Hungarian 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.
Read MoreNewbold College Deputy Principal Receives Key Community Engagement Award
25 November 2011 Bracknell, United Kingdom [Philip Brown, tedNEWS] Dr John Baildam, Deputy Principal, Newbold College, has been presented with The Paul Clark Award – a special award for 2011 Governor of the Year at nearby Garth Hill College. Charlotte Edwards MBE, English cricketer and current captain of the England women’s team presented Dr Baildam…
Read MoreCall to Think Differently … Think Possibilities…
21 November 2011 St Albans, England [Miroslav Pujic, tedNEWS] Eighty-nine delegates from the thirteen Unions and three attached Fields, which constitute the Seventh-day Adventist Church in the Trans-European region (TED), met from 13 - 16 November in Becici, Montenegro. The theme of the year-end executive committee meetings was “Revived by His Word: think differently ……
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