Giving isn't important just for the beneficiary, it's vital for the giver

Simon McKeon, an investment banker, was designated as the "Australian of the Year." He says charity benefits the giver and helps them stay better connected to the community. [photo: Nathan Brown]

'Person of the year' says stay generous, connected

Impact of secular values is 'nuanced,' IRLA secretary general says

New South Wales Attorney-General Greg Smith, left, chats with Ken Vogel, IRLA secretary general for the South Pacific, and Delbert Baker, a Seventh-day Adventist world church vice president. They were among experts and academics who gathered last week in Australia to explore how secular values impact religious freedom. [photo courtesy SPD]

Annual 'meeting of experts' studies influence of secularism on religious freedom

Initiative to provide 4,000 children with literacy, psychosocial support

ADRA project in Nepal seeks to help affected children in wake of conflict

Pew research says China, Iran, Uzbekistan, Egypt have most government restrictions

Dwayne Leslie, the Adventist Church's liaison to Washington D.C.'s Capitol Hill, said new research underscores how vulnerable church members can be in countries without traditions of religious freedom. Here, he speaks at a religious liberty event in Washington, D.C. in April. [ANN file photo]

Adventist leaders say 'Religious freedom divide' is troubling, not surprising

McEdward on the importance of member witness for growing the faith

Rick McEdward is the new director of the Global Mission Religious Study Centers, and associate director of the Office of Adventist Mission. He served as a church-planting coordinator in Sri Lanka from 2001 to 2005, and from 2005 to 2009 he served as the Global Mission director for the Southern Asia-Pacific Division, based in the Philippines. [photo: Ansel Oliver]

Church Chat: New religious study centers director wants to provide more tools for members

Nowak was to attend IRLA meeting of experts in Sydney

Karel Nowak was the denomination's Public Affairs and Religious Liberty Director for the Euro-Africa Division.

Euro-Africa religious liberty director dies in swimming accident

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Adventist leaders say 'Religious freedom divide' is troubling, not surprising

Church Chat: New religious study centers director wants to provide more tools for members

Euro-Africa religious liberty director dies in swimming accident