Following Directions
14 January 2013 St. Albans, United Kingdom [Audrey Andersson, tedNEWS] Solomon’s wisdom finds fulfilment in many different ways, times, and places. Airports are one of those places. Here wisdom is essential, not least, making connection flights. On paper it looked easy; reality is often a different story. As one flight landed the time to get…
Read MoreMessage for the New Year
Dear Readers, Coming to the end of 2012 fills my heart with gratitude to the Lord for His many blessings in the past -- personally and in the life of the Church. I think, for example, of our revised Strategic Mission Plan which has been updated for Europe since our reorganisation on January 1, our…
Read MoreSame Sex Marriage Back on the Agenda
13 December 2012 Watford, United Kingdom [BUC News] Culture Secretary Maria Miller has stated that "I am absolutely clear that no religious organisation will ever be forced to conduct marriages for same sex couples, and I would not bring in a bill which would allow that." In her statement to MPs on Tuesday, 11 December…
Read MoreHoly Spirit Works in Albania
12 December 2012 Tirana, Albania [Julian Kastrati, tedNEWS] On the Saturday of December 1st, Adventist believers and seekers from all churches and groups throughout Albania convened at the last Festival of Faith for the year, celebrating the wondrous works of the Holy Spirit. Pr. Leo N. España, Albanian Mission (ALM) President, in his year-end report…
Read MoreAdventist HQ Holiday Outreach Celebrates Belief in Biblical Creation
30 November 2012 Silver Spring, Maryland, United States [ANN staff] The auditorium darkened, lightening flashed across a projector screen, thunder roared over the loudspeaker and artificial rain fell on hundreds of school children this morning during a recreation of the biblical flood, eliciting laughter and screams from the students. The simulation was part of Celebration…
Read MoreChurch Responds to Media Inquiries over TV Sitcom Star’s Affiliation
28 November 2012 Silver Spring, Maryland, United States [ANN staff] The Seventh-day Adventist Church emphasized its welcoming of converts in a response to media attention surrounding an American TV situation comedy actor’s comments about his religious affiliation and his personal thoughts about the show. In a news release yesterday, a spokesman from the denomination’s North…
Read MoreA Fresh Perspective to Making God Known in Europe
29 November 2012 St Albans, England [Miroslav Pujic, tedNEWS] Seventy-eight delegates from the eleven Unions and three attached Fields, which constitute the Seventh-day Adventist Church in the Trans-European region (TED), met from 21 - 26 November in Becici, Montenegro. The theme of the annual council was “Making God Known, a fresh perspective.” Dr Bertil Wiklander,…
Read More12,000 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…
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