Church leaders hope local pastors take reports of child abuse seriously and refer victims to community agencies. "We're not asking pastors to become experts."
A Seventh-day Adventist church choir originally launched to bring in members from the community to perform an annual concert has found surprising success, going on to sing for weddings, civil ceremonies and even win a reality television show.
Ask Evelyn Fischer who vacuums the floors and polishes the pews at the Blooming Grove Seventh-day Adventist Church in Ohio, and she'll tell you without hesitation: "I have a lot of cleaning to do, believe me." But ask Fischer where her tithe goes and she'
The Seventh-day Adventist Church's Elder's Digest magazine editor Jonas Arrais is described by colleagues as an easygoing, funny man -- a native of Brazil, his jokes are accentuated by his colorful English, which is his third language.
It took just 70 hours for hundreds of students at Colombian Adventist University (CAU) in Medellin, Colombia to read the Bible from cover to cover. The historic reading, which was streamed live on the Internet, was one of many events scheduled this year t
As much as Mike Jones enjoys a solitary Sabbath afternoon hike in the mountains surrounding his Portland, Oregon home, he'll be the first to tell you a life without relationships is like a line dance without music: a series of meaningless motions.