U.S. Court Upholds Free Exercise Rights of Religious Organizations
In a unanimous decision, a state appeals court has said that religious organizations must be able to consider religious affiliation when making hiring and firing decisions.
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Netherlands Legalizes Euthanasia
The Netherlands has became the first country in the world to legalize euthanasia after its Senate passed legislation April 10 allowing for "mercy killings."
Millions Watch Holy Week Evangelism Broadcasts
A series of Holy Week broadcasts, which ran April 7 to 14, reached new audiences throughout Latin America and around the world, say the series' organizers.
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Church Releases Stop-Smoking Program for Women
The Seventh-day Adventist Church has launched a new stop-smoking program aimed at cutting rates of smoking among women. "For the first time, rates of smoking among women are drawing equal to those of men," says Ardis Stenbakken, Women's Ministries directo
16 avril 2001
Adventists Protest Religious Freedom Violations to United Nations
Citing religious freedom violations in Turkmenistan, other Central Asian states, and China, Seventh-day Adventists protested to the United Nations Commission on Human Rights in Geneva, Switzerland.
"Make Yourselves More Prominent in Society," Russian Leader Tells Adventists
Protestant churches, including the Seventh-day Adventist, Baptist, and Lutheran denominations, are traditional religions in Russia and should be treated equally with other faiths, says regional government official V. Lukovnikov.