The cause of religious freedom took a step forward last week with the re-introduction of the "Workplace Religious Freedom Act," or WRFA, in the United States Senate, the upper house of the Congress.
An intentional, multi-year evangelistic effort by the Seventh-day Adventist Church in the Dominican Republic finished its most recent phase with a two-week series of meetings in the capital city of Santo Domingo.
Local leaders have praised agricultural research at Northern Caribbean University, a Seventh-day Adventist institution, and want to fund more programs there.
The Seventh-day Adventist Church, in a program noting the International Day of Women, recently honored the current, and former, first ladies of the Dominican Republic.
As the Seventh-day Adventist Church expands its membership to cultures vastly different from its North American birthplace, how does a worldwide movement approach local issues and traditions while at the same time maintaining uniform standards?
Thirteen years after a global strategy document outlined key challenge areas for church outreach, the Seventh-day Adventist Church has recorded significant progress in meeting those objectives, the church's Office of Global Mission reports.