ÉGLISE ADVENTISTE: Gilbert Cangy animateur d’un rassemblement dimanche

Le pasteur Gilbert Cangy, premier Mauricien à occuper une fonction au niveau de la Conférence Générale de l’Église adventiste, soit sa plus haute instance administrative, sera le principal animateur d’un rassemblement de la jeunesse adventiste de Maurice samedi à la Full Gospel Church of God à Bell-Village.
Dans la matinée, les jeunes auront droit à un service de culte, de 9 h à midi, et une réunion spéciale dans l’après-midi, de 14 h 30 à 17 h 30. La veille, soit le vendredi 20, le pasteur Gilbert Cangy animera une réunion spirituelle à l’église adventiste de Chemin-Grenier.
Le pasteur Gilbert Cangy, né de parents mauriciens aux Seychelles, a grandi à Maurice avec ses six frères et soeurs. Il a été nommé directeur du département de la Jeunesse Adventiste à la Conférence Générale lors de l’assemblée administrative de cette instance en juin 2010. Le diocèse adventiste de Maurice a fait parvenir le communiqué suivant sur le jeune Pasteur :
« Gilbert was born of missionary parents in the Seychelles Islands. He grew up in Mauritius with his six brothers and sisters and joined the Merchant Navy as a cadet officer after his high school years. He gave his heart to Jesus while still at sea in December 1975 and came back home to Mauritius where he got involved in his local church as the youth leader. Gilbert followed his childhood sweetheart Rosemay to Australia in 1981 where they were married. They have two children : Joel (25) and Emilie (20).
Gilbert graduated from Avondale College in 1987 and pastored in the state of Victoria for six years before being called to be Youth Director in Sydney in 1993. In 1999, he was appointed as the Director for Youth Ministries for the South Pacific Division. In 2009, he asked for a change to pastor a local church in Sydney, from where he was called to be the General Conference Youth Director in 2010. Gilbert obtained a Masters in Youth Ministry from La Sierra University in 1997 and is currently working on a Doctoral program.
He has an interest in all sports, particularly soccer, and loves music. His dream is to see youth take hold of the mission of the church and stand up as a global movement for Jesus to bring hope and meaning to our hopeless world.
One of Gilbert’s favorite Bible verses is “And don’t let anyone put you down because you’re young. Teach believers with your life : by word, by demeanors, by love, by faith, by integrity” ».