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In Romania, Adventists launch ‘Freedom Caravan’ to defend religious liberty

As Romanian legislators consider changes to the national constitution, the Seventh-day Adventist Church is sponsoring a mass promotion of religious liberty with a marathon of town hall meetings, university lectures and inter-faith consultations.

April 29, 2013 in From the World Church by

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Newly released footage shows family of imprisoned pastor in Togo

A new video featuring the family of a Seventh-day Adventist pastor imprisoned in Togo was published on YouTube by the church’s world headquarters last week, the latest step effort to obtain signatures petitioning the government for his release.

April 19, 2013 in From the World Church by

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U.S. court gives green light for Adventist’s workplace discrimination trial

A Seventh-day Adventist school bus driver in the U.S. state of Louisiana has won the right from a federal appeals court to proceed with a workplace discrimination case over his observance of Sabbath.

April 18, 2013 in From the World Church by

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United States: Treasurer says North American tithe up 1%, 4.4% other regions

In 1899, the fledgling Seventh-day Adventist Church had only $55.33 in a bank account here in Battle Creek. Two years later, the financial landscape had worsened.

April 17, 2013 in From the World Church by

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Adventist Church promotes next step for comprehensive health ministry

Adventist evangelist Mark Finley quoted a line yesterday from his mentor, television ministry legend George Vandeman, to encourage Seventh-day Adventists to take a more proactive approach to personal and corporate health.

April 16, 2013 in From the World Church by

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Landless director-elect of Adventist Church’s Health Ministries department

Delegates of the 2013 Spring Meeting voted today to elect Dr. Peter Landless, a physician and pastor, as director-elect of the Seventh-day Adventist world church’s Health Ministries department.

April 15, 2013 in From the World Church by

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At Battle Creek, afternoon presentations highlight lessons from history

In the end, it seemed fitting that an archivist—in this case, David Trim of the Seventh-day Adventist world church—would encapsulate two days of presentations reflecting on the 150 years since the denomination’s formal organization.

April 15, 2013 in From the World Church by

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‘No more anniversaries,’ Wilson says in Spring Meeting sermon

Meeting in the city where the Seventh-day Adventist Church’s General Conference was first organized, members of the world church’s Executive Committee heard a direct call from Adventist world church president Ted N.C. Wilson, to not forget the lessons learned from Adventist history.

April 15, 2013 in From the World Church by

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Spring Meeting, in Battle Creek, marks church’s 150th anniversary

In a replica of the meeting house where Seventh-day Adventist Church pioneer and prophet Ellen G. White once spoke for 10 hours on the Great Controversy, world church leaders met yesterday to commemorate the church’s 150th anniversary.

April 14, 2013 in From the World Church by

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Publishing work was central to early Adventist Church

In July of 1849, James White packed copies of “The Present Truth” into a borrowed carpetbag and trekked eight miles to the post office in Middletown, Connecticut, United States.

April 10, 2013 in From the World Church by

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