U.S. Seventh-day Adventist Church Statement on Unrest in Ferguson, Mo. Silver Spring, Maryland/USA | 21.08.2014 | Statement on... The President of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in North America Daniel R. Jackson, issued the following statement in response to the ongoing unrest in Ferguson, Missouri on August 9, 2014: “As a part of the larger family of America, Seventh-day Adventists grieve with Michael Brown’s family and extend our heartfelt condolences for their tragic loss. We are praying for our Ferguson community family who are in such great pain. “We pray that justice will replace injustice, that truth wi
Adventist Church recommends their staff and members not to travel to and from West Africa Silver Spring, Maryland/USA | 10.08.2014 | International The Seventh-day Adventist Church's top health official urged Church staff and members not travel to and from countries in West Africa affected by the Ebola epidemic. This recommendation came on the day the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the outbreak an international health emergency. Adventist Health Ministries Director Dr. Peter Landless also said officials at the Church’s world headquarters are working with two Adventist hospitals in West Africa to protect staff and patients from
Adventist Church president releases statement on persecution of religious minorities in Iraq, Syria Silver Spring, Maryland/USA | 08.08.2014 | Religious Liberty It is with great sadness and deep concern that we have learned of the tragic situation where tens of thousands of Christians and others have been subjected to persecution, coercion, killings, intimidation and lack of religious liberty in certain areas of Iraq and Syria. I urgently call upon all Seventh-day Adventist Church members around the world to pray for the victims of this extremism in religious intolerance. We also need to pray for various religious minorities who are targeted because
Portugal grants two Adventists Workplace Freedom on Saturdays Lisbon/Portugal | 08.08.2014 | Religious Liberty Decision comes after years of Religious Liberty proponents working with government officials Seventh-day Adventists in Portugal welcomed a ruling from the Tribunal Constitucional , the nation’s highest court, last month that offers a step toward allowing greater workplace freedom to take a particular day off for religious observance. A decision handed down by the Constitutional Court on July 17 permitted two Adventists employed in a shift schedule the right to take off Saturdays for relig
