Muslim Imam Ilgar Ibragimoglu, secretary-general of the International Religious Liberty Association's (IRLA) affiliate organization in Azerbaijan, is spending three months in jail pending a trial on charges of organizing public demonstrations, though he c
Seventh-day Adventists who wish to maintain a noncombatant status may have greater difficulty in dealing with Korea's military service requirements following a Seoul District Criminal Court ruling last week.
Walk Through Bethlehem Now in its eighth year, Walk Through Bethlehem once again hosted thousands of visitors as they journeyed through the birthplace of Christ as it might have been on Christmas Eve. Dozens of participants from the Adventist Church’s world headquarters in Silver Spring, Marylan...
Directors of the Seventh-day Adventist Church's Global Mission religious study centers and other mission experts met Dec. 3 to 5 in Loma Linda, California, United States, to share reports and discuss future directions for Adventist relations with other re
A new report issued by the U.N.'s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) reveals that, despite abundance of food in industrialized nations, the world is getting hungrier.
The Adventist Church is continuing to make contacts at the United Nations to fight for religious freedom. "We have a direct personal interest in promoting religious freedom," says Jonathan Gallagher, United Nations liaison for the Seventh-day Adventist Ch