Church plants don’t happen by accident
10 October 2018 | Belgrade, Serbia [Caleb Quispe with tedNEWS] A strategic decision to employ specialist discipleship coaches in Scandinavia and the Balkan regions of south east Europe is bearing fruit. An intensive four-day workshop in Serbia means 20 pastors from seven countries are now equipped and energised to plant churches in their local areas.
Read MoreWeek of Spiritual Emphasis Builds Resilience at Newbold
15 October 2018 | Binfield, UK [Clive Malcolm] Japhet J. De Oliveira, senior pastor at Boulder Adventist Church, Colorado USA, challenged students to stop, think and “reset” their lives during Newbold’s Week of Spiritual Emphasis (WOSE), 24 to 29 September.
Read MoreBaltic leaders connect for growth
01 October 2018 | Turbas, Latvia [Guntis Bukalders] Almost 60 department leaders with their teams from the Estonian, Latvian and Lithuanian conferences and church administrators came together for a departmental weekend 21-23 September in Turbas, Latvia, to meet each other, share their joys and challenges, listen to and pray for each other. We had several…
Read More70 Years Broadcasting Hope in Germany and Beyond
24 September 2018 | Alsbach-Hähnlein, Germany [Gerald A. Klingbeil, Adventist Review] European media centre Stimme der Hoffnung celebrates landmark anniversary.
Read MoreTed Wilson inspired by Belgrade Refugee Community Centre
25 September 2018 | Belgrade, Serbia [Victor Hulbert] When you have been inspired you need to visit. That was the case for Pastor Ted Wilson during his visit to the European Pastors’ Council in Belgrade, Serbia, 28 August – 2 September 2018. He specifically asked to visit the nearby ADRA Community Centre for refugees.
Read MoreThe September Diversity Lecture – Celebrating Diversity and Building Community
20 September 2018 | Binfield, Bracknell [Helen Pearson] Can local churches build community in a diverse world? In Newbold’s first Diversity lecture of the academic year 2018-19, a Dutch Pastor offered a realistic and thought-provoking account of her attempts to do so.
Read More70 years celebration joins up the dots with Adventist media
20 September 2018 | Alsbach-Hähnlein, Germany [Victor Hulbert] A personal reflection while attending the 70th anniversary celebrations for the establishment of the Voice of Hope (Stimme der Hoffnung) in post-WWII Germany – a time when ‘hope’ was a key word.
Read MoreIsrael Reflections
20 September 2018 | Israel [tedNEWS] 2018 seems to have been a bumper year for Adventist believers visiting Israel. There is something special about walking were Jesus walked, taking a boat trip on Galilee, or worshiping on the Mount of Beatitudes. And what can be more moving than celebrating communion near the garden tomb –…
Read MoreNorway Mission School Called ‘Bright Spot’ in Secular Europe
11 September 2018 | Mysen, Norway [Andrew McChesney, Adventist Mission] Ted N.C. Wilson, president of the worldwide Seventh-day Adventist Church, praised Norway’s Matteson Mission School as a “bright spot” in highly secular Europe and encouraged its students and other young people to press forward with their missionary work.
Read MoreOpera Singer’s Mansion turned into Adventist TV Studio in Sweden
11 September 2018 | Hagegården, Sweden [Andrew McChesney, Adventist Mission with Victor Hulbert] Three hundred guests celebrated the miracle story at the opening of LifeStyleTV’s new headquarters at Hagegården, Sweden on 8 September 2018.
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