August 2008 Archives
Kenya: Visit from Adventist president bolsters unity
Seventh-day Adventist world church president Jan Paulsen called for forgiveness and reconciliation during his first visit to Kenya since violence fueled by contested presidential elections erupted there in January. Acknowledging the ethnically driven conflict, Paulsen said while the church cannot...August 28
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Caldwell tapped as Adventist Church's PR director
Garrett Caldwell has interviewed Seventh-day Adventist world church leaders, outspoken theologians and engaging church members for television. Now the church is selecting Caldwell, who combined a communication degree with his pastoral studies in college, to serve as its chief public...August 28
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India: Mob kills Adventist pastor
Hindu extremists are being blamed for the beheading of a Seventh-day Adventist pastor in Orissa, India late last week, local church leaders reported. Since then, at least 15 Adventists have been reported killed. Samuel Naik, pastor of the Phulwani Adventist...August 27
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Adventist Lithuanian poet's fifth collection draws acclaim
A Seventh-day Adventist poet's fifth collection of poetry is drawing acclaim among religious writers in her native country of Lithuania. Lifting subject material from nature, Scripture and personal spirituality, Zita Kazimiera Kirsnauskaite writes passionately in "On the Wings of an...August 26
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Antigua prime minister salutes Adventist Pathfinder movement
A Caribbean island nation's leader is now a second-year honorary member of the Pathfinder club, a Seventh-day Adventist youth service organization. Antigua Prime Minister Baldwin Spencer received the ranking last Saturday during a gathering of more than 3,000 Pathfinders from...August 21
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Adventist to direct U.S. religious freedom panel
A veteran Seventh-day Adventist religious freedom advocate announced last month that he has accepted the top staff post of the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom. James D. Standish, Esq., director of Legislative Affairs at the Seventh-day Adventist Church...August 21
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Euro-Africa Adventist Church president announces retirement
Ulrich W. Frikart, president of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Euro-Africa since 1995, announced his retirement in an August 12 letter to world church president Jan Paulsen. Frikart, 67, said his early retirement on December 31 would eliminate the need...August 20
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Church Chat: The innovative dental dean
Loma Linda University joined such institutions as Harvard and New York University earlier this year during an award ceremony for dental schools.Since 2000, school officials have worked to provide interactive teaching aids that are now used in dental schools nationwide....August 19
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Internet convention in Kenya meets to discuss Web use, strategies
Seventh-day Adventist Church technology leaders in Africa this week addressed challenges such as local resistance to technology, reaching target groups effectively and maintaining church standards. In a regional meeting of the world church's Global Internet Evangelism Network (GIEN) held August...August 19
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Adventist West-Central Africa president announces retirement
Luka Daniel, president of the Seventh-day Adventist Church's West-Central Africa Division, announced his retirement August 15. Daniel will officially leave office at the end of December 2008. Daniel became president of the region in 2003. He previously served as president...August 18
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ADRA responds to Georgia fighting
Following the recent outbreak of fighting in Georgia, in the eastern European Caucasus region near the Black Sea, the Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) is preparing to respond to the needs of thousands who fled from the violence. More...August 18
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Adventist laypeople quadruple giving at annual convention
Adventist-laymen's Services and Industries (ASI) members donated $8 million during the organization's August 6 to 9 weekend convention, quadrupling last year's offering. The marked upswing in giving is spurred largely by interest surrounding the One-Day Church project, ASI officials said....August 15
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Church Chat: Why the church can't slacken its abuse-prevention message
Excuses cannot be part of the church's message against abuse. So says Heather-Dawn Small, the no-nonsense Trinidadian who helps craft the world Seventh-day Adventist Church's formidable yet sensitive approach to abuse prevention.Since she began directing Women's Ministries for the world...August 08
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United States: First Adventist woman commissioned to serve as Navy chaplain
Adrienne Townsend accepted the oath of office and was officially sworn in July 24 as the first Seventh-day Adventist woman to serve as an active duty chaplain in the United States Navy. Lieutenant Junior Grade Townsend said her four years...August 08
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ADRA provides aid to Ukrainian flood victims
After thousands of Ukrainians lost their homes to severe flooding, the Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) is distributing food and personal items to more than 1,300 survivors. Torrential rains hit western Ukraine last month, leading government officials to call...August 08
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Adventist Southern Asia church president Watts resigns
Ron Watts, president of the Seventh-day Adventist Church's Southern Asia Division, resigned from his position last month due to family health concerns. He is currently residing in the United States with his wife Dorothy. "With deep regret, with counsel and...August 07
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Adventist storefront church leading community-based evangelism
What downtown Carnegie needed four years ago, Andrew Clark remembers, wasn't an Adventist church but a café. In the wake of Hurricane Ivan, which flooded Carnegie in 2004, locals who waded it out petitioned businesses afterward to move downtown to...August 05
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ADRA provides food for Guatemalan flood victims
The Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) is providing food for more than 1,000 families in Guatemala displaced by recent flooding in the central and eastern regions of the country. Weeks of heavy rain have destroyed homes, roads and crops,...August 04
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Church Chat: Could artifacts spur the next generation of evangelists?
Some people collect stamps. James Nix says he collects Adventism.Nix, 61, who has served as director of the Ellen G. White Estate since 2000, doesn't separate hobbies from work. Fun for him is collecting old newspapers with references to the...August 01
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