United States: Amazing Facts, 3ABN to Merge Ministries ... Amazing Facts and Three Angels Broadcasting Network (3ABN) announced on April 19 plans to unite the two international Christian media ministries. The boards of directors of both ministries are exploring the venture, which will join both ministries under a new board and create a more efficient and economical platform for global evangelism, according to Amazing Facts president Doug Batchelor. “We’re really excited about this ... opportunity to communicate the good news of Jesus Christ,” he said. While the ministries work out a number of organizational details, both will continue regular operations. For more than 40 years, Amazing Facts has provided a strong ministry through outreach training, publishing, radio and TV broadcasts, Bible schools and an online ministry. 3ABN’s first broadcast was in 1986; now, its programming is available via satellite in every inhabited continent. For more information on the merge, see www.amazingfacts.org. [Amazing Facts/ANN Staff]

World Church: Office of Adventist Mission Gains Study Centers Director ... The Office of Adventist Mission at the headquarters of the Seventh-day Adventist Church recently appointed Dr. Ganoune Diop as director of the Global Mission Study Centers. These study centers were established to build bridges of understanding and foster better relationships with major world religions such as Islam, Judaism, Hinduism and Postmodernism. Diop is expected to start his new responsibilities some time this summer. In his new role Dr. Diop will serve as a liaison between the study centers and the 13 world regions of the Adventist church. He will help the study centers meet the needs and expectations of church leaders and work with the centers to help church members better understand and relate to people from different religious backgrounds. Diop is currently a professor of theology, biblical languages, and exegesis at Oakwood College, an Adventist institution of higher learning in Huntsville, Alabama, United States. He also serves as an associate pastor at the Oakwood College Church. [Laurie Falvo/Office of Adventist Mission]

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