Pakistan Territorial Commander of Salvation Army Murdered Lahore/Pakistan | 30.09.2007 | International Colonel Bo Brekke (50), Territorial Commander of The Salvation Army's Pakistan Territory, was shot and killed on September 27 at the territorial headquarters compound in Lahore. The incident occurred shortly after the Norwegian born colonel had presided a meeting and returned alone in his office. Information to date points to an individual act of criminality. There is nothing to suggest that this is related in any way to terrorism. Lahore police reported that a man has been arrested on possib
British Government backs voluntary schools for faith minorities London/United Kingdom | 14.09.2007 | Religion + State The British Government is to back the establishment of more minority-faith schools and make it easier for about 150 low-cost private religious schools to come into the maintained education sector. They include 115 Muslim schools and 37 schools that serve ultra-orthodox Jewish communities. But the Government is not offering a blank cheque, reports Margaret Holness, Education Correspondent of the Anglican weekly newspaper "Church Times". The new schools would have to conform to the duty placed
Australia: National Health Conference Encourages Health Professionals To Discuss Spirituality With Patients Adelaide, South Australia/Australia | 11.09.2007 | Health & Ethics The Second Australian Conference on Spirituality and Health encouraged health professionals to discuss their patients’ spiritual beliefs and to pray with them if patients asked. More than 300 health professionals, academics and pastoral workers attended the conference initiated and organised by the South Australian branch of Adventist Health. It was held in late August at the Festival Theatre in Adelaide. “Physicians should take the spiritual history of their patients and identify their sp
North American Adventists and Presbyterians affirm common beliefs Louisville, Kentucky/USA | 07.09.2007 | unknow Delegates of the Seventh-day Adventist Church of North America met with leaders of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) at the Presbyterian Church's national headquarters in Louisville, Kentucky August 22 to 24 to affirm common beliefs and dispel stereotypes. The Louisville meeting marked the second conversation between the two denominations. Last November, Presbyterian delegates joined Adventists at Adventist world church headquarters in Silver Spring, Maryland after pitching the idea of a conv
ADRA Helps Hurricane Felix-Devastated Nicaragua Silver Spring, Maryland/USA | 07.09.2007 | ADRA In response to the destruction caused by Hurricane Felix as it swept over the Nicaragua-Honduras border on September 4, the Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) has dispatched an emergency team equipped with rescue devices, blankets, food items, and first aid kits for nearly 250 Nicaraguan families devastated by the recent disaster. ADRA’s team of 10 emergency rescue specialists based in Managua is flying to the heavily hit Atlantic coast to provide emergency aid, including first a
E-tithing across North America expands Adventist church's donor base Silver Spring, Maryland/USA | 05.09.2007 | International When the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Kettering, Ohio (USA), decided to accept donations through the Internet, treasurer Ed Mann noticed contributions from people who hadn't usually given. The increase came mostly from college students away at school who maintained their membership back at their home church. "It wasn't a huge amount of money but they had an opportunity to give that they wouldn't have otherwise," Mann says. After the Adventist Church in North America launched the I
Adventists and Evangelicals developed statement of common goals Berrien Springs, Michigan/USA | 09.09.2007 | Ecumenism Theologians representing the Seventh-day Adventist Church (SDA) and the World Evangelical Alliance (WEA) met August 5 to 10 at Andrews University in Berrien Springs, Michigan (USA) for their second round of theological conversation on world-level. The result of this dialogue between the Seventh-day Adventist Church and the World Evangelical has been the development of the joint statement identifying the common goals and results of theological discussions between the two institutions, delegat
