A contemporary adaptation of the book The Desire of Ages, released by Pacific Press last month, aims to make Ellen White's biography of Jesus more accessible to a new generation of readers.
A statement on behalf of the Seventh-day Adventist Church to the United Nations Commission to Human Rights on April 9 deplored the "ever-increasing rise in religious intolerance, conflict and violence," and protested persecution of religious minorities.
The Global Mission Operations Committee last week approved more than 1 million dollars to help fund 732 projects to start new Seventh-day Adventist congregations around the world.
More than 250 Seventh-day Adventist leaders from around the world are gathering at the Adventist world headquarters in Silver Spring, Maryland, for one of the church's top annual business and planning meetings.
A wide-ranging coalition of religious freedom and human rights organizations highlighted ongoing challenges in China and Saudi Arabia at an April 11 meeting.
The Adventist Church will receive an Award of Excellence from the Religion Communicators Council this Thursday evening at the DeRose Hinkhouse Awards Banquet in New York City.