By AdventistNews@gc.adventist.org (Adventist Review / ANN staff)
Gideon P. Reyneke replaces Maphosa as the executive secretary of the division.
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By AdventistNews@gc.adventist.org (Felipe Lemos / ANN Staff)
The humanitarian arm for the Seventh-day Adventist Church has assisted more than 100,000 refugees worldwide.
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By AdventistNews@gc.adventist.org (Jessica Duffy, ADRA International)
The Adventist Development and Relief Agency joins the United Nations as it marks World Refugee Day and raises awareness of the biggest humanitarian emergency of the era.
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By AdventistNews@gc.adventist.org (Andrew McChesney, news editor, Adventist Review)
The Karnataka High Court says the Bible does not indicate that Saturday alone is the Sabbath.
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By AdventistNews@gc.adventist.org (Victor Hulbert // Trans-European Division) Four church entities and six local congregations worked together on Sabbath, 18 June, to share a live message of hope in the midst of the refugee crisis. Claudette Hannebicque, the leader of ADRA Dunkirk was one of them. Claudette is hard to tie down. An active member of the small Adventist congregation in Dunkirk, France, she is also the driving force behind ADRA Dunkirk and the help that the Church has been providing for refugees and migrants camping on the edge of the town and aiming to…
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By AdventistNews@gc.adventist.org (Victor Hulbert/Trans-European Division)
Waking up at 4:00 a.m. for a long drive and a ferry crossing is a minor inconvenience for Sasha Becejac, one of four leaders at the Newbold Seventh-day Adventist Church in southern England. Every Sunday the team fill a car with volunteers, food, and clothes for the eight-hour round trip to a refugee camp in Dunkirk, France. Teaming up with members of the small Dunkirk Adventist Church, they provide lunch, love, and a listening ear to some of the thousands of refugees trying to find a way across…
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By AdventistNews@gc.adventist.org (Victor Hulbert/Trans-European Division)
Nobody chooses to be a refugee. War, persecution, oppressive regimes – there are many reasons why there are currently 60 million displaced persons or refugees in the world. Each one has their story. Each one wants to survive. Each one wants a better life. Each one lives with hope. Hope! That is something Francine Karekezi needed. A Tutsi, she ran for her life during the 1994 Rwandan genocide. Today she lives in Austria. Her tale is horrific. Francine grew up as a Seventh-day Adventist. She was…
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By AdventistNews@gc.adventist.org (Libna Stevens/Inter-American Division)
More than 300 people were fed as a result of the “Soup of Hope” initiative organized by the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Panama City.
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By AdventistNews@gc.adventist.org (Adventist Review staff, with Washington Adventist University)
Eleven students and faculty paint houses and distribute clothing for 10 days in Havana.
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By AdventistNews@gc.adventist.org (Andrew McChesney, news editor, Adventist Review)
Church leaders gather in Romania to lay the groundwork for the early 2017 meetings.
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