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"If music be the food of love, play on...." The words of Shakespeare re-echoed in my mind as delegates discussed the Church Manual revisions on music.

If Music be the Food of Love, Play on

Baptism is an important "rite of passage" for the Seventh-day Adventist Church, so perhaps it is not surprising the proposal of the Church Manual Committee for an alternative set of baptismal vows engendered some hot debate.

Delegates Debate Baptismal Vows

The Seventh-day Adventist world church strongly advocates tobacco control and works to stop sexual trafficking, said James Standish, associate director of the Public Affairs and Religious Liberty department to of the world church. This is based on our bel

Adventist Lawyers Fellowship, Talk About Human Rights

As the St. Louis experience heads toward a conclusion, delegates are already starting to look toward 2010.

Next World Church Session in Atlanta.

One of the joys of working as part of the news team at the 58th business session of the Seventh-day Adventist Church, here in St Louis, is the privilege of wearing the badge.

Commentary: I Know Your Father

Delegates to the 58th General Conference Session of the Seventh-day Adventist Church voted to accept a summary of the multi-session "Profiling Seventh-day Adventist Leadership" presentations.

World Session: Leadership Profile Summary Voted at St. Louis

"Have you eaten today? 840 million people will go to bed hungry tonight." This startling statement hangs from a post in the Adventist Development and Relief Agency exhibit at the church's world Session.

Chuck Sandefer, Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) president, presents checks to representatives of St. Louis charitable organizations. [photo by Richard Dower]

ADRA Donates Funds to Alleviate Poverty in St. Louis

While growth in church membership does not directly affect the number of delegates that attend the Seventh-day Adventist Church's quinquennial meetings, today the church's leaders voted to change the formula that determines the make-up of the delegation.

Delegates Vote Changes in Church Manual

Graffiti is a common problem and civic nuisance in many cities, and many wonder if it has any merit at all.

Adventist young people use graffiti as a means of evangelism. [photo: Richard Herard]

Graffiti for God, and Other Matters of Self-expression

A California pastor takes special interest in the signature monument dominating the St. Louis skyline and reaching twice as high as the Statue of Liberty.

Penny Shell, an Adventist pastor whose father, also an Adventist, helped construct the Gateway Arch in St. Louis, Missouri, site of the 2005 General Conference Session. [Photo by Richard Dower/ANN]

Pastor's Father Helped Build the Arch

Dr. Galina Stele, director of Shepherdess and Pastors wives in the Seventh-day Adventist Church's Euro-Asia region, spoke Wednesday morning on the resurrection of Christ and encouraged women, who compose about 80 percent of the church body, to be active n

Galina Stele, director of Shepherdess International and Mission Institute for the Euro-Asia region. [photo by Gerry Chudleigh]

Euro-Asia: Shepherdess Director Encourages Pastoral Wives at Session

With nearly half of the world's population now living in cities, the Seventh-day Adventist church needs to reassess its priorities and allocate more resources to urban evangelism, if it is to fulfill its mission to preach the gospel to all the world.

Miami Florida. [photo by www. istockphoto.com]

Adventists Need to Target Cities

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