A special Sabbath on 20 June highlights refugees and our role in the Kingdom of God
28 May 2020 | St Albans, UK [Victor Hulbert with Corrado Cozzi and João Martins] What do you think the kingdom of God is like? What do you dream of when you think of the kingdom of God? As Seventh-day Adventists, we dream of a kingdom of peace where there is no pain, no fighting,…
Read MoreSabbath, church, and mission: The post-lockdown view
21 May 2020 | St Albans, UK [Victor Hulbert] What should church be like after lockdown? Has an ‘enforced’ rest modified the way we look at Sabbath? How about mission? Will we do it differently?
Read MorePrayer without borders – defying social isolation
26 March 2020 | Tallinn, Estonia [Mervi Kalmus] After suffering from a mild temperature (and psychosomatic chest pains, of course) a couple of days ago, I realised the only responsible thing for me to do was to isolate myself and bring my social contacts to zero. It’s a strange situation for a minister, since being around…
Read MoreCoronavirus, God and each other
14 March 2020 | Tallinn, Estonia [Mervi Kalmus]When Coronavirus stops church there is time for reflection.A couple of weeks ago I was reading a book by my favourite author, Frederick Buechner. In his brilliant memoir Telling Secrets I came across some lines that touched me very deeply. They had a special ring of truth to…
Read MoreNewbold Church discovers the ‘Great things God has done’
9 March 2020 | Binfield, UK [Victor Hulbert] How much do you know about the person sitting near you in church? Unless they are family or a close friend, possibly little beyond polite pleasantries and the odd comment during Sabbath School. All that has now changed for a church that, for the past year, has…
Read MoreThe British Union Conference Evangelism, Discipleship & Mission Summit (BEAMS)
9 December 2019 | Hinckley, UK [BUC news] "God has called us to greater exploits for Him, bigger than we can dream or imagine." These rousing words of Dr Kirk Thomas, British Union Conference (BUC) Evangelism and Sabbath School director, began a new training event called 'BEAMS' (the BUC Evangelism, Discipleship and Mission summit).
Read MoreIntegrating Faith into Teaching
26 August 2019 Bracknell, United Kingdom [Clive Malcolm] If God is an integral part of your life, then your faith is integrated into your teaching by default. When you accept Jesus as your Saviour, your faith becomes a part of your deoxyribonucleic acid – your DNA, or if you prefer, your spiritual DNA. You cannot…
Read MoreSymbols of trust and faithfulness discovered by TED Pathfinders
4 August 2019 | Ardingly, UK [Victor Hulbert] Celebrating Sabbath at the Trans-European Division Pathfinder CamporeeIt is hard to feel hungry at the TED Pathfinder Camporee since the volunteers at the food distribution centre work tirelessly to supply the needs of 4,000 campers with wholesome vegetarian fare. Yet Friday evening, Melissa Myklebust, the animated youth…
Read MoreTüri Adventists use garden café event to share faith
8 July 2019 | Türi, Estonia [Averonika Beekmann] Türi, a small town in central Estonia with origins dating back to the 14th century, enjoys a good birthday party. On Tuesday, 2 July they celebrated the town’s birthday with a series of ‘garden cafés’ across the town. For the seventh year running, the Türi Adventist Church…
Read MoreGod, Genocide and Hospitality
5 June 2019 | Rwanda [Tim Standish/tedNEWS] It is a world of sad anniversaries. It is 75 years this week since the D-Day landings when allied troops began the long haul across Europe to push back Hilter’s troops. It was 20 years last month since the NATO bombing of the Chinese embassy in Belgrade during…
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