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Former World Church Leader Dies ... Nigeria: Adventist Hospital Robbed ... Adventist Bible Study Guide Now Available in Turkish

Former World Church Leader Dies

Atlanta, Georgia, USA ... [Adventist Review/ANN] Coleridge Dunbar (C.D.) Henri, a well-known leader of the Seventh-day Adventist world church, died January 30 in Atlanta, Georgia, aged 89. Henri served as a vice president of the Adventist world church for seven years, before he retired in 1980. During his almost 40-year career, Henri worked as a pastor and administrator in the United States and Africa, serving as president of the church in the East Africa region from 1970-73.

Nigeria: Adventist Hospital Robbed

Ile-Ife, Nigeria ... [ANN Staff] A group of 50 armed men broke into an Adventist hospital in Ile-Ife, Nigeria, last month, taking money and beating a security guard and a student nurse. The mob overran the compound for three hours, smashing in doors and breaking into the hospital’s two safes, reported staff. “We immediately thanked God that no life was taken,” said Mark Ranzinger, an administrator at the compound.

Adventist Bible Study Guide Translated into Turkish

Geneva, Switzerland ... [EANN Staff/ANN Staff] For the first time, the Adult Bible Study Guide, an international quarterly publication of the Seventh-day Adventist Church, will be available in the Turkish language, reports Martin Haase, communication director for the church in the Euro-Africa region.

Published since the 1880s, the Sabbath School Lesson Quarterly is an important part of the life and culture of the Adventist Church around the world, says Clifford Goldstein, editor of the Quarterly. It is one of the church’s most widely translated publications, currently available in more than 130 languages.

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