More than 50 people have been killed and many more are still missing after an earthquake registering 7.9 on the Richter scale rocked southern Peru and northern Chile June 23.
Two hundred thirty-nine students participated in the first five-kilometer "Run to Clear the Air" organized by the Adventist Development and Relief Agency International (ADRA) in Cambodia to promote World No Tobacco Day May 31.
The Africa for Christ 2001 satellite evangelistic effort kicked off in Mwanza, Tanzania, June 15 with 4,000 students from the local Voice of Prophecy (VOP) Bible Correspondence School.
MinistryWatch, a independent group that tracks faith-based organizations in the United States, has ranked the Adventist Development and Relief Agency International (ADRA) in the top ten agencies in the relief and development sector.
A Seventh-day Adventist University in Argentina graduated its first medical students in commencement ceremonies held June 1 to 2.
The Seventh-day Adventist Church in the Northern-Asia Pacific region has developed a strategic plan to help the church work more effectively in a highly populated and diverse area that includes Japan, Mongolia, China, North and South Korea, and Taiwan.