June 2006 Archives
United States: Federal Court Rules For Sabbath-keeping Worker
A United States federal district court in Fayetteville, Arkansas, has ruled for a Seventh-day Adventist who sought accommodation for his Sabbath-keeping beliefs. The worker was awarded U.S. $311,166.75 in lost wages and punitive damages. It is believed to be one...…June 30
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World Church: Heather Knight, Veteran Educator, Named Andrews University Provost
Dr. Heather Knight, currently the associate provost for faculty development, diversity and special programs at the University of the Pacific in Stockton, California, will become Andrews University's provost in mid-August, Andrews president Neils-Erik Andreasen said.The position of provost was created...…June 28
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Our Story: Adventist Young Adults Launch 'London Live' to Reach Peers
The idea for London Live started with a few friends sitting at lunch. We spoke of the need for a community that is passionate, challenging to us as Christians and one that connects young London professionals in a post-modern society....…June 27
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World Church: Seventh-day Adventists Plan Global Tobacco Summit
Four million people die worldwide from smoking-related diseases each year--440,000 in the United States alone--according to the World Health Organization (WHO). A recent WHO projection indicates the global tally will top 10 million by the year 2030. Despite aggressive, decades-long...…June 26
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United States: Prayer Cited As Reason For Problem-Free Large-Scale Cement Pour
It was supposed to take 26 hours. They had planned and prayed that everything would go right. After all, they closed down miles and miles of highway to make way for 1,400 trucks carrying enough cement to cover a football...…June 26
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Nicaragua: Adventist College Community Fund Home
Just in time for the rainy season, 20 families--including Maria Luna's--moved into new, water-tight homes in Empalme de Boaco, Nicaragua on May 30. Luna and her two sons moved into a home funded by faculty, staff and students thousands of...…June 22
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Brazil: Religious Liberty Event Draws 32,000 Live; Hundreds of Thousands Online
On a warm Saturday afternoon, 32,000 "Paulistanos," as residents of this 10.9 million population city are known, assembled for an important purpose: to learn about and promote religious freedom. Although the crowd was far greater than the Ibirapuera Gymnasium could...…June 22
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Mongolia: New Shelter For Victims of Domestic Violence ... Since April 10, victims of domestic violence in Selenge, Mongolia now have a safe place to go. The Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) has opened a shelter for victims of...…June 20
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Britain: Nation Honors Former Humanitarian Leader With Major Award
Seventh-day Adventist Pastor John Arthur, recently retired after 45 years of denominational service which included 11 years as executive director of the Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA), has been given his country's top honor for public service, the Order...…June 20
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Nepal: Adventists Welcome Secular State Declaration
Seventh-day Adventists in the Himalayan nation of Nepal are among those welcoming a recent series of reforms, including the designation of the country as a "secular" state. Previously, Hinduism had been the religion of Nepal.The changes followed what one media...…June 19
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Kenya: 30,000 Adventists Join in Thanksgiving for Rain
Nairobi's Uhuru (Freedom) Park resounded June 17 with prayers of thanksgiving for rain that recently ended a three-month drought in Kenya. The drought resulted in the deaths of numerous people and animals, and caused heavy crop losses.Pastor Geoffrey Mbwana, leader...…June 19
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Australia: Weet-Bix Breakfast Cereal Kicks Off Soccer Star's Success
When 26-year-old Australian Socceroo midfielder Tim Cahill scored two of his team's three eleventh-hour goals during their June 12th World Cup match with Japan, next-morning's newspaper advertisements heralded "Of Course He Ate His Weet-Bix!," trumpeting Cahill's endorsement of Australia's number...…June 19
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Kenya: Center Protects Young Girls from Early Marriage, Abuse
Most people agree that 12-year-old girls are still children and should get an opportunity to live as such. But often poverty and some local traditions force even 12-year-olds into premature adulthood. Let's look at Selina* for example. Before she was...…June 13
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Philippines: ADRA Responds to Flood and Mudslide Survivors ... In response to a massive mudslide that blasted the Southeastern region of the Philippines in mid-May, flooding six provinces and displacing over 20,000 families in Northern Mindanao's Agusan del Norte alone,...…June 13
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Mozambique: Faith Groups Join Malaria Eradication Campaign
Malaria, a mosquito-borne illness, reportedly kills one person in Africa every 30 seconds. Seventh-day Adventist leaders at the church's world headquarters and in Mozambique have joined other faith groups to eliminate the disease in Mozambique. In Mozambique, a former Portuguese...…June 09
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World Church: Adventist Missiologist Joins Edinburgh 2010 Planning Group
The year was 1910. The place was Edinburgh, Scotland. The subject was missions."Edinburgh 1910," as the event is now known, was the first worldwide missionary conference representing most denominations. That groundbreaking conference led to the formation of several international missionary...…June 08
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Zambia: ADRA Projects Improve Quality of Life for Residents
The quality of life is improving for residents of the Zambian communities of Simalama and Kabwe. The Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) has found ways to bring practical help there. One is through an improvement project for its Life...…June 07
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Africa: Adventists Call for End to Discrimination Against People with HIV, AIDS
On June 5, 1981--25 years ago this week--the world became aware of a new disease, AIDS. Since then 25 million people around the world have died from the disease and today there are 40 million men, women and children living...…June 06
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ANNOUNCEMENT: Materials from the General Conference Commission on Ministries, Services and Structures are being made available online at the church's Web site -- www.adventist.org. You can access a special Commission page at: http://www.adventist.org/commission/Indonesia: Medical Care Reaching Remote Villages in Indonesia...…June 06
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Ghana: Adventist University Graduates Class, Gains Own 'Diploma' From Ghana's President
On the day Valley View University handed out diplomas to its 2006 graduating class of 149 students, the Seventh-day Adventist-owned tertiary institution in Accra, Ghana, received a "diploma" of its own: a "charter certificate" from Ghana's government that allows it...…June 05
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United States: Korean Congregation's Office Vandalized; Police Investigate Hate Crime
Words of hatred greeted Pastor Sung Ho Jang on the morning of May 26. "God Hates Asians" were some of the words dabbed in ink on the carpet of the Orlando Central Korean Seventh-day Adventist Church, along with an obscene...…June 01
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Brazil: More than 2,000 Pathfinders Participate in Online São Paulo Camporee
"I like to go camping, sleeping in a tent, participating in activities with my friends," said Brenda Raíssa, a 13-year-old member of the Órion Pathfinders Club describing a typical Pathfinder camporee experience. Pathfinders are an Adventist youth group. Recently though...…June 01
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