Grad President of Middle East, North Africa Union

ick McEdward, the newly elected president of the Seventh-day Adventist Church’s Middle East and North Africa Union, remembers that as a teen he watched, fascinated, as streams of people disembarked from ships in the Saudi port of Jeddah for the annual hajj.

More recently, McEdward felt a sense of awe as he walked the bustling streets of Istanbul, Turkey, and stood high on a hill above the Adventist-owned Middle East University, gazing down at the sprawling metropolis of Beirut, Lebanon.

A single dilemma filled his thoughts: how could each of those people be reached with the love of Jesus.

“We have a burden to be a light that shares light. How are we going to be a light?” McEdward said Thursday in an interview. “We all need to know the glory and love of God in our lives, and I would love to see that displayed in a wonderful way here.”

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