Finland: Church Cooperating in Abuse Investigation
Finland's National Bureau of Investigation is probing allegations of sexual abuse leveled against former employees of the Toivonlinna Junior College in Piikkiö, a town in the southwest of Finland.
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September 7, 2003
Young People Find New Ways to Spend Summer Vacation
Young people in the United States have been involved in a major outreach project for five years. Every summer, high school and college-aged youth concentrate on one metropolitan area, going door-to-door and holding evening meetings for several weeks. “Youth for Jesus” was the idea of Adventist-l...
September 7, 2003
United States: Church Planting Effort Seeks College Students
As the trend of planting Seventh-day Adventist Churches in Texas grows--17 new churches last year, 25 in the works for this year--a new initiative is inviting college students to move after graduation to an area specifically for the purpose of planting, o
September 7, 2003
World Church: Focus on Bible Schools Intensifies as Sow 1 Billion Set to Begin
A plan to distribute an unprecedented 1,000 million Bible study invitations around the world over the next 12 to 18 months is shining a spotlight on the Adventist Church's capacity to respond to Bible study requests.
September 7, 2003
ANN Feature: Australian Adventist Heads Indigenous Peoples' Council
Lionel Quartermaine, 45, an Australian Aborigine and a Seventh-day Adventist, has been elected deputy chairman of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission (ATSIC).
September 7, 2003
Ecuador: "Small Group" Outreach Key to Church Growth; World Church President Visits Bolivia, Peru and Ecuador
Outreach through small groups is an asset to the movement, declared Pastor Jan Paulsen, president of the Seventh-day Adventist world church, during a meeting with local church leaders in Lima, Peru, on Sept. 4.