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A reported 36 people were killed and more than 300,000 people have been displaced when heavy flooding swept through Jakarta, Indonesia in the early morning hours of Feb 3.

36 people were killed and more than 300,000 people have been displaced when heavy flooding swept through Jakarta, Indonesia in the early morning hours of Feb. 3 [Photo courtesy of www.dw-world.de]

Flooding Displaces Thousands in Jakarta; ADRA Responds

The morning of January 13 started out as a rather typical Saturday when Seventh-day Adventists in Poso, Central Sulawesi, Indonesia headed to the Adventist church to worship until a bomb, wrapped in a plastic bag, was discovered by one of the church membe

Christian churches are often the targets of violence. The above photo is of the Adventist church in Baghdad that has been caught in crossfires several times. [Photo: Alex Elmadjian/MEU/ANN]

Indonesia: Bomb Deactivated Outside Adventist Church

Democratic Republic of Congo: ADRA Shelters Displaced Families in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Inter-America: Church Region Tops 200,000 Baptisms in 2006, England: Grant Allows ADRA UK to Fight Poverty in Burkina Faso, World Church: Adventist World R

The Adventist Church's Inter-America region welcomed some 200,000 new members over the past year, church leaders report. [Photo courtesy of Dr. Alberto R. Treyier]

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When was the last time your church focused on problems outside its doors? If you can't remember, you are not alone. There are many other Seventh-day Adventists who do little to alleviate the suffering of those in their communities. According to a 2002 wor

Church leaders are encouraging more church members to do what the above church in Seoul, Korea is doing, providing services for the surrounding community. [Photo: courtesy of NSD]

World Church: Pastor the Community, Not Just Members, Adventist Church Leaders Urge

While most Christians agree that Jesus' New Testament admonishment to "pray without ceasing" doesn't necessarily mean 24-7 knees-to-carpet entreaty, they nonetheless believe that an attitude of prayer should outlast 'amen.'

Black, pictured here, says Just Claim It "is a deliberate refocusing of how young people view the church." [Photo: ANN file photo]

North America: Young People to Claim Power of Prayer, Hold the 'Amen'

"Seventh-day Adventists are not an island in this world. We want to know other faiths better, and we want them to know us better," Dr. John Graz, director of the Adventist world church's department of Public Affairs and Religious Liberty, said Jan. 23.

World Church: Leaders to Cultivate 'Relationship of Relating' Between Adventists and Major Faith Groups

Vietnam: State Grants Official Certificate of Religious Practice to Adventists, World Church: Change of Venue for Church's Annual Council, United States: Adventist is Record Keeper for 2007 State of the Union Address

Vietnam's 13,000 Adventists are worshipping freely after the country's national government granted them full religious liberty late last month.

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In an Old Testament studies class she focused on the stigma of AIDS. In a class on social work she focused on women as the face of AIDS and the impact it has on the family. In an art class she talked about how artwork is used to inform the pubic about AID

About 1,000 students attended the presentation, some made commitments to become involved in AIDS work.

United States: College Campus Gains New Awareness of HIV, AIDS

We have not forgotten you, that is the message that the Seventh-day Adventist Church in the United States has for Adventist students attending public colleges and universities.

Church leaders are looking for new ways to keep in touch with young Adventists who attend public colleges and universities. [Photo courtesy of Andrews University/ANN]

United States: Connecting With Young Adventists on Public Campuses

An increase in radicalism that has led to a surge in religious intolerance will be among the themes considered by a congress on religious freedom planned for the continent of Africa--an area of the world that until recently seemed to have relatively few r

Dr. John Graz, secretary-general of the International Religious Liberty Association (IRLA) says the upcoming IRLA congress will bring more awareness to religious intolerance in Africa. [Photo ANN files]

South Africa: World Congress Aims to Combat Religious Hatred

Seventh-day Adventist Church leaders at its Inter-American regional headquarters ask church leaders and members across the world to pray for fellow Adventists on the island of Montserrat as volcanic activity threatens to affect yet again what's left of th

Montserrat: Church Leaders Pray While Volcano Threatens

Christian protestors made national news headlines on Tuesday, January 9 when they demonstrated outside British Parliament against new regulations to protect gay rights. Since then, concerned citizens, among them Adventists, have petitioned their parliamen

"I and many other church leaders are concerned that discrimination laws could be used to promote homosexuality but not to object to it," wrote Don W. McFarlane, president of the Adventist church in Britain and director of its Public Affairs and Religious Liberty. [Photo: BUC/ANN]

United Kingdom: Christians Question Impending Sexual Orientation Regulations

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