Lay evangelists in the Republic of Moldova are envisioning approaches to their communities with the principles of the Gospel thanks to two regional seminars and the donation of hundreds of DVD players and discs containing sermon outlines and illustrations.
Bálti and Chisinau, Moldova
An Australian educator involved in establishing schools for Karen refugees in Thailand has received one of her nation's top honors for public service. Helen Hall, a Seventh-day Adventist working in northwestern Thailand, has been named a recipient of the Medal of the Order of Australia, the Australian government announced on Jan. 26. She is believed to be the first Adventist to receive the medal.
Canberra, Australia
United States -- World church president Pastor Jan Paulsen will continue the Let's Talk series on March 15 with a broadcast from the campus of Oakwood College in Huntsville, Alabama in the United States.
Silver Spring, Maryland,, United States
The Baghdad Seventh-day Adventist Church has been targeted by a car bomb for the second time in two years, injuring an armed guard, one of two permanently stationed to protect the church compound.
Baghdad, Iraq
He was just a small boy, but he had a big problem. "I have anger issues and people at my school call me crazy and I've been praying to God and He hasn't answered me yet." Through misty eyes, Dan McDonald, director of the play on the life of Dr. Ben Carson, related the boy's story. The boy, about 9-years-old, talked about his problem during the question-and-answer (Q-and-A) time after the play.
Columbia, Maryland, United States
The January/February issue of Signs of the Times marks 120 years of continuous publication of the Adventist church's South Pacific outreach publication.
Warburton, Victoria, Australia
A small device roughly the size of an iPod that can store up to 160 hours of audio content will soon be used to bring the gospel to remote people groups in Africa and elsewhere, according to two Seventh-day Adventist church media organizations.
Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
United States -- Two students from South Lancaster Adventist Academy in South Lancaster, Massachusetts were killed in a car accident on Jan. 20, while two others were injured.
Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
It started as a desire to do something for his local church. Jerry Pine of the La Sierra University Adventist Church in southern California decided to post the church's weekly worship services on half a dozen podcast directories. This is what began churchpodcast.net, a podcast directory service that offers audio and video files with a "progressive and strong grace orientation."
Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
Does your church love Jesus? If they do, does anybody else know? Seventh-day Adventist women are becoming more purposeful about answering that question. While the church has long relied on public evangelism campaigns to get their messages across, they are now encouraging all areas of the church to find new and innovative ways to reach outside sanctuary walls and into their communities.
Silver Spring, Maryland, United States