A plan to allow faith-based welfare organizations to compete for federal grants will be difficult to implement in a way that preserves separation of church and state, says Dr. Clarence Hodges.
Rebuilding efforts have begun in El Salvador in the wake of a devastating earthquake which hit on January 13.
Professor Therlow J. Harper, the first president of Montemorelos University, Mexico, died January 30.
Jan Paulsen, president of the Seventh-day Adventist Church worldwide, said that "when God speaks to us, He tells us that He is bigger than any of the reasons we have to offer as excuses for non-involvement."
A massive international relief effort has been launched following the January 26 earthquake in Gujarat, central India, in which an estimated 100,000 people died.
The Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) is participating in the international effort to provide survivors of India's earthquake disaster with the basic necessities of life.