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New fundraising guide for churches
A local congregation decides to build a church fellowship hall, but doesn’t secure adequate funding beforehand, assuming “the money will come once we get going.” It’s a familiar scenario, and one Seventh-day Adventist philanthropy experts are hoping a new -
InFocus celebrates 200th episode
The 200th episode of Record InFocus will broadcast this evening on the Hope Channel and the Australian Christian Channel. -
Order of Merit to Jan Paulsen
Former Seventh-day Adventist world church President, Dr. Jan Paulsen (77), has been appointed Commander of the Royal Norwegian Order of Merit. -
Church celebrates 50 years
On Saturday, 3 December 2011, Charlestown Seventh-day Adventist Church was packed to capacity with present members, past members and friends all helping to celebrate the church’s 50th anniversary. -
Concern for Adventists in ferry disaster
At least five Adventists are believed to have been passengers on a ferry that sank during its journey between Lae and Kimbe in Papua New Guinea. -
Sanitarium Christchurch Suspends Operations
Sanitarium management shared with their Christchurch Manufacturing staff yesterday a decision to indefinitely suspend Weet-Bix manufacturing operations. -
Back to school for new school staff
On 16 and 17 January, 59 new employees of the Adventist School Company in North New South Wales (NNSW) undertook two days of orientation and training at the NNSW Conference Office in Wallsend. -
Adventists face violence in Nigeria
Church attendance is dropping in northeastern Nigeria, due to fear of continuing terrorist attacks targeting Christians. The attacks are primarily perpetrated by radical Islamist group, 'Boko Haram', meaning "western education is sinful" in the local Haus -
Australia's first Bible visits Adventist Media
The first Bible to arrive in Australia in 1788 has been featured on RECORD InFocus. -
ADRA takes over bank
A visit to the Westpac branch in Logan Central on any Friday during November would have surprised you—pleasantly. All the staff—tellers and manager—wore green ADRA shirts on those days. -
The year Hope went to the world
HopeChannel had a productive year during 2011, breaking new ground. Jared Madden, HopeChannel director in the South Pacific Division, tells us all about it. -
Church celebrates 100 years of communication
The Seventh-day Adventist Church is celebrating the denomination’s 100 years of public relations ministry this month. -
TV station to share Good News
The free-to-air Adventist television station in Samoa has officially opened its new studio. -
First graduating class for NCC
Noosa Christian College on the Sunshine Coast (Qld) have celebrated the graduation of their first Year 12 class. -
WA women flourish through prayer
A recent women's retreat in Western Australia has seen more than 100 women "flourish" through the power of prayer. -
600 women hold fast to Master's hand
Close to 600 women from Australia, New Zealand, American Samoa, USA, and Samoa, united in prayer and song to worship God in their own language, renewing and strengthening bonds of sisterhood as women of Samoa. -
Church law reintroduced in Hungary
The saga of securing official church status in Hungary continues, despite what religious liberty advocates called encouraging news late last year when the Constitutional Court struck down the country’s controversial Law of Churches. -
Local church raises money for mission boat
A fundraising dinner was held by Seventh-day Adventist Church members from Lau in Suva recently. -
Church budget funds mission around world
The budget of the Seventh-day Adventist Church’s world headquarters this year will fund mission work and administrative support outside of North America, as well as the operation of the headquarters building. -
Church responds to shift in time
On Thursday December 29 at midnight, Samoa is skipping forward a day to Saturday December 31, in order to align its calendar with Australia, New Zealand and Asia. The change poses an interesting theological question for Seventh-day Adventist Christians. -
ADRA aids in Philippines
The Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) is providing life-saving essentials to those who survived the deadly Typhoon Washi. -
Safe church training launched at Lakeside
In a first for the Australian Union Conference and the North New South Wales Conference, Lakeside Seventh-day Adventist Church was the inaugural church to take part in the newly-released Adventist version of the Safe Church Training program. -
Record wishes you a happy Christmas
The team here at RECORD would like to wish you a safe and happy Christmas break. It has been an interesting and, at times, challenging year but we thank you for reading, watching and writing. -
Flood stories acknowledge Adventist spirit
A book collecting stories from the last-January flooding in the Toowoomba region (Qld) has included a tribute to participants in the Australian Pathfinder camporee held amid the rain and flooding at the Toowoomba Showgrounds from January 4 to 9, 2011. -
Religious freedom preserved in Hungary
The constitutional court of Hungary has struck down the controversial "law of churches" which would have seen the Seventh-day Adventist church, have to apply for legal status in the country after January 1, 2012. -
Something Real this Christmas
Is there anything authentic and non-commercial left in Christmas? It’s a fair question to ask as we are bombarded with a thousand enticements to use our credit card, and precious little to entice us to use our hearts... -
RECORD releasing Android app
The moment you've all been waiting for! RECORD announces the release of its new Android app. -
Pastors pray over Prime Minister
Papua New Guinea’s Prime Minister Peter O’Neill was surrounded by Seventh-day Adventist pastors at Korobosea church for a prayer and dedication for his leadership and government. -
Signs apprentice best in Victoria
An employee of Signs Publishing Company has been recognised as the RMIT Apprentice of the Year for the print industry in Victoria. Daniel Menkens is completing the final year of his print finishing apprenticeship with the Adventist church’s Warburton-base -
Graduation celebrates study and service
It is a record René Gehring did not seek, but he will become the first student to graduate with a PhD from Avondale College of Higher Education.