Finnish Health Ministry Association ETRA turns 60
20 October 2016 | Kaarina, Finland [Ruut Palviainen] Time for a free bus pass? Maybe time to readjust the aches and pains that come with age! Or, how about bounce forwards with a spring in your step? For a Health Ministries association it must surely be the latter! For sixty years now, ETRA, the Finnish…
Read MoreAudrey Andersson: Woman of Excellence 2016
19 October 2016 | St Albans, England [Victor Hulbert] Congratulations to Audrey Andersson, Trans-European Division Executive Secretary. On Tuesday, 11 October she was presented with the 'Woman of Excellence award 2016' during a small ceremony at Seventh-day Adventist World Church headquarters in Silver Spring, MD, USA.
Read MoreThe 2016 Beach Lecture – Difficulties and ways forward for Christian Muslim relations in Britain
19 October 2016 | Binfield, England [Helen Pearson] Newbold College’s 2016 Beach lecturer, Dr. Philip Lewis, visiting fellow at York St John University, was admirably qualified to speak about Christian-Muslim relations in Britain. He has lived alongside Muslims both in the UK and in Pakistan while for more than three decades, studying, writing and lecturing…
Read MoreHealth Camp success in South East Europe
18 October 2016 | Sokobanja, Serbia [Darinka Mihajlović/tedNEWS] Churches across the South-East European Union are successfully meeting the needs of the public by running health clubs – sometimes in church buildings, but often in a public hall. From the hundreds who attend, a number joined one of two health camps run this summer. This report…
Read MoreYour biggest witnessing chance this century?
17 October 2016 | St Albans, England [Victor Hulbert] Take a blank sheet of paper. Sit quietly for a few moments and jot down five ways that your church could best tell its story. Finished? Pause again. Think big. Think very big! Think Hollywood big!
Read MoreTED responds to Unity in Mission document voted at Annual Council
11 October 2016 | Silver Spring, Maryland, USA [tedNEWS] On Tuesday, 11 October 2016, the leadership of the Seventh-day Adventist World Church, meeting during Annual Council in Silver Springs, Maryland, voted a document entitled, Unity in Mission: Procedures in Church Reconciliation. Its aim is to provide guidance on how to facilitate reconciliation “with entities that…
Read MoreUnion of Churches status voted for Netherlands Union
11 October 2016 | Silver Springs, USA [Victor Hulbert] On Sunday, 9 October 2016 the Netherlands Union Conference (NUC) closed a 44-year-old anomaly by changing status from a Union of Conferences to a Union of churches. The recommendation, made to the Annual Council of the Seventh-day Adventist World Church came as a result of a…
Read MoreTED outreach initiatives highlighted at GC Annual Council
10 October 2016 | Silver Springs, USA [tedNEWS] How do you pack the essence of mission into a five-minute time slot? That was the challenge given to Victor Hulbert, Trans-European Communication director when asked to prepare a presentation on Mission to the Cities for Friday night vespers at the Annual Council meetings of the Seventh-day…
Read MoreNorwegian Bible Society honours Adventist pastor
6 October 2016 | Kristiansand, Norway [Tor Tjeransen, Norwegian Union Communication Director] Pastor Per de Lange and his wife, Monica, were honoured by the Norwegian Bible Society when they received the Bible Prize 2016 during in inter-denominational meeting in the cathedral of Kristiansand, Norway at the end of September.
Read MoreSwapping their church for a shop is the best decision for Helsinki congregation
5 October 2016 | Helsinki, Finland [Victor Hulbert] A Helsinki congregation recently took the brave decision to sell the church building they have owned for the past fifty years, purchase a shop in a needy part of town, and intentionally serve the community. It is the best decision they ever made.
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