African Seventh-day Adventists want to play a more active role in making concepts of Christian faith relevant within their own cultures, say church leaders who met for a communication summit in Harare, Zimbabwe, April 30 to May 3.
Turkmenistan's record on religious freedom is "one of the worst," according to Thomas Farr, director of the Office of International Religious Freedom at the United States State Department.
Tens of thousands of Christians last week called on the British government to lift a ban on national religious broadcasting, and to include independent broadcasters in a government forum set up to address the future of religious broadcasting.
The general secretary of the Seventh-day Adventist world church was honored May 13 for his contribution to "national and international understanding" and to the mission of the Adventist Church.
The French Senate voted May 3 in favor of a controversial law aimed at regulating religious minorities.
Seventh-day Adventist Church leaders in South America have voted to implement "Integrated Evangelism 2002,"a wide-ranging plan to unite the efforts of all church departments and institutions--from schools, to medical facilities, to publishing houses--in f