Saturday, February 20, 2016
Village chief asks Nchemba to pierce boils
20th February 2016
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Chiguma told Minister Nchemba that quite a number of community and government officials was involved in illegal fishing by using small mesh banned by the government.
He mentioned the district’s Chief of the Division of Fisheries Majaliwa Jorwa, chairman of the Village of Suguti, Bunada Sube and 12 other fishermen as main suspects of the illegal practice.
He told The Guardian over the telephone that despite government’s ban on the use of small mesh nets, villagers and officials continued to use the nets hindering production of fish in Lake Victoria. “We ask the minister to come around and deal with the culprits with all force, “ he said.
“If the government will not take appropriate action against the culprits, we would be prompted into leaving the matter at the mercy of the criminals who had been threatening our life for going open in fighting the ill,” he told the Guardian, implying a threat he and his party colleagues had been facing for pointing a finger of accusation to the authorities.
He said when he reported the threat to the police, they did not arrest the people who were involved in the criminal activity, but instead, Secretary for Musoma Rural District Mercy Molel approached him on February 12, demanding they stopped meddling in the issue or else they would bear the consequences.
“He accused us of being agents sent by Chadema for a mission to sling mud on them,” he said, adding that the official denied any involvement in illegal activities saying he and other leaders were helping the people in getting rid of poverty and save them from hunger.
SOURCE: THE GUARDIAN
Village chief asks Nchemba to pierce boils
Village chief asks Nchemba to pierce boils
20th February 2016
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Chiguma told Minister Nchemba that quite a number of community and government officials was involved in illegal fishing by using small mesh banned by the government.
He mentioned the district’s Chief of the Division of Fisheries Majaliwa Jorwa, chairman of the Village of Suguti, Bunada Sube and 12 other fishermen as main suspects of the illegal practice.
He told The Guardian over the telephone that despite government’s ban on the use of small mesh nets, villagers and officials continued to use the nets hindering production of fish in Lake Victoria. “We ask the minister to come around and deal with the culprits with all force, “ he said.
“If the government will not take appropriate action against the culprits, we would be prompted into leaving the matter at the mercy of the criminals who had been threatening our life for going open in fighting the ill,” he told the Guardian, implying a threat he and his party colleagues had been facing for pointing a finger of accusation to the authorities.
He said when he reported the threat to the police, they did not arrest the people who were involved in the criminal activity, but instead, Secretary for Musoma Rural District Mercy Molel approached him on February 12, demanding they stopped meddling in the issue or else they would bear the consequences.
“He accused us of being agents sent by Chadema for a mission to sling mud on them,” he said, adding that the official denied any involvement in illegal activities saying he and other leaders were helping the people in getting rid of poverty and save them from hunger.
SOURCE: THE GUARDIAN
Thursday, February 18, 2016
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Wednesday, February 17, 2016
CHURCH ACCOUNTS FOR LOST MEMBERS
CHURCH ACCOUNTS FOR LOST MEMBERS
David Trim reports on retention at Annual Council [Photo credit: Brent Hardinge]
LEADERS TACKLED RETENTION RATES AT ANNUAL COUNCIL.
October 13, 2015 | Silver Spring, Maryland | Lauren Davis |
The Seventh-day Adventist World Church is growing steadily. But while membership jumped 1. 6 percent in a recent six-month period, potential growth continues to suffer because of substantial membership loss over the past 50 years.
David Trim, director of the Office of Archives, Statistics, and Research for the Seventh-day Adventist Church, shared rising Church numbers and his latest retention and reclamationreport during Sunday’s Annual Council business session.
As of June 30, 2015, membership was close to 18.8 million, up from almost 18.5 million on December 31, 2014, Trim said. In these six months, congregations, which include both churches and companies, also increased to 149,850 from 148,023. Churches are emerging at an extraordinary rate, Trim said. “We praise God for church planters around the world who are largely responsible for the increase in number of church members.”
