The Seventh-day Adventist Church in Canada has welcomed a Canadian Supreme Court ruling upholding the right of teachers trained at a religious university to gain the professional accreditation needed to teach in public schools.
The Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA), along with a team of volunteers, has helped build a new school in Kosovo that will provide improved facilities for 260 students.
Ninety-seven percent of Adventists participating in a recent health survey described themselves as "very happy" or "fairly happy"--results that are consistent with studies suggesting a positive relationship between religion and good mental health.
Wages paid to Seventh-day Adventist Church employees in Australia will now be determined by several different "streams" rather than by reference to a single wage scale.
Protestants in the Russian province of Belgorod have expressed fear that a new law aimed at curbing public "missionary activity" will be enforced only against the region's Protestant minorities.
A mobile phone text messaging project and a campaign to make Seventh-day Adventist church buildings more attractive are just two elements of a plan to help raise the profile of the Adventist Church in the southern Asia-Pacific region.