New Hope for Students in Mongolia
Almost 160 Mongolian drop-out students are now back in school as the result of a tutoring program begun December 2000 by the Adventist Development and Relief Agency International (ADRA).
Almost 160 Mongolian drop-out students are now back in school as the result of a tutoring program begun December 2000 by the Adventist Development and Relief Agency International (ADRA).
Seventh-day Adventist Church leaders have voted a set of guidelines aimed at increasing the effectiveness of short-term, international mission initiatives by both church and lay entities.
African Seventh-day Adventists want to play a more active role in making concepts of Christian faith relevant within their own cultures, say church leaders who met for a communication summit in Harare, Zimbabwe, April 30 to May 3.
The general secretary of the Seventh-day Adventist world church was honored May 13 for his contribution to "national and international understanding" and to the mission of the Adventist Church.
Turkmenistan's record on religious freedom is "one of the worst," according to Thomas Farr, director of the Office of International Religious Freedom at the United States State Department.
Religious communities must play a strong moral role in society, finding new ways to work together to serve human need, said Dr. Ishmael Noko, general secretary of the Lutheran World Federation (LWF) at an informal meeting with Seventh-day Adventist Church