A lack of member retention, though, remains a serious concern. “The losses undercut the many, many accessions we have,” Trim said. From 1965 to the end of 2014, the number of baptized members totaled over 33 million. Of those, over 13 million left the church--virtually four of every 10 members, he said.
This loss doubly impacts church growth. Potential numbers are not only cut by those who leave, but also by those who were never won, Trim said. If they had remained, these 13.2 million members could have helped bring in an additional 1.2 million to join them.
In two global research studies, former members reported several factors that prompted their leave. Some members drifted away, while others noticed a lack of compassion, experienced a personal moral failure or felt they didn’t fit in. Many people experienced a stressful life event--moving to a different state, marriage, divorce or a death in the family--in the year before they stopped attending. Forty percent of those surveyed said no one from church contacted them after they left.
The figures show local churches may not have been friendly, loving or supportive enough, Trim said. The most cited event that triggered former member decisions to leave is perceived hypocrisy by church members, he said. The majority of all who were surveyed, 63 percent, said they were young adults when they stopped attending.
Very few former members, though, are hostile toward the church. A total of 58 percent say that under certain circumstances, they would be open to reconnecting with Adventism, Trim said.
Retention is a recurring topic at church meetings, said Michael Ryan, former general vice president of the Seventh-day Adventist Church, who spoke on the floor. “Somehow or another we need to come together and become a different type of church that reaches out to people and let’s them know that they belong to us!” he said.
After an open discussion on this issue, where church leaders shared ideas and methods, Ted Wilson, president of the Seventh-day Adventist World Church, closed Sunday’s business session reminding delegates of small steps all can take. “If we learned more names of the young people in our churches and just said hello to them on Sabbath morning by name, they might feel more wanted,” Wilson said. “If we simply extended an encouraging note or a hand to someone who’s discouraged, we would keep more people.”
CHURCH LEADER OFFERS CONDOLENCES AFTER DEATH OF FORMER UNITED NATIONS SECRETARY-GENERAL BOUTROS BOUTROS-GHALI
CHURCH LEADER OFFERS CONDOLENCES AFTER DEATH OF FORMER UNITED NATIONS SECRETARY-GENERAL BOUTROS BOUTROS-GHALI
[Boutros Boutros Ghali at Naela Chohan's art exhibition for the 2002 International Women's Day at UNESCO in Paris]
February 16, 2016 | Silver Spring, Maryland United States | Nelu Burcea, United Nations Liason for the Seventh-day Adventist World Church |
Statement from Dr. Nelu Burcea, United Nations Liaison for the Seventh-day Adventist world church, regarding the death of Boutros Boutros-Ghali.
I was saddened to learn today of the death of former United Nations Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali. He was an eloquent spokesperson for tolerance and human rights, and a man whose life was defined by the pursuit of a more just and more peaceful world.
His tenure at the United Nations, during the turbulent post-Cold War years, was made even more challenging by the shifting alliances and the changing power dynamics of a newly fragmented international community. But regardless of the many and varied critiques of his five-year term as Secretary-General, I believe Dr. Boutros-Ghali was driven by a desire for the United Nations to be, in his own words, “a voice for the weakest and least regarded peoples.”
As a Coptic Christian who lived and worked many years in an Islamic country, Egyptian-born Dr. Boutros-Ghali knew first-hand the challenges faced by many religious minorities around the world. This experience added an extra depth and authority to his efforts in promoting human rights.
As he reflected back on his time at the United Nations, Dr. Boutros-Ghali wrote: “In a world of many big and wealthy powers, it is the United Nation’s job to look out for those marginalized because of ethnicity, gender, religion, age, health, poverty or whatever reason.”[1] And these few, simple words may well provide us the best and clearest insight into Dr. Boutros-Ghali's philosophy as an international diplomat.
On behalf of the Seventh-day Adventist Church and the Church’s Public Affairs & Religious Liberty department, I extend my deepest sympathies to Mrs. Boutros-Ghali, to their extended family, and to the United Nations community, which has lost an eminent and influential leader.
