May 15, 2013
‘More local structure grows membership’; first self-sustaining union in Nigeria
May 15, 2013 Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
Ansel Oliver/ANN
The Seventh-day Adventist Church’s West-Central Africa Division this year will create four new union administrative units, an action that underscores membership growth in the region and a need for more strategic planning in local fields.
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April 18, 2013
Video part of ongoing diplomatic efforts to gain petition signatures for release
Apr 18, 2013 Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
ANN staff
A new video featuring the family of a Seventh-day Adventist pastor imprisoned in Togo was published on YouTube by the church’s world headquarters last week, the latest step effort to obtain signatures petitioning the government for his release.
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March 15, 2013
Monteiro’s arbitrary detention must end, church leaders say
Mar 15, 2013 Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
ANN staff
A year after Seventh-day Adventist Pastor Antonio Monteiro was imprisoned in Togo on unsupported charges, church lawyers and human rights activists are redoubling efforts to secure his release.
Togolese government officials this week rejected the Adventist Church...