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Nearly 30 years ago I was the deputy head teacher of a school in England. Beyond the main school building were a number of remote classrooms, including the music room....

Upper View: Invite them In!

In a historic vote today Seventh-day Adventists elected a woman as general vice president of the world church. Dr. Ella Louise Smith Simmons, is the first woman to fill this position. Until recently she served as provost/vice president at La Sierra Univer

Just hours before Dr. Simmons' historic election delegate Flavia Rwabuhoro Kabaherda wondered if the Adventist church planned to ever fully welcome women to top leadership posts. [Photo Gerry Chudleigh]

Adventist Leaders Should Have Humility, Integrity and Vision

The General Conference Session has a general tone of celebration....

Clara and David Lin. David was imprisoned for 20 years in China and said the experience strengthened his faith.[Photo by: Richard Dower]

Commentary: Put Your Fist in the Air

This evening in the Edward Jones Dome, St. Louis, Missouri, a presentation by Seventh-day Adventists from the Euro-Asia region held the audience of the world church's business session attendees spellbound.

Representatives from the Euro-Asia region helped introduce the report from their region by clapping brightly colored spoons in the air. [photo by Volker Henning]

World Church: Euro-Asians Captivate Session Audience

Looking at the faces of the 2,000 delegates who will over the next few days make decisions on policy affecting the Seventh-day Adventist Church for the next five years, Mark Howard and Aira Arina stand out. Howard, the student body president at Oakwood Co

Aira Arina, also 20, help to start a church for young people in her native Latvia. [Photo: Kelly Coe]

Youngest Delegates Part of an Exclusive Club

Can we move a world for God when half of our church membership does not have a deep spiritual life?

Pastor Richard Elofer, president of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Israel. [ANN File photo]

The Church and Spiritual Life, Leaders Discuss Major Challenge

In a historic vote today Seventh-day Adventists elected a woman as general vice president of the world church. Dr. Ella Louise Smith Simmons, an African American, is the first woman to fill this position. Until recently she served as provost/vice presiden

Dr. Ella Louise Smith Simmons, center, with President Jan Paulsen, top left, and Jere Patzer, top right, chairman of the nominating committee [photo by Richard Dower]

Breaking News: Adventists Elect African-American Woman Vice President of World Church

The Seventh-day Adventist Church in North America topped 1 million members at the end of 2004, a milestone leaders credit to evangelism, including media ministries

Max Mace with the Heritage Singers performed during the North American Division report. [photo by Richard Dower]

North America: Church Report Highlights Growth, Links to History

Walking down the street on the way to America's Center this morning is a challenge. The human traffic is overwhelming. Strollers being pushed along busy sidewalks, people with coolers finding a place to sit, some already popping open cans of beer.

Don't Give up, Bediako Appeals to Believers

Seventh-day Adventists who have gathered in St Louis, Missouri, for their quinquennial world meetings, are taking a break from business today as they celebrate the Sabbath together. Numbers of delegates and visitors are expected to exceed 50,000.

The Most Diverse Church on Earth

Hidden away in the upper levels of St. Louis' Edward Jones Dome, a small army of interpreters is attempting to make the proceedings of Seventh-day Adventist church meetings intelligible to the thousands unable to understand the language of the speaker on

Sabbath morning in the Dome. [Photo by: Ron Quick]

World Church: One Body, Many Languages

Today is a big day in St. Louis. The veiled prophet parade hits downtown.  A two-hour Independence Day celebration. Thousands of people line the streets for a celebration with Miss USA, Shandi Finnessey, as Honorary Grand Marshal; Disney Channel star Rave

The Fair St. Louis Extravaganza [photo by Kelly Butler Coe]

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