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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May 14, 2013
Pending expected decision on theology of ordination at next General Conference session
May 14, 2013 Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
ANN staff
Seventh-day Adventist church officials in Denmark voted this week to halt the ordination of all new ministers until the General Conference Session in...
May 13, 2013
‘Health clubs’ build bridges in secular Eastern Europe
May 13, 2013 Prague, Czech Republic
Stephen Chavez/ANN staff
Seventh-day Adventist medical experts and health advocates want to better understand and share the ministry of healing they say the church is called to embrace. Six hundred of them met in Prague last month for the first European Health Conference.
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U.S. commission tracks key offenders; some optimism over new ‘watch list’ countries
May 13, 2013 Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
Elizabeth Lechleitner/ANN
This year’s report by the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) has Seventh-day Adventist human rights experts...
May 7, 2013
New director Ramirez on North America’s tradition of service
May 7, 2013 Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
Ansel Oliver/ANN
The Seventh-day Adventist Church’s North American Division continues to send the most volunteers of any of the denomination’s 13 world divisions. But in recent years, the number of university student missionaries (SMs) has slipped.
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Biomass power plants in Chengdu to generate electricity
May 7, 2013 Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
APD/ANN staff
The humanitarian arm of the Seventh-day Adventist Church is moving forward with plans to construct biomass power plants in Chengdu, the capital of Sichuan province in southwest China.
A source of renewable energy, biomass power plants convert organic waste into biogas...
May 1, 2013
Board chaired by division president to submit proposal
May 1, 2013 Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
ANN staff
The board of the Simi Valley, California-based Adventist Media Center (AMC), which is operated by the Seventh-day Adventist Church’s North American Division, will recommend a proposal to the division that incudes a call for its six media ministries to relocate and a sale of the...
April 30, 2013
Those asking ‘difficult questions’ today are tomorrow’s leaders, Paulsen says
Apr 30, 2013 Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
Elizabeth Lechleitner/ANN
A new book by retired Seventh-day Adventist world church President Jan Paulsen amplifies the questions, concerns and best hopes of hundreds of young people.
Paulsen, who prioritized ministry to youth and young adults during his...
In speech to Liberty dinner, Bennett promises active voice
Apr 30, 2013 Washington, D.C.
Mark Kellner, Adventist Review
Calling the freedom to worship “a core human right … that is under increasing threat around the world,” Andrew P. W. Bennett, Canada’s new Ambassador of Religious Freedom, pledged his nation’s support for those believers, worldwide, whose rights are...
Trained youth were some of first on scene, rescued four survivors
Apr 30, 2013 Savar, Bangladesh
Benjamin Raksham/BAUM/ANN
Seventh-day Adventists were some of the first responders to a commercial factory building collapse in Savar, Bangladesh, that has captured international media attention and sparked debate over building standards.
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