European Facilitators trained in ‘Journey to wholeness’
23 November 2017 | Huis Ter Heide, the Netherlands [Netherlands Union Communication dept.] We are all hurting and broken. We are all looking for healing. “I dream of a church where anyone can go, with all his or her brokenness, to find that he or she is overwhelmed by love and support,” states Rudy Dingjan, Church…
Read More25 years on, Tirana inaugurates new church
22 November 2017 | Tirana, Albania [Andi Lile] Established 25 years ago, following the fall of Communisim in Albania, Seventh-day Adventists now own their own place of worship in the capital city, Tirana. Celebrations on Sabbath, 11 November took on the atmosphere of a festival of faith as Pastor Leo N. Espana, president of the Albanian…
Read MoreTED Year-End Meetings focus on Retention, Unity and Mission
21 November 2017 | Bečići, Montenegro [Victor Hulbert] Eglė Miliūnienė is passionate about her faith. After twelve years overseas, she has just returned to her home country of Lithuania with her husband, Robertas and three children. Their purpose? To be a witness within their own community. Robertas is volunteering as a Bible worker while she…
Read MoreStreet children, refugees and Adventist youth integrate in community choir project
16 November 2017 | Belgrade, Serbia [Igor Mitrović] A mix of three children’s choirs involving street children, refugees, and Adventist children from local churches filled a Belgrade community hall with music and emotion while building important connections between diverse communities.
Read MoreFound in Translation
16 November 2017 | Binfield, UK [Victor Hulbert / Robin Anthony] What is the common thread of the Reformation? In Reformation Journey, Victor Hulbert and Dejan Stojković have learnt about massacres and burnings of so called ‘heretics’, where safety one day may be death the next. Alongside all the other brave actions of men and women…
Read MoreGround-breaking expansion for new LifeStyleTV studio for Scandinavia
13 November 2017 | Malmo, Sweden [Tor Tjeransen] LifeStyleTV, a privately-owned television station based in Sweden, broke ground on Sunday, 5 November to start the development of a brand new television studio. Claus Nybo, the founder and director of the station, sees this as another miracle in the life of the station that has been airing…
Read MoreChristianity and Capitalism – Why Women and Shopping Matter
13 November 2017 | Binfield, UK [Helen Pearson] In the week when ‘The Paradise Papers’ revealed the investment habits of some of the richest people in the world, Newbold’s last Diversity Lecture of 2017 focused on Christianity and Capitalism.
Read MoreReformation: No easy choice
9 November 2017 | Worms, Germany [Victor Hulbert with Robin Anthony] It’s easy to go with the flow, to be surrounded by people who all think the same, and to believe the same things as everyone else. It takes less effort. Why be the salmon swimming upstream, when it’s easier to be the twig floating down?…
Read MoreNorwegian health professionals debate the Adventist health message and trends
7 November 2017 | Mjøndalen, Norway [Linn Helene Stølen] A strong health emphasis is one of the identifying marks of the Seventh-day Adventist Church. That is true since its earliest days. Yet emphases change with time, so recognising the need to deal with some contemporary health issues, the Norwegian Seventh-day Adventist Health Professionals’ Association (SAHA) gathered…
Read MoreReformation programmes uplift Jesus in Serbia
6 November 2017 | Belgrade, Serbia [Laszlo Gallusz] Thirty-one evangelistic series under the title Five Ideas Which Changed the World, shared the message of Jesus in three languages right across Serbia’s North Conference during the month of October.
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