza Sul provinces from 27 June to 4 July 2026, saw 2,588 people baptised into the Seventh-day Adventist Church, with the South Seles district recording the highest figure at 307 baptisms.
The Heroes of Faith Pathfinder Club, based at Km 12B Adventist Church in the North Angola Mission, celebrated its 30th anniversary with a baptismal service that drew more than 20 young people into Church membership, in the presence of one of the club's co-founders.
More than 140 young people from the South Botswana Conference spent nearly three weeks in Artesia Village combining evangelism, health ministry, and compassionate service under the 2026 DX Missions Camp, resulting in 30 baptisms and strengthening the newly established Artesia Adventist Church.
In a joint civil-religious ceremony at the Arakan Army Chapel in Lusaka, 14 chaplains, most serving with the Zambia National Service, were ordained to the gospel ministry and inducted into national service chaplaincy roles on Sabbath, 27 June 2026.
The Southwest Angola Union Mission is training a second cohort of Digital Missionaries in Lubango, following the graduation of 24 in the pilot programme earlier this year. Training begins this week under the Union's OneVoice27 initiative.
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