He is thy praise, and he is thy God,
Deuternomy 10:21
"As the traditional churches continue to witness a decline in the number of Jamaicans sitting in their pews, the Pentecostal, Seventh-day Adventist and various Church of God groupings are seeing a steady increase in worshippers.
The recently released Population and Housing Census 2011 revealed that a multitude of Christian believers are flocking to the 'non-traditional churches'.http://www.facebook.com/PenwoodSDA |
However, despite the ground gained by the Pentecostals, the Seventh-day Adventist Church retained its rank as the largest denomination in the country.
It moved from 281,353 affiliates in 2001 to 322,228 in 2011; an increase of 14.53 per cent.
Pastor Everett Brown, president of the Jamaica Union Conference of Seventh-day Adventists (SDA) said he was encouraged by the numbers because it showed that the preaching and teaching of his church has not been in vain." The Gleaner-Jamaica