All too often, when young people ask church leaders questions pertaining to church policy or their personal lives, their inquiries get brushed aside as irrelevant. Since 2003, however, Seventh-day Adventist world church president, Pastor Jan Paulsen, has worked to change that attitude with his 'Let's Talk' series.
Cape Town, South Africa
Not everyone can afford a traditional Ugandan wedding. After calculating the bride price and the reception, a wedding quickly becomes expensive. So expensive that it took Andereya Madoni 29 years to make his common-law marriage legal. Madoni was one of 39 couples that marched down the aisle of the Kireka Hill Seventh-day Adventist church in Kampala, Uganda on Sunday, November 26.
Kampala, Uganda
Nobody spoke an audible word at a silent worship service at Newbold College the week of November 23. No one sang a hymn, or preached a sermon. There was no music and no collection of an offering. This was a first for this Adventist-owned institution of higher learning.
Bracknell, England
When Thomas Müller, Adventist Media Director in Denmark, got word of Denmark's Best Church-Related Web Site competition hosted by Kristeligt Dagblad, one of the country's leading Christian newspapers, he declined submitting the Seventh-day Adventist church in Denmark's Web site.
Copenhagen, Denmark
Ask any Seventh-day Adventist Church member and she'll tell you that pastoral work is not a solo enterprise. Ask any pastor the same question and he'll admit that despite the pastor's leadership role, nurturing and sharing the Gospel takes a real team, a village or in this case, an entire church.
Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
Despite sweeping efforts by both government and private organizations to step up AIDS education, prevention and treatment around the globe, many AIDS' sufferers continue to combat not only the disease's ravages, but also the scorn and alienation of neighbors, friends, and even family.
Maseru, Lesotho
United States: Proposed Center to Make Florida Hospital Hub of Surgeon Training Worldwide, United Kingdom: Interdenominational Faith Representatives Pray for Prisoners, World Church: Adventist Photo Database Images Viewed Half a Million Times, Australia: Avondale College Receives Federal Grant to Preserve Adventist History, United States: Loma Linda University Professor Talks Laughter On CNN, West Indies Union Conference Appoints First Woman Treasurer
Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
Thousands of Seventh-day Adventists from the Bahamas, Turks and Caicos Islands, the Cayman Islands and other parts of the world met in Mandeville, Manchester, Jamaica on the weekend of November 10 to celebrate 100 years of the church in that area.
Mandeville, Manchester, Jamaica
At 72 years old, she lies in a hospice wasting away from the debilitating effects of cancer that daily ravages her brain, breast and lungs. For most people the last thing on their minds would be school. But not Wilma Gramkow. Despite her fading health, she successfully defended her doctoral thesis in a hospice a few weeks ago.
Sursee, Switzerland
The Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays have traditionally been about gorging ourselves on huge fatty meals and then falling asleep in front of the television. But these upcoming holidays should be about so much more than eating, says Dr. Allan Handysides, health ministries director for the Seventh-day Adventist world church.
Silver Spring, Maryland, United States