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World Church: New Adventist World Radio Studios Slated For Southeast Asia and Africa

Imagine living in a landlocked country where battling monsoons and crippling poverty, surviving on subsistence rice farming, and dealing with a serious lack of basic infrastructure is your daily reality.

Silver Spring, Maryland, United States

Sep. 27, 2006

Australia: Adventist-owned Weet-Bix is Australia's Favorite Trademark

An iconic cereal born from the Seventh-day Adventist church's health message is Australia's favorite trademark for the 100 years that nation has been registering brand names.

Phillip, Australia's Capital Territory, Australia

Sep. 27, 2006

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Silver Spring, Maryland, United States

Sep. 25, 2006

ANN BOOK REVIEW: Adventist Chaplain's Life Story a Model for Many

In a world sometimes starved for tales of genuine achievement - with so many people becoming "famous" for being famous--From the Hood to the Hill, the life story of Seventh-day Adventist Pastor Barry C. Black is, indeed, as bestselling author Rick Warren says, "a fascinating read."

Silver Spring, Maryland, United States

Sep. 25, 2006

ANN Feature: Is the Adventist Stance on Noncombatancy Shifting?

Where have all the Desmond Dosses gone? Epitomizing the traditional position advocated by Seventh-day Adventists during wartime, Doss was a World War II U.S. Army medic who refused to carry a weapon, yet earned the Congressional Medal of Honor for single-handedly rescuing 75 wounded soldiers amid a blitz of enemy bullets on the island of Okinawa, Japan.

Silver Spring, Maryland, United States

Sep. 21, 2006

France: Two Adventists Honored for Helping Jews During World War II

Today, the Alpine ski town of Collonges sous Saleve is known, to the outside world at least, as a ski resort and tourist destination, roughly 7.3 miles, or 11.8 kilometers, South of Geneva, Switzerland. But, during the Second World War, Collonges was a way-station for Jews and other people desperate to escape Nazi persecution.

Collonges sous Saleve, France

Sep. 20, 2006

Romania: Religious Liberty Festival Attendees Urged to Promote Freedom

"Religious liberty is, as I learned, a highly important issue but, for me it is primarily a gift of God's grace. It may be that we will not always have it; it may be that someday we will be called to bear witness to our faith and allegiance to the Lord Jesus as our predecessors did," declared Carmen Timos during the Religious Liberty Festival held September 16, in Bucharest, Romania.

Bucharest, Romania

Sep. 20, 2006

United Kingdom: Lord Carey Urges End to Religious Violence

"We must deplore violence wherever it is found and especially deplore its association with religion," declared Lord Carey of Clifton, a former head of the Church of England, to an audience of 450 people at Adventist-owned Newbold College in the Berkshire suburbs of London on Sept. 19.

Binfield, Bracknell, Berkshire, United Kingdom

Sep. 19, 2006

Euro-Asia: Region's Adventist Pastors Meet In First-Ever Congress

An estimated 1,500 Seventh-day Adventist pastors from all over the church's Euro-Asia region gathered for a four-day congress where they were educated and challenged, church leaders say. It is believed to be the first time that such an event has been held for field pastors, many of whom are serving in remote locations across a region that spans 11 time zones.

Zaokski, Tula Region, Russia

Sep. 18, 2006

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Silver Spring, Maryland, United States

Sep. 18, 2006