October 2007 Archives
Jamaican national leaders commend church's integrity, community visibility
Jamaican leaders commended Seventh-day Adventists for their integrity and leadership role in the island nation during a recent visit to the country by the world church's President Jan Paulsen.Governor-General Kenneth Octavius Hall thanked the church for its "committed public citizenship"...October 30
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Jamaica: Adventist world church president stresses personal empowerment in dialogue with young people
Seventh-day Adventist world church president Pastor Jan Paulsen gave a resounding endorsement of Adventist young people October 27 -- even offering a "yeah mon!" in Jamaican slang -- during Let's Talk Caribbean, the 17th such program in a series of...October 29
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Activists celebrate 25 years of trumpeting women leaders in ministry
In spite of strides made to include women in ministry within the Seventh-day Adventist Church during the last 25 years, more needs to be done to include the demographic that comprises 70 percent of membership, some church members say.Members of...October 29
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Mission to Africa: a need to rethink methods?
Evangelism and external aid alone will not solve the problems affecting the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Africa, church leaders said during a discussion regarding mission.While per capita incomes have risen in India and China by the efforts of their own...October 26
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'Objective criticism' of religion deemed a human right
Following intense debate at the United Nations over what constitutes religious defamation, U.N. special rapporteur for Freedom of Religion or Belief, Asma Jahangir, said "objective criticism" of religion is a human right. But, she said, there is a difference between...October 26
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New digital channel a 'biggy' for Adventist video
A digital video hub -- à la YouTube -- has introduced professional Seventh-day Adventist-produced videos to a vast and largely untapped Internet audience. In August, a partnership between BiggyTV and the Adventist Church in North America launched the first religious...October 24
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Colombia: nationwide Adventist effort feeds 80,000 in two hours
Thousands of Seventh-day Adventist volunteers prepared and delivered boxed dinners to Colombia's neediest communities, feeding more than 80,000 in two hours on October 13, the Saturday before World Hunger Day. Each church member donated $1.50 to cover the cost of...October 23
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Adventists around the world
Abuse addressed in church's flagship magazine ... An article in the October 11 issue of the Adventist Review, the official magazine of the Seventh-day Adventist Church, addresses the misconception that abuse doesn't happen in Adventist homes. The article referred to...October 22
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Taking church from pews to couches
Elizabeth Carter joined the Seventh-day Adventist Church two months ago after attending a home church in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania. Born into the Roman Catholic Church, Carter started attending the home service after working with the pastor on community service projects."It's very...October 22
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Adventist Church approves 10-year initiative for Central Asia
The Adventist Mission Committee of the Seventh-day Adventist Church recently approved a 10-year initiative for the 60 million indigenous people of Central Asia. The five countries of Central Asia--Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan--represent a highly challenging area to Christian...October 17
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No 'pendulum swing' for Adventist health practices
Seventh-day Adventist health institutions around the world will continue to practice evidence-based medical treatments that don't contradict the Bible or the writings of early church pioneer Ellen G. White, leaders of the global Protestant denomination agreed during an October 16...October 16
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Church approves full ownership of Web software
Last year the Seventh-day Adventist Church agreed to accept a software package that would connect Adventist communities globally over the Internet. On October 16, delegates to the church's Annual Council voted to accept full ownership of the netAdventist software. The...October 16
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Guidelines anticipate potential tension of church mission, social legislation
Seventh-day Adventist Church leaders took action October 15 in offering guidelines for instances when the church's beliefs are at odds with social legislation, particularly with hiring practices at church institutions. Meeting at the church's headquarters near Washington, D.C., the world...October 16
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Church structure to be flexible, reflect local needs
Church structure lacks merit unless it acts as an "instrument of mission," members of the Seventh-day Adventist Church's Commission on Ministries, Services and Structures told the church's executive committee October 15. The two-part report, presented by commission members, called for...October 16
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Church posts gains in tithes, mission offerings
