Statistics of Religions: More Muslims than Catholics, More Adventists than Jews Rome/Basel | 26.09.2009 | International According to recent information provided by the Vatican, Muslims outnumber Catholics worldwide. At the end of 2008, there were 1.280 billion Muslims and 1.165 billion Catholics, reported Vittorio Formenti, director of the head office for statistics of the Roman Catholic Church. The Italian newspaper "Il Tempo" stated that the number of Christians worldwide totals 2.145 billion. The figure for Muslims was not divided into Shia and Sunni or other Muslim communities. Formenti also said that the app
ADRA Among Top 100 Most Powerful Non-profit Brands, Says New Report Boston, Mass.,/USA | 15.09.2009 | ADRA The Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) has been recognized as one of the top 100 most valuable brand names, with worth US$60.4 million, among 1.5 million non-profit entities in the United States of America, according to a new report. The YMCA of the USA has the nation's most valuable nonprofit brand, worth almost US$6.4 billion, according to Cone's Nonprofit Power Brand 100 study. The Cone Nonprofit Power Brand 100 report, which appeared in the New York Times and other leading
Adventists in U.S. slower to adopt new personal technology than public, study reveals Orlando, Florida/USA | 13.09.2009 | Media While Seventh-day Adventists in the United States are slower to adopt new personal technology than the public, they are on the "cutting edge" of Internet evangelism, research presented during the Global Internet Evangelism Network (GiEN) Conference on the church's approach to technology suggested this week. Adventists in the U.S. are generally older than the wider public, which may explain the trend, said Paul Richardson, executive director for the Center for Creative Ministry for the Advent
Korean churches and government stand ready to welcome WCC Assembly 2013 Geneva/Busan | 01.09.2009 | WCC Central Committee According to members of the National Council of Churches in Korea (NCCC), a beachfront location, an opportunity to be a witness for peace and reconciliation, and a commitment to engage the breadth of the region’s church community as widely as possible: these are among the features those attending the World Council of Churches' (WCC) 10th Assembly in Busan, South Korea can expect. The WCC central committee on 31 August chose Busan, the second largest city in South Korea with more than 4 mill
