For over a year now, the Seventh-day Adventist Church throughout Inter-America has been keen on creating the kind of spiritual revival that will motivate church members to lead a prayerful life, study the Bible regularly and be a witness for Jesus Christ.
"The Seventh-day Adventist Church is a rural church, and we have not been putting our resources, our people into urban areas," said Pastor Gary Krause, Adventist Mission director for the Adventist world church, to more than one hundred top leaders from th
Students, faculty and university officials are still stunned by the fire which destroyed the University of Southern Caribbean (USC) auditorium, in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad, last week.
Adventist-owned Vista del Jardin Medical Center in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, officially opened its third floor during a special ceremony on Apr. 29, 2012.
A colorful festival-filled with music and drama-celebrated religious freedom as a gift from God and capped off a week of scholarly presentations and panels at the 7th World Congress for Religious Freedom.
A panel of religious liberty advocates from throughout Latin America discuss ways to promote religious freedom during a one-hour-and-a-half discussion in front of dozens of delegates attending the 7th IRLA World Congress in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic.
Senator Charles Schultz of Colombia spoke to the IRLA Congress delegation in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic, on Apr. 26, 2012. Schultz reported to the more than 800 attendees on the strides made toward religious liberty among faith groups in Colombia duri
"Freedom of religion in its Islamic context implies that non-Muslims are not compelled to convert to Islam, nor are they hindered from practicing their own religious rights," said Shammout.
Neville Callam General Secretary of the World Baptist Alliance (WBA), told 7th World Congress attendees that "the resolution of the tension between religious liberty and secularism is more easily described than achieved."
Three days of reports, discussions, and presentations came to an end April 26 with a program honoring men and women who have "walked the extra mile for religious freedom."
César Pina Toribio, Secretary of State for the Dominican Republic, attended the final session of the 7th World Congress April 26, telling attendees that his nation shares their commitment to preserving and promoting freedom of religion.
Shaherya Gill, one of the more than 800 people from around the world who have traveled to Punta Cana to attend the 7th World Congress, understands the challenges to religious freedom in Pakistan-he grew up there.