Some Adventist students were required to take exams on Saturdays

A union in the East-Central Africa Division has received a interim favorable ruling that exempts Adventist from attending classes and exams on Saturdays. A division spokesman said he hopes other countries in the region will follow suit. [ANN file photo]

In Kenya, court’s interim order gives Adventist students Sabbath off

Theologian, Treasurer Mayer has served as VP since 2005

Reto Mayer, right, was appointed as president of the Swiss Bible Society on May 24. The society promotes Bible translation and distribution in Switzerland and Liechtenstein. [photo courtesy SBS]

Adventist elected president of Swiss Bible Society

Protestant, Catholic, Muslim, and leaders of 20 faiths represented at festival

Nearly 30,000 attendees of the World Festival of Religious Freedom packed Anhangabaú Valley in São Paulo, Brazil, on May 25. The event drew representatives of 20 faith groups to promote freedom of conscience.

Religious freedom celebration in Brazil highlights peaceful co-existence

Morris quoted week’s memory verse during swearing-in ceremony

Floyd Morris is the first blind president of the Jamaican Senate. He is an Adventist Church member and has advocated for the disabled community. [photo: Naphtali Junior/Jamaica Observer]

In Jamaica, visually impaired Adventist appointed senate president

Reports are only a first step in protecting a fundamental human right

In much of the world, the state of religious freedom is far from ‘alive and well’

Employees, administrators sing from original hymnal; Black’s powerful prayer

Jim Nix, at the podium, director of the Ellen G. White Estate, leads in singing yesterday at the 150th anniversary celebration of the Seventh-day Adventist Church. The brief afternoon ceremony was held at the church's world headquarters in Silver Spring, Maryland, United States. [photos by Ansel Oliver]

Singing, prayer mark church’s 150th anniversary in headquarters ceremony

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In much of the world, the state of religious freedom is far from ‘alive and well’

Singing, prayer mark church’s 150th anniversary in headquarters ceremony

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Lately in Our Region

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In Kenya, court’s interim order gives Adventist students Sabbath off

Adventist elected president of Swiss Bible Society

Religious freedom celebration in Brazil highlights peaceful co-existence

In Jamaica, visually impaired Adventist appointed senate president

In much of the world, the state of religious freedom is far from ‘alive and well’

Singing, prayer mark church’s 150th anniversary in headquarters ceremony