Agency Helps Train Pacific Island Teachers
The Adventist Development and Relief Agency in Australia will donate A$500,000 over the next 10 years to train Seventh-day Adventist teachers in the Pacific islands.
The Adventist Development and Relief Agency in Australia will donate A$500,000 over the next 10 years to train Seventh-day Adventist teachers in the Pacific islands.
The Seventh-day Adventist Church in the Baltic region is celebrating its first graduation of locally trained pastors in 50 years.
Worldwide enrollment in Seventh-day Adventist educational institutions grew by 11.4 percent last year, reports Humberto Rasi, education director for the Adventist Church.
The Theological Seminary of Andrews University, United States, and the Romanian Adventist Theological Institute (RATI) in Bucharest-Cernica, have teamed up to provide Seventh-day Adventist pastors in Romania with new opportunities for further training.
Members of the Parliament of Moldova say that religious equality must become a reality in their Eastern European country. They made their comments during a visit to the world headquarters of the Seventh-day Adventist Church on August 1.
Seventh-day Adventist Iose Mataafa swam for almost 12 hours August 1 before pulling up just one mile short of his goal to become the first Samoan to swim the more than 20-mile stretch of water between England and France.