Adventist Church in Australia Revises Wage System
Wages paid to Seventh-day Adventist Church employees in Australia will now be determined by several different "streams" rather than by reference to a single wage scale.
Wages paid to Seventh-day Adventist Church employees in Australia will now be determined by several different "streams" rather than by reference to a single wage scale.
Sibrina Kalliokoski has been elected secretary of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Finland, becoming the first women in the Trans-European region of the world church to hold the position of union secretary.
Religious freedom experts meeting at the Seventh-day Adventist Church's Andrews University focused on the increasing opposition around the world to evangelism.
Protestants in the Russian province of Belgorod have expressed fear that a new law aimed at curbing public "missionary activity" will be enforced only against the region's Protestant minorities.
The Adventist Development and Relief Agency International (ADRA) is distributing $4.5 million dollars (USD) worth of medications and medical supplies in Biskek, Kyrgyzstan.
The recent move by Seventh-day Adventist Church administrators in the South Pacific to implement new salary guidelines for church employers (see news report above) highlights similar challenges facing church leaders around the world.