Four Pacific Union College (PUC) students died in a vehicle accident on Deer Park Road.

The Seventh-day Adventist Church in Vietnam received official recognition last month, granting the church in the Southeast Asian nation legal status to operate, church officials said.

Hundreds of previously illiterate Mozambican adults are reading and writing after completing the first part of a four-level literacy program last week.

Romanian national president Traian Basescu visited a Seventh-day Adventist Church in Madrid, Spain earlier this month, drawing attention to the country's significant Romanian immigrant population -- 6,000 of whom are Adventists.

Jere D. Patzer, North Pacific Union Conference president since 1996, died October 26 following a lengthy battle with non-Hodgkins lymphoma. He was 61.

In an election year, words like "truth" are often thrown around without much regard. But what is truth? Many years ago, God wrote His truth in tables of stone. Man has tried to put pen to paper to draft his own truth, but that has often deteriorated as fast as the parchment it was written on. But God's law still stands today. He gave us a code of good moral conduct because He knows what's best for us.

It Is Written just launched an exciting, interactive Bible study website just for kids! Created and hosted by Jean Boonstra, My Place With Jesus leads children into a deeper understanding of the Bible. The 14 lessons cover topics such as Creation and Heaven, and each student is treated to a treat at the end of each study. The site is a safe place for kids on the Internet, and no personal information is collected from the child. To be one of the first people to experience this new It Is Written outreach, visit www.MyPlaceWithJesus.com.

From Feb. 1 - March 1, 2008, thousands of people attended "Revelation Speaks Peace" in Portland. This month-long evangelistic series was a joint effort between It Is Written and the Oregon Conference.

From March 15-22, Pastor Robert Costa and the Está Escrito team traveled to La Paz, Bolivia, to hold a series of meetings in conjunction with 2,500 churches around the world.

I was on my way home late one afternoon when out of the corner of my eye I saw a man ride past me on his motorcycle. My husband and I are members of the Christian Motorcycle Association (CMA), so I took more than a...

He confidently made the oath and the waiting crowd was amazed by the unexpected outcome! A Chinese man named Xu, who swore he didn't owe money that he had borrowed from a neighbor, was hit by lightning 60 seconds later.

The news on Wall Street these days is not very encouraging. I doubt financial investors are sleeping well, and neither are many average citizens. Uncertainty and confusion are common companions.

Okay, I'm finally convinced! I need glasses. Rather, I need to wear glasses. I remember when I got my first glasses a couple of years ago. I became quickly frustrated. I didn't like wearing them. I hadn't worn...

The first prayer most of us prayed was the blessing, "God is great, God is good, Let us thank Him for our food," or the classic bedtime prayer, "Now I lay me down to sleep."

Most people with Alzheimer's disease have a strong desire to live in their homes as long as possible. Families share this desire. Paradoxically, the home is often the best place and the worst place for Alzheimer's care.

One of the hardest things about moving to a new town is finding new friends. Trying to find where you belong; a place to call your own. When my husband, son and I moved a little over a year ago, I felt blessed to be moving to...

She was terrified. Of her locker. Her combination locker. The one she had to open on her first day of seventh grade. It's all I heard about for weeks before. Not the new teachers, or new students or all the homework.