Israel: Adventist Churches Shelter Rocket Attack Refugees
"The situation in Northern Israel continues to be difficult,"reports Richard Elofer, president of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Israel. Many Adventists and Jews celebrated this Sabbath in bomb shelters with frequent interruptions by blaring sirens a
Kenya: Bus Accident Claims Six As Group Travels to Remote Orphanage
A tragic bus accident on the evening of July 21 claimed the lives of a bus driver and five women from the Central Seventh-day Adventist Church in Nairobi, Kenya. They were part of a group en route to an orphanage in Isiolo village, about 124 miles (200 ki
United States: 100-Year-Old Grandfather Baptized as an Adventist
Baptism in the Seventh-day Adventist Church isn't for infants - the church generally will baptize those who have reached an "age of accountability," and who are fully aware of the solemn step that immersion represents.
Middle East: Adventist Leaders Call For Peace; Lebanese School Houses Refugees
Joining earlier calls from Seventh-day Adventist Church leaders in Israel and other parts of the Middle East, Pastor Bertil Wiklander, president of the church's Trans-European region, said the current crisis must not endanger the hope for peace.
World Church: Leaders Reprioritize Tobacco Control at Global Summit
Delegates from Cambodia to California met on the campus of Columbia Union College and Washington Adventist Hospital from July 14 to 16 for a Global Tobacco Control Summit organized by the Seventh-day Adventist Church.
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Middle East: Church Postpones Headquarters' Relocation To Beirut
Leaders of the Seventh-day Adventist church in the Middle East voted Monday, July 17 to postpone the much-anticipated September relocation of its headquarters offices to Beirut, Lebanon.
Reflection: Conference Participants Sense Unity, Cherish Fellowship
A mélange of languages wafts through the lobby of the Sürmeli Hotel Ephesus, in the province of Izmir, Turkey, as holiday makers mingle on a Sunday night before their return to the "real world." But for one group of travelers here, the past 10 days, thoug
World Church: Adventist Theologians Affirm Role of Bible, Call for Theological Unity
Theologians, scholars and administrators of the Seventh-day Adventist world church closed the organization's Second International Bible Conference in Ephesus, Izmir Province, Turkey, on July 15 with a call for theological unity.
World Church: Southeastern European Adventists Seek Unity at Bible Conference
"Growing together in unity and hope was evident during this conference," said Miodrag Zivanovic, president of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in South-East Europe, of a recent 6-day Bible conference that drew some 700 Adventists from Serbia, Montenegro,
Israel: 'Be Makers of Peace,' Adventist Leader Urges
Seventh-day Adventists in Israel are encouraging peace in the midst of the recent escalation of violence in Israel, the Gaza Strip and Lebanon.
Lebanon: Rocket Attacks Near Beirut Adventist School
Subsequent to the recent upsurge in regional violence the leadership of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in the Middle East is calling for restraint on all sides of the conflict and between various factions in Lebanon and Israel.
World Church: 70 Years of Protecting Church Assets
Passed off as 'Acts of God' by insurance companies, last year's hurricanes not only affected infrastructures, businesses, families and their homes but also churches. It's true churches are not beyond hurricanes, floods, earthquakes or any other such cata
West Indies Union: Centennial Celebration Begins at First Adventist Church in the Area
One hundred years after the Seventh-day Adventist Church was established in the West Indies the church has grown to be one of the largest in the region. Adventists living on the islands of the Bahamas, Cayman, Jamaica and Turks and Caicos started a serie
World Church: Fourth Annual Internet Evangelism Forum to Convene in August
"How relevant are we?" This question, aimed at the Seventh-day Adventist church, is one communication delegates hope to answer in the affirmative at the third annual Global Internet Evangelism Forum.
North America: Dog sleds and Determination Deliver Bibles to Arctic
Add near insurmountable financial and logistical obstacles to the very inhospitable Arctic climate (think a frigid -15 degrees Celsius in the summer!), and many might have let the initiative to lug two tons of Bibles to the North Pole freeze over.
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World Church: In Ephesus, Bible Conference Begins With Call to Future
"Our future is what beckons us and challenges us. And we must walk into that future without distancing ourselves from the 'wall' at our backs. We must feel its support constantly," Seventh-day Adventist world church president Pastor Jan Paulsen said durin
Ghana: Adventist World Church Secretary Gets National Honor
He has received three honorary degrees and the leaders of Kenya, the Gambia and Malawi have given him awards for service. But to Seventh-day Adventist Pastor Matthew Ango Bediako, born in rural Ghana, the award he received from John Agyekum Kufuor, Ghana'
World Church: New Sabbath School Curriculum to Target Young People and Their Teachers
"Reading the Bible can sometimes feel like walking into a fog to them," said Kathleen Beagles, Sabbath School Bible study guide editor for the headquarters of the Seventh-day Adventist church, of the many young people who feel alienated from the Bible and