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Welcome to the Trans-European Division’s European Pastors' Council (EPC).

Theme: Reach Europe: Connect – Inspire – Change
Date: 28 August – 2 September 2018
Venue: Sava Centar, Belgrade, Serbia

The council is now over but the spirit lives on in a series of recordings on our YouTube channel, reports on our websites, downloadable resouces from workshops and some pictures galleries on our Facebook page.

Watch all all the plenary sessions on demand on our YouTube Channel

Enjoy the especially commisioned video clips produced on location at EPC: Permission to Dream

Read reports from EPC18 on our news page.

Enjoy the theme song 'Your Kingdom Come'

EPC takes place every five years and is a convention for the pastors, Bible workers, departmental leaders and accompanying spouses from the 22 countries in our Division.

Workshops

Review workshops and download selected presentations by opening the workshop schedule and clicking on the links. (Links and details are being continuously updated during the Council.)

A photo introduction to the Sava Centar and sights of Belgrade:

Photo memories from our previous EPC in Rogaška Slatina, Slovenia:

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Our beliefs

Seventh-day Adventist beliefs are meant to permeate your whole life. Growing out of scriptures that paint a compelling portrait of God, you are invited to explore, experience and know the One who desires to make us whole.

NEWS

New book encourages joy and diversity for children

17 June 2019 | Binfield, UK [Victor Hulbert] How do you instil community and joy in your children when you live in one culture, but come from another? The answer for Judith Nyirenda is simple: “Write a book.”

World Refugee Sabbath 2019

We would rejoice if there were NO World Refugee Sabbath - because there were NO refugees. Sadly that is not the case, so for the fourth year running, the Trans-European Division, in partnership with the Inter-European Division and ADRA Europe, is highlighting the needs of refugees and migrants in Europe. Our focus this year is Hospitality, based on the words of Hebrews 12:2 "Do not forget to show hospitality to strangers..."

Untangling policies – Understanding risk and liability

13 June 2019 | Binfield, UK [Giles Barham] What better hymn for a day on Risk Management than ‘Blessed Assurance, Jesus is mine’. That was the apt hymn choice as Pastor Ian Sweeney, President of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in the UK and Ireland, led worship for a group of Adventist leaders, who came to understand a slew of Insurance policies and Risk Management advice from European and World Church leaders of Adventist Risk Management [ARM].

European Pastors' Council 2018

Our beliefs