Adventist Aid Agency Aids Survivors of Second Afghanistan Earthquake
Dushanbe, Tadjikistan ... [ANN] Following the second devastating earthquake to hit the Northern region of Afghanistan in the last five months, hitting on May 30 and measuring 6.5 on the Richter scale,...
Adventist Scholars Rediscover Ancient Biblical Manuscripts in Russia
Alexander Bolotnikov Joaquim Azevedo Moscow, Russia ... [ANN] Following a hunch and some unverified references, two Seventh-day Adventist scholars re-discovered on June 3 valuable ancient biblical ma...
Adventist Church Emphasizes Its Non-Partisan Policy in Iraq
Baghdad, Iraq ... [ANN] In a statement issued by Robert S. Folkenberg, president of the Seventh-day Adventist Church during a meeting attended by Iraqi state officials including Tariq Aziz, the Vice-P...
British Adventist College: Official Accreditation Reaffirmed
Bracknell, England ... [ANN] Newbold College, a Seventh-day Adventist Church college of higher education within the U.K. university sector, received commendation and the maximum period of renewed accr...
Mayor of Jerusalem Addresses Theological Conference
Jerusalem, Israel [ANN] The mayor of Jerusalem, Ehud Olmert challenged Seventh-day Adventists in an inaugural address to the Adventist-sponsored First International Bible Conference meeting at Rama...
Adventists Expelled From Their Homes in Mexico
Oaxaca, Mexico ... [ANN] Eighty-seven Adventists were expelled from the town of Santo Tomas Quieri, in the Municipality of San Carlos Yuntepec Oaxac a, Mexico on Wednesday, May 27, for refusing to pay...
Adventists Call for Support of U.S. Tobacco Control Legislation
Silver Spring, Maryland, USA ... [ANN] Editors of the Seventh-day Adventist Church’s weekly publication Adventist Review have called on their readers to support tobacco control legislation currently b...
Church Gains Sabbath Exemption for Students
Caracas, Venezuela ... [ANN] Venezuelas Ministry of Education has established an academic aptitude test that every high school graduate must take in order to have access to attend universities. "The ...
Church Medical Personnel in Angola Escape Massacre
Cuale, Angola ... [ANN] Following the massacre in late May of over 200 people in Cuale, a town in the Malanje province of Angola, reports indicate that Seventh-day Adventist medical personnel at the c...
ADRA Joins USAID, Save the Children, in One-of-a-kind Health Initiative
Silver Spring, Maryland, USA ... [ANN] The Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) is one of four private voluntary and non-governmental organizations (PVO/NGOs) taking part in a one-of-a-kind,...
Church Workers Ambushed in Sudan
Nicosia, Cyprus… [ANN] A group of young people and their pastors returning by lorry from Malakal in the Upper Nile region in Sudan were ambushed by armed men, reports Roland Fidelia, communication dir...
Adventists Join Protest Against Belgian Sect Report
Brussels, Belgium ... [ANN] The leader of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Belgium joined others concerned over the rise of religious intolerance at a press conference May 20, called to highlight t...
African Evangelism Goes Hi-Tech
Soweto, South Africa [ANN] With upwards of 300,000 watching the final satellite broadcast of Pentecost 98 on May 30 at over 470 downlink sites throughout the continent, gospel outreach sees a new h...
Adventist Aid Agency Meets Challenges in War-torn Sudan
Khartoum, Sudan [ANN] Despite the dangers of an ongoing civil war in southern Sudan, the Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) is working throughout the nation to help those displaced by th...
Church Workers Ambushed in Sudan; One Pastor Reported Killed
Nicosia, Cyprus ... [ANR] A group of young people and their pastors returning by truck from Malakal in the Upper Nile region in Sudan were ambushed by armed men, reports Roland Fidelia, communication ...
United Kingdom: Church President Appeals to Prime Minister to Safeguard Freedoms
Watford, England [ANN] Concerns in that proposed new laws could interfere with religious freedoms led Cecil Perry, president of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Britain, to write to Tony Blair, P...
"Station of Light" in Philippines Loses Air Time
Mindanao, Philippines ... [ANN] A severe drought on the island of Mindanao, in the Philippines has robbed the Adventist station on the island of its electricity. The station, DXCR, at Mounta in View C...
Loma Linda University Heads Adventist Health International
California, USA ... [ANN] In an initiative to provide support for struggling mission hospitals, Loma Linda University is co-sponsoring a new organization called Adventist Health Internationa l (AHI) w...
Seventh-day Adventists Continue to Support Tobacco Legislation
Silver Spring, Maryland, USA ... [ANN] Health issues are always at the forefront of interest and concern for Seventh-day Adventists. The current debate on curbing smoking in the American society has c...
Adventist World President Preaches to Congregation of 300,000; Confronts Challenges
Soweto, South Africa [ANN] Robert S. Folkenberg, president of the Seventh-day Adventist Church used hi-tech satellite technology to preach to a virtual church’ of an estimated 300,000 on Saturday M...