Adventist NewsLine, a half-hour, weekly newscast to be launched September 6, will mark a new era in international church news broadcasting, say producers of the program. This news magazine program, presented by Adventist Television Network, will feature headlines, breaking stories, and interviews. The program will focus on church life and mission throughout the world, and give a behind-the-scenes look at the plans and activities of the Adventist Church’s international leadership.

“This project is truly a cooperative effort between a vast number of individuals and church entities on every continent,” says Ray Dabrowski, communication director and executive producer of NewsLine. He lists the church’s communication directors and media centers, such as those in South America, United States, Australia, and Germany, as key partners in helping NewsLine gather current church news. Dabrowski says the newscast that launches September 6 will be the result of “a lot of prayer, a lot of work, and the combined efforts of many, many people.”

“Our aim for this program is to vividly portray the church in action—in all its diversity, and with all its challenges and its joys,” he says.

Brad Thorp, director of Adventist Television Network, calls NewsLine a “vitally important part of the new ATN weekly programming.”

“It is an ATN flagship program with the goal of sharing the latest news of the world Adventist family,” says Thorp. “It will help each viewer to understand the wonderful providences God is opening up for the church and unite us even more in our mission. I am excited with the development of this program and am confident it will be a great blessing to the world church.”

Producers of Adventist NewsLine say one of the key values of the program is “internationality”—both in terms of content and distribution. The newscast will be broadcast to more than 13,000 Adventist satellite downlink sites around the world. And although it will be produced in English, NewsLine will be translated each week into 10 other languages.

“It is our hope that NewsLine will not only be a major information avenue for the world church, but that it will help to bind us together spiritually in our heaven-ordained mission of sharing Christ and the three angels’ messages with the world,” says Ted N.C. Wilson, a vice president of the world church and chair of the ATN Operating Board. “Christ is coming soon, and advanced communication methods must be used to proclaim everywhere with urgency the Advent message and its progress. NewsLine, with its dedicated staff, will help us do that, through the power of the Holy Spirit.”

Adventist NewsLine is a part of the weekly one and a half hours of programming from Adventist Television Network that began in April this year. The newscast will be produced by Adventist News Network at the church’s world headquarters in Silver Spring, Maryland.

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