September 2005 Archives
Baltics: Pastors, Church Workers Gain University Degrees
After more than a decade of study, 10 Seventh-day Adventist pastors and church workers recently received their bachelor of arts degrees in religion at a ceremony in Riga, Latvia.The degrees were awarded by Griggs University, a church-owned and nationally accredited...September 27
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Colombia: Adventists Take to the Streets Against Illicit Drugs
As part of a major effort to combat the spread of illicit drugs, Seventh-day Adventists in Magangué, Bolivar, a town of 100,000 off the coast of Colombia, joined the local government in an active education campaign. A major weapon in...September 27
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Hurricane Help -- The Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) has committed U.S.$1 million to Katrina relief and is continuing to raise money for the disaster area. ADRA is partnering with Adventist Community Services, the church's relief network for North...September 27
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Governments, Churches, Individuals Can Help Make Poverty History
When you have a decent place to live, a nice job, food to eat and clean water to drink every day, poverty may not be something you think about. But for billions of people across the globe, poverty is a...September 21
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Romania: State, Church Leaders Meet on Religious Liberty
As Romania considers religious freedom laws that would affect the lives of its 22 million citizens, leaders of various Orthodox and Protestant churches, government representatives and overseas participants came together Sept. 12 to 13 for a seminar on "Religious Liberty...September 20
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World Issues: Giving Peace a Chance in a World of Strife
In an often brutal world, one in which wars abound and chaos is everywhere, peace may be hard to find. But Seventh-day Adventists have a duty to promote peace, says Doug Morgan who, along with Ronald Osborn, began the Adventist...September 20
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North America: Technology Use Tracks Adventist Innovations, Report Finds
America's churches are adopting technology in ways that echo years-long efforts by Seventh-day Adventist congregations, a report by the Barna Group, a research firm based in Ventura, California, United States, finds.Although the Barna study did not directly compare other Protestant...September 20
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Middle East: Church Regional Office to Return to Lebanon Next Year
In a notable decision, the executive committee of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in the Middle East Region has voted to move its headquarters from Cyprus to Lebanon, as soon as practical in 2006. The move will reverse a step taken...September 20
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* Walla Walla College, a Seventh-day Adventist university in Walla Walla, Washington, is offering a limited number of tuition-free spaces to students in Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama displaced by Hurricane Katrina. Late enrollment for the autumn quarter is available until...September 20
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World Issues: Global Poverty, A View From the Trenches
They are in the trenches every day feeding, clothing, teaching, empowering and fighting diseases. They are the ones that the world's governments and world bodies depend on to carry out plans that help make the world a better place. They...September 16
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Christians Call for Partnership Against Poverty
Churches and governments must pursue partnerships to eradicate extreme poverty if the Millennium Declaration of 2000 is to meet its 2015 deadline, faith leaders who met at a two-day summit at the Washington National Cathedral, said in a communiqué. Religious...September 14
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Jamaica: Adventists Commit Church Resources to Stop Violence
Two years ago, Pastor Glen O. Samuels was sitting in his car outside the home of a colleague when he found a gun pointed at his face. The man holding the gun was a well-known gang leader in the area....September 13
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United States: Adventist Churches, Schools Begin to Tally Hurricane Damage as Relief Efforts Continue
As relief in the hurricane and flood-damaged Gulf Coast region of the Southern United States continues, Seventh-day Adventists are also surveying churches and schools that have been damaged by Hurricane Katrina.Students from Southern Adventist University (SAU) in Collegedale, Tennessee, are...September 13
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Collegiate Quarterly Ventures Out of Sight, Into Sound
For the Collegiate Quarterly (CQ), communicating in print isn't enough. This Bible study guide for young adults has ventured into the world of sound by compiling a CD, called "KaleidosCQpe," featuring Seventh-day Adventist musicians.The "music styling is targeted to any...September 13
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Poland: Music Lovers Unite
How does the Adventist Church maximize the potential of the power of music in ministry? This question, and others, were addressed during a recent conference on music, with more than 150 Adventist professional musicians and Christian music lovers from all...September 13
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Pakistan -- In August, the Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) distributed relief aid to flood survivors in the province of Punjab in Pakistan. At the request of the local government, ADRA also distributed aid in Layyah, one of the...September 13
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World Church: Hope Channel to Air Katrina Relief Television Special
Thousands of Seventh-day Adventists, their churches and institutions are among the millions of people suffering in the Gulf Coast region of the United States following Hurricane Katrina. The storm's effect on the church and its members in the area is...September 09
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United States: 'Kare Katrina' Team Provides Relief to Hurricane Victims
Four days after a devastating hurricane slammed into the Southern gulf coast of the United States, more than 100 students, faculty, and staff from Andrews University, a Seventh-day Adventist institution in Berrien Springs, Michigan, arrived in the area to help...September 06
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World Church: Youth, Women 'Needed' in Church Life, Ministry, Paulsen Says
Young adults and women are needed in the life and ministry of the Seventh-day Adventist Church, said Pastor Jan Paulsen, world church president, during the fifth global "Let's Talk" telecast, which originated from Sydney on Sept. 5, adding the words...September 06
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World Church: Internet Forum Discusses Importance of Personal Touch in Outreach
"God has always used people to reach people. The Internet will continue to grow, but it is not a substitute for personal evangelism. A [Holy] Spirit-filled people will reach the world," said Pastor Mark Finley, a general vice president at...September 06
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Church Growth: It's Not Rocket Science After All
A local Adventist church near Washington, D.C. is ranked as one of the healthiest congregations in America, according to Natural Church Development (NCD), a church growth organization that has built a network of partners in 70 countries and has done...September 06
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