Abandoned churches in Alaska home again to Adventist ministry
The Seventh-day Adventist church buildings in the Arctic region of Alaska are staffed again following years, even decades, of abandonment.
Jamaica: Seventh-day Adventists extend kindness to thousands on Day of Kindness
Seventh-day Adventists throughout east and north Jamaica wound up their annual ‘Week of Generosity' with a ‘Day of Kindness' by feeding more than five thousand persons on Oct. 16.
Noted Scholar, to Join Adventist Review/Adventist World Team
Lael O. Caesar, a professor of religion at Andrews University in Berrien Springs, Mich., will become an Associate Editor of Adventist Review and Adventist World magazines, the general papers of the Seventh-day Adventist Church. Caesar will succeed Roy Ada
In personnel shifts, Maier to lead ADRA, Morris selected as Ministry editor
The Seventh-day Adventist Church this week brought in new executives, including a new leader of the Adventist Development and Relief Agency, and appointed a new editor for Ministry magazine.
New Mission Board will streamline missionary processing, Adventist officials say
An oversight realignment of the Seventh-day Adventist Church's mission programs approved yesterday aims to coordinate the church's global outreach work and better utilize mission resources.
Griggs could move to Andrews following oversight transfer
Griggs University, the distance-learning institution of the Seventh-day Adventist Church, could move its operations from the church's headquarters in Maryland to Andrews University in Michigan following an action by denomination's Executive Committee.
Stele named director-elect of Adventist Biblical Research Institute
Seventh-day Adventist Church leadership yesterday appointed world church general Vice President Artur Stele as director-elect of the Biblical Research Institute (BRI), located at world church headquarters.
Stable tithe, offerings notable as Adventist Church withstands economic downturn
As it weathers lingering economic challenges, The Seventh-day Adventist Church remains in a strong position to maintain operations and uninterrupted mission funding worldwide, church financial officers said yesterday.
Adventists urged to pray for latter rain power to finish work
Voting by kneeling in prayer, over 300 delegates to the 2010 Annual Council of the Seventh-day Adventist Church Executive Committee approved "an urgent call for revival, reformation, discipleship and evangelism" during the Monday morning meeting.
Secretary: Now 16.6 million members, but challenging regions loom large
About 2,900 people join the Seventh-day Adventist Church every day, according to church statistics, which show the denomination now has 16.6 million adult baptized members and a growth rate slightly higher than last year.
Focus on revival-driven outreach opens business of Annual Council
Always a forum for outreach ideas and a source of funding for evangelism, the Council on Evangelism and Witness today added a focus on spiritual renewal to its repertoire.
Dominican Republic: Seventh-day Adventist school participate in march to promote the Bible
Hundreds of young people who attend one of the largest Seventh-day Adventist schools in Santo Domingo participated recently in a march promoting Bible reading. They took to the streets of the capital shouting "Read the Bible" and holding banners.