Oregon Group Sponsors Anti-Catholic Billboard
A religious group in Oregon, United States, that has financed an anti-Roman Catholic billboard is not affiliated with the Seventh-day Adventist Church, says a spokesperson for the Adventist Church.
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Adventist Humanitarian Agency Responds to Flooding in Poland Warsaw, Poland . . . [ANN] The Adventist Development and Relief Agency International (ADRA) is assisting survivors of the flooding in the province of Malopolska in southern Poland. Unprecedented amounts of rain in July and August cause...
August 20, 2001
Report Names World's Worst Religious-Freedom Offenders
Nine countries--Burma, China, Iran, Iraq, Laos, North Korea, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, and Turkmenistan--are among the world's worst religious-freedom violators, according to the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom.
Landslides Devastate Indonesian Island
More than 1,900 flood and landslide survivors on Nias Island, located in North Sumatra Province, Indonesia, are receiving food from the Adventist Development and Relief Agency International (ADRA) office in Indonesia.
Religious Doubt Can Have Negative Health Impact, Say Researchers
Elderly patients who experience a religious crisis while ill are at increased risk of dying, according to the results of a study published in the August 13 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine.
August 13, 2001
Adventist Laity Make Mission "Top Priority"
A group of 1,500 Seventh-day Adventist lay people met in Sacramento, California, United States, August 8 to 11, to explore ways of expanding lay involvement in humanitarian and mission work around the world.