As the Seventh-day Adventist Church expands its membership to cultures vastly different from its North American birthplace, how does a worldwide movement approach local issues and traditions while at the same time maintaining uniform standards?
Thirteen years after a global strategy document outlined key challenge areas for church outreach, the Seventh-day Adventist Church has recorded significant progress in meeting those objectives, the church's Office of Global Mission reports.
In an effort to foster spiritual growth and connect believers across the globe, the Seventh-day Adventist Church established "global prayer partnerships" among local regions, or conferences, of the church.
Broadcasting interests brought more that 100 Seventh-day Adventist broadcasters to an ad hoc event, March 7, in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States, sponsored by Adventist Television Network.
A three-kilometer stretch of Al Nidal Street in Baghdad was shelled Sunday, April 6, which is the street where the Seventh-day Adventist Church is located, according to media reports.
Religion must not be used as an instrument of terror, was the message delivered by representatives of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in a statement during the 59th Session of the Commission on Human Rights meeting at the United Nations in Geneva.