October 2006 Archives
World Church: License Signed for netAdventist Name, Software
Creating a blend of global and local online communities for the Seventh-day Adventist Church will be facilitated by a new agreement signed October 27 between the church's General Conference and Three Angels Global Networking, or TAGnet, a lay-owned, supporting ministry.The...…October 31
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United Kingdom: Discrimination, The Law and The Christian
Christians are not free from discrimination and they should be prepared to withstand it, said Richard O'Dair, an employment and discrimination law specialist, at a recent meeting of Christian business professionals. O'Dair contributed to a breakfast panel of five discussing,...…October 31
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United States: Bass Memorial Academy Restored ... On October 14, some 14 months after the Seventh-day Adventist-owned Bass Memorial Academy in Lumberton, Mississippi took a major hit from Hurricane Katrina, students, staff, alumni, church members and friends gathered to offer...…October 31
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South America: Church Elects Youngest Regional President
At 38 years old, Pastor Erton Carlos Köhler is the youngest president ever to head the South American region of the Seventh-day Adventist Church.Members of the South American Division Executive Committee present when Pastor Köhler was nominated on Oct. 29...…October 31
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Chile: Adventist University Celebrates Centennial With Events, National Commemoration
Chilean Adventist University (Universidad Adventista de Chile, or UNACH), which began with nine students meeting on donated land, marked 100 years of service with celebrations and community events on October 20. Noting the milestone, Chile's postal corporation released three commemorative...…October 31
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Europe: Survey Questions Young Adventists on Family, Church, Society
What do young people in the Seventh-day Adventist church need to grow and maintain a close relationship with Christ? Adventists in Europe are hoping to find the answer through an extensive study that will mine the thoughts of young Adventists...…October 30
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Zimbabwe: Voice of Prophecy Bible School Graduates 25,000
"God can shock you with results," said Savie Maphosa, a Seventh-day Adventist church member who felt compelled to start handing out cards to her work colleagues for a free Bible study correspondence course offered by the Voice of Prophecy (VOP)...…October 30
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World Church: Adventist Lawyers Plan South African Meeting
Issues confronting Seventh-day Adventist lawyers in Africa and around the globe will headline a first-ever conference for church members who practice law to be held in Cape Town, South Africa on Feb. 26, 2007. The one-day session will precede the...…October 24
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Jamaica: 11 Adventists Receive National Awards ... Eleven Seventh-day Adventists--two church leaders and nine laypersons--received national awards during the ceremony of Investiture and Presentation of National Honours and Awards held on October 16, the day Jamaica recognizes its national heroes....…October 24
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North America: Florida Hospital to Support Habitat for Humanity Project in India
When someone mentions "Habitat for Humanity," the not-for-profit global home-building movement, you might imagine a flurry of hammers and nails. Suitcases filled with syringes and stethoscopes are likely far from your mind.But medical supplies are exactly what 21 Florida Hospital...…October 24
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United Kingdom: Adventists Seek Greater Faith Guarantees After Meeting Tory Leader
The president of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Britain and Ireland, Pastor Don McFarlane, has called on David Cameron, leader of the nation's Conservative Party, to help ensure greater freedom for Christians to express themselves publicly and speak in harmony...…October 24
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United Kingdom: Adventist Schools Lead in Multifaith Enrollments
The British government is proposing new religious-based schools that receive government funding will have to make at least 25 percent of their admissions available to "non-believing" students. Seventh-day Adventist educators say they have always welcomed pupils of all faiths.Education Secretary...…October 19
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Iraq: Christians Fleeing Country in War's Wake
Civil unrest in Iraq--home to the cities of Nineveh, ancient Babylon, Ur of the Chaldees, and even the Biblical Garden of Eden--is taking a toll on the already-small Christian community. Many who can leave the country, including Seventh-day Adventist Christians,...…October 18
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World Church: Adventist Leadership 'About Giving, Not Getting,' Elected Women Say
"It used to be that even if you were qualified for a top position in the church as a woman you would not be considered at all," says Daisy Orion, an associate treasurer for the Seventh-day Adventist world church. Not...…October 17
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Rwanda: Church Leader Talks Reconciliation, Unity
Twelve years ago the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Rwanda was thriving with some 285,000 members. But then came the Spring of 1994 and more than 800,000 people were murdered during the first 100 days of the Rwanda genocide, including an...…October 17
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India: Church Encourages Members to Sponsor Child's Education
