A high illiteracy rate throughout Central America has prompted Seventh-day Adventist Church leaders in the region to declare 2003 as a "year of literacy."

Nicaragua: New Program For Illiteracy

Seventh-day Adventist churches in Venezuela remain open and active despite political unrest, church leaders in the region say.

Rodolfo Escobar, communication director for the Adventist Church in Venezuela and the Antilles.

Venezuela: Church Strong Despite Political Uncertainty

Developing tensions in the Middle East are viewed with concern by Seventh-day Adventist leaders, said Larry Colburn, assistant to the president of the world church.

Larry Colburn, assistant to the president of the Seventh-day Adventist Church, before a crisis preparedness meeting Jan. 28.

Church Evaluates Procedures for Emergency Situations

The Adventist Church plays a key role in the development of society, Fiji Prime Minister Laisenia Qarase said at the opening of the Fiji Pathfinder Camporee--a gathering of Christian young people--at Queen Victoria School.

Fiji Prime Minister Speaks to Adventist Church

An old woman, left crippled by the war, watched Seventh-day Adventist Global Mission pioneers teach English and Khmer to illiterate children.

Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum where many of Pol Pot's victims were held and tortured before being executed. Formerly a school, it was converted in 1975 to a place of terror. Many of the instruments of torture and the small, windowless cells are still as they were during the Khmer Rouge regime.

ANN Feature: Breakthrough in Cambodia, Hundreds Baptized at Phnom Penh Outreach Series

United States: Armed Robbery During Church Prayer Meeting -- Tokyo: Adventist Hospital Receives Coveted Certificate -- New President for Spicer Memorial College -- Switzerland: Well-known Adventist Theologian Dies

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