The Seventh-day Adventist Church plays an important role in promoting principles of tolerance and religious freedom, said Norwegian Ambassador to the United States Knut Vollebaek, during a visit April 23 to the Adventist Church world headquarters in Silve
More than 40 Seventh-day Adventist communicators from across Europe met April 22 to 28 at Rogaska Slatina, Slovenia, to focus on more effectively communicating to both Adventist audiences and to the general public.
Seventh-day Adventists in west Russia are urging a full investigation into a fire that destroyed an Adventist Church building in Kovrov in the early morning hours of April 15.
Church leaders have approved in principle a proposal they say will give more flexibility to the church's wage-setting system, and will better articulate the spiritual principles on which it is based.
Members of the Seventh-day Adventist executive committee voted April 19 to move toward a more streamlined offering system worldwide, and they committed to providing more information about how offering funds are divided and used.
Church leaders voted April 18 to endorse a youth evangelism conference to be held in Bangkok, Thailand, December 29, 2003 to January 3, 2004.