“Digital Evangelism Works!”
26 March 2013 Rogaska Slatina, Slovenia [Andrew Willis, tedNEWS] Twenty-five web pastors and community developers from around the Trans-European Division (TED) met for three days of training, exchange of experience and further development of the Internet ministry known as LIFEconnect (LC) in Slovenia. They were excited to hear of the impact that LC and LC…
Read MoreLC Stream in Slovenia
26 March 2013 Rogaska Slatina, Slovenia [Andrew Willis, tedNEWS] The Grand Hotel Sava in Rogaska Slatina was the venue for the latest LIFEconnect - LC STREAM event from Slovenia. For over 10 years the hotel has hosted workers' meetings and training events and is well known to many in the Division. After sharing their friendship…
Read More‘One in Compassion’ – Global Youth Day
21 March 2013, St Albans, UK [Paul Tompkins, tedNEWS] On Saturday, March 16th the first ever Global Youth Day (GYD) was held, under the theme ‘One in Compassion.’ Adventist young people were asked to “be the sermon” and to be involved in acts of kindness in their localities. The idea was to think globally but…
Read MoreHungary, Last Stop in Wilson’s Tour of TED
17 March 2013, Budapest, Hungary [Jóhann E. Jóhannsson, tedNEWS] The historical and beautiful city of Budapest, Hungary, showed its best side on a sunny, but crisp Sunday Morning, 17 March, when around 2000 members and friends gathered at a city hall for a full day of celebration and worship. The occasion was the 100th anniversary of…
Read MoreTogether in Hope and Compassion
16 March 2013, Belgrade, Serbia [Jóhann E. Jóhannsson, tedNEWS] Two thousand participants gathered in a City Hall in the centre of Belgrade, Serbia, on 16 March 2013, for a Sabbath celebration and to hear encouraging words from Pastor Ted Wilson, President of the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists. The varied program, organised by the South-East…
Read MoreOne Year Later, Adventist Pastor Still in Togo Prison
15 March 2013, Silver Spring, Maryland, United States [ANN] A year after Seventh-day Adventist Pastor Antonio Monteiro was imprisoned in Togo on unsupported charges, church lawyers and human rights activists are redoubling efforts to secure his release. Togolese government officials this week rejected the Adventist Church’s fifth request for Monteiro’s immediate release, according to a…
Read More‘Stand by Christ’ says Wilson to Pastors and Members in Serbia
16 March 2013, Belgrade, Serbia [Jóhann E. Jóhannsson, tedNEWS] On Thursday, 15 March 2013, Pastor Ted Wilson, the President of the World Seventh-day Adventist Church, and his wife, Nancy, arrived to Serbia where members and pastors, met them excited to hear a message of encouragement, learn about the mission of the church for the future and to…
Read MoreWilson’s Encouraging Words for the Church in Croatia
13 March 2013 Zagreb, Croatia [Jóhann E. Jóhannsson, tedNEWS] Four hundred people gathered to worship together with Pastor Ted Wilson, the President of the General Conference of the Seventh-day Adventists, and his wife, Nancy, at The First Adventist Church in Zagreb, Croatia, on Wednesday evening, 13 March 2013. This was their last assignment on their…
Read MoreNewbold Bible Conference: Focus On Prophecy
14 March 2013 Bracknell, United Kingdom [John Baildam / Bjorn Ottesen, BUC News] Fifty participants at an all-day Bible Conference travelled from as far as Wales, Scotland, the Midlands, London and the North of England to enjoy five thought-provoking presentations by lecturers in the Department of Theological Studies at Newbold College of Higher Education. Dr Philip Brown,…
Read More‘Be Strong and Courageous’ says Wilson
12 March 2013 Warsaw, Poland [Jóhann E. Jóhannsson & Raafat Kamal, tedNEWS] The third and last day of Pastor Ted Wilson’s visit to Poland was of a more official nature, starting with a visit to the Presidential Palace. Ted Wilson, President of the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, Raafat Kamal, Assistant to the Trans-European Division…
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