June 16, 2003
United States: Triple Milestone for New Senate Chaplain
Pastor Barry C. Black, a rear admiral and retiring chief of chaplains of the U.S. Navy, will become the 62nd chaplain of the United States Senate, the upper house of the Congress.
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Adventists Clean Malawi's Largest City
The city of Blantyre looks different than it did before June 15. Several hundred Seventh-day Adventists from 13 city churches participated in a major cleanup of Malawi's largest city.
June 16, 2003
Kenya: Young Masai Girls Given New Opportunity
Even today, for many young Masai girls, basic human rights continue to be overshadowed by traditional beliefs and practices that leave so many of them with no education and forced into an early marriage--sometimes as young as age seven.
June 16, 2003
Russia: Church Planters Near Goals in Former Soviet Union
A two-year project involving 300 young church planters in the former Soviet Union is yielding dividends, a worker for the Seventh-day Adventist Church's Global Mission office reports.
June 16, 2003
Siberia: Middle of Night Call Averts Disaster as Fire Destroys Church Leaders' Residence
A disastrous loss of life was averted when a 2:30 a.m. phone call alerted residents to a fire at a building housing leaders of the East Russia region of the Seventh-day Adventist Church and their families.
June 16, 2003
Responses to Terrorism Dominate Religious Freedom Debate
National responses to terrorism, and what those responses should be, dominated the debate at the latest experts meeting of the International Religious Liberty Association.