Port Moresby campaign draws crowds in excess of 100,000

Thousands stand in lines in the water waiting for Adventist pastors 200 feet from shore to baptize them. It's the custom in Papua New Guinea for people being baptized to dress in white. [photos courtesy The Carter Report ministry]

In Papua New Guinea, thousands of new Adventists baptized in one day

Continent-wide pastoral training reignites effort to reach secular society

Bertil Wiklander, president of the church’s Trans-European Division, speaks at the European Pastor’s Conference in Rogaska Slatina, Slovenia, last week. Wiklander said “Making God Known in Europe,” the conference’s theme, is the church’s “great challenge and calling.” [photos courtesy TED News]

At European Pastor’s Conference, a call for relevant community ministry

Book from Andrews University draws from 2009 conference

"Homosexuality, Marriage, and the Church" was released by Andrews University Press earlier this month. The collection of essays and testimonies is drawn from presentations at a 2009 conference on homosexuality held at Andrews University.

Essay compilation addresses legal, theological issues of homosexuality

Many come from countries with limited religious freedom

A Ukrainian singing group performs at the Euro-Asia Division Youth Congress in Kiev last week. About 2,000 youth from 13 countries met at the Ukrainian Adventist Center of Higher Education for the five-day event. [photos courtesy ESD]

Euro-Asia youth congress held in Ukraine for first time

4,500 meet at Sahmyook University for team-building, creative activities

Kids paint at the Northern Asia-Pacific Division's first Pathfinder Camporee, held earlier this month at Sahmyook University in Seoul. The six-day event drew some 4,500 attendees from throughout the division. [photos courtesy NSD]

Pathfinder Camporee in South Korea is first for Northern Asia-Pacific Division

24/7 satellite channel planned for November launch

Set for launch in November, a new Adventist-run satellite channel in Ukraine is expected to potentially reach 60 percent of the country’s population. The city of Kiev, shown here, is home to the church’s Voice of Hope Media Center. [photo: pond5]

In Ukraine, Adventist Church is first Protestant broadcaster to receive license

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