TED WILSON ENCOURAGES MEMBERS IN ISRAEL TO HELP BUILD GOD’S CHURCH
TED WILSON ENCOURAGES MEMBERS IN ISRAEL TO HELP BUILD GOD’S CHURCH
[photo credit: Mike Ryan, former general vice-president, Seventh-day Adventist World Church]
DESPITE CHALLENGES, LEADERS SAY THE CHURCH IN ISRAEL IS “STEADFAST.”
February 15, 2016 | Jerusalem, Israel | Williams Costa Jr., director, communication department, Seventh-day Adventist Church/ANN staff |
On Sabbath, February 13 almost 700 Israeli Seventh-day Adventist brothers and sisters were blessed with a beautiful sunny day. Gathered at the YMCA Auditorium in Jerusalem, congregants enjoyed peace and the blessings of a special Sabbath. Children and adult choirs, plus instrumental ensembles, praised God through music. Testimonies and reports inspired the audience and the congregation sang with emotion and enthusiasm.
During the divine service, Pastor Ted Wilson, president of the Seventh-day Adventist world church, preached on "Building on God's Church," with parallels to Nehemiah and the reconstruction of Jerusalem's walls.
"You are an important part of the construction team building God's Church and sharing His gospel message far and wide," Wilson said.
Pastor Wilson also encouraged those present to persevere, have faith only in Jesus Christ and remember the importance of total member involvement and the continued need of revival and reformation until we meet with Jesus in the clouds of heaven.
Pastor Wisam Ali, a former Muslim priest who became a Seventh-day Adventist pastor and the director of the "Life and Hope Center" in Nazareth and Jerusalem, shared how Aisha and Hana found the Biblical truth and finally, were baptized at the Jordan River.
In the late 80s', Aisha traveled to Nazareth and visited Seventh-day Adventist missionaries. After more than 25 years, she came back inquiring about the Biblical truth. Pastor Ali gave her Bible studies and she decided to be baptized.
Hana found an old Bible belonging to her father, a very conservative Muslim. Ali's father and Hana’s father were best friends. She asked Pastor Ali about the Bible. Later, she was told that her father and Ali's father attended an evangelistic program and received the Bible as a gift. Hana took Bible studies and attended the health program at the "Life and Hope Center" in Nazareth.
The Seventh-day Adventist Church in Israel has nearly 800 followers. They gather in 21 churches and groups under the leadership of 7 pastors. Some of these pastors also are administrators of the Adventist Church’s Israel Field. Despite the challenges and limitations, the Church in Israel is steadfast. It moves ahead by faith, believing in God's protection and the guidance of the Holy Spirit.
WORLD RADIO DAY 2016
WORLD RADIO DAY 2016
February 11, 2016
In 1923 – just three years after the first radio broadcast in the United States – the first Seventh-day Adventist radio station was set up, at Emmanuel Missionary College in Michigan. By the 1930s, H.M.S. Richards Sr. had begun his pioneering radio work with The Voice of Prophecy, and over the next several decades, Adventists in a wide variety of countries embraced radio evangelism.
To address the challenge of reaching people in the Communist countries of Eastern Europe, the church took a leap of faith in 1971 to establish its largest single initiative in international broadcasting, and Adventist World Radio (AWR) was born.
Allen Steele, AWR’s first employee, remembers the heady days after the fall of communism: “What joy we had when AWR became the first western broadcaster to air programs on some of Radio Moscow’s giant shortwave stations, stations that before had consistently been jamming AWR’s broadcast into the Soviet Union. We knew without a doubt that God intended His message to blast away all barriers.”
AWR has continued to carry the voice of hope to unreached people groups in their own languages. Today, programs in more than 100 languages can be heard around the world, through FM and shortwave radio, podcasts, and on demand.
“Radio is an incredibly valuable vehicle for spreading the gospel,” says AWR president Dowell Chow. “It reaches across borders and barriers, directly into people’s homes and hearts. Radios are generally affordable, and people are able to listen in privacy. Hearing a message in their mother tongue resonates deeply with them.”
