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Seventh-day Adventists in Africa will soon have a ministry-related graduate program affiliated with a church-owned college or university there, following a vote by leaders at the annual business meeting Oct. 13, 2003.

Roscoe J. Howard III, secretary of the Adventist Church's North American region, addresses delegates to the church's annual business meeting Oct. 13.

Africa: World Church Votes to Establish Graduate School

A program to recruit and sponsor missionary volunteers from local Seventh-day Adventist churches, who will spend six months to two years in field service, was approved at the world church's annual business meetings on Oct. 13.

Jairyong Lee, president of the Adventist church for the Northern-Asia Pacific region.

World Church: Local Church Volunteer Mission Outreach Voted

Gathered from remnants of the 19th-century Millerite movement, the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, the official name of the world church's governing organization, celebrated 140 years of operating during its fall annual business meeting.

The 1888 Adventist Church Session in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

World Church: Adventist World Church Marks 140 Years

There are 13,325,270 baptized members of the Seventh-day Adventist Church as of June 30, 2003, according to Bert Haloviak, director of the church's office of Archives and Statistics. This represents a net increase of 573,097 members, or a little more than

Adventist world church secretary Matthew Bediako comments on reorganization and church growth efforts during annual business meetings on Oct. 12, 2003.

World Church: More Than 13 Million Are Adventist Church Members; Growth Affirmed in Reports

Bringing the gospel message to a hurting world, and nurturing those who respond, were the key elements of discussions in the Sunday, Oct. 12 morning business meeting of the Seventh-day Adventist Church's Annual Council.

Mrs. Flavia Rwabuhoro, lay representative of the Adventist Church in Uganda, listens intently to a report.

(Participant photos by Ray Dabrowski/ANN)

World Church: Evangelism, Nurture Are Focus of Sunday Morning Session

Television programming designed for in-home viewing was launched Oct. 10 by the Adventist Television Network, coinciding with church president Pastor Jan Paulsen's opening  address of Annual Council, one of two biannual meetings of the church's executive

Pastor Jan Paulsen "throws the switch" launching The Hope Channel as (left to right) Brad Thorp, Williams Costa Jr., Gary Gibbs and Kandus Thorp, watch.

World Church: Adventists Launch "Hope Channel" Television Service

"Our assignment is to move out, to reach out. People are what matters," declared Pastor Jan Paulsen, world president of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in an opening address for the 91st annual council of church leaders on Oct. 10.

Pastor Armando Miranda, a general vice president and Pastor Matthew Bediako, secretary of the world church, offer motions at the start of the annual council of church leaders.

World Church: "People Are What Matters," Paulsen Declares; New Center for Global Evangelism Announced

Sanitarium Health Food Company in Australia, a major health food arm of the Seventh-day Adventist Church, has sold more than 1.8 million vegetarian patties to McDonald's Australia.

Australia: McDonald's Buys Veggie Burger from Adventist Factory

Nadine Christian with daughter Emily Rose.

News in Brief

Messages of peace in are on the minds of Seventh-day Adventists in Baghdad.

Adventist kids of the Baghdad Church performing last spring.

Iraqi Children's Choir to Sing of Peace

The Constitutional Court in Uganda has dismissed an appeal filed by three Seventh-day Adventist students at Makerere University's law school who claimed the institution infringed on their religious rights by making them take exams and attend lectures on t

Uganda: University Students Upset in Quest for Sabbath Rights

Sow 1 Billion Launches in Asia

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