Two hundred thirty-nine students participated in the first five-kilometer "Run to Clear the Air" organized by the Adventist Development and Relief Agency International (ADRA) in Cambodia to promote World No Tobacco Day May 31.
Ninety-seven percent of Adventists participating in a recent health survey described themselves as "very happy" or "fairly happy"--results that are consistent with studies suggesting a positive relationship between religion and good mental health.
The Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA), along with a team of volunteers, has helped build a new school in Kosovo that will provide improved facilities for 260 students.
The Seventh-day Adventist Church in Canada has welcomed a Canadian Supreme Court ruling upholding the right of teachers trained at a religious university to gain the professional accreditation needed to teach in public schools.
Members of a Christian youth club can meet after-hours on public school property without violating the constitutional principle of separation of church and state, the United States Supreme Court ruled June 11.
A major new construction project of 100 new elementary schools and 150 new churches has begun in the southeast Asian country of Myanmar.