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Growth, Challenges

November 19, 2000
Adventist Press Service (APD)
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Adventist Church in Euro-Asia Region Reports Growth, 
Challenges

Moscow, Russia.         Michael Kaminski, secretary 
of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Russia and central
Asia, reported on October 31 that the church in the 
region has grown by some 14 percent over the past year, 
bringing total membership to 135,688. Kaminski also told 
delegates to the annual year-end gathering of church 
leaders that an estimated 10,700 members had left the 
church in the same period, highlighting the need to 
provide better nurture and spiritual care for all church 
members.  

Church administrators reported at the meeting that 
145 new church buildings had been built, with 47 still in 
pprogress, due to the "Hands Across the World" program-
a Global Mission church-building project, which was 
supported by offerings given by Adventists worldwide.  

Lowell Cooper, a general vice president of the Adventist 
world church, represented the church's General Conference 
at the meeting and says he was "impressed by the skill, 
commitment, and rapport of the leadership team" in the 
Euro-Asia region.