April 2005 Archives
Europe: Church President Encourages Adventist Youth to 'Become Owners, Take Responsibility' in Church
Young adults in the Seventh-day Adventist Church must "become owners, take responsibility ... in your church, in your congregation," Pastor Jan Paulsen, world church president, told a multi-national audience of European Adventist students during a live broadcast April 26. The...April 26
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World Church: LLU Medical Center Changes Lives Worldwide, CEO Says
Although widely known in Seventh-day Adventist Church circles as the flagship denominational healthcare institution, many church members may not know how far-reaching the influence of Loma Linda University Medical Center (LLUMC) actually is, Ruthita Fike, its chief executive officer of...April 26
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ANN Feature: Bringing Peacemaking to the Pews
Christians have a duty to work to promote peace, six women behind Adventist Women for Peace (AWP) say. The women, Victoria Bresee, Gillian Geraty, Ginger Hanks-Harwood, Lourdes Morales-Gudmundsson, Iris Landa, and Marta Teel, all members of the Seventh-day Adventist church,...April 26
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United States: Fire At Southern Adventist University Claims One Student, Injures Two Others
A 3:30 a.m. fire in a women's residence hall at Southern Adventist University claimed the life of a 20-year-old female student and sent two others to a local hospital Tuesday, April 26.Kelly Weimer, a junior English major from Woodridge, Illinois,...April 26
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World Church President To Talk With European University Students
All topics will be open for discussion when Seventh-day Adventist world church president, Pastor Jan Paulsen, meets with Adventist students from more than 10 European countries April 26 in Darmstadt, Germany. "Let's Talk...Europe," to be broadcast live by satellite across...April 19
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ANN Feature: A Caring Church -- What Does it Take to Make a Church Feel Like a Family?
Have you ever attended a church service and could hardly wait to return? While the message may have been inspiring, it probably helped that someone greeted you with a big smile, another person invited you to a Bible study and...April 19
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World Church: Elijah Project Involves Thousands of Young People in Ministry
Rising to the challenge of involving more young people in the mission of the Seventh-day Adventist Church, the church's world headquarters and Adventist-laymen's Services and Industries (ASI) are partnering in a global youth witnessing initiative that, so far, has the...April 19
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World Church: Standing Commission to Examine Headquarters Ministries, Services
World leaders of the Seventh-day Adventist Church April 13 received a report advocating reorganization of several world church departments, and voted to pass that report on to a new standing commission that will evaluate church operations in the five-year period...April 14
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World Church: Plan to Distribute Ellen White Books to Every Adventist Family
Leaders of the Seventh-day Adventist Church unanimously voted April 14 to put into action a plan to distribute globally 2 million copies of books written by Ellen G. White, one of the church's founders. Almost immediately, Dr. Robert O. Ford,...April 14
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World Church: Spring Meeting Opens With Mission, Financial Reports
"There seems to be a new stirring in parts of the world not previously open to evangelism," declared Pastor Mark Finley, director of global evangelism for the Seventh-day Adventist world church. "We see in some of the most difficult places...April 13
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World Church: Leaders, Missiologists Discuss Issues Relative to Frontline Mission Work
In a world of six billion people -- including 25 million who attend weekly Seventh-day Adventist Church worship services -- it's known that there are other Christian groups who observe the Sabbath, or Saturday, as their day of worship. A...April 12
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ANN Feature: 'Next Adventism' Subject of Lecture, Discussion at Columbia Union College
Future prospects for the Seventh-day Adventist Church in what is called the "global South" may be very good, said Philip Jenkins, author and distinguished professor of religion and history at Pennsylvania State University in Pennsylvania, United States. That's because parts...April 12
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Health Study Searches for Link Between Diet and Cancer
Lydia Newton from Arizona belongs to a small but growing club. At age 112, she is one of an estimated 180,000 people around the world who are a hundred years and older. Newton is also one of the 26 centenarians...April 12
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Eritrea: Adventist Church Welcomes Developments Toward Registration
A positive comment on the process of church registration, made by the head of the Eritrean Mission to the United Nations in Geneva, brought a welcome from the U.N. representative of the Seventh-day Adventist Church."Only four have duly registered and,...April 11
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United States: Released Marine Hopes for Appeal and Prepares for College
Joel David Klimkewicz is a United States Marine whose decision not to pick up a weapon, led to a court-martial, conviction and a seven-month jail sentence. He was released from jail at nearby Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, United States, on...April 11
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United Nations' Kofi Annan Calls for Better Treatment of Human Rights
United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan called for major changes to the way human rights are investigated and applied, saying the current U.N. Commission on Human Rights has been "undermined by the politicization of its sessions," and its "declining credibility...April 08
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United States: Senator Clinton Lauds Adventists on Religious Freedom Issues
"Religious liberty is one of the most important issues on the world's agenda today," said United States Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton of New York, who made the case for both freedom of religion and the right not to choose one,...April 08
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World Church: 'Hope For Big Cities' Offering Targets Urban Evangelism
Fifty-five of the world's largest cities will see gospel outreach programs funded in part by three major offering collections in Seventh-day Adventist congregations worldwide. Donations will support "Hope For Big Cities," a worldwide urban outreach by the Adventist Church, with...April 07
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Sudan: Abducted ADRA Workers Released
Silver Spring, Maryland, United States [ADRA/ANN Staff] ... Three workers employed by the Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) who were abducted on Dec. 16, 2004, on their way to West Darfur, Sudan, have been released and are safely back...April 05
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Philippines: Adventist Church Gets Postal Stamp of Approval With Commemorative Issue
Joining the ranks of approximately two dozen entities, the Republic of the Philippines has released a postal commemoration of the Seventh-day Adventist Church's 100 years in the country.The stamp depicts "God watches over Manila," a painting rendered by O.T. Navarra...April 05
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East Indonesia: Make Public Know We Exist, Adventist Leader Says
Facing a media climate in which Seventh-day Adventists are not widely known, church communicators from Indonesia and Southeast Asia were challenged "to change the picture and make the public know that we exist," a church leader said this week.Pastor Bobby...April 05
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Church Members and Leaders Essential for Successful Evangelistic Meetings, Evangelist Says
With the close of its satellite evangelism series in Kiev, Ukraine, the Seventh-day Adventist Church has completed a satellite evangelism series throughout its 13 global church regions. Mark Finley, speaker/director emeritus of "It Is Written," an Adventist television ministry, and...April 05
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News Briefs
Nigeria: Armed Robbers Break into Adventist Church CompoundLagos, Nigeria ... [ANN Staff] Armed robbers carrying machetes invaded the headquarters of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Lagos, Nigeria on March 21.Overpowering three security guards, they stole money from cashier offices, laptops,...April 05
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United States: Adventist Marine, Jailed Over Non-Combatant Request, Released From Brig Early
Marine Private Joel David Klimkewicz, court-martialed in December 2004 in a dispute over his request for non-combatant status, will be released from a jail at the U.S. Marine Corps base at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, today, Adventist church attorney Mitchell...April 05
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