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Korea: Adventists Set Health Goals for Coming Decade -- Adventist Receives Grammy Award
Korea: Adventists Set Health Goals for Coming Decade -- Adventist Receives Grammy Award
Local authorities broke up a meeting at a Seventh-day Adventist church in Gyanja, western Azerbaijan, February 24, saying the church has failed to obtain a necessary re-registration certificate.
Five days of fighting between Hindus and Muslims in rural western India has left more than 500 people dead, and thousands more too frightened to return to their homes.
More than 1,100 people were baptized earlier this month during the first women-led evangelistic series held by Seventh-day Adventists in India.
"We serve because God asks us to serve," said Charles Sandefur, new president of the Adventist Development and Relief Agency.
More than 20,000 people have been baptized as a result of what organizers are calling the most successful evangelistic series ever held by the Seventh-day Adventist Church in the Dominican Republic.