An unprecedented range of Seventh-day Adventist media and ministries joined forces Feb. 11 to produce a live satellite broadcast to support the church in the tsunami-affected regions of South Asia.
Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
Recognizing that tsunami survivors are suffering not just physically but emotionally, members of the Seventh-day Adventist Church offered a two-day trauma training seminar to pastors and chaplains in four countries in Southern Asia beginning Jan. 19.
Penang, Malaysia
With 16 Bible workers, 24 students from the Amazing Facts College of Evangelism (AFCOE), and 11 students from Columbia Union College (CUC) going door-to-door in the Washington, D.C. area inviting people to Bible studies and the NET 2005 meetings, and a satellite beaming the meetings all over the world, the event is being called one of the Seventh-day Adventist church's largest evangelistic outreaches.
Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
For the first time, a Bible correspondence course has been created for Native people in North America, a group that numbers at least 5.5 million.
Vancouver, Washington, United States
Zimbabwe's First Lady Donates Computers to University Mrs. Grace Mugabe, wife of Zimbabwe's president Robert Mugabe, donated computers, printers and software worth millions of Zimbabwean dollars to Solusi University, a Seventh-day Adventist school, at a ceremony Feb. 7.
Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
The word "temperance" may bring to mind the 1920s prohibition era in the United States where the government instituted laws against the sale and consumption of alcohol, but for members of the Seventh-day Adventist church, the practice is still relevant today.
Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
A special live satellite broadcast on Feb. 11 hosted by evangelist Mark Finley will aim to strengthen the Seventh-day Adventist Church's mission of helping others in the tsunami-ravaged areas of South Asia, church officials say. The program will air from 9:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. U.S. Eastern Time.
Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
Continued growth of the Seventh-day Adventist Church is gaining the attention of the general public and political leaders on a movement once viewed as an "obscure little sect," said Pastor Jan Paulsen, world church president, in a pair of addresses to delegates at the International Health Summit just concluded in Orlando, Florida in the United States. The North American and Inter-American regions of the church sponsored the seven-day event, Jan. 30 to Feb. 5, attended by 500 church leaders, church members and health specialists. [See ANN, Feb. 1, 2005.]
Orlando, Florida, United States
The Feb. 2 introduction of Bill C-38, the "Civil Marriage Act," by Canadian Justice Minister Irwin Cotler has raised concerns for religious freedom of clergy, congregations and individuals across Canada, according to Barry W. Bussey, public affairs and religious liberty director for the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Canada.
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Though he is still a Hindu, the doctor says he has new priorities. Those priorities include making room for Jesus in his daily life.
Silver Spring, Maryland, United States