27.06.2010:
World church Treasurer Bob Lemon was re-elected to another five-year term Thursday, and Associate Secretary G. T. Ng was promoted to Secretary on the second day of the 2010 General Conference Business Session.
Delegates voting in the Georgia Dome unanimously approved the Nominating Committee's recommendations, which occurred...
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25.06.2010:
Ted N. C. Wilson, a vice president of the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists and the son of a former church president, was today elected to serve as president of the 16.3-million member global Protestant denomination.
Wilson was appointed by the church's 246-member Nominating Committee and confirmed by the General...
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25.06.2010:
For 20 months, it traveled to places as far-flung as Narok, Kenya, and Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
The large Bible specially designed to embark on a worldwide tour ended its journey during a business session Thursday night at the 59th World Session of the Seventh-day Adventist Church.
"This Bible has journeyed the world as...
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08.06.2010:
On May 23, 2010, a ceremony honouring the memory of Pastor Walter Guy Bond, an Adventist pioneer missionary to Spain, took place in the municipal cemetery of the city of Baeza in Andalusia. Pastor Bond's name was added to Baeza's wall of honour arranged in memory of all those who have died to defend their convictions and...
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04.06.2010:
The last EUD executive committee meeting before the General Conference Session in Atlanta took place in Krattigen, Switzerland, on May 25 -27. The committee was composed of the fifty regular participants and some additional guests. Committee members serve for the five year period between the General Conference sessions....
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01.06.2010:
The directors of the Adventist care institutions in Europe met for the second conference of the “Advent Age” network in Huis ter Heide (near Utrecht), Netherlands, May 2 - 5, 2010, to discuss current trends in the care of the elderly. The participants, who came from Norway, the Netherlands, Denmark, Poland, France, Portugal,...
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25.05.2010:
On the 450th anniversary of the death of German reformer Phillip Melanchthon, Bishop Dr. Johannes Friedrich, presiding bishop of the United Evangelical Lutheran Church in Germany, commemorated Melanchthon's life.
Philipp Melanchthon, originally named Philipp Schwartzerd, was born in Bretten, Germany, on February 16, 1497. He...
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11.05.2010:
On Saturdays, Seventh-day Adventist believers in Bucharest are traveling librarians. The Mobile Library is a ministry designed to lend books to those who might not otherwise be able to afford them. Every Sabbath, volunteers deliver books about education, health, family and religion to the homes of those eager to learn more...
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07.05.2010:
The De Forest Residence – a new facility at the Clinic La Lignière (Lake Geneva Sanatorium) located in Gland, Switzerland - was inaugurated on April 15, 2010, in the presence of 80 guests including local authorities and administrative staff.
De Forest Residence derives its name from Dr. Perry Alfred De Forest, born in 1867....
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04.05.2010:
Tens of thousands of Seventh-day Adventists are expected to gather in the Georgia Dome in Atlanta for the 59th Adventist Church World Session June 23 through July 3. For those wishing to follow news from the Session, the church is offering several media resources for daily coverage of news, features and analysis.
The...
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