South Pacific Ministers explore creative mission in Europe
12 April 2017 | St Albans [Victor Hulbert] Ten pastoral staff from the New Zealand Pacific Union Conference (NZPUC) visited with Trans-European Division staff on Tuesday, 11 April with the aim of gaining an insight into how mission can be achieved within the secularised and diverse cultures of Europe.
Read MoreTerrorist attack in Stockholm condemned
7 April 2017 | Stockholm [Rainer Refsbäck] Once again, Europe has suffered a cowardly terrorist attack in which innocent people have been mown down by a hijacked vehicle, this time in central Stockholm. The Union office of the Seventh-day Adventist Church and the Stockholm Central Adventist Church is located only just over a block from…
Read MoreAdventist Church responds to Westminster attack, London
23 March 2017 | St Albans, UK [Victor Hulbert] Seventh-day Adventists across Europe again mourn the unnecessary loss of life and injury incurred during an attack outside the UK Houses of Parliament on Wednesday, 22 March 2017. We particularly feel and pray for those families and individuals whose lives have been affected by this tragedy.
Read MoreVictor Marley to lead Adventist Church in Norway
22 March 2017 | Røyse, Norway [ Wider Ursett / tedNEWS] Victor Marley was elected this week by the Norwegian Union Executive Committee as the new leader of the Seventh-day Adventist church in Norway. This follows the 15 March resignation of Reidar J. Kvinge, enabling him to focus more directly on evangelism.
Read MoreReflecting on the International Day of Happiness
20 March 2017 | St Albans, UK [Alan Redfern] Welcome to the International Day of Happiness. Really – this is the official designation of today by the United Nations. Fortunately, happiness is not compulsory.
Read MoreRetired Swedish pastor marks over 80 years of fundraising for the needy
20 March 2017 | Sweden [Marcos Paseggi, Senior Correspondent, Adventist Review] A retired Seventh-day Adventist pastor has been raising money for the needy for over 80 years in Sweden, most of that time to support Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) projects around the world. Evert Johansson, who will turn 95 next month still goes…
Read MoreSwedish SAT test change to benefit Adventist and Jewish students
17 March 2017 | Stockholm, Sweden [Rainer Refsbäck] On Thursday, 9 March, Swedish Radio news and other media highlighted that the small Seventh-day Adventist Church in Sweden is behind the change in how the Swedish Scholastic Aptitude Test (SweSAT) will be administered. Beginning in 2018 the test will be offered alternately on Sunday and Saturday,…
Read MoreMinisterial Mentoring in the Baltics
16 March 2017 | St Albans, UK [Victor Hulbert] How do you really know what ministers need? For Patrick Johnson, Trans-European Division Ministerial Association secretary, the answer is simple: get alongside them. Last week, 5 – 10 March, he did exactly that, accompanied by TED president, Raafat Kamal.
Read MoreReidar Kvinge leaves Norwegian Union Presidency for evangelism
15 March 2017 | Røyse, Norway [Tor Tjeransen] Pastor Reidar J Kvinge announced today that he is resigning as president of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Norway. However, there is nothing dramatic in the reason for pastor Kvinge’s resignation even though his decision to resign came as a total surprise to most employees of the union.
Read MoreFree speech for Christians in a secular world
8 March 2017 | Binfield, UK [Helen Pearson] The March Diversity Lecture at Newbold College on Tuesday, 7 March, focused on a subject dear to the hearts of Seventh-day Adventists – religious liberty. Dr David Landrum, Director of Advocacy at the Evangelical Alliance spoke about the development of contemporary ideas about free speech and the…
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