Five medical students attending the American University of the Caribbean will be able to observe the Biblical Sabbath, or Saturday, as their day of worship while continuing their education, the Court of First Instance ruled on Aug. 20
Phlipsburg, St. Maarten, Netherlands Antillies
"We must tell tyrants to respect religious freedom," declared Cardinal Paul Shan, speaking on Aug. 30 to a top-level conference on religious freedom held in Taipei, Taiwan. "While we cannot expect them to change overnight, over time things can improve," he added.
Taipei, Taiwan
The just-concluded ACTS 2004 evangelistic series in the Rwandan capital yielded a large number of new Seventh-day Adventist church members - more than 10,000 at last count. However, that's not the only residual effect of the campaign.
Kigali, Rwanda
An explosion that destroyed a building in downtown Kabul Aug. 29, killing at least seven people, also damaged the Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) office in Afghanistan and injured an ADRA staff member.
Kabul, Afghanistan
Adventist World Radio (AWR) will close its Americas Region office in Costa Rica on Sept. 6, 2004, and continue its radio ministry in Central and South America through a new partnership with the Adventist Media Center - Brazil, operated by the church's South America region.
Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
Reminiscent of the Bible conferences of early Adventist history, a week-long second International Faith and Science Conference convened in Denver, Aug. 20 to 26, and concluded a three-year series of consultations initiated by Seventh-day Adventist world church leadership.
Denver, Colorado, United States
Leaders of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in the South Pacific have met their own challenge to participate in at least one evangelistic program this year.
Wahroonga, New South Wales, Australia
A Seventh-day Adventist church leader says other denominations should be congratulated for refusing to sponsor political parties or candidates in the upcoming Australian federal election.
Wahroonga, New South Wales, Australia
Stewardship is "the loving submission of all areas of life to the lordship of Jesus Christ in response to God's saving grace," according to a recommendation adopted by the Seventh-day Adventist Church's Stewardship Summit in the South Pacific, held August 8 to 11 on the Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia.
Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia
Ten years after massive genocide ravaged this land, killing one out of eight people, this nation is exhibiting signs of hope, report those involved in It Is Written's ACTS 2004 evangelistic series. It Is Written is an Adventist broadcast ministry based in the United States.
Kigali, Rwanda