Prayer Breakfast Brings Russian Leaders Together
Victor Zorkoltsev, head of the State Duma Comission on Public and Religious Associations, spoke at the breakfast, saying he hoped the event will become a tradition in Russia.
Victor Zorkoltsev, head of the State Duma Comission on Public and Religious Associations, spoke at the breakfast, saying he hoped the event will become a tradition in Russia.
Pastor Jan Paulsen, president of the Seventh-day Adventist Church worldwide, says the church has a responsibility to help new believers grow in their faith by providing them with ongoing spiritual support and a place to worship.
Clergy from every continent and many denominations will take part in what is being billed as "the largest-ever worldwide live satellite broadcast for clergy."
The California Supreme Court heard oral argument March 11 about whether a Roman Catholic-owned medical clinic can fire an employee who actively works against the religious mission of the institution.
Seventh-day Adventist leaders in North America are urging the federal and state governments in the United States to halt scheduled executions in cases where the fairness of the legal process can be called into question.
Proposals initiated by the US Commission on International Freedom to address the ongoing persecution of religious minorities in Turkmenistan brought reaction from the Seventh-day Adventist Church's department of Public Affairs and Religious Liberty.