Papua New Guinea: Adventist Doctors Perform Life-saving Heart Surgeries, Togo: ADRA to Improve Access to Safe Drinking Water, United Kingdom: Adventist Youth March In Central London, United States: Andrews University Houses Papers of Adventist Missionary, Emmanuel Pedersen, World Church: Discover Bible Course Hits 50 Languages Mark, In Memoriam, Ground 7 News
Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
Charged with finding real world solutions to real world problems, students from Seventh-day Adventist-owned Northern Caribbean University (NCU) rose to the challenge for the second time. The group beat out 4,000 other registrants in the region's Microsoft Imagine Cup technology competition for students.
Mandeville, Manchester, Jamaica
Young people are not the only ones living with HIV or AIDS. Yet when one thinks of the spread of HIV and AIDS, particularly in Africa, the image that usually comes to mind is that of young parents leaving behind orphaned children.
Johannesburg, South Africa
After nearly 17 years and almost 12,000 successfully treated patients, the Proton Treatment Center at Loma Linda University Medical Center (LLUMC), has been renamed for its developer Dr. James Slater. The LLUMC board made the decision on May 23 and the facility will officially be known as the James Slater Proton Treatment Center.
Loma Linda, California, United States
United States: Adventist Woman Nominated as Brigadier General, Madagascar: Small Group Bible Studies Brings Hundreds to the Adventist Church, Papua New Guinea: Plane First Of Its Kind to Enter Country, England: Newbold Church Centre Wins Design Award, Australia: ADRA Australia Launches New Web site, Canada: Adventist Messenger Wins "Best in Class" Award
Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
Hope has come to the country of Romania in the form of SperantaTV, which offers 24/7 Seventh-day Adventist television programming. The channel broadcast its first program at the end of April and was officially launched on May 19. SperantaTV, which means 'hope' in the Romanian language, is the seventh channel to fall under the umbrella of Adventist-owned Hope Channel International.
Bucarest, Romania
Following in the footsteps of other countries, the governments of two Nigerian cities, Lagos and Kano, have filed a lawsuit against tobacco companies operating in the country. The suit points out that even though tobacco companies have admitted to the fatal consequences of smoking, they still target young people in Nigeria. The cities are hoping to recover billions of dollars to offset treatment for tobacco-related illnesses, stop-smoking programs and tobacco education campaigns.
Lagos, Nigeria
On a night dedicated to recognizing and upholding religious freedom for all, key speaker and United States Senator John Kerry rallied behind a bill designed to protect the rights of people of faith, including Sabbath-keepers, in the workplace. Kerry spoke to a room of 200 guests at the fifth annual religious liberty dinner staged in the historic Caucus Room located in the Russell Senate office building on Thursday, May 17.
Washington, D.C., United States
From a recovery room in Cornwall Regional Hospital, Seventh-day Adventist Pastor Egnal Grant said he has forgiven the attackers who shot him in the abdomen during an attempted robbery on Thursday evening, May 10.
Irwindale, St. James, Jamaica
We Have This Hope. Now is the Time. Almost Home. Transformed in Christ. When members of the Seventh-day Adventist Church's General Conference (GC) Session Theme Committee reviewed past GC Session themes, they noticed not one mentioned grace.
Silver Spring, Maryland, United States