More than 6,300 Seventh-day Adventist teenagers from around the world descended on gathered in Nairobi Jamhuri Park, Nairobi, Kenya, to participate in the first Pan-African Pathfinder Camporee.
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"It's not easy to be a young person in the Seventh-day Adventist Church, but let me tell you, it's not easy to be old, either," said Pastor Jan Paulsen, president of the world church, in a live Aug. 21 telecast beamed to members around the globe.
Eight Seventh-day Adventist church ministries are joining together to educate members about child abuse. On Aug. 23 the world church will hold its second annual abuse prevention Sabbath, or Saturday, in an effort to reduce abuse.
Excitement is building as the stage is set for a live conversation between Pastor Jan Paulsen and 50 young people, ages 16 to 21, to be telecast from the Adventist Media Productions studios Aug. 21.
In a ruling that will apply to any South Pacific nation with a Human Rights Act, a Seventh-day Adventist has won written guarantees that his employer will accommodate his Sabbath-keeping.