Religious liberty, the legal status of church properties and establishing legal offices were among several issues discussed at a joint conference of Seventh-day Adventist lawyers from throughout Africa meeting in Cape Town, South Africa, on Monday, February 26.
Cape Town, South Africa
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Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
"While athletes will be breaking sports records, Seventh-day Adventist university students ... are going to transform Rio de Janeiro into the capital of service and witness," says Pastor Otimar Gonçalves, youth ministries leader for the Adventist church in South America. He spoke to a work group planning public outreach during the July 13 to 28 Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Some 500 participants including government officials, ambassadors, church leaders, lay leaders and religious freedom experts gathered at the Sixth World Congress of the International Religious Liberty Association (IRLA) February 27 to examine the theme "Combating Religious Hatred through Freedom to Believe."
Cape Town, South Africa
Representatives of the London Seventh-day Adventist Youth Federation and other South London Adventists were among some 2,000 Christians and other Londoners who united in a prayer walk through two London boroughs blighted by a spate of fatal shootings.
London, United Kingdom
A television station that started out 17 years ago in the attic of a local Seventh-day Adventist Church has become the second most-watched Christian television station in the local television market, according to a national media research company. That station, Blue Mountain Television (BMT), has captured viewers in a market that extends from Yakima, Washington, to Milton-Freewater, Oregon, a distance of 138 miles.
College Place, Washington, United States
New Zealand ranks worst in the developed world for death rates among teenagers and other issues of teen welfare, such as suicide and pregnancy rates, according to a recent United Nations report. The report came during the first week of a bicycle tour that aims to address the very issue of "at-risk" behavior among young people in the country. Since New Zealand is known for its world-quality cyclists, it's no wonder eight cyclists from Seventh-day Adventist churches in the country fused the two agendas by participating in the 26-day, 2,2229-kilometer ride known as the Circle of Courage.
Bluff, New Zealand
Members of more than 400 Seventh-day Adventist churches across Australia united in prayer Feb. 17 to pray simultaneously for the end of a severe drought and water crisis plaguing that country since last August.
Ringwood, Victoria, Australia
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Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
Local police authorities are investigating the Feb. 15 shooting death of Joel Amilcar Hernandez, who served as general manager of the Seventh-day Adventist-owned Inter-American Health Food branch in Navojoa, Sonora, Mexico. Hernandez died near his home. He was 43 years old.
Navojoa, Sonora, Mexico