Learning mental health skills in the Baltic Union
7 February 2019 | Riga, Latvia [Alla Nõmmik] Sixty departmental leaders and their teams across Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania now have greater understanding in dealing with mental health issues thanks to a three-part series run in the Baltic Union over the past year.
Read MoreFor my friends, prayer is just one ‘like’ away
4 January 2019 | Tallinn, Estonia [Mervi Kalmus] Mervi Kalmus, a pastor in Estonia, opens her heart and steps out of her comfort zone, to make a difference in the lives of her friends.I am a very private person. I am certainly not one of those people who would constantly post ’Jesus Loves You’ memes…
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 MoreInternational church plant spurs growth in Estonia
19 July 2018 | Tallinn, Estonia [Victor Hulbert] In Estonia where church growth has been slow, or even stagnant, several new initiatives have been started with a desire to reach out to new people in Tallinn, the capital of Estonia, including a Centre of Influence called Terve Elu Keskus (Whole Life Centre), and a lay-led…
Read More13 Years a Missionary
3 July 2018 | Tallinn, Estonia [Victor Hulbert] It has been 13 years since Del and Hanna Onde first volunteered for mission service. Currently they are involved in church planting and establishing a Centre of Influence in Tallinn, Estonia, but this small Baltic nation is just one of a myriad of countries where they have…
Read MoreAdventist ‘gift’ towards 100th Anniversary celebrations in Estonia
26 February 2018 | Tallin [Victor Hulbert] It is exactly 100 years since Estonia first gained independence as a nation. While celebrations engulfed this small Baltic nation of just 1.3 million people, the country’s president suggested that citizens might consider what they can give back to their country. Members of the Seventh-day Adventist Church were…
Read MoreBinding up the brokenhearted training for leaders in Baltic Union
29 January 2018 | Riga, Latvia [Alla Nõmmik] Departmental leaders across the Baltic Union gathered together in mid-January to take seriously the words of Psalm 147:2-3 as a principle for their territory:
Read MoreCreative evangelism shares the message of Daniel with Latvians
16 January 2018 | Riga, Latvia [Victor Hulbert] A creative evangelism project co-sponsored by the Latvian Conference, the Pathfinder department and the Trans-European Division Mission board has shared the story of Daniel with over 4,500 Latvians in eight cities.
Read MoreNot all men are pigs!
4 September 2017 | Kaunas, Lithuania [Victor Hulbert] It is astonishing that Rimantas Marušauskas made it to adulthood. With alcoholic parents, violence was a way of life. Scars show how he protected his mother from his violent father – and suffered the consequences. As a child he also, at different times, saved both parents from…
Read MoreLithuanian Mission School gains Media Skills
31 July 2017 | Kaunas. Lithuania [tedNEWS] When Pastor Bertold Hibner organised media training for his pastoral team in Lithuania earlier this year, he rapidly came to the conclusion that Mission School participants also needed the same practical skills to share Jesus using modern techniques.
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