Following a decision by South Africa's parliament last week legalizing same-sex unions in South Africa, the Seventh-day Adventist church in that country issued a statement upholding marriage as an exclusively monogamous and heterosexual institution.
Leaders of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Fiji have joined other Christian denominations in condemning military commander Frank Bainimarama's military coup. In a swift takeover this week, Bainimarama ousted the democratically elected government under
"As a global community, we need to be a voice that articulates the issues, a voice that stirs the conscience of the governments and the people in positions to make a difference," said Pastor Jan Paulsen, Seventh-day Adventist world church president. His r
As the world faces the "inconvenient truth", as former United States Vice President Al Gore calls it of climate change, churches in Britain are looking at how they can help stop not just the planet's spiritual decline but also its environmental decline.
Although the Seventh-day Adventist church in Europe's uttermost Western country of Iceland celebrates its 100th anniversary this year, the seeds of Adventism were planted 113 years ago.
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