Remembered by colleagues as peacemaker, Battle was active in church's efforts to dismantle Apartheid

Maurice T. Battle's decades of denominational service led to his election in 1978 as the world church's associate secretary. [photo courtesy Archives and Statistics]

Former Adventist world church associate secretary dies at 82

Served as administrative leader for Georgia, world headquarters

Harold Singleton was the first president of the Adventist Church's South Atlantic Conference, based in Atlanta. [file photo courtesy GC Archives]

Singleton, one of first Regional conference presidents, dies at 101

Griffith was denomination's first Deaf pastor

Arthur Griffith, who lost his hearing during a childhood illness, was a pioneering leader of the Adventist Church's Deaf ministries. Some church leaders hope to increase outreach to the Deaf community, an often ignored and misunderstood subculture. [photos courtesy ADM]

Founder of Adventist Deaf ministry dies at 89

Offer outreach, love to peers, president says

Seventh-day Adventist world church President Jan Paulsen talks with young people from Inter-America about their importance in the church. The discussion took place on the 20th episode of Let's Talk, an impromptu question and answer television series. [photo: IAD]

Paulsen encourages Adventist youth to seek involvement in church

Founders hope Arabic-language programming will 'build bridges of understanding'

(From left) Bertil Wiklander, Adventist Church president for Trans-Europe; Kjell Aune, church president in the Middle East; Amir Ghali, Al Waad director; and Brad Thorp, president of Hope Channel, unveil the church's new media center in Beirut. [photo: courtesy Al Waad Media Center]

Adventist media center in Middle East launches television channel

Church leaders, ADRA working to repair buildings, provide housing

Suzete Edmond (front) and her sister Magalie Lapaix have been living in a makeshift shelter at a Port-au-Prince camp for displaced persons since January 13, the day after the quake struck Haiti. [photo: Hearly Mayr/ADRA International]

Spring rains threaten displaced Haitians, Adventist aid group says

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Former Adventist world church associate secretary dies at 82

Singleton, one of first Regional conference presidents, dies at 101

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Paulsen encourages Adventist youth to seek involvement in church

Adventist media center in Middle East launches television channel

Spring rains threaten displaced Haitians, Adventist aid group says