Olympic Adventist Roundup – UK Style
05 July 2012 London, UK [Victor Hulbert/Colin Stewart] With the Olympic torch currently being carried across the UK in the run-up to the commencement of the London 2012 Games, Seventh-day Adventists are joining in the excitement and enjoying the opportunity to witness. Special books have been published, events planned and church halls opened to the…
Read MoreMark Finley Returns to Belgrade
28 June 2012 Belgrade, Serbia [Marija Trajkovska, tedNEWS] Pastor Mark Finley and his wife, Ernestine, met with two hundred pastors in Belgrade, Serbia from 19-23 June 2012 to share their insights and experiences of evangelising in a postmodern society. They had a one-day field school with the pastors, elders and other church leaders from the…
Read MoreImproving and Growing Yourself to Improve, Grow and Serve Your Church Organisation
28 June 2012 Bracknell, UK [Philip R Brown] In The Twelve Absolutes of Leadership Gary Burnison recounts the story of a farmer whose donkey fell into a well. The farmer frantically thought about what he could do as the stricken animal cried out to be rescued. With no obvious solution, the farmer regretfully concluded that…
Read MoreThe Art of Leadership – Some Reflections
28 June 2012 St Albans, UK [Bertil Wiklander] A colleague recently reminded me of Peter Drucker’s distinction between management and leadership: ‘Management is doing things right – Leadership is doing the right things.’ It made me think again of the real nature of leadership. What helps us know how to do the right things? See…
Read MoreAdventist Church Celebrates 20 Years of Official Work in Albania
16 June 2012 Tirana, Albania [Julian Kastrati, tedNEWS] The Seventh-day Adventist Church in Albania celebrated the 20th anniversary of its offical work in the country. Although Adventist presence dates back to the 1930s, the first church was organised in Tirana in the spring of 1992. This was a result of the evangelistic meetings held by…
Read MoreAdventist Church Leaders Meet the Minister of Culture in Albania
18 June 2012 Tirana, Albania [Julian Kastrati, tedNEWS] Dr Bertil Wiklander, the President of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in the Trans-European Division, held an official meeting with the Honorable Mr. Aldo Bumçi, MP, Minister of Tourism, Culture, Youth and Sports in Albania. He was accompanied by Dr Reinder Bruinsma, President of the Seventh-day Adventist Church…
Read MoreRevamped Adventist Study Center to Expand Research Capacity of Church
14 June, 2012 Silver Spring, Maryland, United States [Elizabeth Lechleitner/ANN] Seventh-day Adventist historians say a recent overhaul of the church’s research facilities signals a new commitment to deepening members’ historical understanding of Adventist identity and the denomination's history. The church’s Office of Archives, Statistics and Research (ASTR) opened a new research center at Adventist world…
Read MoreAdventist Musician Receives an Award from the Swedish King
12 June 2012 Stockholm, Sweden [Rainer Refsbäck, tedNEWS] Herbert Blomstedt has been awarded the ‘Seraphim Medal’ by the royal house in his home country Sweden. It was thought that he would receive it from His Majesty's hand on Friday, June 15, but the King will have to wait, because Herbert Blomstedt is, despite being 85 years old,…
Read MoreAustralian Coroner Rules Dingo Indeed Took Baby in 1980
12 June 2012 Silver Spring, Maryland, United States [Ansel Oliver/ANN] Today’s ruling from an inquest into the 1980 disappearance of a baby of Seventh-day Adventist Church members in Australia could mark the final chapter of a legal saga that for years tormented the family, divided that nation and marred the image of the religious denomination there. A…
Read MoreJan Paulsen Receives Order of Merit
06 June 2012 Røyse, Norway [Tor Tjeransen] All eyes were on the former world leader of the Seventh-day Adventist Church as Ambassador Knut Vollebaek fastened the navy blue silk ribbon with the cross of the Royal Norwegian Order of Merit around the neck of Pastor Jan Paulsen at a ceremony in Norway on June 2. “I have…
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