March 29, 2013
‘Compassion Weekend’ also sees flash mob in Times Square; prayer for passers-by
Mar 29, 2013 Brooklyn, New York, United States
Kimi-Roux James/ANN staff
More than 3,000 Seventh-day Adventist youth and supporters marched across the Brooklyn Bridge in New York last Saturday in a demonstration calling for compassion and an end to violence.
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March 26, 2013
Mistaken identity led to beating of pastor in January; unrest subsiding
Mar 26, 2013 Yaoundé, Cameroon
Abraham Bakari CAUM/ANN staff
Sunday’s mass lootings in the capital of the Central African Republic have not affected Seventh-day Adventist Church operations, but several incidents in recent months have taken a toll on a few church employees amid the ongoing civil war.
The...
March 25, 2013
Adventist Church committed to strengthening sense of community in region
Mar 25, 2013 Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
ANN staff
For Seventh-day Adventist Church President Ted N. C. Wilson, last week’s pastoral visit to the Middle East was an opportunity to affirm members and see the increasing opportunities they have to serve and help support their communities.
The leader of...
March 22, 2013
Blended approach would re-emphasize church’s original focus, leaders say
Mar 22, 2013 Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
Ansel Oliver/ANN
Top leaders of the Seventh-day Adventist Church’s Health Ministries and Ministerial Association are examining how the two entities can encourage a comprehensive approach to mission and evangelism.
With a nudge from the church’s president...
March 21, 2013
Now 14 full-time channels in the network; Philippines next
Mar 21, 2013 Kiev, Ukraine
ANN staff
This month’s launch of Hope Channel Ukraine gives the Seventh-day Adventist Church its fourth fulltime satellite channel in Europe, along with growing Internet channels potentially laying the ground for future satellite transmissions.
The March 1 opening caps a nearly five-year...
March 20, 2013
Meets with minister of religion one year after Adventist Church regains official status in country
Mar 20, 2013 Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
ANN staff, with reporting by Jóhann E. Jóhannsson
Thousands of Seventh-day Adventist members and friends in Hungary welcomed Adventist world church President Ted N. C. Wilson on the last stop of his ten-day pastoral visit to Europe this month....
Adventist young people skipped sermon to ‘be the sermon’ March 16
Mar 20, 2013 Bern, Switzerland
EUD news and ANN staff
Last Saturday’s Global Youth Day was the single largest international mobilization of Seventh-day Adventists through social media, said Gilbert Cangy, the world church’s Youth Ministries director.
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March 19, 2013
Denomination values region’s strong commitment to religious freedom, Wilson says
Mar 19, 2013 Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
ANN staff, with reporting by Jóhann E. Jóhannsson
Seventh-day Adventist world church President Ted N. C. Wilson brought a message of hope and encouragement to government and church representatives in Central Europe last week, stopping first in Poland.
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March 18, 2013
Beirut outreach follows campus spiff-up after civil war; view of the sea
Mar 18, 2013 Beirut, Lebanon
Jason Lemon and Ansel Oliver/ANN
The Seventh-day Adventist Church’s Middle East University unveiled an off-campus community center last month, a move that underscores how school administrators are now offering services to their neighbors when for so long they struggled to maintain their own...
March 15, 2013
Monteiro’s arbitrary detention must end, church leaders say
Mar 15, 2013 Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
ANN staff
A year after Seventh-day Adventist Pastor Antonio Monteiro was imprisoned in Togo on unsupported charges, church lawyers and human rights activists are redoubling efforts to secure his release.
Togolese government officials this week rejected the Adventist Church...