Reprieve for Adventist Church in Estonia
The president of Estonia has decided not to approve a law, passed by the national parliament June 13, that would have denied legal registration to religious organizations with foreign leadership.
The president of Estonia has decided not to approve a law, passed by the national parliament June 13, that would have denied legal registration to religious organizations with foreign leadership.
More than 15,000 Seventh-day Adventist young people gathered in Santo Domingo June 30 for the first National Youth Congress to be held by the Adventist Church in the Dominican Republic.
An individual's right to refuse active military service on the grounds of conscience is a "fundamental aspect of the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion," according to a recommendation passed by the Assembly of the Council of Europe.
The Seventh-day Adventist Church must recognize and respond to current debates about creation and other theories of origins, according to a group of leaders who met June 11 and 12 at the church's world headquarters in Silver Spring, Maryland, United State
Seventh-day Adventist Church leaders in Russia have voiced strong support for legislation, passed June 22 by Russia's lower house of parliament, which would restrict smoking in public places.
Book sellers in the central Asian country of Turkmenistan are reportedly facing a ban on the sale of Bibles.