Latvian engineer ditches career to run ‘business evangelism’ health store
19 September 2016 | Riga, Latvia [Andrew McChesney/AR] Valdis Zelčs, a millennial in Latvia, felt dejected after strangers showed little interest in his street invitations to attend health expos and other Seventh-day Adventist evangelistic events. So he began to pray for an alternative to knocking on apartment doors and stopping people on the street in…
Read MorePolish football player becomes an accidental evangelist because of the Sabbath
15 September, 2016 | Riga, Latvia [Andrew McChesney/AR] People have called Dariusz Ginda foolish and worse for turning down a nearly $500,000-a-year football contract in Poland. Ginda, a lifelong Seventh-day Adventist, said he does not enter into controversy over his decision to keep the Sabbath rather than play in the premier league.
Read MorePrayer and faith stop rain at pathfinder camporee in Latvia
19 September 2016 | Riga, Latvia [Andrew McChesney/AR] Rain risked ruining the biggest day of the year for Latvia’s Pathfinders. Fifteen minutes remained until the annual Pathfinder camporee was to open with a pomp-filled ceremony last July. But a downpour was drenching the campground as Pathfinders huddled in tents with non-Adventist friends, younger children from…
Read MoreStories of Faithfulness as Latvia Celebrates 120 Years of Adventism
16 September 2016 | Riga, Latvia [Andrew McChesney /AR/ tedNEWS] Over the weekend of 16 and 17 September, Latvia’s 4,000 Adventists are remembering their heritage and looking to the future as they review their 120-year history. In a weekend filled with music, memories, and even an ordination service of two pastoral families, three stories, from…
Read MoreBaltic Union runs four week health training camp
5 September 2016 | Rezekne, Latvia [Alla Nõmmik] Rising at 6:30 am each day, sitting through lectures and practical exercises, then heading for an early night might not be your idea of a holiday, but for twenty people from the Baltic Union of the Seventh-day Adventist Church, plus a couple from Finland, this was their…
Read MoreSenior members camp bonds older members in Estonia
23 August 2016 | Põltsamaa, Estonia [Averonika Beekmann] It is not just youth that like camping! The same spirit of exuberance, togetherness, worship and joy can be experienced at the opposite end of the spectrum. That is certainly true in Estonia where, for the past ten years, older members of the Church have gathered together…
Read MoreMaking Music in Estonia
3 August 2016 | Jõhvi, Estonia [Averonika Beekmann] Musically talented children and youth from Estonia and Latvia joined together for a music camp, 23 – 30 July in Jõhvi. Now running for the fourth year – and for the second time with Latvian youth, the camp is the brainchild of two girls from Tallinn who,…
Read MoreEstonia Conference Session focuses on mission and Christ’s return
12 June 2016 | Tartu, Estonia [Averonika Beekmann/tedNEWS] Ivo Käsk, President of the Estonian Conference of the Seventh-day Adventist Church was re-elected to office during a weekend of Constituency Meetings, 10-12 June 2016. Virve Toom was elected as Executive secretary, for the first time putting a women in a senior leadership position, while Jaanus-Janari Kogerman who…
Read More170 attend Baltic Children and Family Ministries Conference
10 April 2016 | Riga, Latvia [Victor Hulbert] Nothing is more inspiring for Karen Holford (TED Family Ministries Director) than seeing a strong interest in children and family ministries from local church leaders. That interest is exactly what she discovered during her first overseas trip since joining the Trans-European Division of the Seventh-day Adventist Church.…
Read MoreEstonian Adventists Celebrate their 115th Anniversary “In the Light of the Beginning”
07 May 2012 Tartu, Estonia [Lauri Beekmann] Estonian Conference of the Seventh-day Adventist Church celebrated its 115th anniversary in the biggest concert hall of southern Estonia on the 27th and 28th of April bringing together Adventists and friends from different parts of Estonia and also brothers and sisters in faith from other countries. “The spring…
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