While much of the conversation between Seventh-day Adventist world church president, Pastor Jan Paulsen and women in the church focused on abuse, poverty and health, the lack of women leaders in the church took center stage.
It takes more than just a passionate love for God and a nudge from the Holy Spirit to successfully talk about Christianity in a culture alien to your own. It's called mission work and adequate preparation for the task is akin to learning another language.
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Following a decision by South Africa's parliament last week legalizing same-sex unions in South Africa, the Seventh-day Adventist church in that country issued a statement upholding marriage as an exclusively monogamous and heterosexual institution.
Leaders of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Fiji have joined other Christian denominations in condemning military commander Frank Bainimarama's military coup. In a swift takeover this week, Bainimarama ousted the democratically elected government under
"As a global community, we need to be a voice that articulates the issues, a voice that stirs the conscience of the governments and the people in positions to make a difference," said Pastor Jan Paulsen, Seventh-day Adventist world church president. His r