AWR serves a diverse array of listeners, from Middle Eastern students accessing podcasts in Internet cafes, to villagers with small shortwave radios in Cambodia and FM listeners in the major cities of Uganda. The programs not only introduce listeners to Jesus, but also continue to nurture them in the absence of church workers. In countries such as Kenya, Vietnam, Madagascar, and more, people in remote or restricted areas have formed “AWR churches.” They learn – in their own language – about health, family relations, and above all, Jesus’ unfailing love for them.
A listener in Nepal wrote, “I am 19 years old and am studying in a local college. A few years back, I had contact with some Christian friends, who gave me advice on becoming a Christian. But I had to return to my village, which is very deep in the inner Himalaya and far from modern civilization. So for a few years, I was totally cut off from fellowship.
“Then I found your program, which has given me a new spirit and new energy to come to Jesus more closely. Now my whole village, about 20 households, is listening to your program every day. We are very close here. Your program has been a great resource for us all. Thank you very much for thinking about us, and giving us this inspiring program.”
AT THE AFRICAN UNION, AN ADVENTIST LEADER SPEAKS FOR HUMAN DIGNITY
AT THE AFRICAN UNION, AN ADVENTIST LEADER SPEAKS FOR HUMAN DIGNITY
[Photo credit: General Conference Public Affairs & Religious Liberty]
THE AFRICAN UNION PRAYER BREAKFAST PROVIDES SPIRITUAL ENCOURAGEMENT TO POLITICAL LEADERS GRAPPLING WITH IMMENSE SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CHALLENGES.
February 09, 2016 | Addis Ababa, Ethiopia | Bettina Krause/PARL |
As heads of state for 54 African countries gathered for the 26th African Union Summit, a Seventh-day Adventist leader urged delegates to recognize “respect for human dignity” as a foundational principle of good governance. Dr. Ganoune Diop, director of Public Affairs and Religious Liberty for the Adventist world church, spoke at the African Union Prayer Breakfast on January 30, held at the African Union headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The breakfast brought together heads of state, foreign ministers, and religious leaders to pray for those involved in the two-day summit of political leaders—a key annual event focused on challenges facing the African continent.
“Religions agree, even secular ideologies agree, on this one principle called ‘human dignity,’” said Diop, who was one the invited presenters at the breakfast.
“Human dignity is not just one value to be ranked among other values,” he said. It is “a foundational principle that undergirds all human rights in international covenants, treaties and conventions.
Diop challenged his listeners to imagine a transformed world where “this single principle of human dignity is upheld everywhere, in all encounters.”
Diop prayed that leaders gathered for the African Union Summit would have the courage to refuse violence in all its forms, and to reflect God’s character by pursuing “freedom, justice, peace, and love.”
Speaking after the event, Diop said that representing the church at the African Union Prayer Breakfast provided a chance to highlight a pivotal value for Adventists—the conviction that every person has been endowed by their Creator with infinite worth. This single principle, says Diop, is central to Adventists’ understanding of freedom of religion and belief, and to the church’s global commitment to improve the lives of people through health care, education, and humanitarian support.
The African Union Prayer Breakfast is held every January in tandem with the African Union Summit. Issues dominating the agenda of this year’s Summit included human rights, violence and extremism, the empowerment of women, education, and economic development.
ADVENTIST CHURCH PRESIDENT HOLDS FIRST MEETING WITH UN CHIEF
ADVENTIST CHURCH PRESIDENT HOLDS FIRST MEETING WITH UN CHIEF
UN chief Ban Ki-moon posing with Adventist Church leader Ted N.C. Wilson on Monday, April 6. [photo: Evan Schneider / UN]
THE TWO LEADERS DISCUSS WAYS TO HELP PEOPLE AND PROMOTE RELIGIOUS TOLERANCE
April 07, 2015 | Silver Spring, Maryland, United States | Andrew McChesney / Adventist Review |
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon expressed concerns about growing religious intolerance worldwide during a private meeting with Adventist Church leader Ted N.C. Wilson, and he invited the Seventh-day Adventist Church to work with the UN in helping people.
