Laws against discrimination not enough to ensure religious freedom

International Religious Liberty Association board members met last week to find ways religion -- traditionally viewed by many as a source of division among faith groups -- can inspire reconciliation. [photo: courtesy IRLA]

Religious liberty experts call for increased understanding among faith groups

Pastors play an important role in including young adults in church life and encouraging women employed in ministry, Pastor Jan Paulsen, president of the Seventh-day Adventist world church, said in a live September 13 telecast.

Paulsen told those gathered for the boardroom-like discussion that in order to be effective, local church leadership must join him in encouraging progress. Paulsen is slated to meet with three additional groups of pastors next year.

Include young adults in church, women in ministry, says Adventist Church president

Group sings on trains, buses and jeepneys

Group leader Tañada says of their new ministry, “It’s more than just practicing. It’s the time we have to share our God with other people.  We commute and sing, and people just love it."

This train is bound for Manila, this train: Trio shares faith through song on Philippines public transport

Many Adventist musicians are gaining international exposure as an unintended result of appearing on the quarterly Adventist Mission DVDs.

The song “Grace” by Gael Cosendai in Geneva was used on this year's first quarter Adventist Mission DVD. [photo: Erwan Lefloch]

Mission DVD gives Adventist musicians international exposure

Seventh-day Adventist leaders in Nicaragua are concerned for the thousands of church members affected by Hurricane Felix, the Category 5 storm that hit the Central American country early on September 4.

An ADRA emergency rescue worker assists a boy in Puerto Cabezas, where hundreds sought shelter in the city's Adventist school during the hurricane.

Nicaragua: Hurricane Felix Claims Five Adventist Lives, Church Assesses Damage

Group sponsors church projects in home country

Adventist world church president Jan Paulsen, left, addresses the Ghanaian-Euro Seventh-day Adventist Camp meeting in De Bron, Netherlands last month. The group regularly sponsors projects to enhance Adventist church facilities in their home country. [photo: Isaac Amo-Kyereme/ANN]

Church president addresses Ghanaian emigrant community in Europe

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Religious liberty experts call for increased understanding among faith groups

Include young adults in church, women in ministry, says Adventist Church president

This train is bound for Manila, this train: Trio shares faith through song on Philippines public transport

Mission DVD gives Adventist musicians international exposure

Nicaragua: Hurricane Felix Claims Five Adventist Lives, Church Assesses Damage

Church president addresses Ghanaian emigrant community in Europe