More than 20,000 Seventh-day Adventists from central Angola gathered in the city of Huambo April 26 to meet with Pastor Jan Paulsen, president of the Adventist world church, and Pastor Matthew Bediako, executive secretary for the world church.
It's booming--the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Africa, that is. Church leaders on that continent are thrilled with the growth, but it also brings a concern--and a challenge--as to where all the members will meet for their Sabbath worship services.
In October 2002, for the first time in 30 years, leaders of Native American tribes--North America's original inhabitants--in New York State met together at a planning session.
Some 2,600 people join the Seventh-day Adventist Church every day--that's just about two people per minute. With a current membership of around 13 million, this means rapid growth--and much change--for the church worldwide.
The physical condition of Josip Tikvicki, a Seventh-day Adventist pastor, worsened last Sunday, April 27, when he "collapsed from pain and stress inflicted on his body," according to Seventh-day Adventist Church sources in Belgrade, Serbia.
The continuing global crisis of HIV/AIDS is prompting a continuing response from the Seventh-day Adventist Church.