Adventist Youth March in Central London London/UK, | 30.05.2007 | International The banging of drums and the sounds of some 700 marching Pathfinders and young people from Adventist churches around Southern England brought Central London to a standstill on Saturday, May 19. Spectators lined the streets and burst into spontaneous applause at the sight of the London Youth Federation's "Put It Down" anti-gun crime sign. Adventist youth flowed past Temple Place, Downing Street, Parliament Square and Big Ben on route to the majestic 2,300-seater Westminster Central Hall, for
South Africa: Grandmothers with HIV, AIDS Find Support in Churches Johannesburg/ South Africa | 25.05.2007 | Health & Ethics Young people are not the only ones living with HIV or AIDS. Yet when one thinks of the spread of HIV and AIDS, particularly in Africa, the image that usually comes to mind is that of young parents leaving behind orphaned children. "No one thinks of older people contracting the disease," says Dr. Eugenia Giordano, associate director for Johannesburg-based Adventist AIDS Ministry (AAIM). "But there is a subset of specifically grandmothers living with HIV or AIDS." As Dr. Giordano and her h
Adventist Woman Nominated as U.S. Brigadier General Washington D.C./USA | 25.05.2007 | International The U.S. Department of Defense has announced, that President George W. Bush has nominated Colonel Loree K. Sutton (47), a Seventh-day Adventist, for appointment to the grade of brigadier general. Colonel Sutton, a psychiatrist by training, is commander of Carl R. Darnall Army Medical Center at Fort. Hood, Texas. She assumed command of the center in July 2005. "Colonel Sutton would be the first female Adventist to ever obtain that rank," said Gary Councell, associate director of Adventist Cha
United Kingdom: Clerics fume over 'No Smoking' signs at churches London/United Kingdom, | 24.05.2007 | Health & Ethics When legislation banning smoking in public places comes into force in the United Kingdom on July 1, even cathedrals must have signs at the door warning people smoking is forbidden inside. Wedding cars and hearses will also have to display signs. The crematorium and associated bereavement services, which are run by the city council, have been non-smoking for 15 years. When the ban on smoking in public places comes into force it will be an offence not to display signs at all entrances to pu
ADRA to Improve Access to Safe Drinking Water in Togo Lomé/Togo, | 23.05.2007 | ADRA The Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) is set to begin in June a one-year project that will improve access to safe drinking water for approximately 13,500 people in nine villages in the Maritime region of Togo. Funded by the ADRA United Kingdom office for US$118,000, the project will provide access points for clean water, create local water committees to manage the new water sources, and educate beneficiaries on improved health and hygiene practices. "Safe drinking water is si
German Bible Society and EKD present Chinese Bible Exhibition To German Kirchentag 2007 Stuttgart/Germany | 21.05.2007 | Bible After Hongkong, Los Angeles, Atlanta and New York the German city of Cologne will be the next venue of the Bible Ministry Exhibition of the Protestant Church of China. At the invitation of the German Bible Society (DBG) and the Evangelical Church in Germany (EKD) the impressive display of historic bibles, over seventy information panels and Christian art exhibits will be shown during the German Protestant Kirchentag in Cologne from June 6th to 10th. With nearly 4.000 guests from abroad and over
Madagascar's President Calls on Adventists to be "Green" Antananarivo/Madagascar, | 09.05.2007 | Religion + State "I have a vision for our country," Madagascar's president, Marc Ravalomanana, told some 30,000 Seventh-day Adventists gathered on May 5 for the opening day of an outreach effort in Mahamasina (Sacred) Stadium in Madagascar's capital. Referring to the effects of deforestation on the island country, Ravalomanana urged those gathered to help make Madagascar a "green island" once again. He indicated that the Adventist Church can and is playing a significant role in the environmental development
ADRA Expands Assistance to Tsunami-Hit Solomon Islands Honiara/Solomon Islands, | 09.05.2007 | unknow The Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) is continuing its assistance to the tsunami-affected Solomon Islands with a rehabilitation project to help 440 households on Choiseul Island rebuild their homes. The 14-week project began the first week of May and will benefit approximately 2,640 tsunami survivors. In early April, a massive underwater earthquake triggered a 33-foot tsunami that swept through the western region of the Solomon Islands, leaving devastation in its wake. ADRA res
German churches signed comon agreement on baptism Magdeburg/Germany | 07.05.2007 | Ecumenism Eleven German denominations - including Protestant, Roman Catholic, Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox and Anglican churches —recognized formally each other's baptism, at an ecumenical ceremony in the eastern German city of Magdeburg. "As a sign of the unity of all Christians, baptism is a bond with Jesus Christ, the foundation of this unity," states a common declaration which was signed at the service on April 29. "This mutual recognition of baptism is an expression of the bond of unity founded in
