16 avril 2002
Africa: Growth Prompts Change in Administrative Structure
Church leaders have endorsed a new administrative structure for the church in Africa--a change prompted in part by extraordinary rates of church growth on the continent.
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16 avril 2002
Unity, Growth, and Quality of Life Express "Genius of Adventism," Says World Church President
In a gathering of the church's executive committee, pastor Jan Paulsen, world church president, challenges church leaders and members to focus more deliberately on the three strategic values of the world church: Unity, Growth, and Quality of Life.
Leader Sounds Caution on Russia's Draft Religion Laws
Three pieces of legislation currently being considered by the Russian parliament pose "definite challenges to religious freedom in Russia," said John Graz of the Seventh-day Adventist Church's religious liberty department during an interview with Radio Fr
More Resources Needed for 10/40 Window, Say Leaders
The Seventh-day Adventist Church needs to direct more resources and attention to the most-populated and poorest region of the world, according to the 10/40 Window Committee, which met April 14 at the Adventist Church's world headquarters in Silver Spring,
15 avril 2002
Book Opens Classic Jesus Biography to New Readers
A contemporary adaptation of the book The Desire of Ages, released by Pacific Press last month, aims to make Ellen White's biography of Jesus more accessible to a new generation of readers.
Adventists Protest Religious Intolerance to United Nations
A statement on behalf of the Seventh-day Adventist Church to the United Nations Commission to Human Rights on April 9 deplored the "ever-increasing rise in religious intolerance, conflict and violence," and protested persecution of religious minorities.