Former president for the Seventh-day Adventist Church in the Asia Pacific Region Paul Eldridge, 94, passed away February 12. Eldridge served the Adventist church for 40 years.

Former president for Adventist Church in Asia Pacific dies

Hiring freeze continues, most capital projects on hold

Robert E. Lemon, right, Adventist Church treasurer, answers a question during a February 12 meeting of employees at the world headquarters in Silver Spring, Maryland. Church president Jan Paulsen, left, chaired the meeting. While 2008 overall was a "strong year," Lemon said, it's estimated that tithe and offerings were down 5 percent during the last three months of 2008 compared to the previous year.

Adventist Church controlling costs during global financial challenge

The name on the front is barely all that remains of Ardmore Adventist Academy in Ardmore, Oklahoma, a city 90 miles south of Oklahoma City. The building sustained major damage in a February 10 tornado, which struck at night.

Unites States: tornado destroys Adventist school in Oklahoma

Adventists who fled from violence have not returned, church leaders say

In Orissa, Christian-Hindu relations still tense

A year later, thousands still displaced; Adventists help returning refugees

More than 90,000 Kenyans remain displaced more than a year after a contested presidential election spurred ethnically-driven violence in their country. Seventh-day Adventists are among groups that continue to help internally displaced persons transition back to their homes and neighborhoods.

In Kenya, effects of post-election violence remain

Bicentennial celebration of scientist's birth, what his work means to Christian faith

British scientist Charles Darwin was born in Shrewsbury, England, February 12, 1809. The bicentennial celebration of his birth celebrates his contributions to science and learning.

Thoughts on origins continue to evolve 200 years after Darwin

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