June 2005 Archives
World Church: Paulsen Emphasizes Member Ownership of Church, Youth Involvement
"Do not define the church as something other than yourselves; that would be a mistake," Pastor Jan Paulsen declared to the opening-night assembly of the Seventh-day Adventist Church's 58th General Conference Session. The quinquennial business meeting began today in St....June 30
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The Nominating Committee and the Long Walk
The rows of tables seat 196 committee members. There are electronic voting pads. There are video projectors and big screens. Technology abounds in a room that will be busy for the next 10 days. This is where the Nominating Committee...June 30
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World Church: Business Session Opens with Welcome, Remembrance
An auditorium of delegates commenced the 58th General Conference Session of the Seventh-day Adventist Church on the afternoon of June 30, praying for God's guidance, remembering fallen colleagues, as well as recognizing and recording establishment or reorganization of the church's...June 30
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New Administrative Regions Reflect Growing Church
The first major item of business conducted at the 58th Session of the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists on Thursday afternoon June 30 was the acceptance of three new divisions, or world church regions, all of which are in Africa,...June 30
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World Church: Ghanaian Delegates and Guests Arrival Delayed
About 38 of the 60 delegates and guests from the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Ghana will be late arriving at the church's quinquennial meetings in St. Louis, Missouri. The small band was to be a part of the 2,000-member delegation...June 30
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Dedicated Worship Integral to Business of the Adventist Church
They will attend to business -- lots of it. The 10-day meeting of the worldwide Adventist Church, which happens once every five years, covers a multitude of tasks, including choosing who will lead the church in the coming five years....June 30
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World Session: Adventist Church Prays for God's Guidance
It should come as no surprise that the Seventh-day Adventist Church, a Christian organization, consults the Lord before it makes any decision. But today as the group prepared to spend 10 days making decisions that range from electing church officers...June 29
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World Session: Adventists Challenge the World to Stop Devastating Poverty
It takes more than words to make a difference in the lives of the 840 million people who go to bed hungry each night. It takes action, it takes protest. And that is just what the Adventist Development and Relief...June 29
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World Church: Session A Celebration of Faith, Diversity, Paulsen Says
"It's important that we have time to worship together and to celebrate the incredible diversity of the church," Pastor Jan Paulsen, president of the Seventh-day Adventist world church, told local media at a June 29 news conference kicking off the...June 29
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World Session: Delegates Have Varied Expectations
Several delegates attending the 58th General Conference Session of the Seventh-day Adventist Church - the world movement's quinquennial business meeting - come with high hopes and varied expectations.A thoroughly random and non-scientific canvas of the delegates reveals they are talking...June 29
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Record Number of British Adventists to Attend GC Session
Seeking fellowship, networking opportunities and a glimpse of how the world church works, a record number of Seventh-day Adventists from Britain, will join thousands of other members at the church's quinquennial business meetings in St. Louis, Missouri this week. Several...June 29
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High-level Conference Inaugurates Religious Freedom Institute at Andrews University
Under the theme of "Religious Liberty: Last-days Outreach," religious liberty leaders and experts met at the Andrews University -- a higher education institution of the Seventh-day Adventist Church -- to inaugurate the new International Religious Liberty Institute.The June 26 and...June 28
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Record Number of British Adventists to Attend Business Meetings
Seeking fellowship, networking opportunities and a glimpse of how the world church works, a record number of Seventh-day Adventists from Britain, will join thousands of other members at the church's quinquennial business meetings in St. Louis, Missouri this week. Several...June 28
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News Brief: ADRA Assists Uzbek Refugees in Kyrgyzstan
The Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) became one of the first humanitarian agencies to provide emergency supplies to 530 Uzbek refugees in Kyrgyzstan. They fled to Kyrgyzstan after violence broke out in the city of Andijan, Uzbekistan, on May...June 27
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Korea: New Church for Teenagers in Toegyewon
A newly-organized church designed for young people -- the first of its kind in South Korea -- is attracting teenagers to the Toegyewon Seventh-day Adventist Church, 6 miles (10 kilometers) Northeast of Seoul, the nation's capital. The church structure is...June 27
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Boonstra Takes Helm of the Ministry that Led Him to the Church
Shawn Boonstra could not have known many years ago as a child when he was watching It Is Written on an old television set with his brother that one day he would take the helm of the international television ministry....June 27
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Sweden: Church at 125 years Commits to Evangelism
Swedish Seventh-day Adventists celebrated the 125th anniversary of the church's organization in their country with a five-day business meeting and spiritual session. The event was held in Ekebyholm, Sweden, and focused on ways to share the gospel story with yet...June 27
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Advertising: Session Message Beamed to St. Louis Area
With as many as 70,000 Adventists and friends expected in St. Louis during the 58th world church business session, the Seventh-day Adventist Church is explaining the sudden influx to the local community.A series of billboards, television, radio and newspaper advertisements...June 23
