Responding to an economy burdened by unemployment and biases against Sabbath-keepers, the Seventh-day Adventist Church is launching a new initiative to create small businesses and jobs for young people.
Some 50 local leaders and pastors representing Romanian congregations and companies from 17 countries on four continents met Aug. 14 to 17 for a missionary conference on the campus of Romanian Union College.
Nearly 650 Union College students and staff flooded the streets of Lincoln, Nebraska, Aug. 28, to help more than 50 social service agencies.
"The Religious Liberty Law in Chile is an example for the other countries of Latin America," declared Spanish attorney and University of Madrid professor Rosa Maria Martinez de Codes, a former associate director of the religious rights section of Spain's
The building's function is quite different from its earlier days, when it served as a brewery. Built in 1909, it still has the original copper ceiling, but now it boasts gold walls and splashes of royal colors.
Adventists are committed to be a part of the solution in addressing the plight of neglected and abused children, said Pastor Jan Paulsen, president of the Seventh-day Adventist world church in an address to members of the Brazilian Congress Sept. 2.