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Vote reaffirms older policy; request sent to General Conference for exemption

Commissioned ministers can lead North American conferences, leaders vote

LLU VP for diversity to lead historically black university

Dr. Leslie N. Pollard will become Oakwood University's 13th president. The historically African-America institution is directly affiliated with the denomination's world headquarters. [photo courtesy Oakwood University]

Oakwood selects Pollard as president

Don't underestimate the influence of the local church environment on visitors and new members

Effective new members retention strategy must go beyond programs

Agency distributing sanitation supplies, providing prevention education

While health experts say the cholera outbreak in Haiti is easing, the earthquake-devastated country's first bout from the disease in decades is far from over. Here, women wait while filling containers with water at a camp set up for earthquake victims in Port-au-Prince on October 26. (photo by AP)

In Haiti, ADRA ramps up Cholera prevention awareness

Large appointee list typical for autumn meetings following Session

Leaders elect staff for church offices during Annual Council

Many buildings in North America mission field sat empty for decades; still hundreds of un-entered villages

This Adventist Church in Shungnak, Alaska, United States, sat empty for at least two decades. Last month, two volunteers moved here to restart Adventist ministry in the village. Seven of the denomination's Arctic region churches are functioning again following a halt on ministry after funding dwindled beginning in the 1980s. [photo courtesy Alaska Conference]

Abandoned churches in Alaska home again to Adventist ministry

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