While most Christians agree that Jesus' New Testament admonishment to "pray without ceasing" doesn't necessarily mean 24-7 knees-to-carpet entreaty, they nonetheless believe that an attitude of prayer should outlast 'amen.'
Dallas, Texas, United States
Democratic Republic of Congo: ADRA Shelters Displaced Families in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Inter-America: Church Region Tops 200,000 Baptisms in 2006, England: Grant Allows ADRA UK to Fight Poverty in Burkina Faso, World Church: Adventist World Radio Appoints New VP for Advancement, United States: Adventist University's Record Enrollment Continues, Correction
Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
When was the last time your church focused on problems outside its doors? If you can't remember, you are not alone. There are many other Seventh-day Adventists who do little to alleviate the suffering of those in their communities. According to a 2002 world survey of Adventists, only 29 percent of church members were involved in community service.
Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
The morning of January 13 started out as a rather typical Saturday when Seventh-day Adventists in Poso, Central Sulawesi, Indonesia headed to the Adventist church to worship until a bomb, wrapped in a plastic bag, was discovered by one of the church members under some bushes at the main entrance. With this discovery church members quickly alerted the police who sent a bomb specialist to deactivate the bomb.
Poso, Indonesia
Vietnam: State Grants Official Certificate of Religious Practice to Adventists, World Church: Change of Venue for Church's Annual Council, United States: Adventist is Record Keeper for 2007 State of the Union Address
Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
We have not forgotten you, that is the message that the Seventh-day Adventist Church in the United States has for Adventist students attending public colleges and universities.
Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
In an Old Testament studies class she focused on the stigma of AIDS. In a class on social work she focused on women as the face of AIDS and the impact it has on the family. In an art class she talked about how artwork is used to inform the pubic about AIDS. She attended business that focused on social entrepreneurship and what business can do to affect the AIDS cause.
Riverside, California, United States
"Seventh-day Adventists are not an island in this world. We want to know other faiths better, and we want them to know us better," Dr. John Graz, director of the Adventist world church's department of Public Affairs and Religious Liberty, said Jan. 23.
Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
An increase in radicalism that has led to a surge in religious intolerance will be among the themes considered by a congress on religious freedom planned for the continent of Africa--an area of the world that until recently seemed to have relatively few religious liberty concerns.
Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
Seventh-day Adventist Church leaders at its Inter-American regional headquarters ask church leaders and members across the world to pray for fellow Adventists on the island of Montserrat as volcanic activity threatens to affect yet again what's left of the Adventist community there. The government has issued warnings of a possible evacuation.
Miami, Florida, United States