March 2007 Archives
United Kingdom: Adventist Vocal Ensemble Marks Abolition of Slave Trade
Seventh-day Adventist musicians took part in a nationally televised program to mark the Bicentenary of the Abolition of the Slave Trade Act in the United Kingdom. The Adventist Vocal Ensemble, directed by Ken Burton, sang during a National Service of...March 27
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Inter-America: Nearly 45,000 Join Adventist Church In a Single Day in a Televised Event
More than 44,700 new Seventh-day Adventist believers made history in the Inter-American region (IAD) of the Adventist Church on Saturday, March 24 when they joined the Adventist faith community. Their decisions marked the largest number of baptisms in a single...March 27
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World Church: Big Apple Next Stop in Let's Talk Series
Seventh-day Adventist world church president, Pastor Jan Paulsen, will meet with 30 students and young professionals in New York City on March 29 for another broadcast in the "Let's Talk" series. Pastor Paulsen's youth initiative features live, unscripted, unedited conversations...March 27
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World Church: Statement on Islam to Provide 'Relationship Tool' for Christian, Muslim Communities
As almost any psychologist will tell you, open-minded dialogue is vital to achieving mutual respect and understanding. That advice also applies to communities of faith, according to Seventh-day Adventist leaders in the church's Trans-European (TED) region, where an estimated 60...March 27
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United States: Christians March for Peace, To Change Hearts
The white square buttons are eye-catching in a crowd where many wore round black buttons. Moving in closer you can see that the buttons say: Peace. Seek It! Pursue It! Psalm 34:14 and 1 Peter 3:11. There were perhaps two-dozen...March 26
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ANN Feature: 'Lost Tomb of Jesus' Discovered? 'Dig a Little Deeper,' Says Adventist Archaeologist
Sensational allegations about Jesus and so-called discoveries of religious artifacts never fail to raise a ruckus. Critics still squabble over the Da Vinci Code's claims, and there are more devotees who believe they've got a chunk of Noah's Ark on...March 21
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Papua New Guinea: ADRA-UK Team Robbed at Gunpoint
Bert Smit, director of the Adventist Development and Relief Agency in the United Kingdom (ADRA-UK), program officer Pansi Katenga, and three other ADRA team members were held at gunpoint by armed robbers on March 1 while visiting Port Moresby, capital...March 20
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World Church: Annual Internet Evangelism Forum Goes Radical
For the past four years, Seventh-day Adventist outreach specialists and Internet gurus have gathered at the Global Internet Evangelism Network (GIEN) Forum to amp up the world Adventist Church's online presence and global connectedness, along with its relevance in an...March 20
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North America: 5,000 More Questionnaires Needed for Second Adventist Health Study ... Is your Adventist Health Study survey still at home? The Adventist Health Study (AHS-2), conducted by researchers at Seventh-day Adventist-owned Loma Linda University, needs another 5,000 surveys to...March 20
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World Church: Leading Christian Journalist in India Sees Career as 'Divine Appointment'
Seline Augustine's career is anything but typical for a Christian woman in India--especially since she first ventured into journalism 25 years ago when Indian women had few career options beyond nursing, telephone operating and elementary school teaching. Speaking to a...March 16
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Iraq: Eighth Explosion Damages Baghdad Church
On the fourth anniversary of the second Gulf War, an interview with Pastor Basim Fargo, leader of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Iraq, reveals the hardships endured by the few remaining church members in the country. With the unabated escalation...March 13
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World Church: Hundreds of Small Groups Forming to Share Gospel in Non-Christian City
In a city where 16 million people live with radical fundamentalists who have blown up the meeting places of those whose beliefs differ from theirs, 700 people recently gathered to learn how to Tell the World about Jesus. "Local church...March 13
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Africa: Church's AIDS Ministry Expands, Calls for More Regional Coordinators
The AIDS International Ministry (AAIM), set up by the Seventh-day Adventist world church in 2003 and based in Johannesburg, South Africa to minister to those on the continent of Africa suffering from AIDS, may have started small. But at its...March 13
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Indonesia: Women Lead First Hope for Big Cities Meetings
Seventh-day Adventist women in the Southern Asia Pacific region led the first major outreach effort in the church's campaign to connect with residents in large cities. With the theme of "Journey to Joy," the February 17 to 24 public meetings...March 13
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United States: Thousands of Young People Claim the Power of Prayer
"If you are a good person you should stand up for your fellow man. That is what a Christ-like character is all about--helping one another," said Joseph Adante of the Filipino Church in Alberta, Canada. Adante was one of thousands...March 13
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Iraq: Adventist College Graduate Killed ... Sergeant Jonathan Cadavero, 24, a medic and 2004 psychology graduate of Seventh-day Adventist-owned Columbia Union College (CUC) in Takoma Park, Maryland, died soon after sustaining major head injuries when a roadside bomb struck his...March 13
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World Church: Adventists Back Movement to Eliminate Violence Against Women and Girls
Five Seventh-day Adventists joined some 5,000 women at United Nations (UN) headquarters in New York this week for the organization's 51st Session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW). The session, which began Feb. 26 and ends March...March 09
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Germany: 'Voice of Hope' Broadcasts From New Adventist Media Center, Takes Home Bridge Award
"It is really a good day when your first phone call in the morning is someone enrolling in Bible Correspondence [classes], and a little later someone [calls] requesting more information on how she can receive the HOPE channel. I am...March 06
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Brazil: Church Leaders Denounce Crime that Occurred in Local Adventist Church, Reiterate Commitment to Child Safety, Welfare
Seventh-day Adventists in Brazil are grieving after a 20-month-old child was discovered strangled in the baptismal tank of an Adventist church in Joinville, Santa Catarina, Brazil on March 3. Church leaders there have released a statement denouncing the heinous crime...March 06
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South Africa: Adventists Host Inter-faith Women's World Day of Prayer
This year marked the 77th time that South African women participated in a woman-led worldwide day of prayer. But it was the first time that the women of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in the Helderberg Basin in Somerset West, near...March 06
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'We Have This Hope' Composer, Wayne Hooper, Dies
The man who composed the song synonymous with the Seventh-day Adventist Church's belief in Jesus Christ's second coming, Wayne Hooper, died February 28 at his home in Thousand Oaks, California. He was 86. The song, We Have this Hope, was...March 02
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South Africa: Speaker Encourages Separation of Church and Hate
In a turn on a much-used phrase, former United States' Ambassador, Robert Seiple on Feb. 28 urged participants at the International Religious Liberty Association's (IRLA) World Congress to promote "the separation of church and hate."Seiple's review of some of 2006's...March 01
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World Church: Adventist Health International Celebrates Decade of Assistance to Hospitals Worldwide
Even though hospitals, clinics and other health-care hubs are typically viewed as constants within a community, they are hardly immune to the issues that can sap a region's vitality. Those in developing countries are particularly susceptible. Historically, the Seventh-day Adventist...March 01
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