Student riot closes Adventist school in Uganda
Seventh-day Adventist-run Katikamu Secondary School in Uganda closed late last month after students rioted, destroying property and looting the cafeteria.
Adventists join relief efforts for Italy quake victims
Seventh-day Adventist church members are among aid organizations responding to an earthquake that devastated central Italy last week.
South Mexico: Church’s strategy brings growth
The Seventh-day Adventist Church in South Mexico recently divided another one of its local church regions in two. The Tabasco Conference split into the Central Tabasco Conference and the East Tabasco Mission.
Adventists reaffirm mission focus; saving relationships with Christ
Seventh-day Adventist world church leaders affirmed last week that evangelistic and outreach efforts among adherents of world religions are to bring people to a saving faith in Jesus Christ, and not to simply enhance their current spiritual experience.
Rimoldi appointed new UN liaison for Adventist Church
The Seventh-day Adventist Church's Exectuive Committee appointed a church-state relations expert this week to act as the worldwide denomination's liaison to the United Nations.
Jamaica: Adventist Center touches lives on the streets
More than three hundred of the less fortunate including the homeless in Kingston, Jamaica, were given much needed attention at the Adventist-owned and operated "Good Samaritan Inn" (The Inn).
French edition of Adventist Church
Members of the Seventh-day Adventist Church's Executive Committee witnessed yesterday the launch of a French edition of the church's international journal for pastors and selected an associate editor to oversee the forthcoming magazine.
Adventist Church selects Doukmetzian as General Counsel
The Seventh-day Adventist Church's Executive Committee yesterday voted Karnik Doukmetzian, a vice president of Adventist Risk Management with more than 25 years of legal experience, to lead its Office of General Counsel at the church's world headquarters.
Mexico: Adventist University opens new extension campus
Montemorelos University, an institution owned and operated by the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Inter-America, inaugurated its newest and only extension campus last week during a special ceremony.
Adventist world church leaders to review mission, publishing at business session
Seventh-day Adventist Church leaders from around the world will gather to discuss financial adjustments, outreach strategies and other organizational issues during the 2009 Spring Meeting.
Church executives learn growing scope of Adventist witness
According to Bill McClendon, a Seventh-day Adventist pastor in Tulsa, Oklahoma, "Jesus never said, 'Go ye into all the world and hold church.'" Instead, McClendon says, God's mandate was to "Go, teach, baptize and teach some more."
Adventist jargon alienating, church executives say
Members of the Seventh-day Adventist Church's Global Mission Issues committee heard suggestions last week for pruning Adventist jargon, archaic and potentially offensive language from official church communication.