West Jamaica Conference of Seventh-day Adventist, successfully hosted Pentecost and More, on Sabbath March 13, 2010, at the West Jamaica Conference Centre, in Mt Salem St. James. The event, which was in its third year running, was celebrated in high spirits, by over three thousand attendants, at the site, and thousands more who viewed the happenings by cable or via internet.
A preliminary count shows that some eight hundred and forty (840) persons were baptized across the West Indies Union territory, with the host conference leading the way with some three hundred and seventy four (374) persons baptized on the day, with one hundred and fifty eight of them baptized at the site of the event. The breakdown across the conference territory shows the following:
St. Elizabeth St James
District Pastor No. Baptized District Pastor No. Baptized
Santa Cruz Stephen Drummond 3 Montego Bay Egnal Grant 5
Jointwood Donald Hill 2 Mt. Salem Hamen Carter 10
Southfield Delbert Brown 12 Kings Johnathan Myrie 2
Bull Savannah Jermie Earle 8 Harrison Trevor Reid 2
Black River Earl Bailey 15 Glendevo Maurice Chambers 27
Lacovia Kinglsey Patterson 6 Granville James Sonlin 15
Goshen Osrick Page 4 Salt Spring Rowan Sewell 15
Siloah Flecon Moodie 15 Lottery Kenrick Stone 10
New Market Peter Gordon 57 Vaughnsfield Andrae Wallace 7
TOTAL 122 Elderslie Aldin Mowatt 7
Roehampto Wilton Bygrave 2
Orange Leroy Miller 10
Flankers Deron Miller 22
Cambridge EvretteTaylor 7
TOTAL 141 Westmoreland
District Pastor No. Baptized Darliston Andrae Johnson 10
Water works Jermaine Dodd 3
White House Mario Parchment 15 Savanna-la-mar Japhet Williams 6
Coote Savannah K. Sharpe 5 Grange Hill Alpheus Smith 4
Little London Wenthworth Monroe 8 Sheffield Vencott Dyer 3 Seaford Town Audley Birch 2
Total 56
Hanover
District Pastor No. Baptized
Hopwell Christopher Harvey 20
Sandy Bay France Chambers 9
Chambers Pen Chadwick Cunningham 1
Lucea Norman Thompson 16
March Town Horace Locke 9
TOTAL 55
In as much as West Jamaica Conference would have baptized the most on the day of Pentecost and More, consistent with its performance since the inception of the programme, central Jamaica Conference of Seventh-day Adventist, came out ahead for the period January 1, to March 13, 2010, baptizing some eight hundred and three persons during the period, followed by West Jamaica conference with six hundred and seventy two. The break down for the period is as follows:
West Indies Union Total
January - March 12
East Jamaica Conference 483
Central Jamaica Conference 803
North Jamaica Conference 177
North East Mission 324
West Jamaica Conference 672
North Bahamas 29
Cayman Island 251
Bahamas Conference 95
Turks & Caicos 63
TOTAL 2897
The Seventh-day Adventist Church continues to emphasize this strong belief and conviction, that it is only when our nation have it right with Jesus, that it will be better for all. Thus the mission to take the saving message of Jesus to every person in every nation is paramount.
