"The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has given a residence visa to a foreign Seventh-day Adventist Church employee, the first time that country or any nation in the denomination’s Gulf Field has offered the church such recognition.
The move follows the acceptance of the official registration of the church by the Ruler’s Court of Ras Al Khaimah, one of the seven emirates that make up the UAE.
Jessie Colegado, originally from the Philippines, became an official employee of the church in UAE upon receiving his visa on September 16.
Church officials said the new status will improve the church’s work in the region, both in allowing more flexibility and control over the procurement of visas for its workers and for importing religious supplies for use by members.
"This will make our work in the United Arab Emirates easier than it has been in the past,” said Homer Trecartin, president of the denomination’s Greater Middle East Union, based in Beirut, Lebanon." ANN
The move follows the acceptance of the official registration of the church by the Ruler’s Court of Ras Al Khaimah, one of the seven emirates that make up the UAE.
Church officials said the new status will improve the church’s work in the region, both in allowing more flexibility and control over the procurement of visas for its workers and for importing religious supplies for use by members.
"This will make our work in the United Arab Emirates easier than it has been in the past,” said Homer Trecartin, president of the denomination’s Greater Middle East Union, based in Beirut, Lebanon." ANN
And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness
unto all nations;
and then shall the end come.
Matthew 24:14
