Review Plans New Edition

During the recent North American Division year-end meeting, William Johnsson, editor/publisher of the Adventist Review, shared with committee members plans for a new edition of the magazine. “Adventist World” is scheduled to be launched in September 2005, and will be distributed free of charge to all members of the worldwide Seventh-day Adventist Church. This English edition will express quality of life, unity and growth in the Church. “The contents of this new edition will be extremely intentional. The teaching materials can be used for local churches and the cover feature will always be mission related,” said Johnsson.

New “Let’s Talk” Website Announced

Since becoming president of the world church in 1999, Pastor Jan Paulsen has looked for ways to improve communication between church administration and Adventist young people. “I recognize that too many of our young people feel a distance from the church,” he says. “They feel as if they don't have a voice, they don't feel that they have been heard, they don't feel that they have been understood.”

In 2003, Pastor Paulsen took part in “Let’s Talk”—an unscripted conversation with young people ages 15 to 25 that was broadcast live and unedited by satellite around the world. The response was immediate. Young people welcomed the chance to challenge the world church president on issues they felt deeply about. A second program, “Let’s Talk—Again,” was broadcast live from Andrews University in Michigan in September 2004. A new web site, www.letstalk.adventist.org, allows young people to e-mail their comments and questions directly to the president.