Townsend calls military ‘mission field’ 2008, Berrien Springs, Michigan, United States Keri Suarez/ANN Staff Adrienne Townsend accepts the oath of office to serve as the first Adventist woman chaplain for the U.S.
ADRA provides aid to Ukrainian flood victims
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Days of storms “worst of century” 2008, Silver Spring, Maryland, United States ADRA/ANN staff After thousands of Ukrainians lost their homes to severe flooding, the Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) is distributing food and personal items to more than 1,300 survivors. Torrential rains hit western Ukraine last month, leading government officials to call it the worst storm in a century. The region is suffering from the aftereffects of heavy rains that the Ukrainian Ministry of Emergency reports covered more than 40,000 homes and thousands of acres of farmland.
Adventist Southern Asia church president Watts resigns
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Family medical needs prompt departure from India 2008, Silver Spring, Maryland, United States Megan Brauner/ANN Ronald Watts speaking at the Adventist World church session in St. Louis, Missouri, United States, in 2005. Watts recently retired as president of the Southern Asia Division, one of 13 divisions of the Adventist world church.
Adventist storefront church leading community-based evangelism
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Conscious Café offers Pittsburgh nontraditional ministry; ‘If this is a church, I’m coming back every day’ 2008, Carnegie, Pennsylvania, United States Elizabeth Lechleitner/ANN A local teen paints over graffiti in downtown Pittsburgh.
ADRA provides food for Guatemalan flood victims
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Flooding, landslides displace thousands 2008, Silver Spring, Maryland, United States Nadia McGill/ANN Adventist Disaster and Relief Agency (ADRA) Guatemala distributes hundreds of food bags with the help of local Seventh-day Adventist volunteers. The volunteers prepared the bags for Guatemalan villagers flooded out of their homes by heavy rains
Church Chat: Could artifacts spur the next generation of evangelists?
April 11, 2012 By
Nix on the prophetess’ legacy, church’s prophetic mission 2008, Silver Spring, Maryland, United States Ansel Oliver/ANN Jim Nix, director of the Ellen G. White Estate, says he hopes a new initiative launched this month will teach church history to a young generation of Adventists. Many in his generation, he says, haven’t passed on much knowledge of the church’s heritage.
St. Kitts: Adventist Church partners with Ministry of Health to offer community health screenings
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Jamaica: Adventists marshal ‘Day of Prayer’ to address violence
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Church members to collect offering for state housing fund 2008, Mandeville, Manchester, Jamaica Nigel Coke/ANN Staff Jamaican Adventists will meet August 2 to pray for peace and prosperity in their country, where murder rates grew by 13 percent last month.
Digital immigrants to study native habits at 6th Internet technology conference
April 11, 2012 By
A study of young people’s use of technology to include, well, young people 2008, Denver, Colorado, United States Ansel Oliver/ANN The latest world church technology conference will help church leaders capitalize on new media for ministry, say John Beckett, left, director of the church’s Office of Global Software and Technology, and Bryan Collick, world church Web manager. At a technology conference last year, a presentation of technology uses among the under-30 crowd was lacking something: young people themselves. So this year, organizers are making a point to bring in a group of young presenters who can speak with authority on the subject.
Angola: rebuilding country promotes freedom of belief
April 11, 2012 By
Largest religious liberty festival to date draws 45,000 2008, Luanda, Angola SID Staff/ANN Religious liberty festivals applaud the efforts of government leaders who promote freedom of belief, said John Graz, secretary-general of the International Religious Liberty Association, which hosted a three-day religious liberty congress in Angola prior to the festival. A choir performs at the world’s largest religious liberty festival to date, held in Angola’s capital June 28 and attended by some 45,000 Angolans celebrating religious freedoms won in their country since its 27-year civil war ended in 2002.
