Two Peruvian congressmen, addressing the inaugural meeting of the International Congress of Religious Liberty in Lima, spoke strongly in support of religious freedom, describing it as a way to promote peace and avoid religious violence.
Seventh-day Adventists make up a vibrant, growing, and positive force in Indian society, said Adventist world president Pastor Jan Paulsen during his five-state visit to India, November 26 to December 2.
A volunteer worker with Maranatha Volunteers International, a Seventh-day Adventist supporting organization, disappeared last month while on a project in Costa Rica and has since been declared missing by Costa Rican authorities.
Six Seventh-day Adventist Church members were arrested while meeting in a private apartment in Turkmenabad, Turkmenistan, on November 16
Pastor Jan Paulsen, president of the Seventh-day Adventist world church, lays a wreath at the Rajghat Mahatma Gandhi memorial in Delhi November 27. Paulsen, who is on a seven-day visit to India, was received by the president of India, Kocheril Raman Naray
The Seventh-day Adventist Church in the South Pacific is encouraging its employees to spend more time with their families.