Indonesia: Church Workers Train to Meet Tsunami Survivors' Emotional Needs Pematang Siantar, Indonesia ... [Elisha Gultom/AND/ANN] - The Adventist Church in Indonesia held a three-day Victims' Assistance Seminar, which began Jan. 19, at the local church's headquarters in Pematang Siantar. Seminar participants learned techniques for helping victims of trauma cope with and recover from emotional repercussions.
Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
When approximately 20 million Americans sat down Jan. 23 to view ABC-TV's "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition," few may have known that the story behind this weekly transformation of a family's home and life was, itself, a miracle. The popular show chooses one family in need and greatly improves, or even rebuilds their home in seven days.
Martinez, California, United States
Staff at the headquarters of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Myanmar gathered on Christmas Eve to celebrate their best Christmas gift ever: equipment that would grant them access to the Internet, a major breakthrough for the church there.
Dagon, Myanmar
The Adventist Development and Relief Agency International (ADRA) is appealing for the release of three agency workers that were abducted at gunpoint along with ADRA project vehicles on Dec. 16, 2004, while traveling through the then rebel-controlled area of Labado on their way from Khartoum to West Darfur, Sudan.
Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
"Religion can be the most powerful force for liberty in society," said Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago, H.E. Patrick Manning at a Jan. 19 International Religious Liberty Association conference on the island of Trinidad. The gathering brought together 320 leaders of both society and faith communities across the Caribbean region and beyond.
Port-of-Spain, Trinidad
If a Seventh-day Adventist Christian is wondering about the seeming delay in Jesus' promised return, a check of the Bible book of Joshua might counter any doubts, says Roy Adams, an associate editor of the Adventist Review, the official church paper. Just as Joshua led the Israelites to the fulfillment of their 40-year journey to the Promised Land, Christians can still count on Jesus to keep His promise to return for His followers.
Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, popularly known as "Lula," described the third camporee of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in South America as a rare opportunity for "narrowing the friendship links and camaraderie, for the exchange of experiences, the exercising of abilities, and for the acquisition of greater knowledge about Brazil, both on the part of the Brazilians and the visitors from other countries."
Santa Helena, Paraná, Brazil
Romania Recognizes Religious Freedom Leader Romania's national leaders recognized Dr. John Graz, director of Public Affairs and Religious Liberty for the Seventh-day Adventist Church, for his contribution to "the consolidation of peace and social harmony" in that country. Graz has also been recognized for contributing to "the promotion of human rights and the fundamental freedoms," said President Ion Iliescu of Romania.
Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
Britain's 24,000 Seventh-day Adventists were among many in this nation of 60 million who saw little humor in a recent television portrayal of a controversy between Christ and Satan.
Watford, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom
It's an urban campus with a global feel: Columbia Union College, a Seventh-day Adventist school close to Washington, D.C., capital of the United States, stands in stark contrast to many Adventist university locations: others are mostly in suburban or rural areas, but CUC, based in Takoma Park, Maryland, is cosmopolitan to the core.
Silver Spring, Maryland, United States