Seventh-day Adventist world church leaders yesterday approved mission guidelines for balancing the need for contextualization against possible religious syncretism as the church ramps up outreach to other cultures and religions.
Three Seventh-day Adventist administrative regions in Inter-America have achieved self-supporting status, granting them ability to choose their own officers and operate without financial aid from their parent administrative region.
Delegates to the 2009 Annual Council of the Seventh-day Adventist world church voted unanimously October 11 to move forward a continuance of the current "Tell the World" evangelistic strategy for the next quinquennium.
Two Seventh-day Adventist organizations received commendation recently as standouts in their field.
More than 1 million people joined the Seventh-day Adventist Church during the year ending June 30, 2009, marking the sixth consecutive year of million-member gains, church officials said.
Seventh-day Adventist world church President Jan Paulsen responded this morning to United States President Barack Obama receiving this year's Nobel Peace Prize, calling the decision "surprising," yet "courageous."
Inter-America's Day of Kindness and Compassion is set to take place tomorrow throughout hundreds of Seventh-day Adventist Churches in Mexico, Central America, the Caribbean, Colombia and Venezuela.
A new issues-driven video series broadcast on YouTube is part of the Seventh-day Adventist Church's continued efforts to broaden the scope of its online outreach, church communicators said.
The Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) confirmed the kidnapping and death of a staff member in the Democratic Republic of Congo late last week.
With the current ratio of churches to pastors in the Adventist World Church being approximately five to one, elders of the churches across Jamaica were reminded of the importance of their role in the spiritual leadership of the local congregation.
For the second year in a row, Seventh-day Adventists throughout Inter-America will join in a division-wide initiative to provide meals to the neediest people in their surrounding communities. This one-day event will take place on Saturday, Oct. 10, 2009.
The Adventist Development and Relief Agency is initiating relief efforts in the areas of Samoa and Indonesia affected by earthquakes and tsunamis earlier this week.