Australian cricketer Brett Lee has helped motivate a group of at-risk young adults thanks to the support of the Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA).

Brett Lee with the so-called Hunter Heroes. [Photo by Candice Jaques]

Cricketer Goes In to Bat For At-Risk Youth

Adventist church members in the Northern Asia-Pacific region are not satisfied with just sending out missionaries who are already young adults. Now, they are training children to have a "mind for mission."

Linda Koh, director of children's ministries for the Adventist world church. [ANN File Photo]

Children's Missionary Movement, a First For the Church in Northern Asia-Pacific

Over 3,000 young people from 30 nations converged on the 'Hala Ludowa' hall in Wroclaw, Poland, center for the European Youth Congress jointly organized by Paul Tompkins and Corrado Cozzi, Youth directors for the Seventh-day Adventist Church in the Trans-

Bring it to the Cross: Delegates affix prayer requests during 2004 European Youth Congress in Wroclaw, Poland. [Photo by Miroslav Pujic/ANN]

Poland: European Youth Congress Draws 3,000 From 30 Countries

Adventist-Laymen's Services and Industries (ASI) returned to its birthplace in Cincinatti, Ohio, Aug. 4 to 7 for the 57th annual convention. Nearly 2,500 people gathered to exchange ideas on how to better witness in their marketplaces. The organization, m

Let's Talk: Seventh-day Adventist Church world president Pastor Jan Paulsen chats with Christina George of Adventist Frontier Missions during ASI convention in Cincinnati, Ohio. [Photo by Bettina Krause]

North America: ASI Returns to Roots, Raises Millions For Missions

Seventh-day Adventists continue to influence the temperance movement with the election of a church leader to the World Woman's Christian Temperance Union, or WWCTU.

Sarah Ward (front row, second from left) replaces Margaret Jackson, an Adventist, as president of the WWCTU. Miss Ward and the other WWCTU leaders accepted their positions during the organisation's 36th triennial convention, held in Auckland, New Zealand, in April. [Photo by Joy Butler]

Temperance Role of Adventists to Continue

The Adventist Church's first Global Internet Evangelism Forum is coming up at the church's world headquarters in Silver Spring, Maryland, Sept. 30 to Oct. 3 this year.

News Brief: Global Internet Evangelism Forum Registration to Close August 12

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