True to their convictions about a healthy lifestyle absent of alcohol, tobacco and drug use, Seventh-day Adventists in North America were among many who opposed the United States Senate bill May 22 signed by Maryland state governor Robert Ehrlich that reduces the penalty of using marijuana for medical purposes.
Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
Argentina: Flood Victims Receive Aid -- Adventist Represent Philippines at Anti-drug Summit
Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
While her peers are opting for learning how to play a piano or violin, 16-year old Liva Zilgalve is getting laurels playing kokle, a 30-string instrument popular among the national folk scene.
Riga, Latvia
The Seventh-day Adventist Church will take part in celebrating World No Tobacco Day May 31. WNTD, a World Health Organization (WHO) initiative, is designed to call attention to the impact of tobacco use on public health.
Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
First registered by the national government of Lithuania in 1926, some 76 years ago, the Seventh-day Adventist Church is moving toward official recognition by the Lithuanian Parliament, according to Bertold Hibner, secretary for the church in Lithuania.
Vilnius, Lithuania
Global Mission pioneers, or Seventh-day Adventist lay volunteers, will distribute 40 million "Sow 1 Billion" brochures around the world, according to a goal set last month by the Global Mission operations committee.
Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
Making and marketing vegetarian foods--a business related to the Seventh-day Adventist Church's health-promotion message, yet one of the movement's best kept secrets--is having a positive effect in many nations.
Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
Working from a bare-bones basement studio in Bucharest, the Seventh-day Adventist Church is reaching an entire nation via television.
Bucharest, Romania
Pan-European Adventist Youth Congress Planned -- Adventist Conscientious Objector Noted
Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
A Seventh-day Adventist business manager at Atoifi Adventist Hospital was murdered May 18 in Malaita, Solomon Islands.
Wahroonga, New South Wales, Australia