Native to Lead Adventist Church in Egypt Samir Berbawy has been elected as the new president of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Egypt, succeeding Kjell Aune, who became president of the Middle East church region in November. Berbawy is Egyptian by birth, and spent childhood years there and in Lebanon before his family emigrated to the United States ...
Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
Did you know that a positive self-image can stop a killer in its tracks? This message is an integral part of a six-month class on HIV/AIDS that 141 young people in Maputo, Mozambique took last year. Ranging in age from 10-years-old to 18-years-old, participants took the class as members of the Pathfinders -- a worldwide organization of young people sponsored by the Seventh-day Adventist Church.
Maputo, Mozambique
A new and spacious house of worship, considered the largest Christian church in the city of Pune, is being completed on the campus of the Seventh-day Adventist college there.
Pune, India
Ethical issues surrounding such end-of-life decisions as "physician-assisted suicide," recently upheld in the state of Oregon by the United States Supreme Court, can be perplexing for Seventh-day Adventist church members and physicians, but also reveal core values, a bio-ethicist at Loma Linda University and its Medical Center said.
Loma Linda, California, United States
How does one define poverty? Does it exist in Western countries, such as the United States? This is just one of the issues that Dr. Gilbert Burnham, a prominent researcher, professor, and the director of the Center for Refugee and Disaster Response at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland, researches. The center, which began in 1998, looks at the health system of particular countries -- assesses how it has bee
Baltimore, Maryland, United States
In the past two years thousands of women in Seventh-day Adventist churches worldwide have mastered several facets of leadership using a training program designed by the Women's Ministries department at the church's world headquarters. In April, the third and final level of the program will be released to Women's Ministries departments around the world.
Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
Nearly 60 years ago, a young Seventh-day Adventist who refused to bear arms was responsible for one of the greatest acts of heroism by a single person in combat. Now, that story is under development as a major motion picture, and is expected to bring the message of non-combatancy to millions.
Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
Adventist Pastor Filmed by National Geographic ... On Feb. 11, a film crew from National Geographic's television unit visited the Sacramento Central Seventh-day Adventist Church to record Sabbath services and to interview Pastor Doug Batchelor, senior pastor, regarding the book of Revelation. Batchelor was brought to the crew's attention by the high level of Internet traffic directing them to the Amazing Facts Web site regarding the prophecies of Revelation.
Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
Thousands of clergy members from around the world -- from a variety of denominations -- are expected to unite in a global audience for "Here We Grow Again," a professional development seminar due Mar. 21 from the Adventist Church's Ministerial Association. The broadcast will originate from the Sligo Seventh-day Adventist Church in Takoma Park, Maryland and will commence at 1 p.m. (1800 hrs. GMT).
Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
"For many years we in the West were encouraged by the faith and courage of Russian Adventists," Pastor Jan Paulsen, world president of the Seventh-day Adventist Church, told members and leaders during a Moscow visit to share in the celebrations of 120 years of Adventism in Russia. During the five-day trip, he also met with officials of the Russian Federation, including representatives of President Vladimir Putin.
Moscow, Russia