A regional court in the Russian Far East has ruled that Seventh-day Adventist Church member Sergei Panchenko should be allowed to do alternative service rather than be forced to bear arms, against his religious beliefs, in the Russian army.
Four thousand Seventh-day Adventists in Taiwan will soon begin distributing 8 million invitations to study the Bible, kicking off perhaps the most challenging personal outreach endeavor ever undertaken by the church in this island.
Broadcasts in two new languages--Mizo and Assamese--have been added by Adventist World Radio and will be produced in the just-inaugurated studios Feb. 27 in the city of Aizawl.
As many as 50 abandoned newborn babies are found in Germany every year. Often they have been left in the streets, in rivers or simply in garbage cans, and half of them are found dead.
Ninety percent of attendees of the West Nigeria Seventh-day Adventist camp meeting in Ibaji, Kogi state, last month were new members of the Adventist faith, according to church reports from Nigeria.
The first-ever stewardship summit to be held in the Southern Asia-Pacific region of the Seventh-day Adventist Church ended Feb. 20 after four days of exploring what was described as "often misunderstood concepts in Christian giving," by delving into bibli