The Seventh-day Adventist Church must find new ways to present Christian concepts if it is to speak a message that is relevant and effective within secular cultures, said an international group of pastors, evangelists, and church leaders meeting April 16
Joy Santuke, a Ugandan worker with the Adventist Development and Relief Agency International (ADRA)in Sudan, was released April 21 after being taken hostage by armed militia on March 8, then detained by the government of Sudan for 37 days.
"Go One Million," a plan to recruit, train, and equip one million Seventh-day Adventist lay people for evangelism, was approved April 19 by the Adventist Church's executive committee.
Atlanta, Georgia, United States, will be the site of the 2010 General Conference Session, the Seventh-day Adventist Church's top international meeting held every five years.
A new committee, approved April 19 by Seventh-day Adventist Church leaders, will aim to coordinate and expand the Adventist Church's television ministry around the world.
Heather-Dawn Small has been elected associate Women's Ministries director for the Seventh-day Adventist Church worldwide.