Cuban Adventist Youth Permitted to Attend Convention in Columbia Medellin/Cuba | 31.07.2007 | unknow Forty-four young Seventh-day Adventist Cubans joined more than 5,000 Adventists gathered July 26 to 28 in Colombia for the church's Inter-American Youth Leadership and Prayer Convention. Securing group travel permission from the Cuban government for the Adventist young people -- the largest such delegation to travel from the country since 1959 -- was a yearlong process, church leaders there said. Twenty-two members of the delegation reported difficulties clearing visas and detoured to Ve
South Pacific: New Adventist weekly online TV news Wahroonga NSW/Australia | 29.07.2007 | Media A new weekly TV news service about Seventh-day Adventists in the South Pacific has started on July 27. It is called Adventist News. Viewers will be able to watch the three to five minutes long Adventist News on the internet each week. People who have iTunes will be able to subscribe to the weekly news service for free and watch it on their iPods and MP4 players. Produced by the "Adventist Media" Network, this initiative will deliver the news very quickly. Each weekly bulletin will be availa
Fiji: New Indigenous Land Rights Might Relocate Adventist College Tailevu/Fiji | 29.07.2007 | International The future of a Seventh-day Adventist college in Fiji is uncertain after a court ruled this month that indigenous people can now deny the lease of their land. The Suva High Court confirmed that Fulton College in Tailevu -- about 50 kilometers northeast of Fiji's capital, Suva -- is built on an indigenous reserve. Native reserve land is set aside in Fiji for exclusive use by indigenous people and can only be leased by others if first de-reserved. The Adventist Church in Fiji has leased th
Serbia: Neo-Nazi Vandals Post Message on Adventist Church Belgrade/Serbia, | 16.07.2007 | International Seventh-day Adventist Church in Serbia was the target of vandalism July 10 in the posting of a message signed by a neo-Nazi group. A poster, which read "sects are the death of the Serbian nation" and signed by the "Nacionalni Stroj" movement, was posted on the wall of the Adventist Church in Belgrade. Several young men arrived on a motorcycle to post the message, said Miodrag Zivanovic, president of the Adventist Church in South-east Europe. The incident was caught on surveillance ta
Ukraine: Arson Causes Fire at Seventh-day Adventist Church in Kharkiv Kharkiv/Ukraine | 05.07.2007 | International A fire broke out in Community Number One (#1) Seventh-day Adventist Church in eastern Ukrainian Kharkiv during the night from June 21 to 22. The fire-fighters said arson was the cause. According to Local Adventist Pastor Petr Popelishko, there was a married couple who temporarily resided in a small semi-detached utility room to look after the church building. They were sleeping and woke up only when the roof in the mail building collapsed. The neighbours had already called the fire-fighters.
Adventist World President Assured on Religious Freedom During Portugal Visit Ponta Delgada, Azores/Portugal | 04.07.2007 | Religious Liberty Assuring a commitment religious freedom, the president of the Provincial Government of Azores, Carlos César, affirmed his support for equality of all faiths before the law in a meeting with Seventh-day Adventist Church President Jan Paulsen June 28. Though the Adventist Church is not large in the mostly Roman Catholic islands of Portugal, César said the church is "highly respected" by the community, Paulsen said. Paulsen said he was also assured that the Adventist Church, a minority, as well
Bible Study Podcast Targets Young People, Commuters Wahroonga, New South Wales/Australia, | 01.07.2007 | Media In a world where the Internet helps people fit news, entertainment and even spiritual enrichment into their increasingly multitasked lives, the Seventh-day Adventist Church in the South Pacific now offers the Adult Bible Study Guide on podcast. Digital mp3 files of each Sabbath School lesson, podcast onto the Internet, are available for free download worldwide and are playable on iPods, mobile phones and other podcast-supporting devices. Church officials in Australia hope the new lesson
