Evangelistic Program Features on TV
Pago Pago, American Samoa….[Brenton Stacey] An evangelistic series presented by Seventh-day Adventists in American Samoa has been featured on local television. A similar program was broadcast two years ago by Erika Puni, a Samoan who serves as a departmental director for the church in the South Pacific. The church buys time on cable television to broadcast its own programming 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Puni describes the impact of the programming as “planting a seed.” Some 146 people were baptized at the end of the program.
Graz Brings Greetings to World Lutheran Meeting
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada….[ANN Staff] Dr. John Graz, Public Affairs and Religious Liberty director for the Seventh-day Adventist Church, brought the greetings of 13 million Adventists to the Lutheran World Federation’s tenth Assembly held in late July. He said it was a privilege and honor to bring greetings from the world church, whose members hold the work of Martin Luther in high regard. Dr. Graz quoted a statement from Pastor Jan Paulson, president of the world church, in which he said conversations between the two communions “continue to produce positive effects” and “encouragement for those who want to have not only good relations with other Christians, but who believe that we are all Jesus’ disciples and should work together every time.”
Northern Asia-Pacific Names Communication Director
Seoul, Korea….[Stanley Ng/ANN Staff] Glenn Mitchell, a veteran Seventh-day Adventist pastor and communicator in Nova Scotia, Canada, will become communication director for the Northern Asia-Pacific region of the Adventist Church. He replaces Tadaomi Shinmyo, who is to become secretary of the church in Japan. Mitchell, a native of California, worked with the Adventist Development and Relief Agency in Sudan, Libera and Haiti. Mitchell pastored two churches in Nova Scotia while holding the communication responsibility for the Martime region of the Adventist Church. In his new role, Mitchell will also be a correspondent for Adventist News Network.
