New rules relaxing gambling restrictions announced by the United Kingdom government on March 26 "are going to encourage more people into the gambling habit that will destroy lives and families," warns Seventh-day Adventist Church leader Cecil Perry.
Seventh-day Adventist students across North America have raised nearly $25,000 to help feed children in Afghanistan and establish children's programs in New York City.
The United Nations Commission on Human Rights, currently meeting in Geneva, is placing special emphasis on ways to promote respect for human rights in the war-torn country of Afghanistan.
The Institute for Christian Studies at People's University in Beijing is planning a Bible translation in modern Chinese to be sold in ordinary bookstores throughout China.
A South Korean military court has sentenced a 22-year-old Seventh-day Adventist to a three-year prison term for refusing to bear arms in his military service training.
Forgiveness and reconciliation are the only way for Muslims and Christians in Indonesia to reclaim peace, according to John Graz, public affairs and religious liberty director for the Seventh-day Adventist world church.