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World Church: Book of Essays, Dinner, Honor Retiring Church Statesman
Paying tribute to decades of interfaith effort, friends and leaders of the Seventh-day Adventist Church and others gathered at the church's world headquarters June 16 to honor Dr. Bert B. Beach, director of inter-church relations for the movement."Building Bridges of...June 21
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Business Sessions to Take a 'Creative' Approach to Pressing Challenges
The upcoming world Session of the Seventh-day Adventist Church, June 30 to July 9, will focus not just on business items, but will also creatively look at how to answer several pressing issues for the nearly 14 million-strong movement.These issues...June 21
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Netherlands: Church Members Save for Decades to Purchase Church Building
After standing empty for two years a former Roman Catholic church in Zeeland Province, Netherlands will be transformed into a Seventh-day Adventist congregation's home. Before the June 15 purchase, the 100 members of the Adventist church in Zeeland were the...June 21
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Yemen: ADRA Works to Stamp Out Polio
Nearly 80,000 children under the age of five in Yemen will never know the ruthlessness of polio thanks to a vaccination campaign led by the Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) in that country. The disease, which mostly affects young...June 21
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News Briefs
Britain: Church President Says Religious Hatred Bill May Affect Religious FreedomA bill to outlaw 'Incitement to Religious Hatred' in Britain may affect freedom of speech among religions, says Cecil Perry, president of the Adventist Church in Britain. The bill was...June 21
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South Pacific: Adventist Church Addresses HIV/AIDS Crisis
"HIV/AIDS in Papua New Guinea is no longer a problem, but a crisis," said Gad Koito, director of health ministries for the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Papua New Guinea (PNG), quoting that nation's minister for health. "And as a church,...June 15
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Session Agenda Looks at New Directions; Nurturing Growing Church
Continued growth in Seventh-day Adventist church membership worldwide will top the agenda of the church's world session in St. Louis, Missouri this summer. Delegates will address the challenge of church life and growth management in the worldwide church. The 2,000...June 14
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Philippines: Government and Adventists in Healthy Lifestyle Festival
Bringing better health to Central Philippines was the goal of a recent collaboration between Seventh-day Adventists and the Philippines government's Department of Health. The two-day "Healthy Lifestyle Festival" brought more than 2,000 participants to the campus of East Visayan Academy...June 14
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ADRA Shares Successful Development Programs at Global Health Council
They came from Togo, Guinea, Yemen, Nepal and Cambodia to the annual Global Health Council (GHC) conference in Washington, D.C. to share with a worldwide group their work in family planning, empowering women, child health projects and health care programs....June 14
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United States: Pacific Press Taps Galusha as President, Succeeding Bob Kyte
A 10-year veteran sales executive will become president of the Pacific Press Publishing Association, a Seventh-day Adventist publishing house, on Aug. 11.Dale Galusha, currently vice president of sales and ministries, will succeed Robert Kyte, a 25-year veteran of Pacific Press...June 14
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News in Brief: Adventist Journal Wins Award
The article was about a "cow bank" started by the Students in Free Enterprise team at La Sierra University, in Riverside, California, who applied the free enterprise model to a social need. The project allowed residents of rural India, who...June 14
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Poland: Unique University-level Degrees Help Win Church Accreditation
Poland's only Seventh-day Adventist institution of higher education, the Polish College of Theology and Humanities (PCTH), will now be allowed to offer government recognized university-level degrees. The school, with a main campus in Podkowa Lesna, is also poised to join...June 09
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Religious Leaders Call for Reduction of Worldwide Hunger
Increasing worldwide hunger rates -- some 852 million people across the globe are going hungry, including nearly 6 million children who die each year from hunger-related causes -- are of great concern to religious leaders from various faith communities. Representatives...June 09
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Adventist Global Family to Meet in St. Louis, Missouri
The world Session of the Seventh-day Adventist Church will bring an international flavor to St. Louis, Missouri, the heart of the United States of America. The gathering will be representative of the 25 million-strong Adventist family from around the globe,...June 07
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Peru: More Than 30,000 Respond to 'Caravan of Hope'
The Seventh-day Adventist Church in Peru has experienced what can only be termed incredible growth during the first part of 2005, church leaders in the country say. More than 30,000 new members have joined the church as a result of...June 07
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Pitcairn: Adventist Pastor, Wife Find Paradise on Tiny Island
Michael and Anne Browning, a Seventh-day Adventist pastor and his wife, have made some changes recently. They've gone from an island that is roughly 26,300 square miles (63,118 square kilometers) to one that is two square miles (5.1 sq. km)....June 07
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Lebanon: Middle East University Perseveres, Plans Renewal
Following decades of civil war in Lebanon, Middle East University (MEU), which has spent nearly 60 years in a choice spot east of downtown Beirut, is planning a new era of service to a local, regional and overseas student body.While...June 07
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News in Brief
Venezuela: Auto Accident Claims Five Lives, One Left CriticalBarquisimeto, Venezuela ... [Libna Stevens/IAD] The Seventh-day Adventist Church in Venezuela and the Inter-America region mourns the loss of five of its members after a tragic automobile accident June 3. Three women...June 07
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