Adventist schools sheltering displaced families; January 25 offering to go toward relief efforts

Joseph Peranginangin, president of the church’s West Indonesian Union Mission, visits Berastepu, a village in Indonesia’s North Sumatra province, where the farmlands of Adventists were destroyed by volcanic ash. Mount Sinabang, in the background, has been erupting all month. [photo courtesy Southern Asia-Pacific Division] 

Volcanic eruptions cripple mountain communities in North Sumatra

The third meeting of the Theology of Ordination Study Committee Commission met last week in Columbia, Maryland, United States. Chair Artur Stele led the group discussions, and several break-out discussion groups reviewed the issues surrounding the theology of ordination and the implications if women were to be ordained. [photo: Ansel Oliver/ANN]

TOSC Third Session Concludes with Appeals for “Bridge-building,” Mission Focus

February 6 is International Day of Zero Tolerance to FGM/C

PRESS RELEASE: Adventists join others in opposing Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting

Complutense University of Madrid School of Law hosts international event

Academic, political and faith leaders discuss the rights and responsibilities of religious minorities at the first International Conference on Religious Liberty and Religious Minorities. The group was joined by students from the Complutense University of Madrid School of Law, which hosted the event. [photo courtesy AIDLR] 

Academic conference in Spain promotes tolerance toward religious minorities

Lockdown lasted two hours following “perceived threat” against university

Safety officials at Southern Adventist University in the U.S. state of Tennessee put the campus on lockdown for two hours today over a "perceived threat." No one was harmed in the incident and police have a person of interest in custody, a university spokesman said. Above, the campus this afternoon following the lockdown. [photo: Suzanne Ocsai]

Police hold suspect after U.S. Adventist campus was on lockdown

Nation had spiraled into violence; new female president elected yesterday

Emeryc Patrick Dalikouba was killed by gunfire in Central African Republic last month, one of more than 1,000 victims of ongoing civil unrest in the nation in the past six weeks. [photo courtesy CAUM]

Several Adventists killed during political unrest in Central African Republic

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TOSC Third Session Concludes with Appeals for “Bridge-building,” Mission Focus

PRESS RELEASE: Adventists join others in opposing Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting

Academic conference in Spain promotes tolerance toward religious minorities

Police hold suspect after U.S. Adventist campus was on lockdown

Several Adventists killed during political unrest in Central African Republic

News.

Just Published

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Volcanic eruptions cripple mountain communities in North Sumatra

TOSC Third Session Concludes with Appeals for “Bridge-building,” Mission Focus

PRESS RELEASE: Adventists join others in opposing Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting

Academic conference in Spain promotes tolerance toward religious minorities

Police hold suspect after U.S. Adventist campus was on lockdown

Several Adventists killed during political unrest in Central African Republic