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In Rwanda, first lady opens Adventist Church’s International Women’s Congress

Seventh-day Adventist women hold “untapped potential” to impact their communities, Rwanda’s first lady said at the church’s International Women’s Congress near Butare this week.

August 12, 2013 in From the World Church by

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In Serbia, European Adventist youth impact community, strengthen faith

Seventh-day Adventist young people helped clear the air this week in Novi Sad’s Liberty Square, where they asked passers-by to trade their cigarettes for watermelon and other fresh fruit on a warm summer day.

August 6, 2013 in From the World Church by

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In Brazil, Adventists demonstrate Christian hospitality

Aug 01, 2013 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil…ASN staff/ANN staff Seventh-day Adventist young people in Rio de Janeiro demonstrated Christian hospitality this week when they offered 170 Catholic youth in town for World Youth Day a place to stay. The Italian Catholics were part of the World Youth Day Pilgrimage, which saw thousands of young Catholics […]

August 4, 2013 in From the World Church by

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Study of publishing house restructuring ends without merger recommendation

A commission announced June 19 to consider a merger of the Pacific Press Publishing Association in Nampa, Idaho, and the Review and Herald Publishing Association in Hagerstown, Maryland, will cease its work immediately

July 31, 2013 in From the World Church by

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In Pakistan, Adventist sentenced to life imprisonment for alleged blasphemy

A court in Pakistan this month sentenced a Seventh-day Adventist man to life in prison for allegedly defaming the Prophet Muhammad in a case that falls under the country’s controversial blasphemy laws.

July 30, 2013 in From the World Church by

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Ferreira to serve as associate director of Health Ministries for Adventist world church

Dr. Viriato Ferreira, a physician and health ministry leader, accepted a call last week to serve as associate Health Ministries director at the Seventh-day Adventist world church headquarters.

July 29, 2013 in From the World Church by

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Multiple viewpoints aired on women’s ordination question

Members of the Theology of Ordination Study Committee rounded out three days of meetings with presentations from a variety of viewpoints on questions related to women’s ordination, a controversial question for the Seventh-day Adventist Church worldwide.

July 26, 2013 in From the World Church by

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Official Statement released regarding recent widely distributed misinformation

A rumor circulating that Pope Francis has a brother who is a member of the Seventh-day Adventist Church is untrue. Please disregard a widely distributed YouTube sermon in which Hugo Gambetta makes these claims.

July 25, 2013 in From the World Church by

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Study committee votes consensus statement on ‘Theology of Ordination”

By a vote of 86 to 8 – a 9:1 ratio – delegates at the Seventh-day Adventist Church’s Theology of Ordination Study Committee (TOSC) agreed today to approve a consensus statement on an Adventist theology of ordination.

July 24, 2013 in From the World Church by

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FOURTH IN A SERIES: In prison, Monteiro wants peace for church, Togo government

The Lomé Civil Prison is hot and overcrowded. It’s open air, like a crowded bazaar, but without shops. Prisoners sleep 80 in a cell, side-by-side, their bodies bumping against each other all night with each toss and turn.

July 19, 2013 in From the World Church by

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