Creating an awareness that community service is "a way of life"--or should be one for Seventh-day Adventists--is a current goal for church leadership. Traditionally, Adventists have scored low in community involvement.
The magazine started in conjunction with the Seventh-day Adventist Church's outreach initiative in Europe, LIFEdevelopment, is celebrating one year of ministry--and a wider distribution than was expected.
"Seventh-day Adventists operate more than 67 publishing houses in the world, [but] at the present time, there is no Vietnamese [Adventist] press operating in Vietnam," noted Velino Salazar, secretary of the Southern California region of the church, as he
Hebrew-speaking residents of Israel can now learn about the Gospel of John from the 2004 "Sabbath School Quarterly," which, for the first time, has been translated into the language of the patriarchs and prophets by the Seventh-day Adventist Church.
Officials in Laos view religious freedom and support for Christian churches as good for the country, so long as recognized religions support the state.
The Adventist Church is continuing to make contacts at the United Nations to fight for religious freedom. "We have a direct personal interest in promoting religious freedom," says Jonathan Gallagher, United Nations liaison for the Seventh-day Adventist Ch