2 May, 2015

Adventist Church in Hungary reconciles with breakaway group after 40 years

The Seventh-day Adventist Church in Hungary and a breakaway group of hundreds of former Adventists has agreed to put aside past grievances and work toward healing a 40-year schism. The Hungarian church split in 1975 amid a protest by young pastors and other members over local church leaders’ collaboration with the Council of Free Churches, a body formed to represent the common interests of small Protestant denominations that later become a tool of the communist state.

1 May, 2015

U.S. Senator says Adventists lead in protecting religious freedom

A senior U.S. senator said religious freedom was under threat in the United States and around the world and praised the Seventh-day Adventist Church for playing a major role in defending it. Senator Orrin Hatch, speaking at an annual religious liberty dinner sponsored by the Seventh-day Adventist Church, criticized the situation with religious freedom in countries such as China, Iran, Nigeria, Russia, and Saudi Arabia.

1 May, 2015

Miracle on Everest: Adventist climber escapes death from avalanche after earthquake in Nepal

Ernesto Olivares Miranda, a Seventh-day Adventist from Chile, is a member of a team of mountaineers who were on Mount Everest when the 7.8 magnitude earthquake rocked Nepal on Saturday, April 25. “We were at the base camp when it began to tremble. The glacier sounded with movement and cracking. The clouds that covered the surrounding mountains did not allow us to see much.

29 April, 2015

ADRA boosts earthquake relief efforts in Nepal

An ADRA emergency response team arrived in Nepal on Tuesday to step up efforts to provide food and shelter to scores of people left destitute by a deadly earthquake last weekend. The April 25 disaster killed more than 5,000 people and left another 10,000 injured, Nepalese authorities said.

27 April, 2015

Adventist Church in Nepal appeals for urgent help

The president of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Nepal appealed for urgent help Monday for scores of church members who lost everything in a devastating earthquake over the weekend. Members are in immediate need of warm clothing, drinking water, and tents to cope with living outdoors in cold, sometimes rainy weather after a 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck Nepal on Sabbath, April 25, killing more than 4,000 people and injuring 7,000, said Umesh Pokharel, president of the Nepal Section, an attached field of the Adventist Church’s Southern Asia Division.

26 April, 2015

Adventists rush to help after deadly quake rocks Nepal

Seventh-day Adventist doctors and ADRA workers sprang to work in Nepal after a powerful earthquake killed more than 1,150 people on Sabbath, April 25, as Adventist believers worldwide lifted up the country in prayer. The Adventist hospital near Nepal’s capital, Kathmandu, was overflowing with patients injured by the 7.8 magnitude earthquake, which struck around midday about 50 miles (80 kilometers) from Kathmandu.

26 April, 2015

Adventist leader in Nepal tells of panic and pain

The president of the Adventist Church in Nepal described scenes of suffering and panic after a powerful weekend earthquake and multiple aftershocks killed more than 2,200 people and damaged scores of buildings, including at least four Adventist churches. Umesh Pokharel, president of the Nepal Section, an attached field of the Southern Asia Division, said no Adventist believers are known to have been injured in the 7.8 magnitude quake, which struck around midday Sabbath, April 25, as Christians of all faiths worshiped across the country.

26 April, 2015

Wilson ensures assistance and collaboration in response to the earthquake

Seventh-day Adventist Church President Ted N. C. Wilson issued the following statement today in regarding the 7.8 magnitude quake which struck in Nepal on April 25, 2015: "On the day that the world is remembering Chernobyl, the nuclear accident that occurred 29 years ago, Nepal is facing its worst earthquake in the last 80 years. The human suffering breaks our hearts and moves us with deep sympathy for the thousands of families who have experienced loss.

24 April, 2015

Biblical scholar celebrates 70th birthday with a book

Many people mark a 70th birthday with flowers, cake, and a card. Scholars celebrate by publishing a book. Church leaders and colleagues honored Ángel Manuel Rodríguez, former director of the Biblical Research Institute, on his 70th birthday on April 20 with the publication of a volume of essays titled, The Great Controversy and the End of Evil.

21 April, 2015

The Adventist Church in South Africa responds to xenophobic attacks

The Seventh-day Adventist Church in the Southern Africa-Indian Ocean region is outraged by the recent, current xenophobic attacks against foreign nationals in South Africa. There is no justifiable reason to warrant the senseless violence and prejudice bringing shame to a new and free democratic South Africa. To embrace true freedom means to renounce a spirit of domination, abuse or violence against people. Without reservation, our leadership and almost 3.5 million Seventh-day Adventist members in Southern Africa condemn all these senseless and horrendous acts of violence and hatred which has also affected members of our church.

21 April, 2015

La Sierra University Enactus team places second in nation at U.S. competition

La Sierra University’s Enactus team finished second in the nation April 16 at the Enactus organization’s United States National Exposition, held in St. Louis, Mo., April 13-16. La Sierra’s Enactus team reached the final four round after successfully completing three preliminary rounds of competition.

16 April, 2015

Adventist Church will release all-new encyclopedia

Church leaders have approved a completely new, Internet-centered encyclopedia to replace the Seventh-day Adventist Encyclopedia, first published in 1966. The new Encyclopedia of Seventh-day Adventism will debut online in 2020 and be overseen by the General Conference’s Office of Archives, Statistics, and Research.