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Proposed code seeks to ban conversion; a need to raise awareness among Christian community

Proposed legislation in Nepal's national parliament seeks to prohibit religious conversion. Above, Adventist youth in Banepa, Nepal, hand out Adventist literature to passers-by during a youth rally last month. [ANN file photo]

Evangelism ban would undermine Nepal's fledgling democratic society, religious liberty experts say

Annual tech conference highlights need for connectivity, engaging content

Williams Costa Jr., Communication director of the Adventist world church, tells the Global Internet Evangelism Network forum that he will push church leaders to commit more resources to the design of Web technology in the church. In recent years, all content -- from print to radio and television -- has converged online, he said. [photos: Daryl Gungadoo]

Communication director urges greater commitment to social media, Web platform design

National leader enlists further support from church to address social, economic challenges

President of Guyana, Bharrat Jagdeo, accepts an award from the Seventh-day Adventist Church in the country for uplifting the people of Guyana. During his remarks at a Guyana Conference business session May 25, Jagdeo commended the church's community impact. [photo courtesy Guyana Conference]

In Guyana, President Jagdeo commends Adventist community focus

'Don't be satisfied with what you did yesterday,' Jackson says; a call to embrace new media

In North America, Adventist leadership to provide direction for region's media ministries

Neves on 'inspiring' vs. 'convincing' content to reach big, secular city

Over dinner at the GiEN forum, Sam Neves said that Adventist content should inspire, not just convince, which the church has done historically. Engaging content will inspire people from a secular background, he said. [photo: Ansel Oliver]

Church Chat: London-area church finds Web technology helps members invite friends

Why forbidding what's culturally different threatens religious liberty

A ban on the burqa in France threatens religious liberty, says John Graz, director of Public Affairs and Religious Liberty for the Seventh-day Adventist Church. Here, Graz in Washington, D.C. in April. [ANN file photo]

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Evangelism ban would undermine Nepal's fledgling democratic society, religious liberty experts say

Communication director urges greater commitment to social media, Web platform design

In Guyana, President Jagdeo commends Adventist community focus

In North America, Adventist leadership to provide direction for region's media ministries

Church Chat: London-area church finds Web technology helps members invite friends

Is France going too far with its burqa ban?