Some 2,000 Afghan refugees, facing a harsh winter without adequate shelter, have received assistance from the Adventist Development and Relief Agency International.
Nearly 4,500 people have requested Bible studies in the past month as a result of an unprecedented mailing of Signs Magazine to residents of Minnesota, United States.
Forgiveness may be easier to accept than give, suggest the results of a University of Michigan study released last week.
Religious freedom issues placed top of the agenda at a U.S. State Department meeting called to develop strategies for the rebuilding of civil society in Afghanistan.
The Seventh-day Adventist Church in the South Pacific is losing more ministers than it is gaining, according to research compiled by Brad Kemp, the church's leadership director.
Chinese president Jiang Zemin has foreshadowed tighter control of religious activity in the future, warning that non-state approved religions will not be tolerated.