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Headlines Adventists in Kenya Inaguarate a Brand New Union Office Headquarters Why Adventist Church’s Chinese broadcasts Are flourishing In Iraq, Adventist Church Leader Prays for New Church Appeal hearing delayed for jailed Pakistani Adventist after lawyers threatened In St. Thomas, a new café run by the Adventist Church is attracting dozens of people Adventists in Kenya Inaguarate a Brand New Union Office Headquarters Kenyan President praises contribution of the Adventist Church in the areas of health and education. More than 3,00 leaders and members from the Adventist church’s East-Central African Division celebrated the inauguration of the newly built West Kenya Union Conference headquarters last week in Kisumu, Kenya. The state of the art complex includes a brand new media center, two cafeterias and a host of offices and meetings rooms.  Special guests included His Excellency Uhuru Kenyatta, president of the country of Kenya. East-Central Africa Division president Blasious Ruguri welcomed the nation's president and acknowledged the work of Union president Kenneth Maena, whose leadership was able to inspire the building of the new three-story office complex in just 15 months.   Read more at news.adventist.org. Why Adventist Church’s Chinese broadcasts Are flourishing Some 8 million podcasts are downloaded every day in China. The Seventh-day Adventist radio broadcaster faced a dilemma. Protests were taking place in Tiananmen Square in Beijing, and radio studio staffers in Hong Kong wondered whether to mention it on the air. “We were facing a lot of pressure. Should we tell our people what was happening?” said Billy Liu, his brow furrowing as he remembered that day on June 4, 1989. Read more at news.adventist.org. In Iraq, Adventist Church Leader Prays for New Church Ted N.C. Wilson encourages the small congregation in Erbil to remain faithful. Ted N.C. Wilson, president of the Seventh-day Adventist Church, prayed at the construction site of a new church in Iraq as he made a weekend visit aimed at encouraging Adventist believers living 20 miles (30 kilometers) from Islamic State-occupied territory. Wilson, accompanied by his wife, Nancy, and a small group of church leaders, visited the city of Erbil, the thriving capital of Iraq’s autonomous region of Kurdistan, where high-rise construction was booming until oil prices fell and dining options include popular U.S. chains such as KFC and TGI Fridays.  Read more at news.adventist.org. Appeal hearing delayed for jailed Pakistani Adventist after lawyers threatened Lawyers for a Seventh-day Adventist man, currently serving a life sentence under Pakistan’s controversial blasphemy laws, were reportedly threatened by gunmen last week while traveling to an appeals hearing in the High Court of Lahore. According to ACI Prensa news agency, the two lawyers were detained on the road between Kasur and Lahore by armed men, who warned of violence if the lawyers persisted in their defense of 31-year-old Sajjad Masih Gill.    Read more at news.adventist.org. In St. Thomas, a new café run by the Adventist Church is attracting dozens of people Members are serving up prayer in one of the island's most popular shopping malls. A new café opened by Seventh-day Adventist church members in the U.S. Virgin Islands of St. Thomas is becoming a hot spot for dozens of people who visit a popular strip mall on the island. The main item on the menu: Prayer. The Prayer Café, which is located on the third floor of Foster’s Plaza, is a 600-square-foot space open daily. While there, people can sign in, have someone pray for them, and get to write and place their prayer requests into a prayer box.  Read more at news.adventist.org.

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