In large and small ways, members of the Seventh-day Adventist Church are giving more now than they gave last year. An increase in ordinary tithes and offerings lifted the Adventist Church's financial bottom line by $10 million as of September...October 15
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Church reports largest membership growth rate since 2002 audit
Every Seventh-day Adventist -- worshipping from Azerbaijan to New Zealand -- is now in the company of 15,435,470 like-minded members of the global Protestant denomination, world church secretary Matthew A. Bediako told some 300 Annual Council delegates gathered at world...October 14
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Media, training church members key to growth initiative
Gone are the days of Seventh-day Church members depending on pastors and public evangelism alone to share the church's message of hope. Seventh-day Adventist lay people, evangelists, pastors, medical professionals and colporteurs are telling the world about Jesus through publishing...October 14
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Adventist Church president: leaders share responsibility, trust
Church leaders should focus on their own responsibilities and trust leaders in other areas of the world to do the same, the Seventh-day Adventist world church president told leaders of the global Protestant denomination Saturday.During Sabbath worship, church president Pastor...October 13
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Saturday night's alright for ministering: English Street Pastors provide calm amid chaos
Last Saturday night Susanna Matthan left her husband and 10-year-old daughter at their rural home in Billinghay and drove 20 miles to the county's nightlife hotspot in the city of Lincoln. Her plan to stay out until 4 a.m. didn't...October 11
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Church's fall business meetings set for launch
Some 300 leaders of the Seventh-day Adventist Church will spend the next six days chiseling out grounds for agreement on issues ranging from tithe distribution to mission funding while gathered at world church headquarters in Silver Spring, Maryland for Annual...October 11
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Jamaica to host church president's dialogue with youth
Seventh-day Adventist world church president, Pastor Jan Paulsen, will host an open dialogue with Adventist young people in the Caribbean during a live broadcast on October 27.Paulsen's 17th unscripted "Let's Talk" forum will be held at the church's Northern Caribbean...October 10
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Sudan: ADRA responds to flooding
The Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) is responding to the needs of flood survivors in Sudan after extended heavy rains over the past several months have caused excessive flooding and the destruction of thousands of homes throughout the East...October 10
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Church's radio ministry to launch television series
A group of Tibetan residents recently trekked on foot for four days along the Nepal border to be baptized in a rocky, isolated mountain stream outside of Katmandu -- far from anti-Christian radicals -- after learning about God on the...October 09
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Adventist Risk Management will outsource to health care contractors
Adventist Risk Management, Inc., the risk management and insurance organization of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in North America, announced last week it will outsource major functions of its health care operations and customer care services. Health care claims processing and...October 09
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Monument dedicated to Adventists killed during Stalin regime
Seventh-day Adventists and community members in St. Petersburg, Russia, dedicated a monument on October 7 to Adventists killed during the Great Purge political repressions under Soviet Leader Josef Stalin in the 1930s. About 100 people, including a representative of the...October 09
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Uzbekistan: court fines two Adventist pastors for home church meeting
Two Seventh-day Adventist pastors were sentenced September 27 by a court in Tashkent for "unduly organizing and holding worships," Adventist Church officials in the region said.The ministers, whose names were withheld, were each fined 80,000 soum, or about half a...October 04
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Mission trip blinds young people for 24 hours
Caitlin Delaney wasn't born blind, but the 20-year-old recently learned what it's like for those who are. For 24 hours, Delaney and nearly three-dozen other teenagers and young adults experienced total darkness. Her group visited the Asian Aid School for...October 03
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International Adventist magazine goes online
With the October 1 launch of its online home, Adventist World -- the international magazine of the Seventh-day Adventist Church -- now offers speedier access to articles and features that help connect the global church's 15-million members. Adventist World joins...October 02
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'Pumpkin Lady' plans to pick 'em 'til the end of vine
Called the "pumpkin miracle church" by locals, the Marripalli Seventh-day Adventist Church in Southeast India is one of 11 churches in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh paid for by pumpkins from Maranatha volunteer Cheryl Erickson's 1.5-acre backyard patch. "These...October 01
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