The recent opening of the first Seventh-day Adventist publishing house in Israel, "Chaim Veshalom," which is Hebrew for "Life and Peace," marked a milestone for the church, which has ministered in Israel for 107 years.
A high illiteracy rate throughout Central America has prompted Seventh-day Adventist Church leaders in the region to declare 2003 as a "year of literacy."
The Seventh-day Adventist Church in Nigeria continues its efforts to receive government recognition for the Sabbath, or Saturday, the church's day of worship.
Several operations of the Seventh-day Adventist Church's regional headquarters in Abidjan--including coordination of ministries--are being temporarly relocated in the wake of domestic crisis.
Seventh-day Adventists will continue to partner with the government in the areas of education and health said Peter Mensah, president of the church in Ghana, addressing the opening of the Second Triennial Session of the church in East Ghana on Jan. 29.
After more than eight months since four Seventh-day Adventists were fired by a railroad station in Bessarabka, Moldova, for refusing to work on Saturday, the day of worship for Adventists, the country's top appeals court overturned the decision of both lo