August 2005 Archives
United States: Adventists Aid Hurricane Survivors
Hurricane Katrina's devastating effects can be seen in the flooded streets and homes of Louisiana, Alabama and Mississippi as residents try to recover from one of the worse hurricanes ever to hit the United States. The driving 165-mph winds and...August 31
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Solomon Islands: Archipelago Residents Seek Adventist School, Church
After long resisting Seventh-day Adventist efforts to establish a church on the Shortland Islands, part of the Solomon Islands, residents are now welcoming an Adventist church and school. Jones Jama, a Seventh-day Adventist pastor has spent the last eight years...August 30
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Peru: Lake Titicaca Floating Church Nears Completion
In just a few months from, prayers, songs, sermons and community activities will take place in a new church building nestled in the midst of the world's highest navigable lake. Its construction is the realization of a decades-old dream.The new...August 30
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Also In The News
* Young people from all over the South Pacific will talk with Pastor Jan Paulsen, president of the Seventh-day Adventist world church, on Sept. 5. The program, "Let's Talk ... South Pacific," is fifth in a series of live, unscripted,...August 30
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Friends We Met in Kenya: Volunteers Tell Personal Stories
Charity Kawira Echenga, by Patricia PinkneyI was working with the children's program where Charity was the interpreter. We seemed to bond right away. The more we talked, she touched my heart in such a way that I wanted to do...August 29
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Kenya: Mission Encounters in a Land of Red Dirt
In a remote, Northeastern corner of Kenya, a visiting group of volunteers left an unfinished building project, but plenty of completed visions and 80 new lives in Christ.The 30 visitors came from the Filipino Capitol and Breath of Life Seventh-day...August 29
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World Church: Paulsen, in Adventist World interview, Calls for 'Church of the Open Door
Pastor Jan Paulsen, world president of the Seventh-day Adventist Church, recently gave an interview to the new Adventist World magazine (see ANN, Aug. 17, 2005) in which he said he wants the church to be known as the "church of...August 29
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* Southern Adventist University in Collegedale, Tennessee, is ranked one of the "Best Comprehensive Colleges -- Bachelor's" in the South by the U.S. News & World Report's 2006 edition of America's Best Colleges. Parents and prospective students primarily use the...August 23
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Chad: Medical Missionaries Confront the Extremes
If you go to the hospital, you'll die. That's what many in the Béré region believe because, as Dr. James Appel explains, they go to the witchdoctor or "nurse" in their neighborhood who "treat" people out of a house, or...August 23
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World Church: New 'Seventh-day Adventists Believe' Book Published
Six weeks after world church leaders voted a new fundamental belief statement, Seventh-day Adventists can now consult a 446-page reference volume offering a deeper explanation of what Adventist Christians believe, and why. The new paperbound volume, titled "Seventh-day Adventists Believe:...August 22
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World Church: 'Adventist World' Magazine Nears Launch
The "Adventist World," the international paper for Seventh-day Adventists, will launch in September, Dr. William G. Johnsson, Adventist World editor, said in an interview. The initial print run is for at least 1 million copies in English, with additional copies...August 17
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United Kingdom: Ghanaian Adventists Break Ground for £3 Million Church
What began as a small group of worshippers in the 1970s has grown to include more than 1,000 Ghanaian Seventh-day Adventists in Britain. There are now four congregations in London alone. And when families grow, new homes are often needed:...August 16
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Europe: German, Austrian Churches Apologize for Holocaust Actions
Noting the 60th anniversary of the end of World War II, Seventh-day Adventist church leaders in Germany and Austria have released a declaration saying they "deeply regret" any participation in or support of Nazi activities during the war. The church...August 16
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Adventist Musician Wins Praise for Gospel Composition
Alexander Douglas admits that he started out writing a middle of the road, uninspiring piece for one of London's premiere music festivals. He was one of four musicians commissioned to write a major original piece for the 10th anniversary of...August 16
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Also in the News
*Fanja Michel Rakotomanana, 40, chief technical advisor for the Food Security project for the Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) office in Madagascar, was killed Aug. 10 when his motorcycle collided with an unlit parked truck. The ADRA Madagascar staff...August 16
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ADRA Crisis Team Arrives in Niger
Assessment of the food shortage crisis in Niger is underway by the Adventist Development and Relief Agency's (ADRA) crisis assessment team, which arrived there Aug. 5. ADRA's assessment follows a mid-July United Nations report that found some 2.5 million people...August 09
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The Pseudo-Parent and a Media Baby
Lights, camera, God? Welcome to Paul Kim's world. Meet the former youth pastor who made the radical decision to switch gears and go back to school to study film and television. "This is what I was born to do. This...August 09
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News Briefs
Japan: ADRA Funds Surgeries for Children with Cleft Lips/PaletteTokyo, Japan [Song Sung Sub/ANN] ... The Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) Japan recently received 3.4 Million Yen (U.S. $31,100) in International Voluntary Aid funds from Japan Post for helping children...August 09
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Ukraine: Mayor, City Council Ask ADRA's Help in School Repair
Following a request from the city council and mayor of Mukachevo, Ukraine, the Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) began repairs July 25 on a schoolhouse that was badly damaged during hurricane in May."This kindergarten is one of the most...August 05
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World Church: Sydney is Next Stop For 'Let's Talk' Live TV Event
To Seventh-day Adventist young people worldwide who wonder if the church is really listening to them, world church president, Pastor Jan Paulsen, says, "Yes." On Sept. 5 Paulsen will continue a two-year series of conversations with young people. The program,...August 02
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ANN Feature: Student-led Churches Grow on Public Campuses in Kenya
On a typical Saturday morning in the East Central African country of Kenya, more than half a million people gather in Seventh-day Adventist churches all over the country for worship and fellowship. On many of these mornings last year, 25-year-old...August 02
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Sudan: Adventist Students Stranded as Rioters Move Through Khartoum
Intense rioting and looting broke out in Khartoum, Sudan, after Monday's official announcement that the country's vice president, John Garang, had been killed in a helicopter crash. "I've been in contact with both the church's regional office in Khartoum and...August 02
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Tajikistan: ADRA Aids Flood Survivors
Emergency relief aid is reaching 2,300 people affected by flooding in the Panjakent and Hamadoni regions of Tajikistan.From July 10 to July 17, the Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) delivered emergency aid to 215 families in Panjakent, providing 22...August 02
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World Church: Vice Presidents Assume Wide-Range of Roles
Leaders at the world headquarters of the Seventh-day Adventist Church have a special challenge: think globally, but also work to serve the interests of the church's fast growing membership. A faith community of 25 million, Adventists live and worship in...August 02
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North America: Paradise Academy Teacher Wins National Recognition for Excellence
David Vixie, an 8th-grade humanities teacher at Paradise Adventist Academy in Paradise, California, was named the 2005 Teacher of the Year at the annual Disney Teacher Awards. He was recognized from more than 50,000 nominees nationwide for his exceptional creativity,...August 02
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World Church: 'Journey of Hope' New Quinquennial Theme
"Hope is not an intellectual exercise for me, or an academic topic; it is the essence of life for me," Seventh-day Adventist theologian Dr. Angel Manuel Rodriguez told Adventist News Network, describing the new theme for the 2005 to 2010...August 01
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