Adventist News Network

Armenia: Loma Linda Dental Faculty Aid New Residency Program

The dean and several faculty members from the Loma Linda University School of Dentistry (LLUSD) recently dedicated a new, state-of-the-art dental clinic in Yerevan, Armenia, that will be a focal point for a "Family Dentistry Residency" training program aimed at equipping local dentists for family care.

Yerevan, Armenia

May 28, 2004

Sudan: Darfur Crisis Deepens As Adventist Churches Are Destroyed

Seventh-day Adventist churches in the Abu Garajil and Juruf districts of the Darfur region of western Sudan have been destroyed during the escalating humanitarian and security crisis unfolding there, church leaders say.

Darfur, Sudan

May 28, 2004

News in Brief

ADRA Workers Affected by Southern Sudan Ebola Outbreak -- SEEDS Conference Goers Aim To Plant Churches -- World Church: Missionary Is Guest of Honor At Centennial Birthday.

Silver Spring, Maryland, United States

May 25, 2004

ANN Feature: Loma Linda University Medical, Dental Students Help Honduran Children

Tucked in the tropical mountains of Honduras sits a haven for hungry, sick, and abandoned children known as "Pan American Health Services, Inc.," or PAHS, an orphanage and nutritional rehabilitation hospital.

Peña Blanca, Honduras

May 25, 2004

Pirates Burglarize Adventist Ministry Yacht

A yacht operated by Pacific Yacht Ministries (PYM), an independent Seventh-day Adventist ministry, was raided by pirates while moored near Honiara, Solomon Islands May 9.

Honiara, Solomon Islands

May 25, 2004

Korea: Court Upholds Conscientious Objectors' Rights; Adventists Encouraged

Leaders of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Korea are encouraged that a local court has upheld freedom of conscience in relation to South Korea's mandatory military service requirement.

Seoul, Republic of Korea

May 25, 2004

Germany: Scientists, Theologians Meet As Part Of Global Dialogue

A group of Seventh-day Adventist scientists and theologians continued the church's worldwide dialogue on faith and science.

Friedensau, Germany

May 25, 2004

India: Repeal of Anti-Conversion Law Applauded by Adventists

Members and leaders of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in the south Indian state of Tamil Nadu applauded the withdrawl of an "anti-conversion" ordinance that slowed, but did not stop, Adventist Church membership growth.

Hosur, Tamil Nadu, India

May 25, 2004

U.N. Looking to NGO's Involvement in Anti-Semitism Declaration

The International Religious Liberty Association (IRLA) was represented at a discussion about the Berlin Declaration, an agreement among 55 nations to fight anti-Semitism.

New York, New York, United States

May 24, 2004

Italy: Prime Minister Berlusconi Meets Adventist Leaders

A request for an authorization to award advanced theology degrees at the Adventist Bible college in Florence was presented to the Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi by Pastor Lucio Altin, president of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Italy, on April 23 at Berlusconi's office in the Chigi Palace in Rome.

Rome, Italy

May 18, 2004