February 2008 Archives
Number of Adventist pastors in Mongolia up 50 percent
The number of ordained Seventh-day Adventist pastors in Mongolia rose from four to six with the February 23 ordination of two Korean pastors. Park NoYoung and Park SangBum were ordained to ministry in a dedication service at the Ulaanbaatar Central...…February 29
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United States: Adventist colleges receive national recognition for service
The Nebraska state legislature this week passed a resolution commending Seventh-day Adventist-owned Union College for accomplishments that include community service and increasing enrollment from around the nation and the globe. Legislative Resolution 248 recognized the college for having received the...…February 28
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Adventists often stay Adventist, Pew survey shows
Roughly 60 percent of Americans reared in what it defined as the "Adventist family" of churches, a grouping of Protestants dominated by the Seventh-day Adventist, remain in that family as adults, a landmark survey released February 25 revealed. Based on...…February 28
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Ministers' continuing education to emphasize preaching
Clergy around the world can brush up on their preaching skills while earning continuing education credit during the Seventh-day Adventist Church's 10th annual professional growth seminar for ministers set for April 22. "There are about 5 million clergy around the...…February 26
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Loma Linda board names Hart Adventist university's new president
Dr. Richard Hart, MD, DrPH, current chancellor and chief executive officer of Loma Linda University Adventist Health Sciences Center, will assume the duties of LLUAHSC president on March 24, university officials said today. The search committee assigned to replace former...…February 25
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Adventist, top neurosurgeon Carson encourages risk-taking
The word "risk" often implies choosing for a moment or a lifetime reckless and dangerous abandon. But for Dr. Ben Carson, world-renown chief of pediatric neurosurgery at the Johns Hopkins University Medical Institutions in Baltimore, Maryland, United States, too many...…February 21
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Malaysia: Upcoming Saturday elections to lock out Adventist voters
Seventh-day Adventist Church leaders in Malaysia are voicing concerns that the country's upcoming general election could leave out Adventist voters. This year's election on March 8 falls on a Saturday, a day considered holy by Adventists around the world. Lesaya...…February 21
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Ghana: American Adventist institutions invest in Ghana's education infrastructure
A transatlantic partnership between several Seventh-day Adventist institutions in the United States has made possible a new academic building on the campus of Adventist-owned Valley View University (VVU) in Ghana. The university celebrated the completion of health-themed Columbia Union Hall,...…February 20
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Pedal-preachers: Wheels in the ministry keep on turning for Sudanese pastors, Bible workers
Visiting church members and preaching sermons might mean a quick drive across town for some ministers, but for Seventh-day Adventist pastors in Northern Sudan, ministry can involve days of trekking through desolate countryside. For 26 of the region's pastors and...…February 20
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Church's first leadership development conference trains future Adventist leaders
Responding to the urging of church leaders around the world, the Seventh-day Adventist world church held its first leadership development conference in Slovenia from February 11 to 12. "Our church leaders see leadership development as one of the major issues...…February 19
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Sabbath observance rooted in Africa, says Adventist historian
A study of Black history reveals that Christianity in Africa might more closely reflect an Adventist view of the seventh-day Sabbath than previously thought, according to one Adventist historian. Bertram Melbourne, an Adventist pastor and Interim Dean of Howard University...…February 15
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Adventist humanitarian organization ranked among most trusted charities
For the third year in a row, the Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) International has earned a coveted four-star rating from the largest independent evaluator of charities in the United States. Only nine percent of the more than 5,000...…February 14
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United States: Adventist representative testifies before Congressional hearing
American workers can unswervingly follow their consciences and fulfill job requirements under newly proposed workplace freedom legislation, said James D. Standish, Esq., Legislative Affairs representative for the Seventh-day Adventist Church, during testimony before a United States Congressional hearing. "Enough American...…February 14
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Puerto Rico, Jamaica: Adventists forgo church for community ministry
Seventh-day Adventist churches in separate efforts on two Caribbean islands closed many of their doors for one Sabbath this month to minister to communities in the wake of violence. Hundreds of Adventist Churches closed in Puerto Rico February 2 and...…February 14
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Jamaican billionaire donates additional J$105 million to NCU
A sizable donation to a Seventh-day Adventist school puts it well on the way to expanding its nursing program. Michael Lee-Chin, listed in Forbes Magazine as one of the world's 500 wealthiest people, recently donated J$105 million (approximately US$1.48 million)...…February 12
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'Don't be a bystander,' Adventist leader advises young people
Getting involved in the local church is the best way to impact the global Seventh-day Adventist community, world church president Pastor Jan Paulsen told two groups of young people gathered for the first Let's Talk broadcasts in Asia. Urging active...…February 12
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Jamaica: Two church members shot leaving church meeting
Two members of the Bethel Town Seventh-day Adventist Church in Westmoreland, Jamaica were shot on February 7 while leaving a meeting at the church. "Junior McKenzie was helping to direct Corporal Peter Salkey as he backed out on to the...…February 11
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Church Chat: Mbwana on Adventist effort to quell Kenya's post-election turmoil
As Kenya wrestles with remittent violence following the disputed re-election of President Mwai Kibaki, one Seventh-day Adventist leader says the country's more than 600,000-strong Adventist community is politically savvy and positioned to influence reconciliation efforts. Geoffrey Mbwana, leader of the...…February 11
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Cameroon: Adventist students escape bus crash unharmed
Forty students at the Seventh-day Adventist College of Yaoundé, Cameroon escaped unharmed from a bus crash on February 6. The students, ages 10 to 15, were heading to the zoo as part of a series of youth week activities. According...…February 08
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United States: Adventist representative to promote workplace freedom before Congress
Seventh-day Adventist Church representative for Legislative Affairs, James D. Standish, Esq., will join other witnesses in testifying before a U.S. Congressional hearing February 12, urging legislators to sponsor the lately reintroduced Workplace Religious Freedom Act. "Americans don't accept bigotry in...…February 07
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Adventist Church president to appear on international television network show
Seventh-day Adventist world church president, Pastor Jan Paulsen, is scheduled to appear as a guest on the February 11 edition of Night Talk with Mike Schneider, a one-hour program airing on Bloomberg TV. This is the first time the church's...…February 07
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Chad: Adventist leader urges peace, calls for prayers amid rebellion
A Seventh-day Adventist Church leader in Central Africa called for peace and stability during an interview with state-run Cameroon Radio Television February 2 following a bloody rebel assault of the Chadian capital of N'djamena. Allah-Ridy Kone, president of the church...…February 06
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Adventist financial officers to review church's appropriations
For decades, history dictated how the Seventh-day Adventist Church's world headquarters divvies up funds among its now 13 world regions, or divisions. But for the five church officials on the newly created Appropriations Review Committee, "because that's how we've always...…February 05
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Doors close for Christian college at health institute
Citing financial reasons, board members of Weimar Institute of Health & Education in Northern California announced in a statement last month that the self-supporting Christian college known internationally for its eight-step, 18-day NEWSTART health recovery and disease prevention program will...…February 05
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Church Chat: Mission possible for flautist, academic turned manager
With his passion for mission, theologian Ganoune Diop is well-qualified to oversee the five Seventh-day Adventist Church global study centers, whose mission is to build bridges to other religious groups. It also helps that he's comfortable in 10 languages. Raised...…February 04
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