Slovenia: Adventist Church Marks 100th Anniversary Maribor/Slovenia | 17.10.2008 | International Hundreds of Seventh-day Adventists in Slovenia gathered in their country's second largest city, Maribor, last month to mark 100 years of Adventism in the southern Central European country. Celebrations began in January with an exhibition at the City Museum in the country's capital, Ljubljana, presenting the church's beliefs and history, according to Zmago Godina, president of the Slovenian Conference of the Christian Adventist Church. Slovenian Adventists also offered concerts, panel discuss
Adventist Church budget adjusts for tough financial times Manila/Philippines | 15.10.2008 | International World headquarters eyes hiring freeze, pledges prudence The financial situation of the Seventh-day Adventist Church is under pressure from the turbulence rocking world financial markets, church financial officials report, but world church leaders are taking what they call prudent steps to manage during the crisis. On October 13, the Annual Council of the Seventh-day Adventist world church voted to accept a 2009 budget based on 2007's income levels, along with a resolution allowing the worl
President of Romania Visit Adventist Church in Spain Madrid/Spain | 15.10.2008 | Religion + State The president of Romania, Mr. Traian Băsescu, visited the Seventh-day Adventist Romanian Church in Madrid, Spain. The head of state was accompanied by Mr. Lazăr Comănescu, the Romanian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mrs. Maria Ligor, the Romanian Ambassador in Spain, various secretaries of state, deputies and members of the European Parliament. President Băsescu visited the Eben-Ezer church, one of fourteen Romanian Adventist churches in the region of Madrid. More than 2,00
Seeking efficiency, Adventist Annual Council votes administrative changes Manila/Philippines | 14.10.2008 | International Leaders of the Seventh-day Adventist world church have voted during Annual Council in Manila (Philippines) to ask the next General Conference session in 2010 for broad authority to change church departmental structures and hiring, as they pursue greater efficiency than the current process, leaders say. "It is important for the church to be able to move with flexibility and dexterity," Adventist Church president Jan Paulsen said after the ballot. The decision, he said, "is a signal of the fact
Four new Adventist church leaders appointed Manila/Philippines | 14.10.2008 | International Rathinaraj to lead Southern Asia, Bussey elected U.S. Congress liaison; two new associate secretaries The Seventh-day Adventist Church's Executive Committee elected four new church officers and leaders on October 12 at the first full-day business session of its Annual Council, meeting this year in Manila. The committee voted new leaders for Southern Asia, North America, the world church headquarters and a legislative liaison for the United States Congress. John Rathinaraj, secretary of
Adventist Church president emphasizes Manila/Philippines | 12.10.2008 | International 'Mission of Hope' theme expected to steer policy decisions, elections The Seventh-day Adventist Church's "message of hope" and commitment to scripture marked the opening of the protestant denomination's fall business session, Annual Council, at the International Convention Center (PICC) in Manila, October 10. Seventh-day Adventist Church President Jan Paulsen greeted more than 300 meeting delegates and hundreds of church member guests from Manila during a live broadcast from the Philippin
Adventist initiative to promote Bible study: Travelling Bible begins worldwide trip Manila/Philippines | 12.10.2008 | Bible Two-year trek destined for Adventist Church world session in Atlanta; about 50 percent of membership read Bible regularly An unusual copy of the Bible began an unusual journey on October 11 from the capital of the Philippines: A special leather-bound copy, measuring 12 by 18 inches, is written in 66 languages -- one for each book. Its trip began at the Seventh-day Adventist Church's spiritual convocation connected with the church's Annual Council business session in Manila, Philippines. C
Adventist Church in Australia urges members to "go green" Canberra/Australia | 10.10.2008 | International In response to Professor Ross Garnaut's report on how Australia can take up the fight against climate change, the Seventh-day Adventist Church in the South Pacific is reminding church members of their obligation to care for the environment and the simple steps they can take to achieve it. Delivering his 652-page study on the cost of climate change to the Governments of the eight States and Territories of Australia, Professor Garnaut said the effort required by Australians to get a global clim
Fiji "Hope FM" radio station sends hope to listeners Suva/Fiji | 06.10.2008 | Media The Seventh-day Adventist radio station "Hope FM" in Suva, Fiji, is now offering listeners the opportunity to receive a daily Bible verse on their mobile phones. The Bible verse text message service commenced in September, and is a result of an agreement between Hope FM and Vodafone Fiji. Listeners will need to subscribe to the service in order to receive the Bible verse, which can be delivered to their mobile phones as a text message in either Fijian or English. Subscriptions are monthly and
Australian Adventist Church reaffirms Christianity Ringwood, Victoria/Australia | 01.10.2008 | Bible The Seventh-day Adventist Church in Australia is reaffirming Christianity in response to comments made by Dr Francis Macnab in the Australian newspaper The Age published in Melbourne on 16 September 2008. Pastor Chester Stanley, president of the Adventist Church in Australia, says that Dr Macnab is right in rejecting dogma in search of "the good, the tender and the beautiful" and is surprised Dr Macnab has not already found it in Christianity. With the provocative claim that "The Ten Comma
