TED responds to Brexit vote
24 June 2016 | St Albans, UK [Victor Hulbert] On Thursday, 23 June the British people voted by a margin of 3.8% to leave the European Union. With a turnout of 72%, 51.9% of the electorate made the historic decision, changing 43 years of European history since the UK joined the European Community in 1973.
Read MoreChanged URL increases profile for the TED website
23 June 2016 | St Albans, UK [Victor Hulbert] A simple change in the web-address for the Trans-European Division of the Seventh-day Adventist Church has resulted in a significant improvement for the website in terms of visibility on search engines.
Read MoreSabbath broadcasts live from Dunkirk refugee camp impact thousands
20 June 2016 | Dunkirk, France [Victor Hulbert] Four church entities and six local congregations worked together on Sabbath, 18 June, to share a live message of hope in the midst of the refugee crisis. Claudette Hannebicque, the leader of ADRA Dunkirk was one of them.
Read MoreLive from Dunkirk – Adventist Refugee Sabbath
17 June 2016 | Binfield, England [Victor Hulbert] Churches in England, France, Italy and America will be skyping live with Adventist representatives at Dunkirk refugee camp, France, during morning worship, Sabbath, 18 June. Seventh-day Adventist Churches across the world are taking special time that day to pray for and focus on the estimated 60 million…
Read MoreProclaiming faith by art in Mjøndalen church, Norway
15 June 2016 | Mjøndalen, Norway [Tor Tjeransen] "A little bit up. Straight forward." With a steady hand Tor Magne Eilertsen manoeuvred a large fork lift in the main sanctuary of the Mjøndalen Seventh-day Adventist church, Norway. There were shouts from excited members of the decoration committee as large, wooden elements were mounted on the…
Read MoreEstonia Conference Session focuses on mission and Christ’s return
12 June 2016 | Tartu, Estonia [Averonika Beekmann/tedNEWS] Ivo Käsk, President of the Estonian Conference of the Seventh-day Adventist Church was re-elected to office during a weekend of Constituency Meetings, 10-12 June 2016. Virve Toom was elected as Executive secretary, for the first time putting a women in a senior leadership position, while Jaanus-Janari Kogerman who…
Read More“I feel I make a difference.” A world refugee day report from Greece
14 June 2016 | Katarina, Greece [Victor Hulbert / Corrado Cozzi] Sara Kouĵĵi has put her life on hold. An interpreter for ADRA Serbia, she is translating Arabic to English at a remote refugee camp on the slopes of Mt Olympus in Greece. The children are also rapidly teaching her Kurdish, as the camp she…
Read MoreShould we help the Dunkirk refugees? A Christian response
13 June 2016 | Binfield, England [Victor Hulbert] Waking up at 4:00 a.m. for a long drive and a ferry crossing is a minor inconvenience for Sasha Becejac, one of four leaders at the Newbold Seventh-day Adventist Church in southern England. Every Sunday the team fill a car with volunteers, food, and clothes for the…
Read MoreNAD issues Statement on mass shooting in Orlando, Florida
13 June 2016 | St Albans [NAD staff/tedNEWS] Daniel R. Jackson, president of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in North America, issued the following statement on June 12, 2016, in response to the mass shooting at the Pulse Club in Orlando, Florida. Adventist leaders and members across Europe would wish to endorse this statement and offer…
Read MoreHope after horror. Refugees can have a future
11 June 2016 | St Albans [Victor Hulbert] Nobody chooses to be a refugee. War, persecution, oppressive regimes – there are many reasons why there are currently 60 million displaced persons or refugees in the world. Each one has their story. Each one wants to survive. Each one wants a better life. Each one lives with hope.
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