United Kingdom -- Churches Together in Britain and Ireland (CTBI) , the ecumenical body that has linked major Christian denominations in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland for the last 15 years, held its final Assembly in November.
Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
A small, Bucharest basement was once the scene for the Seventh-day Adventist Church's television production in Romania. Today, a national media center stands in this capital city with the task of producing radio and television programs for the nation. On Nov. 24, the media center officially joined six other major church-owned media centers around the world.
Bucharest, Romania
In places such as South Africa, death from HIV/AIDS is a way of life. It is not unusual for people to waste away for months and then die at a young age.
Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
With the term "New Age medicine" comes words such as reflexology, ear candling, acupuncture, Eastern mystical meditation, homeopathy, crystal energy balancing and iridology. With these, and many more, claimed methods of attaining better health and balance in life, what's a Christian to do?
Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
Soon after Hurricane Beta hit the tiny Caribbean island of Providencia on Oct. 28, ripping the roofs off thousands of homes and shutting down the airport and all communications, the Seventh-day Adventist Church and the Adventist Development and Relief Agency [ADRA] moved into action, offering aid.
Santa Isabel, Providencia, Colombia
The Seventh-day Adventist world church's Global Mission (GM) committee voted in a Nov. 22 meeting to fund approximately U.S. $1.1 million for several hundred pioneering mission projects.
Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
Missionary service got two thumbs-up when scores of Seventh-day Adventist volunteers celebrated the opening of two new houses of worship in Peru.
Puno, Peru
United States -- Adventist churches and their immediate surroundings that were severely affected by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita earlier this year will get help in rebuilding from Adventist Community Services (ACS) Disaster Response. Donors to ACS -- the church's humanitarian arm in the United States and in Bermuda -- helped raised an unprecedented $2 million.
Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
Thousands of people in the south of Brazil -- and thousands more throughout North and South America -- are responding to an evangelistic call sounded by Seventh-day Adventist evangelist Mark A. Finley, during a series of Bible presentations held here in November.
Curitiba, Parana, Brazil
Highly-controversial bans on religious expression, such as the French government's outlawing of the Islamic headscarf in public schools and a recent court judgment on a Turkish government headscarf prohibition, have brought a detailed response and analysis by religious freedom experts this week.
Sigüenza, Spain