930 local churches set to serve as community literacy centers in 2014

Angelica Pania, left, National Literacy Coordinator for the Ministry of Education in El Salvador, hands one of thousands of graduates a literacy completion certificate at a recent ceremony in San Salvador. Pania said Adventists are the country’s “main partner” in curbing illiteracy in the Central American country. [photos: Luis Pedro Menendez]

In El Salvador, Adventist literacy program brings new opportunities to thousands

February 6 is International Day of Zero Tolerance to FGM/C

A Masai girl holds a protest sign during the anti-Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) run in Kilgoris, Kenya, in 2007. At least 2 million girls every year are at a risk of undergoing FGM. The cut, which is generally done without anesthesia, may have lifelong health consequences. [photo: AP] 

Adventists join others in opposing Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting

Church leader: ‘outside influences’ drew family away from ‘supportive Adventist community’

In England, parents whose baby died of malnutrition weren’t practicing recommended Adventist diet

Church services have continued in Kiev’s 25 Adventist congregations

Protesters in Kiev’s Independence Square February 2 demonstrate for closer ties to Europe and the end of the Yanukovych presidency. Adventist leadership in Ukraine is urging church members to avoid stoking the country’s current political unrest. [photo: AP] 

In Ukraine, Adventists share message of hope amid political crisis

Biblical languages expert leaves legacy of student mentorship

Leona Running, shown here in 1985, taught biblical languages for nearly six decades at the Adventist Theological Seminary. She held a doctorate in Ancient Near Eastern Studies with a specialization in ancient Syriac texts, and she was the first female professor at the seminary. [photo courtesy Andrews University]

Remembrance: Running was first female professor at Adventist seminary

Adventist schools sheltering displaced families; January 25 offering to go toward relief efforts

Joseph Peranginangin, president of the church’s West Indonesian Union Mission, visits Berastepu, a village in Indonesia’s North Sumatra province, where the farmlands of Adventists were destroyed by volcanic ash. Mount Sinabang, in the background, has been erupting all month. [photo courtesy Southern Asia-Pacific Division] 

Volcanic eruptions cripple mountain communities in North Sumatra

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