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 world church president dismayed by planned Qur’an burning <br> Inciting religious tensions Silver Spring, Maryland/USA | 09.09.2010 | Statement on... The Seventh-day Adventist Church is deeply dismayed by a non-denominational pastor's plan to burn copies of the Qur’an on September 11. In a statement released September 8, Adventist world church President Ted N.C. Wilson said the so-called "Burn a Qur’an Day" is "directly contrary" to the belief that Christians ought to relate to others with mutual respect. Terry Jones, pastor of the Florida-based Dove World Outreach Center, recently announced his intention to burn copies of the Qur’an
Statement on Meeting the Challenges of Sexually Transmitted Diseases Foz do Iguacu, Brazil | 05.10.1998 | Statement on... The Seventh-day Adventist Church issued a "Statement on Meeting the Challenges of Sexually Transmitted Diseases", on October 4, 1998. Meeting in Foz do Iguacu, Brazil, delegates to the Church's Annual Council voted to approve the Statement which identifies the "grave ethical, medical, and social problems resulting from increasing sexual permissiveness and associated promiscuity." While noting advances in treatment, education, and research, the Statement acknowledges the need for continuing eff
