Romanian Inmate Trades Parole for Prison Witness Craiova/Romania | 24.08.2007 | unknow A Romanian criminal, once labelled the country's fourth most dangerous, is electing to forgo parole after becoming a Seventh-day Adventist Christian—he would rather stay in prison to share his new-found faith. Valeriu Curin, age 33, was a household name in the southeastern European country 11 years ago for his involvement in organized crime. Curin was one of eight life-term inmates to step into a portable baptismal tank July 21 in a prison in the city of Craiova and declare commitment to a
Peru earthquake damages Adventist churches, schools Lima/Peru | 23.08.2007 | International Seventh-day Adventists are struggling with recovery and grief while assisting survivors after a magnitude-8 earthquake struck off the coast of Peru 90 miles southeast of the capital, Lima, on August 15. The earthquake has killed more than 510 people and left more than 2.000 injured throughout the coastal region, according to reports issued by Peruvian Civil Defense authorities. Adventist Church officials in the region said three church members are among the dead and that the earthquake d
ADRA Expands Response to Flooding Across Southern Asia Silver Spring, Maryland/USA | 15.08.2007 | ADRA As conditions worsen in the aftermath of recent heavy rainfall and flooding in South Asia, the Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) is expanding its assistance to include emergency response projects in India, Bangladesh, Nepal, and China. Recent reports state that the heavy flooding has affected millions of people across the region. Although rainfall has halted and floodwaters have begun to recede, thousands of villages are still submerged, with more than 30 million people in India
Australia: Adventist Church Hosts Its First National Indigenous Women's Convention Uluru/Australia | 12.08.2007 | Ecumenism A conference to address issues facing indigenous women of Australia is being called "long overdue" by some Seventh-day Adventists. The Women at the Centre conference, running August 8 to 12 in Uluru, was the church's first national meeting for indigenous, or Aboriginal, women, church Women's Ministries leaders said. 100 participants attended the meetings. "Domestic violence, addiction, nutrition education and how to provide healing are some of the issues that many people in the community
