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As Europe grapples with a migrant crisis, the Adventist Development and Relief Agency said it is working overtime to care for vulnerable families in Serbia, a main entry point for refugees fleeing to the continent.
ADRA has teamed up with the United Nations and three other entities to open an asylum information center that provides reliable information about refugee rights and other resources in Serbia’s capital, Belgrade.
September 8, 2015 in From the World Church, RSS English by IADComm
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The Seventh-day Adventist Church in Europe called for compassion and prayer Thursday amid a migrant crisis that saw hundreds of migrants stage protests in France and Hungary and the bodies of other migrants wash up in Turkey this week.
Desperate migrants and asylum seekers have flooded into Europe by the thousands from the Middle East, Africa, and South Asia this summer, leaving the continent divided over how to deal with them.
September 3, 2015 in From the World Church, RSS English by IADComm
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Rome will name a central square after Protestant reformer Martin Luther in response to a request by the Seventh-day Adventist Church and with the support of the Roman Catholic Church.
The square on Oppian Hill, a park area that overlooks the Colosseum in the central Monti district, will be named Piazza Martin Lutero in honor of Luther’s achievements on Sept. 16.
September 1, 2015 in From the World Church, RSS English by IADComm
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Seventh-day Adventist relief workers are focusing on unreached areas of Myanmar as they seek to meet urgent needs and help rebuild lives shattered by flooding that killed more than 100 people and affected 1.6 million others.
The church’s Myanmar Union Mission has dispatched small teams to the devastated Rakhine state, part of its relief effort after two months of monsoon rains caused widespread damage in 12 of the country’s 14 regions.
August 31, 2015 in From the World Church, RSS English by IADComm
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Seventh-day Adventist businesswoman Eileen McKenzie is not just cutting hair in her hairstyling salon.
In April, McKenzie organized a fashion event to bring new life to the shopping center where she works in Newtown, a sleepy Welsh town about 170 miles (280 kilometers) northwest of London.
August 31, 2015 in From the World Church, RSS English by IADComm
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Oakwood University kicked off the academic year with an ambitious plan to become the healthiest campus in the United States — and to become an Adventist beacon of light in sharing good health practices in the world’s big cities.
The Seventh-day Adventist-owned university in Huntsville, Alabama, has revised its curriculum to incorporate the eight laws of health backed by the Adventist world church’s health ministries department: sunlight, temperance, adequate rest, nutrition, drink water, outdoors, use of physical activity, and trust in God.
August 26, 2015 in From the World Church, RSS English by IADComm
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Call it the power of a Seventh-day Adventist school.
Eighteen years ago, Adventist volunteers built a school in Changuinola, a humid coastal town of about 30,000 people in a northeastern corner of Panama.
This summer, a group of 150 young volunteers traveled to the bustling Changuinola Seventh-day Adventist School to construct two new classrooms — and to work on two churches that have sprung up as a result of the school.
August 25, 2015 in From the World Church, RSS English by IADComm
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Seventh-day Adventist leaders in Malaysia started out planning an evangelistic series for adults.
They ended up also hosting a highly unsual nightly Vacation Bible School whose wild popularity is credited with contributing to the evangelistic series’ 69 baptisms.
Someone suggested that they offer a nightly Vacation Bible School for the children, and the other leaders enthusiastically agreed.
August 25, 2015 in From the World Church, RSS English by IADComm
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Adventist Risk Management, Inc. (ARM) is transitioning its campaign that focused on preventing child abuse to the enditnow campaign, led by the Women’s Ministries department of the Seventh-day Adventist Church and the World Divisions.
The move will enhance the resources provided by the enditnow campaign and expand its focus to children in distress. The transition will be completed this fall.
August 21, 2015 in From the World Church, RSS English by IADComm
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True religion is comprised of faith mixed with elements of forgiveness and reconciliation, not a divisive force that fuels tension and violence in society as many people believe, a group of scholars, lawyers and religious freedom advocates declared at a major forum organized by a Seventh-day Adventist-founded group.
The 17th annual Meeting of Experts, organized by the International Religious Liberty Association, brought together some 20 academics at Pepperdine University School of Law in Malibu, California, to consider the role of religion in current global conflicts, and to focus on ways that faith can, instead, be a powerful force for peacemaking and conflict resolution.
August 20, 2015 in From the World Church, RSS English by IADComm
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