Adventist Church Humanitarian Assistance Arrives in North Korea Pyongyang, Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 28.04.2007 | International Following the signing of a memorandum of cooperation with the government authorities of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) in Pyongyang, in June, 2006, Pastor Jairyong Lee, president of the Northern Asia-Pacific region of the Seventh-day Adventist Church (NSD), visited the country again in late March. He led a delegation of South Korean church leaders to discuss shipments of humanitarian supplies to the country. According to Pastor Lee, the first shipment took place on February
World Evangelical Alliance Responds to Turkey Murders New York, N.Y./USA, | 20.04.2007 | International Three workers at a Bible publishing house in Malatya, Turkey were killed on Wednesday, April 18, in the latest apparent attack on Turkey's minority Christian community. The three Christian men -- Necati Aydin and Ugur Yuksel of Turkey, and Tilman Ekkehart Geske of Germany -- were bound and had their throats slit in a Christian book publishing office. Several people have been detained for questioning regarding the killings. The murder has sent shockwaves across the Christian minority in Tu
ADRA Empowers Internally Displaced Women in Colombia Bogotá/Colombia | 20.04.2007 | ADRA Female heads of household and women who have been displaced by war in Colombia are becoming more empowered through vocational training and personal development classes provided by the Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA). ADRA’s one-year project, which began in March of 2007, will benefit 240 displaced women and female heads of households between two training centers, one in Cartagena and one in Bogotá. Beneficiaries will receive training in tailoring and cosmetology, providing the
Adventist Andrew’s University Student Arrested After Beating Professor Berrien Springs, MI/USA, | 18.04.2007 | International A student at Adventist-owned Andrews University threatened and assaulted Seminary professor Russell Burrill in his office at the Seventh-day Adventist Theological Seminary on campus. There was no weapon involved. The 28-year-old student Romana Baciu from Romania also assaulted a police officer and medic personnel. The student is in police custody, and has been dismissed from the university. Rusell Burrill received medical attention, was released, and returned to the classroom in the afternoo
Adventist World Church President Responds to Virginia Tech Tragedy Washington D.C./USA | 18.04.2007 | International Commenting on the deadly mass shooting that claimed the lives of 33 students and teachers at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in Blacksburg, Virginia on April 16, Seventh-day Adventist world church president, Pastor Jan Paulsen, offered a message of compassion and solidarity to family members, friends and classmates of the victims in a statement released yesterday evening. "What words are sufficient in the face of a tragedy such as this?" said Pastor Paulsen. "Within momen
Children in Kenya Receive Helping Hand from ADRA Nairobi/Kenya | 18.04.2007 | ADRA The Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) has initiated a two-year project—the Helping Hands Partnership—to support orphans, vulnerable children, and young adults aged 10 to 24 years in Nyanza province, on Lake Victoria in southwestern Kenya. In addition to interventions that will directly benefit children, the project will strengthen the support children receive in the community by building the capacity of 25 school management committees throughout the province. Adults, chosen from
New U.S. Television Series on Religion "I believe" also available online Washington D.C.,/USA | 12.04.2007 | Media "I believe", a new weekly half-hour television series, has begun distribution to U.S. Public Broadcasting Service stations and is now available for online viewing at www.ibelieve-tv.com Each week veteran television host and interviewer Dennis Wholey visits a different church, synagogue, mosque or temple to learn about that religion or faith. The centrepiece of each program is a conversation with the religious leader of the featured house of worship, a visit inside, and a brief look at a typic
ADRA Assists Tsunami Survivors in the Solomon Islands Honiara/Solomon Islands | 10.04.2007 | ADRA When a deadly tsunami swept through the western region of the Solomon Islands on April 1, causing widespread damage throughout the many coastal areas, the Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) responded immediately, providing urgently needed supplies to families as they begin rebuilding their lives. A state of emergency was declared the following day after an underwater earthquake measuring 8.1 on the Richter scale triggered the 33-foot tsunami. The earthquake lifted an entire island
United Kingdom: New Research Report Finds Only Teddington, Middlesex/U.K | 05.04.2007 | International A research report on church attendance in the United Kingdom (UK) published on April 3 by the British Charity, Tearfund, makes somber reading for church leaders. It found only one in 10 people in the United Kingdom attend church on a weekly basis even though 53 percent of the British population identify themselves as Christian. This reflects a drop of 20 percent from a similar survey conducted just six years ago. The survey is based on a representative poll of 7,000 adults indicated that 26.
