This week on ANN, our team shares their favorite holiday memories and traditions...we'll take a look into what the co-founder of the Seventh-day Adventist Church had to say about Christmas...and learn how you can give a practical gift to families in need around the world. These stories and more coming up.

This week on ANN...the Adventist church's association for members who serve in public office expands to Brazil...students from a Seventh-day Adventist Academy in Egypt undertake a massive garbage removal initiative that leaves a lasting impact on its community...and see a full report of the Adventist response to a devastating environmental disaster in Brazil. These stories and more coming up.

This week on ANN...the Seventh-day Adventist Church in North America responds to the mass shooting in San Bernardino California...Government officials acknowledge the work of Loma Linda University Medical Center in response to the San Bernardino massacre...and...the Adventist Development and Relief Agency in Colombia receives a historic award from the nation's congressional body. These stories and more coming up.

This week on ANN, an update on the devastating bushfires in Western Australia that directly impacted a local Adventist community...an Australian Seventh-day Adventist Church holds a forum on how the Church can support Syrian refugees who are migrating to the South Pacific nation...and an exclusive interview with the country director of the Adventist humanitarian agency in the central European nation of Slovenia. 

These stories and more coming up.

This week on ANN, a mining accident in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais causes the state's worst environmental disaster...international leaders discuss the role of religious values in driving positive economic development...and an Adventist church in the U.S. state of Michigan is vandalized in what investigators are calling a "religiously biased incident" 

These stories and more coming up.

This week on ANN, Seventh-day Adventist leaders express their condolences in response to the recent tragedy in Paris...students at Oakwood University stand in solidarity with students in the U.S. state of Missouri who are protesting against racism on an university campus...and the nation of Fiji officially inaugurates its first Seventh-day Adventist President. These stories and more coming up.

This week on ANN, Adventist religious liberty leaders in Italy hold a forum to help end prejudice towards Muslims in the nation...a report from a prominent think-tank in Washington D.C. takes a closer look at the beliefs and demographics of the Seventh-day Adventist Church...and a religious freedom conference in Moscow highlights an increase of international religious extremism. 

These stories and more coming up.

This week on ANN...a Seventh-day Adventist pastor who was declared missing in Angola is reunited with his family...Adventists humanitarians and students in Australia advocate for increased foreign aid to help end global poverty...and Church leaders in Inter-Europe express sympathy for families who lost loved ones as a result of a tragic fire in Romania. 

These stories and more coming up.

This week on ANN, Adventist humanitarians prepare emergency response efforts after a devastating earthquake in Afghanistan...the Adventist Development and Relief Agency in Mexico responds to the strongest hurricane ever recorded in the Western Hemisphere...and the Adventist educational system in the nation of El Salvador receives recognition from the World Health Organization. These stories and more coming up.

This week on ANN, a Seventh-day Adventist is set to be the next president of Fiji...Adventist humanitarians in the Philippines respond to devastation caused by Super Typhoon Koppu... and the Adventist Development and Relief Agency in Brazil provides resources to flood victims in Rio Grande do Sul.

These stories and more coming up.