With today's reports putting the number of deaths in South Asia at more than 120,000 related to Sunday's earthquake and ensuing tsunami in South Asia, Seventh-day Adventists are continuing to work with other humanitarian organizations in the devastated nations. Pastor Jan Paulsen, president of the Adventist world church has also issued a statement on the disaster.
Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
The 7,250 coastal inhabitants of Tamil Nadu affected by the recent tsunami will receive relief items from the Adventist Development and Relief Agency's (ADRA) office in India.
Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
For the first time, 2,000 young people from 15 South Pacific nations gathered outside Australia for a regional youth congress, which was opened Dec. 30 by the Hon. Laisenia Qarase, Prime Minister of Fiji.
Suva, Fiji
The weekly ANN Bulletin will not be e-mailed on Jan. 4, 2005, due to the New Year's holiday. Breaking news stories will be posted as available, and the weekly e-mail is expected to resume on Jan. 11, 2005.
Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
In a country that had no Seventh-day Adventist church members just 10 years ago, hundreds attended a series of evangelistic meetings in Phnom Penh, Cambodia on Dec. 27. This is believed to be the largest Adventist outreach initiative ever held in the Southeast Asian country. It is also the largest Christian event to be held in the majority Buddhist country in almost ten years, said to Garth Anthony, president of the church in Cambodia.
Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Aboriginal people in Australia will soon enjoy a new church building, and funds to continue outreach in big cities have been allocated.
Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
In a world rocked by natural disasters and by war, members of the Seventh-day Adventist Church around the world have varying perspectives on the year now ending.
Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
"Give of your best for the Lord. Let us give Him every opportunity to use you and me," declared Pastor Jan Paulsen, world president of the Seventh-day Adventist Church, in a New Year's message for 2005 offered to the 25 million people who attend weekly worship in 203 countries and areas of the world.
Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
The Seventh-day Adventist Church now numbers 13.4 million baptized members, with more than 25 million people attending weekly worship worldwide. The church grew by nearly one million members worldwide during the year, a period in which members offered 1,000 million Bible study invitations worldwide as part of the "Sow 1 Billion" campaign.
Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
Nations in Southern Asia are reeling in the wake of a devastating tsunami that swamped coastlines from Indonesia to Africa Dec. 26. Hundreds of fishing villages have been decimated, towns have been destroyed and many tourist resorts flooded. It is estimated that more than 50,000 people perished due to the crushing waves that struck following the 9.0 Richter scale earthquake with the epicenter near Northern Indonesia. Thousands more are feared dead, according to earlier reports.
Colombo, Sri Lanka