Mission H7 impacts Serbian village
5 July 2016 | Hajdučica, Serbia [Ana Gagić/tedNEWS] Some fifty youth from across the South-East European Union (SEEUC) donated money and a week of their time to serve residents of a small village, Hajdučica, near the north-east border of Serbia. Joining them was an initially sceptical TED Campus Ministries director, Tihomir Lazić, who was amazed…
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 MoreGrowing Healthy Relationships – Sharing Mission
21 April 2016 | St Albans, UK [Victor Hulbert] Would you give money to leather-clad bikers? Would you pay for a van that travels through communities offering a café-like atmosphere to share faith? Could you see value in a clinic that offers dental care in the day and evangelistic programmes in the evening? How about…
Read MoreMission of God or mission for God?
13 January 2016 | St Albans, England [Victor Hulbert] Is evangelism wrong? It can be, according to Jesus! Read his challenge to the Pharisees in Matthew 23:15. "Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You travel over land and sea to win a single convert, and when you have succeeded, you…
Read MoreThe Church in Mission – from the Alamodome to the World
11 July 2015 | San Antonio, Texas, USA [Victor Hulbert, tedNEWS] Catching the after-lunch attention of any audience is not easy. For delegates who have patiently worked through a 10-day agenda, and for the many visitors who joined them for the weekend and are looking forward to the Saturday evening Mission on the Move, it…
Read MoreGC President Spends Time with Returning Youth Evangelists
11 July 2015 | San Antonio, Texas, USA [Stephen Wilson / Victor Hulbert / tedNEWS] As the General Conference in San Antonio comes to an end it is clear that the mission of the church is not only planned, reported and strategized on the floor of the Alamodrome, but in countless other meetings throughout the…
Read MoreMission to the Extremes
7 July 2015 | San Antonio, Texas, USA [Katie Allen, tedNEWS] César García, General Secretary of the Mennonite World Conference, addressed Session attendees, on Tuesday, 7 July, encouraging them to continue bringing hope to people that are suffering and helping them to know Christ. He closed emphasising the theme for this year's Session, 'Arise! Shine!…
Read MoreNAD Building Blocks & MENA Mission Plan to Reach Millions
4 July 2015 | San Antonio, Texas, USA [Katie Allen, tedNEWS] The North American Division report, on Saturday evening, 4 July, coincided with American Independence Day celebrations. While fireworks began on the peripherals of the San Antonio skyline, Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee, an Adventist and representative for Texas' 18th congressional district, welcomed everyone to the…
Read MoreLittle Red Book Illustrates Decades of Global Mission
4 July 2015 | San Antonio, Texas, USA [Katie Allen, tedNEWS] With 1 Adventist to every 392 people on earth, the mission to reach all people across the world is a challenge sometimes out of our comprehension. Daniel Wang Xin Jiao, Secretary of the Chinese Union Mission, spoke of his family's first-hand experience with the challenges…
Read MoreThe Call to Mission: The Largest Sabbath Morning Service in the World
4 July 2015 | San Antonio, Texas, USA [Victor Hulbert, tedNEWS] It is the largest Sabbath service in the world! One hundred and sixty-eight countries worshipping together in one place! Despite a walk along crowded paths in the heat of a Texas morning, church members from across the world are here in tens of thousands.
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