Intensive media training a first for Lithuanian church leaders
6 February 2017 | Kaunas, Lithuania [Jurgita Kregždaitė] Adventist church pastors need more than just theology. In the modern world they also need a clear understanding of media. How do you make a picture tell a story? What can make an article or news report not only interesting, but also relevant? What’s the point of…
Read MoreTED Secretariat evaluations keeping the church legal and efficient
30 January 2017 | Watford, UK [John Surridge / tedNEWS] On Sunday, 22 January General Conference Associate Secretaries John Thomas and Claude Richli flew to the UK, from Washington DC and Bangkok respectively, to help lead the first ever TED run Secretariat evaluations covering both Union and Conference level. Trans-European Division Secretariat had evaluated all…
Read MoreCroatian youth volunteer with Syrian refugees during Christmas break
26 January 2017 | Katerini, Greece [Slavica Marčeta] Croatian Adventist youth have found a more rewarding way to make good use of their winter holidays. After meeting Tihomir Lipohar of ADRA Germany who is supervising work in Greece, they chose to volunteer at a refugee camp in Katerini, just south of Thessaloniki, 26 December – 8 January 2017.
Read MoreAdventist Youth highlight reformation Lineage in new video series
26 January 2016 | Nottingham, UK [Peter Jeynes with Tamara Bloom] With 2017 declared as #reformation500 across the world, a youth leader and cinematographer in the North England Conference (NEC) have combined their skills to develop a series of 52 short reformation videos. Each episode, released weekly, sets out to detail the spiritual roots of…
Read More‘Quest for the Meaning of Life’ in Novi Sad
24 January 2017 | Novi Sad, Serbia [Lászlo Gallusz] Despite sub-zero temperatures and a flu epidemic running at its peak, church members in Novi Sad, Serbia were impressed that some 100 hundred visitors joined with 200 Adventist members for five public lectures focused on the ‘Quest for the Meaning of Life’.
Read More1,000 train for evangelism at South England Expo
24 January 2017 | Binfield, UK [Natasha Mirilov] Over one thousand pastors and lay-members from across the South England Conference (SEC) packed Newbold College’s auditoriums and Newbold Church to attend an annual Evangelism Expo on Sunday, 8 January, making it the largest attended event of its kind.
Read MoreDesmond Doss still saving lives in Europe
19 January 2017 | St Albans, UK [Victor Hulbert] While Hacksaw Ridge may have left cinema screens in some parts of the world, and was outshone by La La Land in the recent Golden Globe Awards, the impact of the man behind the film is still making a real difference in countries where the film…
Read MoreReligious Best Seller still impacting lives 125 years on
18 January 2016 | St Albans, UK [Victor Hulbert] How can a small religious book published 125 years ago still be making an impact today? Walk down the corridors of the Trans-European Division office and staff will soon tell you why.
Read MoreNorth England Conference staff build stronger working relationships with TED at joint meeting
18 January 2017 | Birmingham, UK [Peter Jeynes] In a first meeting of its kind, Officers and Directors of the Trans-European Division (TED) travelled to Birmingham in the English midlands to meet with the worker force of the North England Conference (NEC).
Read MoreSingle and refreshed
12 January 2017 | Utrecht, Netherlands [Madelon Comvalius / tedNEWS] More than eighty Dutch and Belgian singles of all ages gathered near the city of Utrecht on Sabbath, 10 December 2016 to be inspired and refreshed. The group included young students, single parents, widows and widowers, lifelong singles and divorcees. This was the second singles’…
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