Adventist church gives guidance for UK voters
22 November 2019 | Grantham, UK [tedNEWS/BUC Communications] Sometimes events overtake us and we have to respond – and even engage! With a General Election in the UK on Thursday, 12 December, Adventist leaders have chosen to rapidly prepare guidance for the general public as they consider their election options.
Read MoreA 90-Year ‘Passion for Mission’ highlighted at TED Year-End Meetings
22 November 2019 | Bečići, Montenegro [Victor Hulbert] For ninety years, the Trans-European Division has overseen the mission and ministry of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in a vast, diverse, and ever-changing territory. Now a new book and a short documentary film highlight a passion for mission right from the early origins of the Church in…
Read MoreTED Women in Ministry Retreat provides breathing space, facilitates rejuvenation
20 November 2019 | Bečići, Montenegro [Victor Hulbert] Inspiring preaching, insightful workshops, helpful networking – but most of all – time! For female pastors, Bible workers and administrators across the Trans-European Division (TED), the opportunity to meet, relax and share at the TED Women in Ministry retreat was, for them, a godsend.
Read MoreAdventist Literature highlighted at Belgrade book fair, Serbia
19 November 2019 | Nova Pazova, Serbia [Saša Todoran] The International Belgrade Book Fair is a significant event in the Serbian cultural calendar. Held at the end of October, the decades old event attracts people to enjoy a variety of literary activities covering creativity, education, cultural exchanges with a variety of countries and the launch…
Read MoreBooks on beaches lead to baptisms
19 November 2019 | Herceg Novi, Montenegro [Saša Todoran] What can be more relaxing that sitting on a beach in a beautiful location, and with a good book. This is the reality for the many thousands who visit the Adriatic coast in Montenegro during the summer season. Adventist Literature Evangelists (LEs) are providing that book.
Read MoreOf Brexit, Empire and Theology
12 November 2019 | Binfield, UK [Helen Pearson] A General Election is looming in the UK and Brexit continues to divide the country, so the title of the November Diversity lecture at Newbold College could not have been more appropriate: Theologising Brexit – Anti-blackness and Christian Mission – A Liberationist and Postcolonial Critique.
Read MoreA thought for Armistice day
11 November 2019 | Grantham, UK Pastor David Neal, editor of the British Union Messenger, reflects on war, peace, Brexit, and control. This piece first appeared in the 8 November editon of Messenger. Who’s in control?
Read MoreBeing Human in a Digital Age – an ethical challenge for the church?
14 October 2019 | Binfield, UK [Helen Pearson] In an age where more than half the people in the world now have access to the internet, what effect is the digital age having on our humanity? This was the question posed during the 2019 Beach Lecture at Newbold College of Higher Education on the evening of…
Read MoreInternational Film Festival commends GAiN Europe ‘Fathers’ film.
11 October 2019 | Madonna di Campiglio, Italy [Roberto Vacca] The GAiN Europe network project, ‘Fathers’ received a special commendation at the 22nd Religion Today Film Festival, an event hosted annually in and around Trento in northern Italy.
Read MoreRacing for Education, Norwegian Union President Raises 5,500 Euros for ADRA in marathon
9 October 2019 | Lock Ness, Scotland [Tor Tjeransen] The head of the Adventist Church in Norway, Victor Marley, has raised over NOK 55,000 (approximately 5,500 Euros) for ADRA's work while running a tough marathon alongside Scotland’s famous Loch Ness. He claims to be very pleased with both the donations and the race.
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