Jan Paulsen, president of the Seventh-day Adventist Church worldwide, said that "when God speaks to us, He tells us that He is bigger than any of the reasons we have to offer as excuses for non-involvement."
A massive international relief effort has been launched following the January 26 earthquake in Gujarat, central India, in which an estimated 100,000 people died.
A plan to allow faith-based welfare organizations to compete for federal grants will be difficult to implement in a way that preserves separation of church and state, says Dr. Clarence Hodges.
"This significant conference will bring together diplomats, experts, and religious leaders to look at the whole subject of religious freedom and tolerance in the 21st century," says John Graz.
The Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) is participating in the international effort to provide survivors of India's earthquake disaster with the basic necessities of life.
Former Oakwood College theology professor and Seventh-day Adventist Church administrator Calvin Edwin Moseley Jr. died January 28 at age 95.