With 2,000 Seventh-day Adventists at the airport, and another 3,000 waiting at a hotel 15 miles away, Pastor Jan Paulsen could say he was truly and warmly welcomed August 14 to Yaoundé, Cameroon. He visited at the same time the church there celebrated 80 years and recorded two "Let's Talk" television programs on August 17.
Yaoundé, Cameroon
At the first meetings between the two bodies, representatives of the worldwide Seventh-day Adventist Church and the World Evangelical Alliance shared a common concern for united Christian witness in an age of increasing secularism and religious pluralism. Although informal contacts have occurred between Adventists and Evangelicals during the past 50 years, the August 8 to 11 dialogue held on the campus of the International Baptist Theological Seminary, in Prague, Czech Republic was the first official meeting of the two groups.
Prague, Czech Republic
An antique clock that originally belonged to James White, one of the early pioneers of the Seventh-day Adventist Church, has been given to the church's South Pacific region. The clock had been in the Conley family for almost 100 years.
Wahroonga, New South Wales, Australia
Residents of the coastal area around Chiclayo, Peru, have five brand new Seventh-day Adventist churches. Built by 182 volunteers from Canada, Peru and the United States, the churches were part of the 16th annual Ultimate Workout mission trip, sponsored by Maranatha Volunteers International, a non-profit organization that specializes in building churches and schools around the world.
Sacramento, California, United States
Sometimes small can be refreshing in a world where bigger is often touted as better. However, several Seventh-day Adventist experts on church growth say there is ample evidence that small churches--of 100 members or less--often refuse to grow and end up stagnant.
Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
More than 25,000 people in the South Pacific nation of Papua New Guinea, mostly women, will learn to read and write, and another 2,800 will become involved in income generating activities. This will come about because of a three-year project funded by the government of the United Kingdom's Department for International Development (DFID) and the Adventist Development and Relief Agency's United Kingdom office.
Watford, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom
Twenty-four students and faculty of Seventh-day Adventist-owned Helderberg College in Somerset West, South Africa will undertake a five-day, 310-mile (500 kilometer) bicycle ride to raise money for students who need financial help to attend the school.
Somerset West, South Africa
July 22 signified the start of a new life in Jesus Christ for nine prisoners at the Baisu Correction Institution Services (CIS) prison grounds in Papua New Guinea. On that day they joined the Seventh-day Adventist church through baptism at the Baisu Prison grounds in Western Highlands Province.
Western Highlands, Papua New Guinea
Freedom of religion and belief - cherished by millions around the world - remains an often-tenuous proposition in some places, Seventh-day Adventist religious liberty officials say following recent South Pacific visits. In several countries of the region, some minority groups and individuals have been discriminated against, and believers denied the opportunity both to practice and witness to their faith in local situations. Such prejudice has even lead to stoning of church members and the burning of homes.
Port Vila, Vanuatu
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Silver Spring, Maryland, United States