Abuse. Porn. Healing. The GMM Women’s Ministries Department raised awareness and offered tools to address these taboo subjects in the context of island culture.
Catching turkey, visiting prison, and greeting the new year on a beach were some of the holiday activities enjoyed in Chuuk. Pastor Ifa describes how turbulent weather could not dampen their spirits.
Most can't wait for 2020 to end. Start the new year with "Hope Now". Because COVID pushed our tent meetings on Guam to a digital platform, all islands and beyond can now join the Bible seminars LIVE!
Youth Ministries Director Pastor Intong shares how youth across the region are on fire for Christ. Young people are engaging in church activities and giving their hearts in baptism.
In the age of digitalization, is literature evangelism still relevant? Pastor John describes opportunities to place tracts in the hands of everyone from school children to civic leaders in Pohnpei.
The health message is called the "entering wedge" of evangelism. The recently formed AMEN team of Guam-Micronesia unites medical providers and pastors in the work of healing souls.
Thanksgiving is a time to reflect on our blessings, but with so much changed by the "new normal" of the pandemic, how do we celebrate? Thankfully, there is a Gift we can always be thankful for.
The Ebeye SDA School has been both blessed and challenged by the pandemic. As other Ebeye schools closed, SDA enrollment increased, yet closed borders means a greater need of online teaching support.
Just in time for the holiday season, JOY FM launches "The Story Channel". Enjoy the gift of story time 24 hours a day with this new web streaming channel. Gather round, it's time for a story!
The NAD Health Ministries Department challenged people across the division to move physically and spiritually. Participants from GMM islands connected over fitness, faith, and new friendships.
The liberation from World War II introduced Guam to Adventistism. When a family offered hospitality to a military visitor, they opened the door to more than they expected.
Pastor Ifa visits the SDA members in the western islands of Chuuk. They enjoy this fellowship only once or twice a year due to limited transportation, yet each time, bonds are strengthened.
Home visits in Pohnpei led to a family with roots in Adventist education. Through an offer for Communion, the church learned that spiritual seeds had been planted in this home by the local SDA school.
The NAD Adventist Community Services provided a relief fund to support food pantries. The Agat-Santa Rita SDA Church experiences the joy of seeing their community's response when meeting their needs.
Local teachers and long-term missionaries provide an essential bridge between the old and new school years. Read what one school was up to this summer to engage children during the summer break.
Hands and hearts in action speak louder than words, as members in Pohnpei clean their community. Volunteers accepting a neighborhood invitation embodied Christian stewardship to local officials.
By God's provision, all 11 SDA schools opened this year with the help of locally-hired teachers working alongside missionary teachers. They move forward in faith, while more teachers are still needed.
GMM Executive Secretary Remenster Jano calls on families to use the pandemic restrictions as an opportunity to build relationships at home and deepen our relationship with God.
Returning to PCOR-1 has not changed Guam Adventist Academy's mission. Staff respond to the increased restrictions motivated by love for their students and greater determination to continue God’s work.
Saipan SDA Church members lovingly reach out to their own congregation, local community, and across the ocean. Be inspired by their methods to meet physical and spiritual needs at this crucial time.
God blesses people with a variety of talents to serve others. One missionary describes his joy in discovering the ways God uses him to help across the Marshall Islands.
Undaunted by COVID-19 reaching their territory, the SDA church on the small island of Tinian put love into action by providing masks for their community.
A testimony of how God uses our unique lives to relate His love to others. God closed doors then opened windows of opportunity for this island girl to become what she never dreamed of - a missionary.
Closing borders has opened opportunities to spread the gospel online. Pastor Suhot uses his past experience and current situation to translate the Voice of Prophecy Bible studies into Marshallese.
Churchill Edward is our new Director of Education. As one of Pohnpei SDA Academy's own graduates, he answered the call to serve at Guam-Micronesia Mission.
Though some GMM projects were recently postponed, we are thankful for one completed in Saipan. Damaged during Super Typhoon Yutu, the faculty housing has now been replaced through generous donations.
When people were driven into isolation because of COVID-19, the work of the gospel moved on...line. Learn how churches shifted to technology to keep people spiritually connected at this critical time.
In one of the few places left in the world that remain free from COVID-19, missionaries in the Marshall Islands take advantage of this rare opportunity to reach people's hearts in personal ways.
The Director of Volunteer Ministries for North America visited his recruits on the islands of GMM to witness firsthand how missionaries live and work in Micronesia.
Ken Norton, our GMM President, shares words of encouragement in these challenging times. Amid the turbulence of the coronavirus, our own responses can bring peace to those around us.
Current and former missionaries reunited at this year's Guam Micronesia Alumni event in Loma Linda. They reflected on the progress and renewed their commitment to the work in Guam-Micronesia.
As most of our Student Missionaries are transitioning home in this COVID-19 changing world, here is a precious reminder of the positive differences that are made through their service at our schools.
GMM outlines Operational Guidelines for church meetings in relation to the number of coronavirus cases that may become confirmed on any of our islands.
Guam-Micronesia Mission has created a Coronavirus Contingency Plan effective immediately that will serve as our guide in dealing with any possible outbreak of the virus in the islands in the future.
Guam-Micronesia Mission President Ken Norton has released a statement regarding the Coronavirus and how the island nations are protecting their borders.
Leonard and Janna Quaile have served in the Guam-Micronesia Mission for 13 years. Their lives have been intertwined in the islands. Here is their unique island story...
An energetic group of youth accompanied by a Pastor and a medical missionary team, conducted evangelism, Vacation Bible School, and construction work on the island of Pohnpei.
By spending time reflecting over the gospels, I found that there is something significant that must be done before people are ready to be baptized; relationships must be formed with these people...
I went back to Pohnpei to teach for a second year even in the middle of college. It's been intimidating at first taking another year off of college and coming back to Pohnpei...
Losing my grandfather while being away in the mission field has been the toughest experience, but it was through this very pain that God healed my soul through my own students.
People crowded around a child as the mother looked at me with a desperate face. I did not want to start my first day of teaching at Ebeye SDA School like this.
Although their schedules and responsibilities keep them very busy, our missionaries always seem to find time to do additional mission outreach to serve even more people.
Destruction and devastation can be used by God to change hearts for Him. Joel and his sister Vivian discover a much better life with Christ after the devastation of Typhoon Soudelor.
The island of Fefan is just one of 37 inhabited islands in Chuuk State that has no Adventist presence, unreached with the truth of Jesus and the Adventist message. That's about to change.