Remembrance: McFarland Helped Millions Quit Smoking with Five-day Plan
24 Mar 2011, Loma Linda, California, United States [Ansel Oliver, ANN] Dr. J. Wayne McFarland, a Seventh-day Adventist health advocate who co-authored the Five Day Plan to Stop Smoking, which drew millions to seminars in the 1960s, died March 14 at a retirement facility in Loma Linda, California. He was 97. Dr. J. Wayne McFarland…
Read MoreIn Japan, Adventist Church Intensifies Earthquake Relief Effort
24 Mar 2011, Silver Spring, Maryland, United States [ANN] The Seventh-day Adventist Church continues to rally support in the wake of the 9.0-magnitude earthquake that stuck northeastern Japan March 11, spawning a tsunami and widespread devastation. An Adventist Development and Relief Agency volunteer fills bowls with traditional Japanese miso soup for displaced persons at an…
Read MoreBUC Office Rebuild
13 March 2011 Watford, UK [Victor Hulbert, tedNEWS] Just two years and four months following a devastating fire at the British Union Conference offices in Watford, England, Pastor Ted Wilson, President of the Seventh-day Adventist World Church, was able to stand outside the doors of the rebuilt office and cut the ribbon – to the…
Read MoreThe Secrets of Life Shared with the Thousands
11 March 2011 Targu Mures, Transylvania [Pastor Erno Szasz, tedNEWS] “The Secrets of Life with Confidence” series of lectures were organised between 18 February and 14 March 2011, in Targu Mures, Transylvania in the Hall of Maros Artistic Ensemble. The evangelistic series was followed on screen in most of the local churches and was broadcasted…
Read MoreRecord Earthquake Strikes Japan: ADRA Responds
11 March 2011 Silver Spring, Maryland, United States [Julio C. Muñoz, ADRA] A powerful 8.9-magnitude earthquake shook the island nation of Japan damaging infrastructure and triggering a massive tsunami that swept through Japan’s north-eastern coast, killing hundreds of people according to initial media reports. The Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) is responding, coordinating efforts and assessing the needs…
Read MoreInterfaith Event in Jordan Opens New Conversation with Islamic World
08 March 2011 Silver Spring, Maryland, United States [Bettina Krause/IRLA/ANN staff] A religious liberty conference held in Jordan last week represents a historic step forward in dialogue between the Islamic world and advocates for religious freedom, organizers said. The Teaching Respect for Religions Symposium gathered scholars, political representatives and legal experts at the Amman College of…
Read MoreAl Waad Witnesses an Extraordinary Phenomenon
02 March 2011 Beirut, Lebanon [Amir Ghali, tedNEWS] Al Waad Media Center is witnessing an extraordinary phenomenon shortly after the launch of its broadcast. While the Audience Relations Department has witnessed a surge in the number of received emails and hits on Al Waad website (www.al-waad.tv), something new and unexpected is now taking place. As…
Read MoreADRA to Cut Staff at World Headquarters
22 February 2011 Silver Spring, Maryland, United States [ANN] The president of the Adventist Development and Relief Agency today announced the agency will cut staff and adjust its management structure at its international headquarters in Silver Spring, Maryland, United States. In an e-mail, President Rudi Maier said the move follows three years of "gradual decline" in…
Read MoreChanging the World – One Brick at a Time
23 February 2011 Lillehammer, Norway [Britt Celine Oldebråten, tedNEWS] 400 Youth participating in the annual Seventh Day Adventist Floor ball tournament collected NOK 16 000 (approximately GBP 1750) for a wall around the “Keep Girls Safe”-shelter in Northern Thailand. The event is arranged by the Seventh-day Adventist children and youth society in the Norwegian Union…
Read MoreSanitarium Responds to Christchurch Crisis
25 February 2011 Christchurch, New Zealand [Jarrod Stackelroth, Record] In the wake of the devastation wreaked by the earthquake in Christchurch, the Adventist Church and its entities have jumped into action, in an effort to help in any way they can. The Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA NZ) has been working closely with the civil…
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