Church Leaders to Cultivate 'Relationship of Relating' Between Adventists and Major Faith Groups Silver Spring, Maryland/USA | 24.01.2007 | Ecumenism "Seventh-day Adventists are not an island in this world. We want to know other faiths better, and we want them to know us better," Dr. John Graz, director of the Adventist world church's department of Public Affairs and Religious Liberty, said January 23. With a global membership fast approaching 15 million, the Adventist Church is far from being isolationist. However, its leaders believe a concerted effort to cultivate conversations between the church and major faith groups--Muslims, Buddhi
U.S. President Bush Pleads For War Support In State Of The Union Address - Adventist as Official Record Keeper Washington D.C./USA | 24.01.2007 | International U.S. President George Bush says sending more troops to Iraq will make both Iraqis and Americans safer. White House Correspondent of the Voice of America (VOA), Scott Stearns, reports: In his first State of the Union before a Congress led by political opponents, U.S. President George W. Bush congratulated Democrats now leading both the House and Senate, saying Congress has changed but its responsibilities have not. "We are not the first to come here with government divided and uncertainty
ADRA Shelters Displaced Families in the Democratic Republic of Congo Kinshasa/DRC | 24.01.2007 | ADRA After nearly a decade of political and civil unrest in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) is helping displaced families rebuild their lives, one home at a time. ADRA officials in the DRC report that much of the need is concentrated in South Kivu province in Eastern Congo, the area of origin of the greatest number of refugees and internally displaced people from the Second Congo War. “A lot of displacement took place in this territory,” s
Adventist Relief Agency ADRA combats global hunger Silver Spring, Maryland/USA | 24.01.2007 | ADRA [img id=880 align=right]In 2006, the Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) continued to fulfil its commitment to improve food security and fight hunger all over the world. During fiscal year 2006, ADRA partnered with the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) to distribute nearly 13,000 tons of food—nearly 35 tons per day—to vulnerable populations across the globe. More than 178,000 people received essential food items such as lentils, wheat, peas, sorghum, rice, beans, cornm
Serbia: Vandalism in Adventist Church Upsets Country Stapar/Serbia | 12.01.2007 | Religious Liberty The vandalism of a small Seventh-day Adventist village church in the province Vojvodina has caught the attention of the country's president, Boris Tadic. In his comments to the nation President Tadic said the January 8 incident was hooliganism and such acts must be stopped. The president also publicly requested that the police speed up the investigation and bring the perpetrators to justice. Unidentified people broke into the Adventist church between 4 a.m. and 5 a.m. in Stapar, in the munic
