The World Congress on religious freedom concluded June 14 with delegates insisting that violations of religious rights are unacceptable, and naming 10 countries as among the worst offenders.
Seventh-day Adventists in Belarus spent last weekend fasting and praying in response to a proposed religion law that, if passed, threatens to close down Adventist church activity in this eastern European country.
A Seventh-day Adventist school in Romania was rededicated June 15 in a ceremony marking a new chapter in the school's extraordinary 71-year history.
The Adventist Development and Relief Agency office in Paraguay is assisting 4,000 flood survivors in Pilar, a town located along the southwestern border of the country.
More than 800 people gathered in Jerusalem on Saturday, June 15, for a spiritual assembly, the largest-ever Seventh-day Adventist event in Israel.
The Seventh-day Adventist Church in Albania last month launched its first magazine, according to John Arthur, publishing director for the Adventist Church in the Trans-European region.