Business as Usual is not the Option
28 May 2012 St. Albans, United Kingdom [Miroslav Pujic, tedNEWS] Forty-three delegates from the eleven Unions and three attached Fields, which constitute the Seventh-day Adventist Church in the Trans-European region, (TED), including TED administrators and departmental directors, met at Newbold College, United Kingdom from 10 - 12 May 2012. The purpose of the meetings was…
Read MoreInternet Conference Focuses on Denominational Integration, Best Practices
28 May 2012 Hong Kong, China [Ansel Oliver/ANN & tedNEWS] About 160 participants from around the world gathered for the eighth such forum, held this year in Hong Kong. The forum is held in different world regions each year to better accommodate local church administrators and members. Compared to previous conferences, this year’s forum includes…
Read MoreBBC TV Focuses on Adventist Music
28 May 2012 London, United Kingdom [BUC NEWS] Two special editions of the BBC 1 programme, Songs of Praise, have had a specific emphasis on Adventist music. The first, broadcast on Sunday, 20 May was on the theme of Spirituals, whose messages have resonance with the Adventist message, as they focus strongly on the themes…
Read MoreNewbold College Sets out Updated Vision, Mission and Values
24 May 2012 Bracknell, United Kingdom [Newbold College] The Newbold College Board of Governors has authorised updated Vision, Mission and Values Statements presented by the Principal, Dr Philip Brown, at the AGM and Board of Governors meeting at Newbold College on Sunday 13th May. The updated statements were developed using a collaboration of ideas from…
Read MoreNewbold College Seeks to Appoint a Full-time Student Recruiter
Newbold College is a student-centred, inclusive and innovative college of higher education operated by the Seventh-day Adventist Church. It is located about 40 miles west of London, United Kingdom. Newbold College seeks to appoint a full-time Student Recruiter from no later than 1 September 2012. The purpose of this post is to assist and participate…
Read MoreEstonian Adventists Celebrate their 115th Anniversary “In the Light of the Beginning”
07 May 2012 Tartu, Estonia [Lauri Beekmann] Estonian Conference of the Seventh-day Adventist Church celebrated its 115th anniversary in the biggest concert hall of southern Estonia on the 27th and 28th of April bringing together Adventists and friends from different parts of Estonia and also brothers and sisters in faith from other countries. “The spring…
Read MoreMission to Cities Initiative Highlights Spring Meeting Opening
02 May 2012 Silver Spring, United States [Ansel Oliver/ANN and Miroslav Pujic/tedNEWS] Top regional Seventh-day Adventist Church leaders identified 24 cities that will receive targeted outreach efforts, the next step of a plan voted by church officials last year to focus on urban area ministry worldwide. During the opening of Spring Meeting – one of…
Read MoreAWR Honours Swedish Radio Workers
02 May 2012 Gothenburg, Sweden [Tor Tjeransen] The Swedish radio workers Siv Molin and Anne-Maj Sandström were honoured with the Adventist World Radio (AWR) Award of Merit on April 30. Senior Vice President for AWR, Greg Scott, presented the awards at the close of a four day training event for radio workers from Sweden and…
Read MoreWorld Religious Freedom Congress Calls to Avoid Secular Society’s Lead
24 April 2012, Punta Cana, Dominican Republic [Mark Kellner/Adventist Review; tedNEWS] Addressing nearly 900 delegates and guests at the Seventh World Congress of the International Religious Liberty Association, Denton Lotz, a noted Baptist minister and IRLA president, summarised the purpose of this three-day event: "We're here today because we believe that freedom of religion is…
Read MorePastors in England Discuss Postmodernism & Outreach
24 April 2012 Bracknell, United Kingdom [Kirsten Øster-Lundqvist] South England Conference ministers in the provinces gathered at Newbold church on Wednesday 18 April 2012 to discuss postmodernism and outreach to the majority population. A presentation on postmodernism by Dr Miroslav Pujic, Trans-European Division Ministry to Postmoderns director, shared some identifying aspects of how a postmodern…
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