August 2007 Archives
Philippine ambassador affirms Adventist Church for community impact
Next year the Seventh-day Adventist world church is taking its annual planning session on the road.Plans are underway to hold the church's Annual Council in Manila in October of 2008. Philippine Ambassador Willy C. Gaa said he was pleased to...…August 30
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Austria: Adventist Literature Evangelists Celebrate Centenary
Seventh-day Adventists publishers last week celebrated a century of literature evangelism, 100 years after Austria's first Adventist bookseller, South German native Ferdinand Prauhart, traveled to Austria in August 1907 to sell Bibles, Christian literature and books about health.About 350 Adventist...…August 29
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Uh, the customs agent took my homework: Adventist school on U.S., Mexico border celebrates 70 years
It's 7 a.m. and high school senior Miguel Borquez is just a few blocks from school. He can see the campus but it could be half an hour before he's in class. Using his F1 student visa granted by the...…August 28
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Adventists Around the World
United States: Church treasurer Robert Osborn dies ... Longtime Seventh-day Adventist Church finance officer Robert Osborn, whose service included overseeing the world church's investments as associate treasurer until his 1993 retirement, died August 24 at age 85 in Maryland. Osborn...…August 28
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Church professional network reaches 25 partners, nears 14,000 members
A database connecting Seventh-day Adventist institutions with potential employees and other opportunities has now gained 25 sponsoring partners and crossed the 14,000-member mark.Launched in 2000, the Adventist Professionals' Network (APN) helps Adventist institutions reach professionals with targeted announcements in specific...…August 24
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Should Pastors' Spouses Be Compensated?
Some church members in one church in the United States balked when a new pastor's wife seemingly spent more time pursuing her education and career than she did teaching Sabbath School classes or cooking potluck entrées. For many pastors' spouses,...…August 23
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Ministry trumps maintenance: Southern California church could move, slash overhead by 74 percent
When the Seventh-day Adventist Crosswalk Church in Redlands, California moves at the end of October, it won't be for the first time. The 600-member church relocated several years ago when it outgrew an auditorium and established a full-fledged church in...…August 21
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Certification plan for Adventist communication professionals unveiled
Church communication leaders announced today a certification program as part of a plan to strengthen communication skills of professionals serving the Seventh-day Adventist church. Certification will be available in up to six specialties, including media relations, journalism, Web communication, public...…August 21
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U.S. civil rights pioneer Irene Morgan Kirkaldy remembered for courage
Irene Morgan Kirkaldy, a black Seventh-day Adventist woman who won a landmark United States Supreme Court case against segregated seating on interstate buses after refusing to give up her own bus seat in 1944, died August 10. She was 90.Hundreds...…August 20
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Peru earthquake damages churches, schools
Seventh-day Adventists are struggling with recovery and grief while assisting survivors after a magnitude-8 earthquake struck off the coast of Peru 90 miles southeast of the capital, Lima, on August 15. The earthquake has killed at least 500 people and...…August 16
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Discipleship program puts parents, not pastors, in charge of kids' spirituality
A spiritual growth program for kids is steadily gaining popularity in North America, and even faster in Australia and parts of Europe.The Kids In Discipleship program, launched in 2002, is taking hold in many Adventist churches and is growing rates...…August 15
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Adventist musician looking to live what he sings
Lennox Roger Fleary doesn't read music, nor does he know the names of most of the guitar chords he plays. He doesn't even expect his songs will change listeners -- that's God's job, he says. Writing music, says Fleary, who...…August 14
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Adventist Church expects joint statement with World Evangelical Alliance
The Seventh-day Adventist Church and the World Evangelical Alliance (WEA) are expected to announce a joint statement within the next few months identifying the common goals and results of theological discussions between the two institutions, delegates from both organizations announced...…August 13
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Australia: Church hosts its first National Indigenous Women's Convention
A conference to address issues facing indigenous women of Australia is being called "long overdue" by some Seventh-day Adventists. The Women at the Centre conference, running August 8 to 12 in Uluru, is the church's first national meeting for indigenous,...…August 10
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Help Wanted: Adventist evangelism in South Korea could double with more English teachers
Valerie von Stitt, a 29-year-old Seventh-day Adventist, says she always wanted to be a missionary but didn't know what to do about student loans and bills. "'Go to South Korea,'" a friend told her. "'They'll pay you to do missionary...…August 09
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Adventist headquarters in Middle East moves to Lebanon
The Seventh-day Adventist Church's headquarters in the Middle East is moving from the Mediterranean island nation of Cyprus back to its original headquarters in Beirut, Lebanon. Office contents were shipped July 26 to a new facility on Sabtieh Hill, Beirut...…August 07
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Adventists Around the World
Europe: Camp Meeting Discusses Reaching Postmoderns .... More than 1,200 people met for one of Europe's largest Christian camp meetings at Friedensau Adventist University in Friedensau, Germany July 31 to August 5. "We're trying to link our gospel with postmodern...…August 07
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Immigrants sustaining Adventist Church membership in some regions
Like many other members of his church, Michael Mbui came to England from Kenya to attend school. Today, 15 years later, he pastors four small Seventh-day Adventist congregations with members who, like him, immigrated to England searching for a better...…August 06
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Romanian inmate trades parole for prison witness
A Romanian criminal, once labeled the country's fourth most dangerous, is choosing to forgo parole after becoming a Seventh-day Adventist -- he would rather stay in prison to share his new-found faith.Valeriu Curin, 33, was a household name in the...…August 03
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Indonesia: hundreds of group Bible studies lead to citywide baptisms
Following a series of small group Bible studies dotting the city of Jakarta one of the largest baptisms took place there Saturday, July 28 as 1,637 people joined the Seventh-day Adventist Church. "The dent isn't huge in a wider megalopolis...…August 02
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Church Initiates Colombia's First Nationwide Blood Drive
Thousands of Seventh-day Adventists and community members donated more than 2,000 units of blood in Colombia's first nationwide blood drive July 21 and 22. Church youth leaders promoted the Adventist Church-sponsored event in 15 major Colombian cities for several months...…August 02
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