Stories of Faithfulness as Latvia Celebrates 120 Years of Adventism
16 September 2016 | Riga, Latvia [Andrew McChesney /AR/ tedNEWS] Over the weekend of 16 and 17 September, Latvia’s 4,000 Adventists are remembering their heritage and looking to the future as they review their 120-year history. In a weekend filled with music, memories, and even an ordination service of two pastoral families, three stories, from…
Read MoreDrago Mojzes to lead Church in Adriatic Union
16 September 2016 | Zageb, Croatia [Neven Klačmer / tedNEWS] Pastor Drago Mojzes was elected president of the Adriatic Union of Churches at a specially convened session of the AUC Executive committee on Friday, 16 September. For the past three years he has served as President of the Croatian Conference of the Seventh-day Adventist Church.…
Read MorePolish youth gear up for release of Mel Gibson’s ‘Hacksaw Ridge’
14 September 2016 | Warsaw, Poland [Andrew McChesney/AR] Seventh-day Adventist youth in Poland have drawn up an eight-point plan to share their faith connected to the November 4 release of Mel Gibson’s film “Hacksaw Ridge” about the life of U.S. World War II hero Desmond Doss.
Read MoreHelping refugees ‘as important as preaching the Second Coming’
12 September 2016 | Belgrade, Serbia [Andrew McChesney/AR] Seventh-day Adventist pastor Igor Mitrović once believed that the church’s prophetic calling was to proclaim the Second Coming of Jesus. But after working on the frontlines of Europe’s refugee crisis for the past year, Mitrović sees a second and equally important prophetic calling: to help the helpless.
Read MoreI am ready to be a bear in Serbia
11 September 2016 | Novi Sad, Serbia [Andrew McChesney/AR] The Adventist Church’s first free hug day in Serbia delights passersby — and a visiting journalist. I’d never seen a Seventh-day Adventist hug-a-thon before. But after joining a group of hugging teens on a walk through the Serbian city of Novi Sad last Saturday, I am…
Read MoreAdventist lectures are bigger draw than theatre for some in Serbia
9 September 2016 | Belgrade, Serbia [Andrew McChesney/AR] A lecture series is building confidence among a wary population in Belgrade. Three times a week, a group gathers in a small conference room adjacent to a martial arts studio and a yoga center to hear a public health lecture on the third floor of a shopping…
Read MoreHappy 100th, Dr Woodfield
11 September 2016 | Binfield, UK [Victor Hulbert with John Baildam & Helen Pearson] Dr John Woodfield, Head of Newbold’s English department for 30 years (1954-84), and a teacher and lecturer for 45 years, celebrated his 100th birthday on Sunday, 11 September. Much loved by students across the generations good wishes have come in from around…
Read MoreTED elects Zlatko Musija as new Youth Ministries director
8 September 2016 | St Albans, UK [Victor Hulbert] Zlatko Musija was elected as the new Youth Ministries director for the Trans-European Division at a meeting on Thursday, 8 September. Musija, who currently serves as president of the Adriatic Union Conference, will replace János Kovács-Bíró who resigned for personal reasons in June.
Read MoreNew staff members already making an impact at TED office
8 September 2016 | St Albans, UK [Victor Hulbert] David Neal and Zina Keshishyan are already making an impact within the Trans-European Division office in St Albans, England.
Read MoreBaltic Union runs four week health training camp
5 September 2016 | Rezekne, Latvia [Alla Nõmmik] Rising at 6:30 am each day, sitting through lectures and practical exercises, then heading for an early night might not be your idea of a holiday, but for twenty people from the Baltic Union of the Seventh-day Adventist Church, plus a couple from Finland, this was their…
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