Adventist Church adds 1 million members sixth year in a row <br> <br> Leaders encourage honest look at records; cite membership audits as catalyst for growth Silver Spring, Maryland/USA | 21.10.2009 | International More than 1 million people joined the protestant mainstream Seventh-day Adventist Church during the year ending June 30, 2009, marking the sixth consecutive year of million-member gains, church officials said. Adventist Church' Office of Archives and Statistics said an average of 2,818 people joined the church daily, bringing the world membership total to 16,049,101 baptized believers. Church leaders initially projected a world church membership of 17 million by 2009. However, partially d
Adventist world church, ADRA launch campaign to stop violence against women <br> <br> EndItNow signatures will go to UN Silver Spring, Maryland/USA | 20.10.2009 | Health & Ethics The Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) and the Seventh-day Adventist Church's Women's Ministries department joined together to stop violence against women October 14 during the launch of a new advocacy campaign. Titled EndItNow, the campaign calls Adventists around the world to work in their communities to stop violence against women and girls, campaign organizers said. The EndItNow campaign features a signature drive, aiming for 1 million signatures representing each of the
Reconciliation, unity, involvement are Adventist Church's Annual Council 2009 themes <br> <br> World church president emphasizes cross of Christ as central to Adventist message Silver Spring, Maryland/USA | 19.10.2009 | International Without preaching the resurrection of Jesus Christ, "there is no gospel," declared Pastor Jan Paulsen, president of the Seventh-day Adventist world church, on October 10 during a Sabbath morning worship service held at the church's world headquarters in Silver Spring, Maryland. In a wide-ranging sermon, Paulsen noted areas where tensions may rise within the movement, which claims over 16 million baptized members and more than 25 million people attending weekly worship around the world. For ex
Health statement positions Adventist Church to lobby on global issues Silver Spring, Maryland/USA | 18.10.2009 | Health & Ethics Seventh-day Adventist Health Ministries will now have greater emphasis on public health and possible partnerships with allied organizations, following action taken October 14 by the world church's Executive Committee. Adventist Church officials voted a recommended statement from a July conference, which brought together top Adventist Church leaders and World Health Organization (WHO) representatives to explore partnership possibilities for implementing public health initiatives. The statem
Moscow Patriarchate met Protestant church leaders and ministers Moscow/Russia | 16.10.2009 | Ecumenism Russian Orthodox Archbishop Hilarion of Volokolamsk received on October 5 in the Moscow Patriarchate Department for External Church Relations (DECR) in Moscow a group of church leaders and ministers from several Protestant churches and communities in various regions in Russia. There were some sixty representatives of the Union of the Christians of Evangelical Faith in Russia, the Union of the Evangelical Christians-Baptists in Russia (RUECB), the Seventh-Day Adventist Church in Russia and Presby
Adventist Church votes guidelines for mission unity, contextualization <br> <br> Statement urges core beliefs in outreach to other faiths, cultures Silver Springs, Maryland/USA | 14.10.2009 | International Meeting at the Seventh-day Adventist church's world headquarters for annual business meetings, the Executive Committee approved October 13 guidelines for balancing the need for contextualization against possible religious syncretism as the church ramps up outreach to other cultures and religions. The Roadmap to Mission policy statement comes at a time when religious expressions among Hindus, Buddhists, animists, could be at odds with core Adventist beliefs, leaders said. The document recogniz