Wilson, the first Adventist Church president to meet with a UN chief, noted that the church has long supported religious liberty and said it was willing to team up on initiatives that followed Christ’s ministry of helping people physically, mentally, socially, and spiritually.
Ganoune Diop, associate director of the Adventist world church’s public affairs and religious liberty department, said his department takes Jesus’ words of being the “salt of the earth” and the “light of the world” in Matt. 5:13, 14 seriously.
“Its representatives mingle with political and religious leaders in every country without losing or compromising a distinctive Adventist identity,” said Diop, who attended the meeting.
Ban met with Wilson, Diop, and John Graz, director of the public affairs and religious liberty department, at 12:10 p.m. Monday for a 45-minute meeting in his office at the United Nations headquarters in New York.
The meeting was arranged with the personal involvement of Ambassador Joseph Verner Reed, dean of the UN undersecretary-general and a friend of Seventh-day Adventists, who regularly corresponded with Diop to make the meeting a reality, Diop said.
“It was a real privilege to meet the secretary-general and to hear his appeal for assistance for humanity,” Wilson told the Adventist Review.
“Seventh-day Adventists should be ready to witness for the Lord anywhere we go and to testify of God’s blessing in our lives and what we can do in His name,” he said. “The world is waiting for this type of heaven-inspired testimony with clear answers to today’s problems.”
Ban spoke about global issues such as poverty and a lack of education before voicing his concern about religious intolerance reaching unprecedented levels globally. Just last week, a militant Islamist group killed 148 people in an attack on Christians at a Kenyan university. IS and other extremist organizations in Iraq, Syria, Nigeria, Libya, and elsewhere have also targeted Christians and other religious groups with often-deadly violence in recent months.
Ban underscored his belief that people should cultivate a respect for all, including those of other faiths. He indicated that he appreciated the Adventist Church’s work in promoting religious liberty as well as education, health, and humanitarian aid through the Adventist Development and Relief Agency. ADRA has worked with the UN in assisting refugees in the Middle East and elsewhere.
Wilson thanked Ban for the meeting and told about various church initiatives that correspond with the UN’s mission to help people.
“We had an excellent meeting with the secretary-general and some of his staff, sharing with them about the Adventist Church’s activities,” Wilson said. “We focused on certain things that the Adventist Church can help with, such as religious liberty, freedom of conscience, ethical and spiritual values, respect for human dignity, family guidance, encouragement for young people, and basic human necessities like pure water and fundamental education.”
Wilson added: “It is only if we are led by the Lord that we can truly be effective in our outreach to the world preparing them for Christ’s soon coming by carrying out the practical ministry of Jesus through the Holy Spirit’s power.”
Earlier Monday, Ban held talks with Tanzanian President Jakaya Kikwete, whom Wilson incidentally met during a visit to the East African country in February.
At the meeting with Wilson, Graz gave a short report about major congresses organized by the church-affiliated International Religious Liberty Association that promote religious liberty and the church’s strong support of Article 18 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which says everyone has the right “to change his religion or belief.”
Graz, secretary-general of the International Religious Liberty Association, said he was encouraged to see Ban’s concern about religious intolerance and desire to see people of goodwill work together to bring justice and freedom.
“It was a historical meeting between the UN secretary-general and the president of the Seventh-day Adventist Church about the state of the world and how we can help people living in very difficult environments,” Graz said.
“As disciples of Jesus, we want to help people and especially those who are voiceless, discriminated against, and persecuted,” he said. “In this way, we share the essential values of the UN.”
Diop said he also saw ways that the church and UN could cooperate, particularly in eradicating poverty and promoting education and healthcare.
“The impressive portfolio that the Seventh-day Adventist Church has developed for the service to the whole human family remarkably resonates with the Millennium Development Goals and the Sustainable Development Goals of the UN,” he said in a statement.
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