The climate of religious freedom is not really getting better, says Dr. John Graz, director of public affairs and religious liberty for the Seventh-day Adventist Church worldwide.
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 fire that destroyed a Seventh-day Adventist Church in the city of Saransk, Republic of Mordovia, east of Moscow, may have been started for reasons of religious prejudice, according to church sources in Moscow.
A task force of 20 Seventh-day Adventist Church leaders assembled here Feb. 6 to plot strategy and implementation for the "Sow 1 Billion" initiative that will place one thousand million pieces of literature in homes and hands around the world by the end o
Adventists in Iraq continue to carry out the church's mission despite growing concerns about a war against their country, according to Pastor Michael Porter, president of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in the Middle East region.
Police and fire officials in Russia are investigating a fire that destroyed a Seventh-day Adventist church in the city of Saransk, east of Moscow.