The regional governor of Tula, for instance, told a Seventh Day Adventist pastor that if he wanted to rent a lecture-theatre for worship he should ask permission of the local Orthodox priest.

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However, Black said boys and girls are welcome to join even if not from Seventh-day Adventist families.

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Loma Linda University is a Seventh-day Adventist institution specializing in health care.

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Professor Perls explained that a previous study had looked at longevity in a group of people belonging to the Seventh-day Adventist Church.

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OK, so TAPPS, or at least its members, might have sent mixed signals on this point, last year rescheduling soccer semifinals for a Seventh-Day Adventist school that follows the same sundown Friday to sundown Saturday Sabbath as Beren.

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