The Governor General of Canada has announced that John Howard, founder and retired director of the Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) in Canada, is one of 24 individuals who will be presented the Meritorious Service Medal in the fall at a spec
Seventh-day Adventist, Deborah Moorhead, 34, and her husband, Roby Jan, 45, were sentenced on June 13 to five years' jail for the manslaughter of their six-month-old son, Caleb, for failing to provide the basic necessities of life. Caleb died of complicat
The World Congress on religious freedom concluded June 14 with delegates insisting that violations of religious rights are unacceptable, and naming 10 countries as among the worst offenders.
Seventh-day Adventists in Belarus spent last weekend fasting and praying in response to a proposed religion law that, if passed, threatens to close down Adventist church activity in this eastern European country.
A Seventh-day Adventist school in Romania was rededicated June 15 in a ceremony marking a new chapter in the school's extraordinary 71-year history.
The Adventist Development and Relief Agency office in Paraguay is assisting 4,000 flood survivors in Pilar, a town located along the southwestern border of the country.