U.S. Court Upholds Free Exercise Rights of Religious Organizations
In a unanimous decision, a state appeals court has said that religious organizations must be able to consider religious affiliation when making hiring and firing decisions.
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April 16, 2001
Church Releases Stop-Smoking Program for Women
The Seventh-day Adventist Church has launched a new stop-smoking program aimed at cutting rates of smoking among women. "For the first time, rates of smoking among women are drawing equal to those of men," says Ardis Stenbakken, Women's Ministries directo
April 16, 2001
Adventists Protest Religious Freedom Violations to United Nations
Citing religious freedom violations in Turkmenistan, other Central Asian states, and China, Seventh-day Adventists protested to the United Nations Commission on Human Rights in Geneva, Switzerland.
Adventist Humanitarian Agency Responds to Flooding in Bolivia
Heavy rainfall in the usually dry region of Altiplano, Bolivia, has caused widespread flooding, destroying homes and leaving thousands of people without adequate shelter or food.
The Inside Look: Strategic Issues Top Church's Spring Meeting Agenda
Seventh-day Adventist Church leaders from around the world will meet at the Church's General Conference headquarters in Silver Spring, Maryland, April 18 and 19, to review progress, discuss challenges, and to chart future plans for the Adventist Church.
Adventists Meet With Reformed Christian Churches
A series of conversations between representatives of the Seventh-day Adventist Church and the World Alliance of Reformed Churches took place April 1 to 7 in Jongny sur Vevey, Switzerland.