Andrews University, a Seventh-day Adventist institution in Berrien Springs, Michigan, United States, opened a new center for Campus Ministries, a cluster of 15 in-reach and outreach ministries run by students at the school. Pastor Jan Paulsen, world president of the Adventist church, cut the ribbon during an Oct. 16 ceremony.
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Following mudslides and other hurricane damage that ravaged the lives of tens of thousands, victims of Hurricane Stan are receiving food aid from the Adventist Development and Relief Agency, ADRA International.
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Adventist News Network asked several delegates at the Seventh-day Adventist Church's recent business meetings how "Tell The World," a vision for world evangelism in the Seventh-day Adventist Church for the next five years, will affect the church in their area of the world. Here's what they had to say:
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"Only when religious freedom and security are not regarded as opposites can there be real and meaningful progress," Jonathan Gallagher, deputy secretary general of the International Religious Liberty Association (IRLA) and the journal's editor, writes in the 2005 issue of "Fides et Libertas" ("Faith and Liberty"), the annual journal of the International Religious Liberty Association.
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In a highly-significant move, a working group on religious freedom and equality has submitted a proposed law to the Peruvian government's Ministry of Justice that would guarantee equality of treatment for all religions and persons in the country.
Lima, Peru
Just days after Guatemala was hit by Hurricane Stan, which caused deadly mudslides that buried hundreds of people, the Seventh-day Adventist Church is still trying to account for missing church members. So far, church leaders confirm 22 members are dead and nearly 3,400 members' families' homes were damaged or destroyed in the wake of the hurricane and mudslides.
Guatemala City, Guatemala
Although they were not present, the lives of three Seventh-day Adventist pastors were changed during the Annual Council business meetings Oct. 12. Each was elected as an associate director of a department at the church's world headquarters.
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A new governing board will run the Adventist Television Network (ATN) operation of the Hope Channel. The Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) International is revising its bylaws and taking the responsibility for its name and logo to its board of directors. And, Home Study International is now Griggs University and International Academy.
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Imagine an Adventist school with few or no Adventist teachers or students. Such a school might well have trouble maintaining an "Adventist environment," but that is the future facing several of the church's colleges and universities worldwide if they do not work to reverse current trends, an Oct. 12 report concluded.
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A 28-member Faith and Science Council that will tackle continuing issues of creation, science and the Bible has been voted by leaders of the Seventh-day Adventist world church. The action came during executive committee meetings on Oct. 12 as part of the movement's annual business meetings.
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