Moscow: New Mission to Focus on Urban Areas
Seventh-day Adventists in Euro-Asia are taking steps to improve the church's ministry in major urban centers.
Moscow, Russian Federation
Adventists Affirm Church Stance Against Child Soldiers
The ongoing use of children as young as eight years old as combat soldiers was protested at a United Nations Security Council meeting in New York Jan. 14 that included representation from the Seventh-day Adventist Church.
New York, New York, United States
Egypt: Church Responds to Public Insult
The Seventh-day Adventist Church in Egypt has reacted to comments made on Egyptian national television by Coptic Pope Shenouda III Jan. 7.
Cairo, Egypt
Antigua: Governor General Applauds New Religious Freedom Organization
The Governor General of Antigua and Barbuda, Sir James Carlisle, applauded the formation of the first organization in the country to be dedicated exclusively to promoting and defending religious freedom.
St. Johns, Antigua
News in Brief
Bangladesh Seminary Expands -- Adventist Colleges Abroad Educator Awarded -- New Cardiac Procedure Repairs Hole in Heart Without Surgery
Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
Russia: Adventists Express Concern Over New Law on Foreigners
Seventh-day Adventist missionaries are among thousands of expatriates in Russia who have expressed concern about a new law on the legal status of foreigners in the country.
Moscow, Russia
Solomon Islands: Adventists Survive Cyclone
Two Seventh-day Adventist families are among villagers who survived a cyclone in Anuta and Tikopia, Solomon Islands, Dec. 28.
Honiara, Solomon Islands
Egypt: Coptic Pope Publicly Insults Seventh-day Adventist Church
In a television interview with Egyptian TV on Jan. 7, Pope Shenouda III of the Coptic Orthodox Church in Egypt said that Christians and Muslims are united in Egypt, but that Seventh-day Adventists, along with others, are disturbing the unity in the country.
Cyprus, Egypt
Solomon Islands: Adventist Dies In Arson Attack
A Seventh-day Adventist has died after arsonists destroyed her house during an attack on the village of Baine, Solomon Islands, in December.
Baine, Solomon Islands
Loma Linda University Receives Grant for Alzheimer's Disease Research
A recent $6.55 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to Loma Linda University School of Medicine's Neurosurgery Center for Research, Training and Education will provide means for research into a cure for Alzheimer's disease.
Loma Linda, California, United States