A television station that started out 17 years ago in the attic of a local Seventh-day Adventist Church has become the second most-watched Christian station in the local television market, according to a national media research company.
Local police authorities are investigating the shooting death today of Joel Amilcar Hernandez, who served as general manager of the Inter-American Health Food Branch in Navojoa, Sonora, Mexico. Hernandez died near his home. He was 43.
"As we pursue peace and welfare, we trust that [the Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA)] ... will place itself in the hands of humanity to be an agent of change and to give hope and a future promise to all whom it serves," said Rwandan national
A new study released February 8 confirms what many church-led health care organizations have long known: when it comes to HIV and AIDS, Faith Based Organizations (FBOs) are major players in providing critical long-term care. The findings of the report wer
When I put a $20 bill in the offering plate, how will I ever know it got to local church headquarters, or to the mission field?" asks Jack Krogstad, a Seventh-day Adventist layperson who chairs the General Conference Auditing Service (GCAS) Board at Adven
On January 29 to February 1, the Adventist Accrediting Association (AAA) conducted a focus visit at Northern Caribbean University in order to evaluate the offerings and facilities of NCU’s extension programs at the off-campus sites.
The Newsweek article, "TEST YOUR Geek Chic," left me feeling inadequate when it came to knowing the latest technology available today.1 The "quiz" asked questions ranging from the number of functioning computers and laptops I owned (two) to what kind of c
A reported 36 people were killed and more than 300,000 people have been displaced when heavy flooding swept through Jakarta, Indonesia in the early morning hours of Feb 3. Many of the displaced residents have taken refuge in schools, churches, mosques
Taking a three-city-block tour makes it clear what Adventism is all about. And it's not just the buildings that make up the Historic Adventist Village in Battle Creek, Michigan, United States. Strolling through the village, visitors get a living, breathin
Planning for a more effective public presence and deployment of Internet technology by local churches dominated the agenda of a meeting of top Seventh-day Adventist communicators in the church's South Pacific region.
When was the last time your church focused on problems outside its doors? If you can't remember, you are not alone. There are many other Seventh-day Adventists who do little to alleviate the suffering of those in their communities. According to a 2002 wor
The morning of January 13 started out as a rather typical Saturday when Seventh-day Adventists in Poso, Central Sulawesi, Indonesia headed to the Adventist church to worship until a bomb, wrapped in a plastic bag, was discovered by one of the church membe