12,000 ADRA Shoeboxes Head to Burkina Faso
23 November 2012 Watford, United Kingdom [Victor Hulbert, BUC News] Mac couldn't be happier. "Most days I'm loading my truck to make rich people richer. Today, I'm transporting happiness," he beamed while carefully swinging a forty-foot container up from the ADRA compound on Stanborough Park, Watford, onto the back of his lorry. A skilled operative,…
Read MoreWilson Urges Reconciliation in Ivory Coast, Meets with Ashanti King in Ghana
13 November 2012 Abidjan, Ivory Coast [Gilbert Weeh, Solace Asafo Hlordzi, and ANN staff] Seventh-day Adventist Church president Pastor Ted N. C. Wilson is meeting with government, community and church leaders in West Africa during a visit to the region. In the Ivory Coast last week, Wilson called for reconciliation following last year’s civil unrest…
Read MoreAdventist President Calls for December 1 Day of Prayer, Fasting to Support Falsely Accused Members
20 November 2012 [ANN staff, Adventist News Network] Seventh-day Adventist world church President Ted N. C. Wilson today called for an International Day of Prayer and Fasting on December 1 to rally support for the release of two Adventists currently imprisoned in the West African country of Togo. Wilson and top church executives who voted…
Read MoreChildren’s Ministries Progress in Albania
15 November 2012 Tirana, Albania [Julian Kastrati, tedNEWS] On the weekend of 10-11 November 2012, Children’s Ministries coordinators and teachers from Adventist churches and groups in Albania participated in a very successful and practical training workshop conducted by Clair Sanchez-Schutte and John Sanchez, Trans-European Division (TED) Directors of Children and Family Ministries. Adriatic Union Conference…
Read MoreAdventist Church in the Netherlands on Women’s Ordination
13 November 2012, St Albans, United Kingdom [Miroslav Pujic, tedNEWS] Two hundred delegates representing 56 Adventist Churches across the Netherlands spent considerable time discussing a motion on the ordination of women, which eventually passed with a large majority. The action that was taken seeks to involve the Union in the current study process led by…
Read MoreAdventist Church in the Netherlands on the Move
13 November 2012 Huis Ter Heide, the Netherlands [Wim Altink, tedNEWS] More than 200 delegates, representing 56 local Seventh-day Adventist Churches, met together for the Netherlands Union Conference (NUC) Session on three consecutive Sundays, ending 11 November 2012 at Congress Centre "De Breehoek" in Scherpenzeel, Netherlands. The theme of the Session was "An Involved Church.”…
Read MoreThe 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…
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