It wasn't your typical church outreach effort. You were as likely to learn about Russian author Fyodor Dostoyevsky as you were the Old Testament prophet Daniel. And if you missed a meeting at your church, you could catch it on a colossal screen in the city square, on local television after work, or even as a cell phone video clip.
Kiev, Ukraine
Put a finger on the financial pulse of the world Seventh-day Adventist Church, and you'll find it strong and steady. "God is blessing his faithful members as, with joy, they bring their tithes and offerings to the Lord," world church treasurer Bob Lemon told delegates gathered at world church headquarters on April 11.
Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
The Spring Meetings of the Seventh-day Adventist Church ended on Wednesday, April 4 with a report from the nomination commiteee to fill four vacant positions at the church's world headquarters.
Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
Acceptance is at the heart of retaining and reclaiming members in the Seventh-day Adventist Church, church leaders agreed when they voted on a document called "Conserving Membership Gains-An Appeal."
Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
At least three Seventh-day Adventists were among those killed when a tsunami swept across the Solomon Islands on April 2. Several other church members remain missing across the archipelago nation and are presumed dead.
Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
God is able. Ask Seventh-day Adventist pastor Reginald Sibanda and he will tell you that God is truly able. Sibanda knows this because he has watched God transform the hearts and minds of thousands of people living in the district of Mwenezi, Zimbabwe in just the past two years.
Mwenezi, Zimbabwe
How is the Seventh-day Adventist Church going about telling the world about Jesus? This question was answered at the start of the church's Spring Meeting, one of the church's twice yearly business meetings. The meetings started with reports from around the world that showed the seven ways in which the church can implement the church's vision to invite every person in the world to Tell the World about Jesus between 2005 and 2010.
Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
2006 was a record-breaking year for the world Seventh-day Adventist Church's office of Global Mission with some U.S.$5.3 million distributed to more than 1,800 projects around the world according to year-end totals presented to the Adventist Mission Committee, April 2, at the church's headquarters in Silver Spring, Maryland. Combined with funds from local church organizations, the projects totaled $13,994,745 worldwide.
Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
Seventh-day Adventists have little trouble tallying up new believers when they first enter the fold of church membership. But if fledgling Adventists get lost or tangled in temptation over the months and years that follow, who is out looking for them?
Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
Research published this week by the British Charity, Tearfund, makes somber reading for church leaders. It found only one in 10 people in the United Kingdom attend church on a weekly basis even though 53 percent of the British population identify themselves as Christian. This reflects a drop of 20 percent from a similar survey conducted just six years ago.
Stanborough Park, Watford, United Kingdom