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Europe: Church President Encourages Adventist Youth to 'Become Owners, Take Responsibility' in Church

Young adults in the Seventh-day Adventist Church must "become owners, take responsibility ... in your church, in your congregation," Pastor Jan Paulsen, world church president, told a multi-national audience of European Adventist students during a live broadcast April 26. The program was held at Marienhoehe Adventist Church on the campus of Marienhoehe College in Darmstadt, Germany.

Darmstadt, Germany

Apr 26, 2005

United States: Fire At Southern Adventist University Claims One Student, Injures Two Others

A 3:30 a.m. fire in a women's residence hall at Southern Adventist University claimed the life of a 20-year-old female student and sent two others to a local hospital Tuesday, April 26. Kelly Weimer, a junior English major from Woodridge, Illinois, was killed in the blaze.

Collegedale, Tennessee, United States

Apr 26, 2005

ANN Feature: Bringing Peacemaking to the Pews

Christians have a duty to work to promote peace, six women behind Adventist Women for Peace (AWP) say. The women, Victoria Bresee, Gillian Geraty, Ginger Hanks-Harwood, Lourdes Morales-Gudmundsson, Iris Landa, and Marta Teel, all members of the Seventh-day Adventist church, point to the church's history of nonviolence and the Bible as their mandate.

Silver Spring, Maryland, United States

Apr 26, 2005

World Church: LLU Medical Center Changes Lives Worldwide, CEO Says

Although widely known in Seventh-day Adventist Church circles as the flagship denominational healthcare institution, many church members may not know how far reaching the influence of Loma Linda University Medical Center (LLUMC) actually is, Ruthita Fike, its chief executive officer of just over 14 months, says.

Loma Linda, California, United States

Apr 26, 2005

World Church President To Talk With European University Students

All topics will be open for discussion when Seventh-day Adventist world church president, Pastor Jan Paulsen, meets with Adventist students from more than 10 European countries April 26 in Darmstadt, Germany. "Let's Talk...Europe," to be broadcast live by satellite across Europe, will be the third in a series of unscripted, unedited conversations between young people and their church leader. It will be the first time the program is held outside the United States.

Silver Spring, Maryland, United States

Apr 19, 2005

World Church: Elijah Project Involves Thousands of Young People in Ministry

Rising to the challenge of involving more young people in the mission of the Seventh-day Adventist Church, the church's world headquarters and Adventist-laymen's Services and Industries (ASI) are partnering in a global youth witnessing initiative that, so far, has the attention of more than 600,000 young people between the ages of 15 and 30.

Silver Spring, Maryland, United States

Apr 19, 2005

ANN Feature: A Caring Church -- What Does it Take to Make a Church Feel Like a Family?

Have you ever attended a church service and could hardly wait to go back? While the message may have been inspiring, it probably helped that someone greeted you with a big smile, another person invited you to a Bible study and someone else asked you to stay for lunch and then sat with you. This kind of evidence of caring is what really makes a church successful, leaders in the Seventh-day Adventist Church say. While the words "church" and "caring" should be synonymous, some leave the church because they feel that no one cares about them, says Anne-May Wollan, director for Children and Women's Ministries for the Trans-European region of the church.

Silver Spring, Maryland, United States

Apr 19, 2005

World Church: Standing Commission to Examine Headquarters Ministries, Services

World leaders of the Seventh-day Adventist Church April 13 received a report advocating reorganization of several world church departments, and voted to pass that report on to a new standing commission that will evaluate church operations in the five-year period beginning after the world church's business meeting this summer.

Silver Spring, Maryland, United States

Apr 14, 2005

World Church: Plan to Distribute Ellen White Books to Every Adventist Family

Leaders of the Seventh-day Adventist Church unanimously voted April 14 to put into action a plan to distribute globally 2 million copies of books written by Ellen G. White, one of the church's founders.

Silver Spring, Maryland, United States

Apr 14, 2005

World Church: Spring Meeting Opens With Mission, Financial Reports

"There seems to be a new stirring in parts of the world not previously open to evangelism," declared Pastor Mark Finley, director of global evangelism for the Seventh-day Adventist world church. "We see in some of the most difficult places today, the grace of God working, the hearts of people being opened."

Silver Spring, Maryland, United States

Apr 13, 2005