By AdventistNews@gc.adventist.org (Solace Asafo, Communication Director)

A tragic fire claimed the lives of an Adventist pastor’s family during the early morning hours of Sunday, August 19. Ebenezer AtoKessie was away at camp-meeting when fire engulfed his house, killing his wife, two children, mother-in-law, and wife’s niece. The deceased are Grace Ampah, 65, Linda Kessie, 30, Precious Pokua, 9, and the 4-year-old and infant sons of the couple.
Linda, a teacher at the Valley View University Basic School in Accra, had recently given birth to their…

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By AdventistNews@gc.adventist.org (Adventist Review and Adventist News Network)

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By AdventistNews@gc.adventist.org (Beth Thomas for ANN)

Global initiative fosters platform for abuse awareness

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By AdventistNews@gc.adventist.org (Victor Hulbert with Corrado Cozzi, TED & EUD News)

As Gary Blanchard bounced enthusiastically onto the stage, concluding the opening night of the Global Youth Leaders Congress in Kassel, Germany, participants recognized they were in for a surprise.
Accompanied by Mario Martinelli, CEO of Safeliz, a major Adventist Publishing House based in Madrid, Spain, they together announced the release of two new, special editions of the New King James Bible – one for Adventurer age children, and another for youth.
“It’s a special Bible,”…

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By AdventistNews@gc.adventist.org (Andrew McChesney, Adventist Mission)

Cairo’s Center Church is turned into the Ramses Cultural Center.

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By AdventistNews@gc.adventist.org (Maritzo Brunt)

Three Adventist school students in New Zealand have been honored for their leadership qualities with a prestigious award.
Manawa-Leigh Ripaki, a year 8 student at Whakatane Adventist School, Daniela Webster, a year 7 student at Whangarei Adventist Christian School, and Angelina Cariga, a year 8 student at Longburn Adventist College, all received the Sir Peter Blake Young Leader Award.
The award, which is presented in partnership with Westpac, recognizes young people whose leadership…

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By AdventistNews@gc.adventist.org (Victor Hulbert/ Corrado Cozzi, TED & EUD News)

“If we don’t know who we are, we will not know why we are,” stated Pastor David Asscherick on the opening night of the Global Youth Leaders Congress in Kassel, Germany. As a first generation Seventh-day Adventist he challenged leaders by telling them, “if you don’t know it, we are weird!”
That came as an uncomfortable thought following on from a list of identities that initially drew us together. He noted common ground in our identity including that we are alive and that we are human – albeit…

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By AdventistNews@gc.adventist.org (Bettina Krause, communication director, International Religious Liberty Association)

Two Seventh-day Adventist religious liberty advocates were among those invited to participate in a landmark religious freedom summit organized by the US Department of State in Washington, D.C. The event, which began July 24, was the first-ever of its kind, and brought together government officials from some 80 nations, along with an internationally diverse group of religious leaders and non-governmental organizations. Together, attendees spent three days listening to first-hand accounts of…

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By AdventistNews@gc.adventist.org (Andrew McChesney, Adventist Mission)

Ted Wilson thanks Egypt for religious freedom and prays for its people.

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By AdventistNews@gc.adventist.org (Ted N.C. Wilson)

Historic position still stands today

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