Adventist News Network

Top Politician Urges Adventists to Continue Involvement in Nigerian Society

In remarks to Seventh-day Adventist church members in Nigeria, the Governor of Lagos State, Asiwaju Ahmed Tinubu, commended the church for laying a solid foundation for the development of spiritual, medical, and educational work in Nigeria.

Ikeja, Lagos State, Nigeria

Oct. 22, 2002

India: Church Leaders Oppose Threatened Legislation

Seventh-day Adventist Church leaders in the south Indian state of Tamil Nadu are calling for religious freedom rights to be upheld in the face of threatened legislation that would "ban conversions."

Hosur, Tamil Nadu, India

Oct. 22, 2002

Eastern European Leaders Meet, Discuss Religious Freedom

More than 30 political and academic leaders from a number of Eastern European countries met October 10 at the Seventh-day Adventist Church world headquarters.

Silver Spring, Maryland, United States

Oct. 22, 2002

New Hymnal Released for the Blind

A Seventh-day Adventist publishing company for the blind is set to release a special edition of the Adventist hymnal.

Lincoln, Nebraska, United States

Oct. 22, 2002

Small Bible Study Groups in Euro-Asia Grow

Small group Bible studies have more than doubled over a three-month period in the Euro-Asia Division, or region, of the Seventh-day Adventist Church.

Moscow, Russian Federation

Oct. 22, 2002

Name "Jesus" on Ancient Inscription

An ancient Aramaic inscription on a stone box mentions the name Jesus, leading many archeological scholars to believe it could mean Jesus of Nazareth.

Silver Spring, Maryland, United States

Oct. 22, 2002

Russia: Adventists Receive International Award for Television Special

The Russian affiliate of Three Angels Broadcasting Network (3ABN) recently won a first-place award at an international media competition held in Odessa, Ukraine.

Odessa, Ukraine

Oct. 16, 2002

South Pacific: Adventists "Outraged" at Bali Tragedy

Seventh-day Adventist leaders in the South Pacific are condemning the act of terrorism that claimed the lives of many people in the recent bomb blasts on Indonesia's island of Bali.

Wahroonga, Australia

Oct. 16, 2002

Malawi: Food Distribution Aids Drought, Flood Victims

The Adventist Development and Relief Agency has begun a three-month distribution of emergency food supplies in Tsabango, Kalumba, and Kalumbu, in the rural area near Lilongwe, Malawi.

Lilongwe, Malawi

Oct. 16, 2002

Colombian Center to Help Women Devastated by War

Colombia's first training center for displaced single mothers was opened September 19 by the Adventist Development and Relief Agency in Bogota.

Bogota, Colombia

Oct. 16, 2002