ADRA Coordinates with Chilean Government to Provide Aid Santiago de Chile/Silver Spring | 28.02.2010 | ADRA Following a deadly 8.8-magnitude earthquake, one of the strongest ever recorded, the extent of the humanitarian crisis in some of the worse hit areas in south-central Chile is becoming apparent, reports the Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA), which is coordinating with disaster response authorities to provide assistance. The Chilean National Office of Emergencies and Information (ONEMI) has called ADRA to assist immediately with food and water distribution. Agency officials have a
Magnitude 8.8 Quake Strikes Chile; ADRA Responds (Up-dated) Silver Spring, Maryland/USA | 27.02.2010 | ADRA Early Saturday (February 27), a powerful 8.8-magnitude earthquake shook south-central Chile killing at least 120, damaging infrastructure, and triggering a tsunami. The Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) is assessing the needs in the worst hit areas and coordinating with authorities, the agency reported. “Our staff in Chile are already in the affected areas to see first hand the extent of the earthquake damage and identify the communities that are worst hit,” said Mario Ochoa, Exe
Lutheran Bishop Resigned as Chairperson of the Evangelical Church and as bishop Berlin/Germany | 24.02.2010 | International The German Lutheran bishop Margot Kaessmann has given up on February 24 her posts as head of the Evangelical Church in Germany (EKD) and as bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Hanover, but will continue as a pastor. She is resigning days after she was apprehended for an alleged drunk-driving offense. Fifty-one-year-old Kaessmann has been elected only four month ago, as the youngest ever chairperson of the EKD council, to lead the 24-million Protestant members of the Evangelical Churc
Church of England expresses its confidence in the Bible London/United Kingdom | 24.02.2010 | Bible At the General Synod two weeks ago, a motion was agreed that means that the Church of England will join Christians across the country in celebrating and promoting the Bible as part of the 400th anniversary in 2011 of the Authorised Version. The Synod voted unanimously to approve a motion which expresses a confidence in the Bible and calls on churches, deaneries and dioceses to use 2011 to teach, preach and share the Bible afresh with our nation. The Revd John Dunnett, General Director of t
Adventist Media Center in Middle East launches Television Channel Beirut/Lebanon | 23.02.2010 | Media A new Seventh-day Adventist television channel in Beirut is expected to help spread the Bible-based Adventist church's message of hope among Arabic-speaking communities in the Middle East, a region "rich in Biblical history," its director said last week. Church leaders said the "Al Waad Channel", launched along with the Al Waad Media Center February 13 at a packed Middle East Adventist University Church, will potentially reach an audience of more than 300 million Arabic speakers in the regio
Haiti: Diseases Threaten IDP Camps, Sanitation Critical Carrefour and Port-au-Prince/Haiti | 21.02.2010 | ADRA The possibility of an outbreak of deadly diseases in quake-affected Haiti is growing, making the need for clean water and basic sanitation even more critical, reported the Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA). The number of temporary shelters, already a staple in Haiti, has increased dramatically in the aftermath of the earthquake, resulting in internally displaced people (IDPs) clustering together in open spaces, creating IDP camps that have populations reaching into the tens of th
Haiti: ADRA Center Helps Children with Emotional Recovery Carrefour and Port-au-Prince/Haiti | 21.02.2010 | ADRA Child survivors of the recent earthquake in Haiti continue to suffer from physical and psychological injuries caused by the ongoing crisis, making recovery for the nation’s youngest citizens even more difficult. In response, the Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) has opened a Children’s Center that is helping Haiti's children begin to heal. Of the three million Haitians affected by the quake, more than one million are children, according to the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNIC
Heaven Sent: Helicopter Delivers Precious Cargo to Isolated Haitians Port-au-Prince/Haiti | 21.02.2010 | ADRA The little yellow box clutched in the man’s hand could have been mistaken for a small suitcase. Despite its bright but rugged exterior, what it held inside had become, in the last two weeks, as valuable as a rare jewel. No sooner had he jumped into the row of seats behind the two pilots, the box tucked beside him, the helicopter roared to life. Lifting from the ground of the ADRA Haiti compound in the Port-au-Prince neighbourhood of Carrefour, the craft surged toward its destination. Every
Russian Pioneering Adventist Leader Mikhail P. Kulakov died <br> <br> Kulakov secretly operated Adventist work in former Soviet Union Washington D.C./Moscow | 12.02.2010 | International Mikhail P. Kulakov Sr., the first president of the Seventh-day Adventist Church's Euro-Asia region, and a pioneering Adventist leader who endured imprisonment in the former Soviet Union for his faith, died of brain cancer February 10 at his home in Highland, California (USA). He was 83. Once exiled as an enemy of the state, Kulakov in the 1980s was able to openly write in leading national Soviet publications on freedom of conscience, winning him respect from fellow believers, dissidents and
Moroccan Authorities Raid Bible Study, Arrest Christians Marrakech/Marseilles | 10.02.2010 | Religious Liberty A large, military-led team of Moroccan authorities raided a Bible study in a small city southeast of Marrakech last week, arresting 18 Moroccans and deporting a U.S. citizen, reports Compass Direct News. According to local Christian leaders approximately 60 officers from the Moroccan security services on February 4 raided the home of a Christian in Amizmiz, a picturesque city of 10,000 mainly Berber people 56 kilometers southeast of Marrakech. A church Bible study was in progress at the home
