Albinos in sub-Saharan Africa face isolation, physical threats, ADRA officials say

In Tanzania, new ADRA project to support albino community

Taaffe lost cousin to suicide three years ago; denomination planning emotional health conference

Students from the Belfast school near Christchurch came to support Karl Taaffe as he passed through town last week. Taaffe is walking across New Zealand to raise awareness of suicide, which is responsible for more deaths than auto accidents in the nation. [photos: Myke Salmon]

Church member walking length of New Zealand for suicide awareness

Denomination's television network to run series of holiday broadcasts

Adventist Church leadership urges focus on prayer, spiritual renewal this Christmas, New Year's

Law recognizes religious pluralism; all faiths to enjoy same 'rights, obligations and benefits'

Peruvian legislators during the preliminary stages of drafting legislation passed last week to guarantee religious pluralism in the country. [photo courtesy PARL]

In Peru, 'historic' religious liberty legislation passes

45 Protestant pastors become Adventist, along with many in congregations

Girls in the T'boli hillside region typically marry at ages 12 to 14 and soon begin having children. Adventist leaders hope newly converted members who have followed their pastor to the Adventist faith will push their daughters toward education instead of early marriage. [photos: Ansel Oliver]

In the Philippines, faith conversion offers spiritual reassurance, practical hope

Adventists, others partnering to change attitudes toward donating, receiving organs

With its emphasis on health, the Adventist Church is ideally equipped to raise awareness of a persistent need for organ donations in the United Kingdom. Here, Komal Adris (right), founder and director of the national Organ Donor Campaign, speaks with Sharon Platt-McDonald, who directs the church's Health and Disability Ministries for the region. [photo courtesy <a href="http://www.hopetv.org.uk/content/media-library/media-story/ml/buc-news-media-archive/organ-donation-campaign/">Hope Channel UK</a>]

In United Kingdom, organ donation campaign finds traction within faith communities

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