In a world whose population is expected to reach 8.5 billion by the year 2025, the Seventh-day Adventist Church needs to develop a new generation of leadership to serve this future age.
It's simply a moment of celebrating, Seventh-day Adventist church president Jan Paulsen told the participating members of the Church's Executive Committee who have gathered for a two-day annual Spring Meeting.
Seventh-day Adventist Church leaders--led by president Jan Paulsen--signed a temperance pledge April 16 at Spring Meeting, one of two business meetings of the church's international executive committee.
Supporting Seventh-day Adventist church members who are active in civil government, the International Association of Adventists in Public Affairs, or IAAPA, which was organized last year, is now establishing chapters in many nations.
Adventist Television Network is proceeding with implementation of its earlier announced plans to begin full-time satellite broadcasts.
The cause of religious freedom took a step forward last week with the re-introduction of the "Workplace Religious Freedom Act," or WRFA, in the United States Senate, the upper house of the Congress.