Angola Mission Turns Its Attention to Keeping Members
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South-Western Angola Union Mission
Adventist Women March Against Domestic Violence in Two Angolan Cities
Women's Ministries of the Seventh-day Adventist Church led civic marches through Sumbe and Porto Amboim in Cuanza-Sul province on Sunday, 23 August 2026, weeks after Angola's National Assembly approved amendments strengthening the country's Domestic Violence Law.
87 Young Volunteers Give Up Holidays for Mission, 31 Baptised in Menongue
Eighty-seven Adventist young people spent 15 days of their school holidays conducting Bible studies and community outreach across five neighbourhoods of Menongue, Angola, concluding with 31 baptisms in the Cuebe River.
Benguela Central Church Dedicates New Building After Seven Decades
The Benguela Central Seventh-day Adventist Church in Angola dedicated its new building on Sabbath, 8 August 2026, replacing a sanctuary dedicated in 1955 that had become too small for a congregation now numbering more than 1,081 members.
Angola Coastal Mission Records 3,176 Baptisms in Two-Week Evangelistic Phase
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.
Adventists in Huambo Dedicate Mobile Phones for Digital Mission
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.
Novo Tempo Center of Influence Distributes 168 Clothing Kits to 217 Families in Huambo
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.
2,588 Baptised in One Week During Evangelistic Campaign in Coastal Angola
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.
Digital Missionaries Programme Expands to Southern Angola with 52 New Trainees
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.
Six Years After Buying Adventist Books, Former Angolan Clinical Director Is Baptised
A colporteur who sold Christian literature to hospital staff in Camacupa, Bié Province, received a message six years later, from the hospital's former Clinical Director, Filipe Helena Sabino Wanga, who has since been baptised into the Seventh-day Adventist Church.
Adventist Men Donate 100 Copies of The Great Controversy to Angolan Military Institute
Twenty-four members of the Adventist Men's Organisation visited the Army Superior Institute in Huambo, delivering more than 100 books and a sermon on "Purity in a Corrupt World."
Hippos Look On as Nine Are Baptised in Angola's Cubango River
A Seventh-day Adventist pastor calmly continued a baptismal service in Caiundo after spotting hippopotamuses surface nearby. Nine new members were baptised, a deacon and deaconess consecrated, and eighteen children dedicated.
A 75-Year-Old's Hand-Copied Bible Inspires Church Study Project in Benguela
Cecília Nenê transcribed the entire 150-page Adventist quarterly study guide by hand every three months. Her story has launched a project to put a Bible study guide in every member's hands.