Recent press reports negating traditional suggestions of drinking at least eight glasses of water every day are under scrutiny from Seventh-day Adventist health officials.
Following a special meeting of church leadership, the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Finland has a new president and a new secretary.
While there are news reports that rebels in Haiti threaten to overtake the capital city of Port-of-Prince, Seventh-day Adventist members continue to worship.
More than 50 Internet and communications specialists from 13 countries in the European Seventh-day Adventist Church districts met in Prague Feb. 12 to 15 to discuss how the Internet can be used for evangelism.
"This is the first of its kind in the Adventist denomination," said Mike Curzon, who is known as "pastor" at the Temple of the Advent Hope and "Rabbi" during the congregation's Messianic service in the new building next to the church.
"The Passion of the Christ," a US$30-million motion picture telling the story of the last 12 hours of the life and death of Jesus of Nazareth, has already provoked a worldwide discussion about those events and their significance.