The issue of whether young people have a say in selecting top leaders for the Seventh-day Adventist Church was put to rest during the Fourth (Third Quinquennial) Session of the Jamaica Union Conference of Seventh-day Adventists.
Twenty-two-year-old Gabrielle Morrison was one of the youngest delegates to participate in the session, which was held at the Mandeville Seventh-day Adventist Church in Manchester on February 17-18, under the theme ‘Living the Mission’.
Morrison’s journey as a member of the Adventist Church in Jamaica started at age six when she felt a tug at her heart to become more active for Jesus during an Evangelistic Campaign she attended. But where should she start? She asked her parents, Georgia and Elder Denzil Morrison, for advice.
“My parents said, ‘If you want to be more involved, commit your life to the Lord’. They explained what baptism is about, and I decided I wanted to do it. I found my white dress, and the next Sabbath, I was ready,” she shared.