Russia: Seminary Students Attacked
Two students from the Seventh-day Adventist Church's Zaoksky Theological Seminary were attacked by a gang of 15 young people April 16 while waiting on a train platform.
Two students from the Seventh-day Adventist Church's Zaoksky Theological Seminary were attacked by a gang of 15 young people April 16 while waiting on a train platform.
A recently released report warns that the rapid spread of Sharia-or Islamic law-in Nigeria could provoke further inter-religious conflict.
Seventh-day Adventists in west Russia are urging a full investigation into a fire that destroyed an Adventist Church building in Kovrov in the early morning hours of April 15.
Church leaders have approved in principle a proposal they say will give more flexibility to the church's wage-setting system, and will better articulate the spiritual principles on which it is based.
Members of the Seventh-day Adventist executive committee voted April 19 to move toward a more streamlined offering system worldwide, and they committed to providing more information about how offering funds are divided and used.
Seventh-day Adventists are committed to fostering a culture of peace and reconciliation in today's increasing violent world, according to an official Seventh-day Adventist Church statement endorsed by church leaders April 18.