Tag: religious persecution

Alison Buckley offers a glimpse of the history and hospitality of the Kurdish community.

A senior US senator said religious freedom was under threat in the United States and around the world and praised the Seventh-day Adventist Church for playing a major role in defending it.

At least 10 Seventh-day Adventists were among the 148 people slain when four Islamist militants stormed a Kenyan university last week in an attack against Christians, church leaders said on Wednesday.

United Nations secretary-general Ban Ki-moon expressed concerns about growing religious intolerance worldwide during a private meeting with Adventist Church leader Dr Ted Wilson, and he invited the Church to work with the UN in helping people.

Seventh-day Adventist church leaders and others who support religious liberty will participate in marking Monday, October 27 as International Religious Freedom Day (IRFD).

Church groups in Australia are joining forces in an effort to raise awareness of the plight of Christians in the Middle East.