World Church: 'Proclaiming God's Grace' is Next GC Session Theme
We Have This Hope. Now is the Time. Almost Home. Transformed in Christ. When members of the Seventh-day Adventist Church's General Conference (GC) Session Theme Committee reviewed past GC Session themes, they noticed not one mentioned grace.
World Church: Youth Ministries Celebrates 100 Years, Plant Trees
With the planting of a tree on May 15, Seventh-day Adventist young people around the world celebrated the 100th anniversary of the Youth Ministries department.
United States: La Sierra SIFE Members Drink Up for Kalaala, Win SIFE Nationals
By simply drinking water students at Seventh-day Adventist-owned La Sierra University can help build classrooms, science labs and libraries for villagers in Kalaala, Ethiopia.
Jamaica: Church Takes Parable of the Good Samaritan Literally
Hundreds of Kingston, Jamaica's homeless will soon benefit from the opening of the Good Samaritan Inn, which aims to provide food and clothing for the homeless in the island-nation's capital.
World Church: Book Series Makes Adventist Beliefs Relevant for Kids
God is like an ... egg? The concept of the Trinity has stumped plenty of scholars and wrinkled the brow of many a Sabbath School teacher, so why would anyone try to explain how one God can be three to kids? Why not? is a question world Seventh-day Adventi
Jamaica: Gunmen Shoot Adventist Pastor in Robbery Attempt
Gunmen shot a 49-year-old Seventh-day Adventist pastor and escaped after an unsuccessful robbery attempt in Jamaica on May 10. Local police are investigating the crime.
From Convictions to Conversions, Adventist Judge Ministers to Prisoners
When 61-year-old Judge Crispin B. Bravo announced his early retirement to his Metropolitan Trial Court staff just before the end of 2006 he didn't know that 21 members of his legal staff, lawyers and other judges would sign a petition asking him to recons
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United States: Desmond Doss Sculpture Unveiled at Veterans Memorial Park
First immortalized when former United States' president, Harry Truman, presented him with the prestigious Congressional Medal of Honor, the late Cpl. Desmond T. Doss' story of faith and service lives on in Collegedale, Tennessee's Veterans Memorial Park.
Madagascar: Country's President Challenges Adventists to be 'Green'
Madagascar's top leaders including its president, Marc Ravalomanana, joined 30,000 others in the Mahamasina (Sacred) Stadium in Madagascar's capital for a public evangelism meeting held by the Seventh-day Adventist Church on May 5.
World Church: Voice of Local Church Key to Adventist Organization Model
Most church members are not overly concerned about church organization and structure. They'd rather learn how to live the Christian life. But church leaders like Bertil Wiklander president of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in the Trans-European region
World Church: United Nations Wakes up to Religion
The United Nations is waking up to the role that religious organizations can play in meeting its goals--particularly in the area of social, development, and peace issues.
World Church: Faith and Science Council Meets, Embraces Adventist Belief in the Creator God
In the face of ever evolving theories of how the world began, the Seventh-day Adventist Church is saying 'we still believe in the six-day Biblical creation.'
United Kingdom: Arson Destroys Children's Room At Micklefield Church
Arsonists struck the Micklefield Seventh-day Adventist Church in High Wycombe on Saturday, April 21. The resulting fire destroyed the children's room at the back of the church and left the building temporarily unusable for worship. The fire was started in
World Church: 'Plug Into' God's Power Supply, Paulsen Tells Young People
Seventh-day Adventist world church president Pastor Jan Paulsen drove home a message of personal responsibility and resourcefulness to 26 students gathered for the 16th installment of the Let's Talk series, this time on the campus of Adventist-owned Pacif
Democratic People's Republic of Korea: Church Humanitarian Assistance Arrives in North Korea
Following the signing of a memorandum of cooperation with the government authorities of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea in Pyongyang, in June, 2006, Pastor Jairyong Lee, president of the Northern Asia-Pacific region of the Seventh-day Adventist
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United States: Adventist Geneticist Helps Identify Gene that Regulates Canine Growth
The connection between dogs, humans and cancer may not be very clear until you talk to Seventh-day Adventist geneticist Nathan Sutter. Research that Sutter completed during his fellowship at the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) in Bethesda
United States: Adventist Robotics League Winner Picks Mission Trip Over Competition
"When you think about it, what's really going to matter in a hundred years? Do you want people to think back about you as winner of the Adventist Robotics League in 2007, or do you want them to think about how you [led them to Jesus]?"
World Church: Evangelism Must Be 'Way of Life, Not Event,' Says One Church Leader
If your concept of evangelism involves "mega dollars," a "star speaker" and a "dip and drop" attitude toward new believers, you need to update your definition, says Pastor Mark Finley, a vice president for the world Seventh-day Adventist Church.