The "Adventist World," the international paper for Seventh-day Adventists, will launch in September, Dr. William G. Johnsson, Adventist World editor, said in an interview. The initial print run is for at least 1 million copies in English, with additional copies expected in Spanish and French.
Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
*Fanja Michel Rakotomanana, 40, chief technical advisor for the Food Security project for the Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) office in Madagascar, was killed Aug. 10 when his motorcycle collided with an unlit parked truck. The ADRA Madagascar staff mourns Rakotomanana's death. His father, wife, and two children, ages four and seven, survive him.
Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
Alexander Douglas admits that he started out writing a middle of the road, uninspiring piece for one of London's premiere music festivals. He was one of four musicians commissioned to write a major original piece for the 10th anniversary of the Manchester Jazz Festival. But then he asked himself: "Is this worthy of God?" He asks this question of all his musical projects no matter what musical genre he is using.
London, United Kingdom
What began as a small group of worshippers in the 1970s has grown to include more than 1,000 Ghanaian Seventh-day Adventists in Britain. There are now four congregations in London alone. And when families grow, new homes are often needed: the London Ghana congregation has just broken ground on a £3 million (U.S. $5.4 million) church complex, reportedly the largest in the history of the South England Adventist church area.
London, United Kingdom
Noting the 60th anniversary of the end of World War II, Seventh-day Adventist church leaders in Germany and Austria have released a declaration saying they "deeply regret" any participation in or support of Nazi activities during the war. The church bodies "honestly confess" a failure "in following our Lord" by not protecting Jews, and others, from that era's genocide, widely known as the Holocaust. Millions of people perished from war atrocities, including more than 6 million Jews who were exterminated in Nazi persecutions during the 12-year period of 1933 to 1945.
Hannover, Germany
Japan: ADRA Funds Surgeries for Children with Cleft Lips/Palette Tokyo, Japan [Song Sung Sub/ANN] ... The Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) Japan recently received 3.4 Million Yen (U.S. $31,100) in International Voluntary Aid funds from Japan Post for helping children in Nepal who have cleft lip and palate (CLP).
Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
Lights, camera, God? Welcome to Paul Kim's world. Meet the former Seventh-day Adventist youth pastor who made the radical decision to switch gears and go back to school to study film and television.
Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
Assessment of the food shortage crisis in Niger is underway by the Adventist Development and Relief Agency's (ADRA) crisis assessment team, which arrived there Aug. 5.
Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
Following a request from the city council and mayor of Mukachevo, Ukraine, the Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) began repairs July 25 on a schoolhouse that was badly damaged during hurricane in May.
Mukachevo, Ukraine
Leaders at the world headquarters of the Seventh-day Adventist Church have a special challenge: think globally, but also work to serve the interests of the church's fast growing membership. A faith community of 25 million, Adventists live and worship in more than 200 countries around the world, with a wide variety of local needs.
Silver Spring, Maryland, United States