http://www.stanet.ch/apd/ APD - freikirchlicher Nachrichtendienst der Freikirche der Siebenten-Tags-Adventisten (STA) en 1997 - 2012 APD Schweiz, stanet.ch The president of the Seventh-day Adventist world church, Pastor Ted N. C. Wilson, and other Adventist church leaders, are in the middle of a 10-day official visit to China, seeking to strengthen ties between the global Adventist family and an estimated 400,000 Adventists in ... http://www.stanet.ch/apd/news/3233.html Leaders from the Seventh-day Adventist world church’s department of Public Affairs and Religious Liberty offered condolences to the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria on the passing of Pope Shenouda III, Pope of Alexandria and the Patriarch of All Africa on the Holy ... http://www.stanet.ch/apd/news/3207.html Former Seventh-day Adventist world church President, Dr. Jan Paulsen (77), has been appointed Commander of the Royal Norwegian Order of Merit. The announcement from the Royal Palace states that: “H. M. The King has appointed Jan Paulsen Commander of the Royal Norwegian ... http://www.stanet.ch/apd/news/3163.html The Seventh-day Adventist Church in Nigeria is seeing a drop in church attendance and some church closures amid worsening religious conflict in the country. An upsurge of attacks against Christian churches by the extremist group Boko Haram beginning late last year has led ... http://www.stanet.ch/apd/news/3153.html Inhalt: Christmas Message 2011 from the World Council of Churches general secretary; Moderator’s Advent Message 2011; Advent message of the Archbishop of Canterbury; Christmas Message 2011 from the Lutheran World Federation President; http://www.stanet.ch/apd/news/3104.html A Seventh-day Adventist hospital chaplain in Germany was recently awarded for offering distressed pregnant women a safe alternative to abandoning their babies. Gabriele Stangl, chaplain of Waldfriede Adventist Hospital in Berlin, received Germany's Medal of Merit this ... http://www.stanet.ch/apd/news/3101.html Leaders from the official Protestant church in China paid a courtesy visit to the Seventh-day Adventist Church headquarters on October 4, the second time in two years. The visit of representatives of the China Christian Council and the Three-Self Patriotic Movement (TSPM) Committee precedes the ... http://www.stanet.ch/apd/news/3072.html The current economic and financial crisis is – according to Pope Benedict XVI – also a moral crisis, reports “Kathpress”, the Catholic news agency in Austria, from the Pope’s press conference (18.08.2011) during the flight from Rome to Madrid where the Pope attends the 26th ... http://www.stanet.ch/apd/news/3024.html „Many Christians do not know the bible at all or only superficially“, says the Pope on the occasion of his General Audience (August, 3rd) on the main square of Castelgandolfo, Italy, according to Vatican radio. The Pope stresses the importance of holiday time to relax and ... http://www.stanet.ch/apd/news/3011.html On 20 June 2011 the European Sunday Alliance was formed on the occasion of an expert conference on Sunday Protection at the seat of the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) in Brussels. The European Sunday Alliance is a network of existing national Sunday alliances ... http://www.stanet.ch/apd/news/2968.html The Seventh-day Adventist Church dedicated the Cuba Seventh-day Adventist Seminary's first church building in Havana last week in a ceremony that capped a long process of obtaining building permits and fundraising. Maranatha Volunteers International, a non-profit organization, and supporting ... http://www.stanet.ch/apd/news/2915.html Acording to Gilbert Wari, President of the Sevcenth-day Adventist Church’s West-Central Africa Division families of headquarters' employees in Abidjan have been temporarily relocated to the neighboring country of Ghana, a precautionary move during political unrest. About 10 employees remain at the ... http://www.stanet.ch/apd/news/2916.html Religious extremists blamed for attacks in region known for harmony At least 30 Protestant churches in western Ethiopia, among them seven Seventh-day Adventist congregations, were burned down last week in a series of attacks by religious extremists from the region. Unrest was first reported on ... http://www.stanet.ch/apd/news/2894.html “The members are courageous and services were conducted in the churches last Sabbath in spite of the turmoil in the country. The Nile Union Academy, the boarding high school operated by the church, has been closed temporally. Most of the students have gone home but some, that have nowhere else to ... http://www.stanet.ch/apd/news/2858.html Flooding affects Australia, too; ADRA assessing damage there after region's worst flooding in decades Seventh-day Adventists are among those providing aid after heavy rains devastated the southeast region of Brazil this month, church leaders there said. Most affected is the hillside region ... http://www.stanet.ch/apd/news/2835.html