The small Seventh-day Adventist community in the western African country of Equatorial Guinea grew by more than 20 percent during March following an evangelistic series lead by volunteers from Montemorelos, Mexico.
Two students from the Seventh-day Adventist Church's Zaoksky Theological Seminary were attacked by a gang of 15 young people April 16 while waiting on a train platform.
A recently released report warns that the rapid spread of Sharia-or Islamic law-in Nigeria could provoke further inter-religious conflict.
Seventh-day Adventists in west Russia are urging a full investigation into a fire that destroyed an Adventist Church building in Kovrov in the early morning hours of April 15.
Church leaders have approved in principle a proposal they say will give more flexibility to the church's wage-setting system, and will better articulate the spiritual principles on which it is based.
Members of the Seventh-day Adventist executive committee voted April 19 to move toward a more streamlined offering system worldwide, and they committed to providing more information about how offering funds are divided and used.