June 18, 2013
VALLEY FORGE, PA (ABNS 6/18/13)—From obstacles to opportunity—this is the roadmap that faith in God provided to Rev. Romal Tune. In his new work, God’s Graffiti: Inspiring Stories for Teens, he highlights noted “at-risk” youth in the Bible and shares his own story of growing up in poverty amid crime and violence. Through these stories, he showcases how God heals teens and families through faith. Both practical and inspirational...
VALLEY FORGE, PA (ABNS 6/18/13)—Individuals who are considering a call to global missionary service, or who are in the process of responding to such a call will be participating in the “Embrace the Cause” conference August, 9-12 at the Green Lake Conference Center in Green Lake, Wisconsin. The conference is sponsored by American Baptist International Ministries (IM).
During this high-intensity three-day weekend, about 40 participants will explore God’s call on their...
[Episcopal Public Policy Network] The House of Representatives will vote this week on a farm bill (HR 1947) that would dictate funding for food, farm, and nutrition programs over the next five years.
The farm bill affects people from rural America to our inner cities, people in our local communities and vulnerable populations around the world. A responsible, effective farm bill can strengthen nutrition programs for low-income Americans, encourage economic growth in...
As city outreach push begins, denomination sends international students
Jun 18, 2013 Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
ANN staff
Scores of Seventh-day Adventists from around the world are learning and sharing ideas for urban outreach at a New York church that’s been turned into a giant classroom this month.
The Adventist Church’s International Field School of Evangelism...
June 14, 2013
- [Episcopal Public Policy Network] To fight domestic child sex trafficking is to recognize “the spark of divinity that is in every person,” Democrat Leader Nancy Pelosi announced as she signed the “Our Daughters are Not for Sale Proclamation” and denounced the scourge of buying and selling American children for sex and labor. Leader Pelosi was joined by Republican and Democratic women of Congress and young American survivors of sex slavery to demand an...
$180,000 awarded to fund 9 self-help projects in the United States
June 14, 2013
...VALLEY FORGE, PA (ABNS 6/14/13)—”What I propose here is a new approach to preaching funerals,” pastor, scholar, and author Peter Wherry explains, “an approach that is pastoral, holistic, and healing.” In his new book, pastors and preachers will discover more than conventional homiletics theory about mechanics and methodology. In it, Wherry envisions anew the content of preaching in the shadow of death.
Preaching Funerals in the Black Church: Bringing...
June 12, 2013
A growing need to support pastors, refine doctrine and organize for mission
Jun 12, 2013 Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
Elizabeth Lechleitner/ANN
Editor’s note: This story is part of a series of historical articles published this year marking the 150th anniversary of the Seventh-day Adventist Church.
A decade after the...
[World Council of Churches press release] In a World Council of Churches (WCC) consultation in Tsuen Wan, Hong Kong, participants reflected on “Asia’s human security challenges” today and how to strengthen efforts of working towards “sustainable peace with justice in Northeast Asia.”
In a communique issued at the end of the consultation, participants affirmed the diversity of their ethnicities and nationalities as a “celebration of God’s image” compelling them to “protect...
June 11, 2013
- B’nai B’rith International has issued the following statement:
B’nai B’rith International spoke before the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in Geneva during the anti-Israel “agenda item 7” session. B’nai B’rith addressed UNHRC special rapporteur Richard Falk’s appalling recent comments blaming the Boston Marathon bombings on the United States’ foreign policy...