"With many of our new members surviving on less than 50 cents per day there is no way that local Adventist churches can support the salaries of teachers," said Pastor D. Ronald Watts, president of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in...…October 17
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North America: Andrews University Names Two Deans ... Andrews University, a Seventh-day Adventist-owned school, has appointed two new deans. Denis Fortin is the new dean of the Seventh-day Adventist Theological Seminary at Andrews. A professor of theology and chair of...…October 17
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World Church: Ministries, Structures Commission Continues Work, Council Told
The impact of changes and flexibility within the structure of the Seventh-day Adventist world church was presented during the 2006 Annual Council by Lowell C. Cooper, a general vice president of the world church and vice chair of the 102-member...…October 13
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Latvia: Adventist Church Moving Towards Official Recognition, Church Leader Says
More than a century after the first Seventh-day Adventists began working in the nation, the church in Latvia is on the verge of official recognition as a traditional faith by the government, according to regional church president Valdis Zilgalvis.The move,...…October 11
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World Church: Annual Council Votes Church-wide Web site Guidelines
Leaders of the Seventh-day Adventist world church voted official guidelines for the construction and content of church-related Internet Web sites during a meeting of the church's Annual Council on Oct. 10. Delegates voted unanimously to accept the guidelines."This is a...…October 10
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World Church: Tenured Faculty and Board Members at Adventist Institutions Must Be Church Members, Leaders Decide
Tenured faculty and board members at all Seventh-day Adventist-owned educational institutions must now be Adventist church members in "good and regular standing," church leaders agreed today during an Annual Council meeting at world church headquarters.In support of the motion limiting...…October 10
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World Church: San Antonio, Texas Selected As 2015 GC Session Site
One of the world's largest religious conventions, the 60th business session of the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, will be in San Antonio, Texas, United States for 11 days in July 2015, leaders of the 15-million member denomination decided on...…October 10
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World Church Leaders Elect New Officials ... New executives of the Seventh-day Adventist world headquarters were elected at the 2006 Annual Council on Oct. 10. The Council voted Pastor G.T. Ng, secretary of the church's Southern Asia-Pacific Region, to become...…October 10
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World Church: 'His Hands' Project to Rally Members Around Church's Vision for Mission
"When a person works for God, he [or she] must continually ask, 'Am I doing all that I can?'" That's a question Vernon Parmenter, director of Adventist Volunteer Center, posed at the beginning of a DVD outlining 'His Hands,' a...…October 10
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World Church: Adventist Church Strongest When It Shares, Treasurer Reports
"Our church is strongest when we share," said Seventh-day Adventist world church treasurer Bob Lemon while delivering the 2006 Treasurer's Report to Annual Council delegates gathered at world church headquarters this morning. Lemon added that such a generous spirit is...…October 09
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World Church: Leaders Pray in Wake of Apparent North Korea Nuke Test
Leaders of the Seventh-day Adventist world church united in prayer on Monday, October 9, in response to an apparent test of nuclear weapons by the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, more widely known as North Korea.The United States Geological Survey,...…October 09
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World Church: 'Tell the World' Guiding Principle of Church, Leaders Agree
"We talk of telling the world [about the gospel], but sometimes we can't even summon the enthusiasm to tell the person sitting next to us on the plane," said Gary Krause, Adventist Mission director for the Seventh-day Adventist world church,...…October 08
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World Church: Johnsson, Retiring Adventist Review Editor, Reflects on Leadership
For someone who has observed many of the Seventh-day Adventist Church's peaks and valleys, William G. Johnsson, who will soon leave his leadership role at both Adventist Review and the year-old Adventist World magazines, seems remarkably unruffled.Easing a lanky frame...…October 08
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World Church: Adventists Add One Million New Members Fourth Year in a Row, Secretary Reports
The Seventh-day Adventist Church, worldwide, added 1,093,089 new members in the year ending June 30, 2006, Pastor Matthew A. Bediako, executive secretary of the world church, reported to the group's Annual Council on Oct. 8.On average, 2,993 people joined the...…October 08
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World Church: Bill Knott, Historian and Editor, Elected Adventist Review and Adventist World Editor
Bill Knott, a nine-year veteran associate editor of Adventist Review and Adventist World has been elected Editor and Executive Publisher of both publications.The 170-69 vote came during a morning session of the Seventh-day Adventist world church's 2006 Annual Council, a...…October 08
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