Church administrator Fernon Retzer served as a department director at the Adventist Church headquarters and president of local church administrative offices in South America. He died last week at age 90. [photo courtesy Southern Union]

Remembrance: Retzer, 90, was Sabbath School director, South America missionary

AMC board calls for proposals, might allow moving to lower cost-of-living area

The Adventist Media Center in California’s Simi Valley is allowing its ministries to submit proposals that would allow them to move to areas with a lower cost of living. The center is home to five ministries, including Breath of Life and Voice of Prophecy. [AMC file photo]

In the U.S., ministries could re-locate from California’s media center

Adventist University of West Africa is denomination’s 18th on continent

Adventist education leaders in West Africa speak at the ground-breaking ceremony for the future Adventist University of West Africa, located near Monrovia, Liberia. The school will be the first Adventist university in the country. [photo courtesy WAD]

Adventist Church breaks ground on its first university in Liberia

Hundreds of thousands follow Advent message

Adventist Church President Ted N.C. Wilson (lower right) speaks to a capacity congregation at the Mu’en Seventh-day Adventist Church in Shanghai, China, on March 31. Wilson is leading a 10-day visit of church officials to the nation, which is home to over 400,000 Adventist believers. [photo: Owen J. Cox]

Wilson, denominational leaders visit Adventist believers in China

Project to offer driver safety training in wake of increasing traffic accidents

Cesario Acevedo, left, ADRA Dominican chairman, and Julio Horton, director of the Dominican Republic’s Technical Office of Ground Transportation, sign a training agreement at Adventist Church headquarters in Santo Domingo on March 13. The agreement launches a project to train thousands of public transportation drivers in an effort to mitigate the violence and traffic accidents that have escalated over the past three years. [photo: Rene Gomez/IAD]

ADRA, Dominican Republic transportation authorities sign training agreement

What the denomination could have with tithe faithfulness, roll accuracy; why Togo, Bolivia jumped in a ranking

This year’s Global Tithe Index indicates that accurate membership records strengthen local tithing rates, no matter the country or currency. The index is not an official publication of the Adventist Church, but it can help examine tithing rates when adjusting for economic factors specific to different nations. [iStock photo]

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