June 16, 2003
United States: Triple Milestone for New Senate Chaplain
Pastor Barry C. Black, a rear admiral and retiring chief of chaplains of the U.S. Navy, will become the 62nd chaplain of the United States Senate, the upper house of the Congress.
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June 16, 2003
South Pacific: Strategy Will Help Tackle HIV/AIDS
In an effort to help combat the growing threat of HIV-AIDS in the South Pacific, leaders of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in the region voted to approve a strategic framework for action as well as a commitment statement during recent mid-year meetings.
June 16, 2003
Responses to Terrorism Dominate Religious Freedom Debate
National responses to terrorism, and what those responses should be, dominated the debate at the latest experts meeting of the International Religious Liberty Association.
June 16, 2003
Ukraine: Small Groups, Lay Involvement Help Church Grow
Mass involvement of Seventh-day Adventist laity in the Euro-Asia region is helping the church to grow, administrators say.
June 16, 2003
Russia: Church Planters Near Goals in Former Soviet Union
A two-year project involving 300 young church planters in the former Soviet Union is yielding dividends, a worker for the Seventh-day Adventist Church's Global Mission office reports.
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Longtime Adventist Volunteer Dies Tem Suarez, longtime Maranatha Volunteers International worker, died May 30 at the age of 71 after a three-year long battle with cancer. A Cuban immigrant, Suarez was key in developing relationships with church and government officials in that country, and he mad...