Bible Correspondence School Coordinators heighten cooperation for mission during World Advisory
17 May 2018 | Jerusalem, Israel [Kurt Johnson / Victor Hulbert] In a digital age how do you best reach people through a study of the Bible? Is it through social media, mobile-friendly websites, paper Bible courses, apps, or a combination of all? That was a question for representatives from every World Division, Adventist World…
Read MoreFinding Jesus through a movie
16 May 2018 | Krakow, Poland [Marek Rakowski] Natalia Tatarczuch, 24, studies sociology and psychology in Krakow, Poland. She loves to play squash, listen to music, and go to movies. That last passion, though, is special. Two years ago she had never heard of the Seventh-day Adventist Church. That changed when she watched Mel Gibson’s…
Read MoreSabbath School study guide now available anywhere, anytime, in multiple languages
15 May 2018 | Sydney, Australia [Tracey Bridcutt/tedNEWS] Volunteering can lead you in unexpected directions. Jared Martin and his wife took a year out from their studies in Australia to volunteer at the Danish Junior College, Vejlefjordskolen. They didn’t have access to a printed version of the Sabbath School lesson and found themselves struggling with…
Read MoreHealthy Relationships evangelism in South East Europe
3 May 2018 | Belgrade, Serbia [Marija Trajkovska] Historically speaking, spring time is when kings and armies set out to start new wars and go on the offensive. Today one of our biggest wars involves the breakdown of marriage and relationships – something that is destroying people’s lives.To tackle this issue the Family Ministries department…
Read MoreEuropean Health Conference tackles reversing disease with LifeStyle Medicine
28 April 2018 | Bucharest, Romania [Corrado Cozzi, EUDNews / Victor Hulbert] More than 640 medical professionals, dentists, chaplains, health educators and students met together 17-21 April for the second European Health Conference in Bucharest, Romania. The conference theme, ‘Reversing diseases with Lifestyle Medicine’, addressed a major challenge in terms of treatment of disease.
Read MoreFormer refugee asks God to bless ADRA
24 April 2018 | Norway [Tor Tjeransen] Yaman* fled with his mother and four siblings from the bombs falling on his village in Syria. On a bitterly cold train station at the border of Macedonia, ADRA gave the family warm clothing. Last weekend Yaman thanked ADRA for helping his family. “God bless the work of…
Read MoreCroatian Gospel Ensemble reach national audience, share mission
24 April 2018 | Zagreb, Croatia [Darko Kovačević] To share Jesus in front of a live audience of almost 2,000 people, plus a national radio and TV audience is every evangelist’s dream. The evangelist in this case is the Croatian Gospel ensemble, Agape; the venue, the Vatroslav Lisinski grand hall in Zagreb. The anniversary concert…
Read MoreNewbold Students Lend a Helping Hand in Greece
23 April 2018 | Athens, Greece [Clive Malcolm] Twenty-seven students and six staff volunteers from Newbold College distributed food to the homeless on the streets of Athens during a 10-day mission trip to Greece, 21 March to 2 April.
Read MoreOutreach and Christian Identity
20 April 2018 | Binfield, UK [Helen Pearson] Seventh-day Adventists are very interested both in their identity and with mission and outreach. This report explores these ideas from within the context of the Anglican communion, sharing openly at the concluding Diversity lecture for this academic year at Newbold College of Higher Education, on 18 April…
Read MoreHungarian Adventists commit to ‘build churches in a crumbling world’
19 April 2018 | Debrecen, Hungary [Géza Hegyes-Horváth/tedNEWS] Over 700 members from across eastern Hungary committed to ‘Building churches in a crumbling world’ during the Tisza Conference’s fourth ‘Out of the salt shaker’ Mission retreat, the weekend of 13-14 April 2018. The weekend also saw a special dedication of staff for two Centres of Influence…
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