Adventist News Network

News Brief: Adventist Church World President Visits India

Pastor Jan Paulsen, president of the Seventh-day Adventist world church, lays a wreath at the Rajghat Mahatma Gandhi memorial in Delhi November 27. Paulsen, who is on a seven-day visit to India, was received by the president of India, Kocheril Raman Narayanan.

Silver Spring, Maryland, USA

Nov 28, 2001

Caribbean Church Leaders Summit Brings Results

Leaders of the Seventh-day Adventist Church from many nations in the Caribbean met November 7-10 to focus attention on specific challenges and ensure resources are targeted in the most efficient way.

Port-of-Spain, Trinidad

Nov 27, 2001

Australian Youth Go Underground

The Seventh-day Adventist Church in the South Pacific has launched a youth program that organizers hope will mark a new era of youth involvement in the mission of the church.

Sydney, Australia

Nov 27, 2001

Adventists Push for 'Education for Tolerance'

Church United Nations liaison addressing full session says Adventists applaud integrating religious freedom and human rights into school education.

Madrid, Spain

Nov 27, 2001

West African Leaders Focus on Mission Initiatives

Evangelism-related issues dominated the agenda of the recent annual meetings of the Adventist Church in the Africa-Indian Ocean Division (AID), or church region.

Abidjan, Ivory Coast

Nov 27, 2001

India: Message to World Church to be Broadcast by Satellite

A new feature-length broadcast focusing on the three key issues that make up the Adventist Church's new strategic plan will be aired by Adventist Television Network, the world wide church's international satellite system, next month.

Silver Spring, Maryland, USA

Nov 27, 2001

Mission is Top Priority in Euro-Africa

Delegates from the Euro-Africa Division, or church region, of the Adventist Church met last month for their annual year-end meetings and reaffirmed that mission work remains the top priority of the church.

Jongny-sur-Vevey, Switzerland

Nov 27, 2001

Employees, Stay Home!

The Seventh-day Adventist Church in the South Pacific is encouraging its employees to spend more time with their families.

Wahroonga, New South Wales, Australia

Nov 27, 2001

Turkmenistan: "Crushing" of Christianity Blamed on Highest Authorities

The order to destroy a Seventh-day Adventist church in Turkmenistan November 1999 came from the president of the country, according to a defecting foreign minister.

Silver Spring, Maryland, USA

Nov 20, 2001

Coalition Builds for International Religious Freedom

Former Ambassador of the United States for Religious Freedom Dr. Robert A. Seiple chaired a top-level meeting of religious liberty advocates at the headquarters of the International Religious Liberty Association (IRLA) on November 15.

Silver Spring, Maryland, USA

Nov 20, 2001