Adventist News Network

World Church: Myanmar Ambassador, Aide Visit Adventist World Headquarters

U Linn Myaing, Myanmar's ambassador to the United States, and Wunna Han, second secretary at Myanmar's embassy, paid an official visit to the Seventh-day Adventist Church world headquarters March 30.

Silver Spring, Maryland, United States

Mar 30, 2004

Adventist World Radio for the Americas Holds Annual Meeting

With more than 50 radio stations throughout the Americas using programming available from Adventist World Radio's Voz de la Esperanza, it's important to meet periodically to evaluate and assess the needs in the region, leaders say.

Miami, Florida, United States

Mar 30, 2004

Baltic Church Planters 'X-change'

More than 100 Seventh-day Adventist church planters met in Riga, Latvia, to share their experiences and learn new ways of sharing their faith with the unchurched.

Riga, Latvia

Mar 30, 2004

News in Brief

Peru: Student Dies While On Mission Trip -- Puerto Rico: Adventist Hospital Celebrates 50 Years -- New Ellen White Research Center in Texas -- Netherlands Youth Baptized In North Sea.

Silver Spring, Maryland, United States

Mar 30, 2004

North Korea: ADRA, Partners Help Farms Keep Crops, Livestock Alive With Biogas

Up to 10,000 rural farmers in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), more commonly known as North Korea, will be able to keep their crops and livestock alive through the harsh winter.

Pyongyang, North Korea

Mar 30, 2004

World Church: International Religious Liberty Experts Speak at the United Nations

Current religious liberty issues in France, China and several other Asian nations were discussed in a recent briefing at the United Nations Church Center.

New York, New York, United States

Mar 30, 2004

Ecuador: TV Broadcaster, an Adventist, Aids Poor With Telethon

Henry Avelino Rodríguez had no idea that inviting his boss to hear him preach would lead to winning the highest award television offered in his nation.

Guayaquil, Ecuador

Mar 23, 2004

United States: Obesity A "Horrific" Concern, Health Leaders Say

Seventh-day Adventist health leaders echo public health officials who are concerned about the rising rate of obesity, which is set to become the number one preventable cause of death in the United States as early as next year, overtaking tobacco use, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently reported.

Silver Spring, Maryland, United States

Mar 23, 2004

Ghana: Youth AIDS Cases High Despite Raised Awareness

Numerous HIV/AIDS awareness campaigns are being waged in Ghana, yet the disease remains prevalent among young people, according to Emmanuel Kusi Yeboah, health ministries director for the Seventh-day Adventist Church in central Ghana.

Kumasi, Ghana

Mar 23, 2004

Europe: TV Programs Reach Around World, Touch Lives

A two-week "relational" television series, created by Seventh-day Adventists and broadcast worldwide via satellite, is reaching people around their world - and impacting their lives with an "experiential" presentation of the Gospel message.

Bracknell, Berkshire, England, United Kingdom

Mar 23, 2004