Forty-two new Adventist congregations have been established in Kogi state, one of Nigeria's 19 provinces, following three months of intensive effort by 46 Global Mission pioneers, or lay Adventist preachers.
Religious minorities in the central Asian country of Azerbaijan have been warned not to "complain to foreigners," according to a recent news report.
The president of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in the South Pacific has returned from a visit to Kiribati, one of the most isolated Adventist communities in the world.
Dr. Hervey Gimbel, president of the project, and his wife Ann, are working with the Chinese health authorities to tackle such massive health problems as smoking, cardiovascular disease, and diabetes through direct training programs.
The Adventist Development and Relief Agency has become the first non-governmental organization to participate in the first Inter-Ministerial Committee Against Tobacco in Morocco.
At a March 5 press conference in Moscow, Seventh-day Adventists, Baptists and two Pentecostal associations announced the formation of the Consultative Council of the Heads of Protestant Unions, a coalition that will speak out on political and legal issues