June 18, 2013
As city outreach push begins, denomination sends international students
Jun 18, 2013 Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
ANN staff
Scores of Seventh-day Adventists from around the world are learning and sharing ideas for urban outreach at a New York church that’s been turned into a giant classroom this month.
The Adventist Church’s International Field School of Evangelism...
June 12, 2013
A growing need to support pastors, refine doctrine and organize for mission
Jun 12, 2013 Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
Elizabeth Lechleitner/ANN
Editor’s note: This story is part of a series of historical articles published this year marking the 150th anniversary of the Seventh-day Adventist Church.
A decade after the...
June 11, 2013
Agency helped hundreds of families with housing, winter clothing
Jun 11, 2013 Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
Ansel Oliver/ANN
The Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) has offered assistance to hundreds of refugee families fleeing the ongoing conflict in Syria with a targeted focus on un-registered refugees, an agency official said.
...Authorities claim FM transmitter was illegal satellite rig
Jun 11, 2013 Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
Mark Kellner, Adventist Review
The West African country of Equatorial Guinea last month expelled a Seventh-day Adventist missionary who was serving as president of the denomination’s local mission in the capital city, Malabo.
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June 6, 2013
Adventist Church among organizations committing to raise awareness, understanding
Jun 6, 2013 Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
Elizabeth Lechleitner/ANN
The Seventh-day Adventist Church in North America joined dozens of private sector organizations this week in pledging support for U.S. President Barack Obama’s initiative to increase understanding of mental health nationwide.
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June 4, 2013
Top news agencies report on study from church’s Loma Linda University
Jun 4, 2013 Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
Ansel Oliver/ANN
People who eat a vegetarian diet live longer than those who eat meat, according to a study of more than 70,000 Seventh-day Adventists.
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May 22, 2013
Employees, administrators sing from original hymnal; Black’s powerful prayer
May 22, 2013 Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
Ansel Oliver/ANN
Employees of the Seventh-day Adventist Church headquarters building sang old, “progressive” hymns and heard remarks from top church leaders in a brief afternoon ceremony yesterday that marked the 150th anniversary of the denomination.
...Sloop disappeared on May 15; was in Kiev to help establish lifestyle center
May 22, 2013 Kiev, Ukraine
Angela Burdick/ANN staff
A local Seventh-day Adventist Health Ministries worker from the United States has still not been found one week after he went missing in Kiev, Ukraine.
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May 21, 2013
Sustainable healthcare, medical schools set denomination apart, filmmaker Doblmeier says
May 21, 2013 Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
Elizabeth Lechleitner/ANN
A documentary exploring the philosophy and legacy of the Seventh-day Adventist Church’s international health and humanitarian outreach is scheduled to air on Public Broadcasting Stations across the United States beginning in...
May 15, 2013
‘More local structure grows membership’; first self-sustaining union in Nigeria
May 15, 2013 Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
Ansel Oliver/ANN
The Seventh-day Adventist Church’s West-Central Africa Division this year will create four new union administrative units, an action that underscores membership growth in the region and a need for more strategic planning in local fields.
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