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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.

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

The essence of Christmas

14 December 2018 | St Albans, UK [Victor Hulbert] What is the essence of the Christmas message? For Raafat Kamal the verse that comes to mind is ‘Glory to God in highest, and on earth peace, good will to all men.’ [Luke 2:14] During his year-end video address, Kamal notes how ‘peace on earth, good will to all women and men, can be illustrated in the positive actions of Trans-European Division staff who chose to collect gifts for a local refuge centre during their festive Christmas meal.

The beauty in brokenness! An inside-out view of disability and the church

15 December 2018 | Bracknell, UK [Amy Ainsworth] I am NOT exceptional, I am NOT more inspired, I am NOT stupid, NOR am I intellectually superior! In reality, I AM, just like you!At the age of six, nearly seven, I was diagnosed as an epileptic* and, for the most part, I was excited. I felt like it made me unique, special. I had something no one else had and, like every other kid in the world, I believed I could do anything. I still do, to some degree, but social labels are powerful, so I learnt, at a very young age, to hide my feelings. To hide my diagnosis…

Decoding the ADRA Genome

10 December 2018 | Brussels, Belgium [ADRA Europe] On the 70th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, ADRA Europe makes a strong statement on the continued need to stand up for human rights.

European Pastors' Council 2018

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