God’s Revelation in Albania
05 January 2012 Berat, Albania [Sean and Brenda Mays; tedNEWS] 'Those whom Christ commends in the judgment may have known little of theology, but they have cherished His principles. Through the influence of the divine Spirit they have been a blessing to those about them. Even among the heathen are those who have cherished the…
Read MorePrayer Initiatives Around the Globe
05 January 2012 United Kingdom [tedNEWS/BUC NEWS] As part of the General Conference Revival and Reformation initiative, the world church’s Executive Committee at the 2010 Annual Council held in Silver Spring, Maryland, United States, voted to make “Operation Global Rain” OGR’s 10 days of prayer an annual global event each January. What is OGR? Church…
Read MoreHungarian Court Strikes Down Controversial Religious Law
December 19, 2011 Silver Spring, Maryland, United States [Bettina Krause/IRLA/ANN; tedNEWS] A controversial Law of Churches, which was set to deregister all but 14 “historic” religions in Hungary, was struck down today by the country’s Constitutional Court.
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Read MoreChurch Leaders Meet with Hungarian Ambassador on Looming Deregistration of Churches
13 December 2011, Silver Spring, Maryland, United States [Bettina Krause/PARL/ANN; tedNEWS] Religious liberty leaders of the Seventh-day Adventist Church this week met the Hungarian ambassador to the United States in an effort to help officials from that country better understand the potential effects of a looming deregistration of churches. The Law of Churches, set for…
Read MoreNobel Peace Prize Winners Inspired by ADRA
13 December 2011 Oslo, Norway [Geir Olav Lisle; tedNEWS] Nobel Peace Prize Winner Leymah Gbowee has provided ADRA Norway and ADRA Liberia with new perspectives on the loss of our people in Liberia back in 2003. Last Friday before the Nobel ceremony Leymah Gbowee and Liberian president Ellen Johnson Sirleaf set aside their time and…
Read MoreChurch Chat: Where did London’s Majority White Church Population Go?
12 December 2011, Silver Spring, Maryland, United States [Ansel Oliver/ANN; tedNEWS] Ian Sweeney says that within the more than 11,000 Seventh-day Adventist Church members in the London area there are probably less than 200 white British. Like several world regions of the denomination, church growth there is mainly among immigrant communities. That's causing Sweeney, the…
Read MoreNewbold College International Business Studies Programme Expanding
11 December 2011 Bracknell, United Kingdom [tedNEWS] Newbold College of Higher Education, England has signed a five-year agreement with Southern Adventist University (SAU), USA to provide a Newbold campus-based ‘European Semester’ for SAU’s undergraduate business studies students majoring in International Business. “The purpose of this agreement is for Newbold to provide SAU International Business majors…
Read MoreEvangelism Symposium Urges simpler Gospel Presentation
05 December 2011, Silver Spring, Maryland, United States [Elizabeth Lechleitner, ANN/tedNEWS] Top administrators, evangelists and Ministerial secretaries of the Seventh-day Adventist Church are reprioritizing the role of God's spirit and simple Bible truths in public evangelism. Rather than complicating the gospel or endlessly repackaging it, leaders are advocating a simpler approach. They say preaching basic…
Read MoreThe Message of Hope in Slovenian Prison
01 December 2011 Ljubljana, Slovenia [tedNEWS] Wintley Phipps, Seventh-day Adventist pastor and singer, visited prison facilities in Dob, Slovenia. Invited by EU parliament member Lojze Peterle, Phipps performed in front of prisoners, their families, prison personnel and invitees from political and church domain.
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