Seventh-day Adventists in the Baltic nation of Latvia are on the verge of full legal status as an agreement between the church and the Latvian government is signed and waiting approval from the Latvian parliament, the Saeima.
As many as 170 delegates from around the world are expected to attend the Seventh-day Adventist Church's first Global Internet Evangelism Forum, to be held in Silver Spring, Maryland, Sept. 30 to Oct. 3, 2004.
Época, a major Brazilian newsweekly, recently devoted four pages to the subject of teaching creationism in the state of Rio de Janeiro, at the insistence of Governor Roshina Garotinho.
"Executives are people who don't easily come to our meetings," said Karl Chokotho, chairman of the evangelism committee of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Malawi.
A precise schedule on how to conduct Sabbath School came all the way down from the Seventh-day Adventist Church world headquarters and was distributed by local Adventist regional offices to the local church.
Dr. Jan Paulsen, world president of the Seventh-day Adventist Church, has offered condolences on the death of former United States President Ronald Reagan.