wfn.org | Sao Tome/Principe: President Commends Adventist Church

["Christian B. Schäffler" <APD_Info_Schweiz@compuserve.com>]

February 7, 1999
Adventist Press Service (APD)
Christian B. Schaeffler, Editor-in-chief
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Sao Tome and Principe: President Commends Adventist 
Church

Sao Tome, [APD] Miguel Trovoada, president of the 
Republic of Sao Tome and Principe welcomed the 
January 19, visit of Robert S. Folkenberg, president 
of the Seventh-day Adventist Church, and said that 
he appreciates the activities of the Adventist Church 
in his country.

"I am very happy to welcome you today," said Trovoada. 
"The work of your Church in our country is very much 
appreciated because of the beneficial influence it 
exerts upon its population. Our democratic policy 
promotes the practice of religious liberty as far as 
it lays within the framework of respect of the 
citizens' rights and duties and promotes man's moral 
values and dignity." 

Folkenberg was accompanied by Ulrich Frikart, Ulrich 
Frikart, president of the Adventist's Euro-Africa 
Division whose territory includes Sao Tome, and 
Maurice Verfaillie, director of the Department of 
Public Affairs and Religious Liberty of the same 
Division. The church leaders had the opportunity to 
better explain to the President of the Republic the 
mission of the Seventh-day Adventist Church and the 
spirit in which it develops its activities. 

The tiny volcanic islands of Sao Tome and Principe lie 
in the Gulf of Guinea about 150 miles (240 km) off 
West Africa. The former Portuguese territory became 
autonomous in April 1995.[99/04/03]