ANN Feature: First-Time Visit by Adventist Leader to Isolated Kiribati
The president of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in the South Pacific has returned from a visit to Kiribati, one of the most isolated Adventist communities in the world.
The president of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in the South Pacific has returned from a visit to Kiribati, one of the most isolated Adventist communities in the world.
Dr. Hervey Gimbel, president of the project, and his wife Ann, are working with the Chinese health authorities to tackle such massive health problems as smoking, cardiovascular disease, and diabetes through direct training programs.
The Adventist Development and Relief Agency has become the first non-governmental organization to participate in the first Inter-Ministerial Committee Against Tobacco in Morocco.
At a March 5 press conference in Moscow, Seventh-day Adventists, Baptists and two Pentecostal associations announced the formation of the Consultative Council of the Heads of Protestant Unions, a coalition that will speak out on political and legal issues
Through the development of a multi-purpose center in the southern city of Zongshan, Seventh-day Adventist physician Dr. John Wong is working to bring better health to China.
The role of religion in current political and legal processes will be the focus of a new graduate degree program to be offered by Andrews University, a Seventh-day Adventist institution located in Michigan, United States.