As fledgling free market countries capitalize on the global economy, English language degrees -- often available through partnerships with United States-based universities -- are indispensable for students with international business ambitions.
Such affiliations with public universities are a chance to offer top-notch degrees and introduce students to the service-based philosophy behind Christian education for Seventh-day Adventist-owned Griggs University, the organization's president says. |
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The Pan American Health Organization is seeking to engage in partnerships with Faith-Based Organizations, including the Seventh-day Adventist Church's Health Ministries, as part of their effort to connect with FBOs who deliver as much as 40 percent of health care in many developing nations. |
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Handmade fabrics manufacturing, producing chocolate goods, milk and cheese and a laundry service are all micro-businesses that the Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) helped native Peruvians develop and sustain. |
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The Dominican Republic national leader donated 31 acres of public land -- already used by Seventh-day Adventist young people for annual retreats -- to the church last month. During the March 28 donation ceremony, he applauded the church's work and image in the country. |
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Seventh-day Adventists in Kenya are criticizing a government six-day work week proposal that would require civil servants to work on Saturday, the biblical Sabbath and day of rest for the nearly 16 million-member global denomination.
Kenya's minister of state for public service introduced the proposal after a government team examined a new work model.
Adventist Church leaders called on the government to suspend the proposal, saying requiring members employed as civil servants to work on Saturday would conflict with the constitutional guarantee of freedom of religion. |
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Despite the turbulent world economy, the Seventh-day Adventist Church continues to grow financially, world church treasurer Robert E. Lemon reported to church leaders Sunday.
"Not only have tithes and offerings increased," Lemon said, "but the church was blessed to receive a multimillion dollar 'extraordinary tithe.' Lemon's April 6 financial report at the church's spring business meeting reflected about half of that extraordinary tithe, which was first announced at the church's fall 2007 business meeting. |
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Paul Brantley wants the Seventh-day Adventist Church to be the world's best-run organization.
It's now his job to help make that happen.
Brantley, a former education and healthcare consultant, is director of the church's new Office of Assessment and Program Effectiveness. And he'll start at the top, beginning with the 500 staff members here at world church headquarters. |
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