In a notable decision, the executive committee of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in the Middle East Region has voted to move its headquarters from Cyprus to Lebanon, as soon as practical in 2006. The move will reverse a step taken 22 years earlier, shif
In an often brutal world, one in which wars abound and chaos is everywhere, peace may be hard to find. But Seventh-day Adventists have a duty to promote peace, says Doug Morgan who, along with Ronald Osborn, began the Adventist Peace Fellowship (APF) in 2
As Romania considers religious freedom laws that would affect the lives of its 22 million citizens, leaders of various Orthodox and Protestant churches, government representatives and overseas participants came together Sept. 12 to 13 for a seminar on "Re
They are in the trenches every day feeding, clothing, teaching, empowering and fighting diseases. They are the ones that the world's governments and world bodies depend on to carry out plans that help make the world a better place. They are nongovernmenta
Churches and governments must pursue partnerships to eradicate extreme poverty if the Millennium Declaration of 2000 is to meet its 2015 deadline, faith leaders who met at a two-day summit at the Washington National Cathedral, said in a communiqué.
Pakistan -- In August, the Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) distributed relief aid to flood survivors in the province of Punjab in Pakistan. At the request of the local government, ADRA also distributed aid in Layyah, one of the hardest hi