"In the midst of this pain and suffering, these people are not forgotten by God. Each one is precious to Him," said Pastor Jan Paulsen, world president of the Seventh-day Adventist Church, in a statement commenting on the Dec. 26, 2004, tsunami that struc
Nine Seventh-day Adventists -- three children and six adults -- are known to be among the fatalities in 20 congregations located around the Bay of Bengal, part of the South Asia region struck by a deadly tsunami on Dec. 26, 2004, church leaders report. Fa
With today's reports putting the number of deaths in South Asia at more than 120,000 related to Sunday's earthquake and ensuing tsunami in South Asia, Seventh-day Adventists are continuing to work with other humanitarian organizations in the devastated na
For the first time, 2,000 young people from 15 South Pacific nations gathered outside Australia for a regional youth congress, which was opened Dec. 30 by the Hon. Laisenia Qarase, Prime Minister of Fiji.
The 7,250 coastal inhabitants of Tamil Nadu affected by the recent tsunami will receive relief items from the Adventist Development and Relief Agency's (ADRA) office in India.
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