http://adventist.org.au Adventist church news for Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific Islands. http://adventist.org.au/newsevents/southpacificnews/news_articles/12_new_global_mission_projects_for_2009 17 Dec 2008 1:00pm 12 new Global Mission projects have been added to the 34 continuing projects in the Seventh-day Adventist Church in the South Pacific that caters to new people groups and establishes an Adventist presence in un-entered areas. http://adventist.org.au/newsevents/southpacificnews/news_articles/12_new_global_mission_projects_for_2009 http://adventist.org.au/newsevents/southpacificnews/news_articles/lower_interest_rates_not_all_good_news 17 Dec 2008 8:46am The recent fall in interest rates in Australia is not good news for everyone, says Rodney Brady, chief financial officer of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in the South Pacific. http://adventist.org.au/newsevents/southpacificnews/news_articles/lower_interest_rates_not_all_good_news http://adventist.org.au/newsevents/southpacificnews/news_articles/supportive_ministries_recognised 26 Nov 2008 11:48am Previously granted provisional status, the Medical Missionary Training Institute, based near Townsville (Qld), is now fully recognised as a supportive ministry of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in the South Pacific. http://adventist.org.au/newsevents/southpacificnews/news_articles/supportive_ministries_recognised http://adventist.org.au/newsevents/southpacificnews/news_articles/new_health_director_appointed 26 Nov 2008 11:40am Pastor Kevin Price has been appointed as the director of Adventist Health Ministries for the South Pacific. http://adventist.org.au/newsevents/southpacificnews/news_articles/new_health_director_appointed http://adventist.org.au/newsevents/southpacificnews/news_articles/a_child-like_faith 05 Dec 2008 10:18am Sharlene Guest ponders the meaning of Christmas with a four-year old friend. http://adventist.org.au/newsevents/southpacificnews/news_articles/a_child-like_faith http://adventist.org.au/newsevents/southpacificnews/news_articles/south_pacific_evangelistic_series_concludes_for_the_year 05 Dec 2008 8:39am The 2008 evangelistic series co-organised by local churches and the Ministerial Association department of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in the South Pacific have concluded for the year in Honiara, Solomon Islands, on December 1. http://adventist.org.au/newsevents/southpacificnews/news_articles/south_pacific_evangelistic_series_concludes_for_the_year http://adventist.org.au/newsevents/southpacificnews/news_articles/auckland_seventh-day_adventist_high_school_achieves_national_honours 02 Dec 2008 1:33pm DICE, a Year 12 group from Auckland Seventh-day Adventist high school has achieved much success. http://adventist.org.au/newsevents/southpacificnews/news_articles/auckland_seventh-day_adventist_high_school_achieves_national_honours http://adventist.org.au/newsevents/southpacificnews/news_articles/adventists_in_the_news_december_19_2008 18 Dec 2008 8:58am Spotlight on what Seventh-day Adventists are doing in their community as reported in the newspapers. http://adventist.org.au/newsevents/southpacificnews/news_articles/adventists_in_the_news_december_19_2008 http://adventist.org.au/newsevents/southpacificnews/news_articles/pastors_develop_on-screen_presence 11 Dec 2008 3:11pm Twenty-four Seventh-day Adventist evangelists have been trained to become better television presenters at the Adventist Media Network headquarters in Wahroonga from December 9 to 11, 2008. http://adventist.org.au/newsevents/southpacificnews/news_articles/pastors_develop_on-screen_presence http://adventist.org.au/newsevents/southpacificnews/news_articles/church_finances_in_good_shape 26 Nov 2008 1:22pm http://adventist.org.au/newsevents/southpacificnews/news_articles/church_finances_in_good_shape http://adventist.org.au/newsevents/southpacificnews/news_articles/church_membership_tops_400,000 26 Nov 2008 11:13am In early 2008, the membership of the Adventist Church in the South Pacific passed 400,000 but, according to its general secretary Pastor Lawrence Tanabose, the ratio of church members in proportion to the population of this region has been going backward in recent years. http://adventist.org.au/newsevents/southpacificnews/news_articles/church_membership_tops_400,000 http://adventist.org.au/newsevents/southpacificnews/news_articles/church_development_at_cooranbong_approved 12 Dec 2008 10:45am A $1 billion dollar housing project has been approved by the New South Wales State Planning Minister on land owned by the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Cooranbong, Australia. http://adventist.org.au/newsevents/southpacificnews/news_articles/church_development_at_cooranbong_approved http://adventist.org.au/newsevents/southpacificnews/news_articles/adventists_in_the_news_december_12_2008 11 Dec 2008 9:35am Spotlight on what Seventh-day Adventists are doing in their community as reported in the newspapers. http://adventist.org.au/newsevents/southpacificnews/news_articles/adventists_in_the_news_december_12_2008 http://adventist.org.au/newsevents/southpacificnews/news_articles/adra_nz_charity_run_raises_over_$46,000_for_adra 05 Dec 2008 9:34am A record entry of 1615 runners attended the annual Adventist Development and Relief Agency New Zealand Charity Run. http://adventist.org.au/newsevents/southpacificnews/news_articles/adra_nz_charity_run_raises_over_$46,000_for_adra http://adventist.org.au/newsevents/southpacificnews/news_articles/prayer_at_a_ring 06 Nov 2008 4:25pm Local churches in Australia will soon be able to reach out and connect with their community in a personal way, with only the help of the telephone. http://adventist.org.au/newsevents/southpacificnews/news_articles/prayer_at_a_ring http://adventist.org.au/newsevents/southpacificnews/news_articles/president_talks_church 26 Nov 2008 10:46am President of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in the South Pacific Pastor Barry Oliver focused on the role and identity of the church in his opening address to the annual meeting of the Adventist Church in the South Pacific's executive committee on November 11. http://adventist.org.au/newsevents/southpacificnews/news_articles/president_talks_church