The Great Hope Project Ready to Start
13 November 2013, St Albans, United Kingdom [Miroslav Pujic, tedNEWS] Trans-European Division (TED) is part of the Great Hope Project worldwide. The vision of this initiative is to engage members and pastors in witnessing to make disciples of Jesus Christ. This will be achieved by sharing printed resources for the purpose of bringing spiritual seekers…
Read MoreAdventist Church President Offers Condolences in Aftermath of Hurricane Sandy
01 November 2012 Silver Spring, Maryland, United States [ANN staff, with reporting by Nigel Coke, George Johnson, Mark A. Kellner and Libna Stevens] Seventh-day Adventist world church President Ted N. C. Wilson this week offered a message of condolence to residents of the Northeastern United States and the Caribbean in the wake of Hurricane Sandy. “Please…
Read MoreQuit Now 7 Steps to Freedom
29 October 2012 Belgrade, Serbia [Zorica Plavši?, tedNEWS] The Health department of South-East European Union Conference of the Seventh-day Adventist Church (SEEUC) together with NGO Life and Health, organised a two-day educative seminar for pastors and instructors of Health clubs held on 30th of September and 1st of October 2012 in Belgrade, Serbia.
Read MoreCommunication Professionals Voice their Need for Greater Collaboration
16 October 2012 Alsbach-Hähnlein, Germany [Widar Ursett, tedNEWS] The desire for joint ventures and shared resources across the European divisions ranks high among media workers, but language barriers and financial limits represent real hurdles en route to that goal. At the ‘European Adventist Media Convention 2012’, held 8 – 10 October, and staged at Stimme…
Read MoreAfter Debate, Annual Council Votes Statement on Church Polity
16 October 2012 Silver Spring, Maryland, United States [Mark A. Kellner/Adventist Review, and Edwin Manuel Garcia/ANN] Following three hours of respectful study and discussion, leaders of the Seventh-day Adventist world church voted to approve a “Statement on Church Polity, Procedures and Resolution of Disagreements in the Light of Recent Union Actions on Ministerial Ordination” on…
Read MoreAdventist Church President Wilson Calls for Renewed Medical Mission in Cities
13 October 2012 Silver Spring, Maryland, United States [Edwin Manuel Garcia, ANN] Speaking to a packed auditorium at General Conference headquarters during Sabbath morning worship of the 2012 Annual Council, President Ted N. C. Wilson implored world church leaders to focus their evangelism efforts on health ministry, while also urging them to help the denomination…
Read MoreDublin: City of Hope for 2014
11 October 2012 Banbridge, Northern Ireland [Weiers Coetser, BUC NEWS] Dublin will be the British Union Conference 'City of Hope' for 2014. The announcement was made by Pastors Ian Sweeney and David Neal at the Irish Mission Day of Fellowship in Drogheda on Sabbath, 6 October. This heralds the beginning of a three-year evangelistic drive…
Read MoreADRA Albania Launches Literacy and Integration Centre for Roma
08 October 2012 Fushe-Kruje, Albania [Lydia Weidner, tedNEWS] ADRA Albania has successfully launched the "Reflect! Act! Integrate" Training Centre in Fushe-Kruje, 25 km from Albania's capital, Tirana. Kindly sponsored by the Austrian Development Agency (ADA) and Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) Austria, the projects aims to combat illiteracy among the largely marginalised Roma populations.…
Read MoreNew Kid on the Block
05 October 2012 St. Albans, United Kingdom [Heather Haworth] 'Reflecting Jesus', a 32-lesson interactive Bible study series for teens and their parents, was launched at the TED Kids in Discipleship Refresher Weekend, 28 - 30 September. KID leaders from Croatia, Norway, Hungary, Poland, Netherlands, Scotland and England met at the Trans-European Division Headquarters of the…
Read More‘Faith Begins at Home’ – Family Ministry Seminars in the SEEUC
02 October 2012 Belgrade, Serbia [Marija Trajkovska, tedNEWS] The Department for Family Ministries in the South-East European Union Conference of the Seventh-day Adventist Church (SEEUC) dedicated the second week in September to the family and marriage renewal and enrichment. Thus a number of seminars were held throughout the SEEUC in the period from 07-15 September…
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