TED Field School of Evangelism ‘Amazing and Daring’
22 October 2013 | London, United Kingdom [Eglan Brooks/BUC news] For ten days, 63 delegates from the 11 Unions of the Trans-European Division (TED) and its three supporting Mission fields, gathered together in the Britannia Hotel, Central London, to attend the TED Field School of Evangelism as part of the 'Mission to the Cities' initiative. Starting…
Read MoreCreation Movie Central to Church Identity is Key to 2014 Evangelism
15 October 2013 Silver Spring, Maryland, United States [Edwin Manuel Garcia/ANN] Hundreds of church officials settled into the plush burgundy theater-style seats. Conversations faded into silence. As the overhead lights dimmed, all eyes were fixed upon the huge movie screen, assembled for the occasion. Suddenly, the hushed room was pierced by the shriek of a howling…
Read MoreMission to the Cities London Focus for October
10 October 2013 London, United Kingdom [Kirsten Øster-Lundqvist / BUC News] London is the direct focus this month for the 'Mission to the Cities' initiative of the worldwide Seventh-day Adventist Church. After months of preparation, outreach programmes are running in Brixton church as well as Youth Missions in several venues across London. The Brixton programme…
Read MoreCanoe and ‘Escape’ – a holiday canoeing mission trip in Poland
5 October 2013 Warsaw, Poland Micha? Rakowski and Zofia W?odarczyk] From 21-24 July 2013, a group of 30 people went on a canoeing mission trip on the Nida River in Poland. The group, which was comprised of adults, young people and children, stopped in small villages and towns to distribute Adventist books and magazines. The Nida canoe…
Read More“Mission to the Cities” Initiative Creates Zeal for Evangelism in TED
3 July 2013 New York, United States [tedNEWS/ANN] The NY13 initiative is the first in the “Mission to the Cities” (MTTC) campaign, which was unveiled in 2011 by Adventist Church President, Pastor Ted N. C. Wilson. This year’s outreach meetings and training in New York City are the basis for future outreach campaigns worldwide. The…
Read More“Together in Mission” – XXI Session of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Poland
04 June 2013 Podkowa Le?na, Poland [Daniel Maikowski, tedNEWS] Over 160 delegates from across Poland took part in the XXI Session of the Seventh-day Adventist Church, which took place from 30th May to 1st June 2013. It was an opportunity to take stock of the activities of the Polish Church in the last five years. The…
Read More“Digital Evangelism Works!”
26 March 2013 Rogaska Slatina, Slovenia [Andrew Willis, tedNEWS] Twenty-five web pastors and community developers from around the Trans-European Division (TED) met for three days of training, exchange of experience and further development of the Internet ministry known as LIFEconnect (LC) in Slovenia. They were excited to hear of the impact that LC and LC…
Read MoreDunstable Church Plant
05 March 2013 Dunstable, United Kingdom [Simon Martin, tedNEWS] Seven years ago a small group of members from the Luton North church decided to plant a community church in the nearby town of Dunstable. Its mission was (and still is) to plant an innovative, Jesus focused, spiritually alive, Bible based, grace oriented, culturally relevant Seventh-day Adventist…
Read More‘Mission to the Cities’ Launched at SEC Evangelism Expo
17 January 2013 Watford, United Kingdom [Kirsten Øster-Lundqvist, BUC] "We need to mingle with people who don't look like us", challenged Pastor Ian Sweeney, British Union Conference President. His straight talking message reached the 800 people who had found their way to the South England Conference (SEC) Evangelism Expo at Newbold College on Sunday, 13…
Read MoreAdventist HQ Holiday Outreach Celebrates Belief in Biblical Creation
30 November 2012 Silver Spring, Maryland, United States [ANN staff] The auditorium darkened, lightening flashed across a projector screen, thunder roared over the loudspeaker and artificial rain fell on hundreds of school children this morning during a recreation of the biblical flood, eliciting laughter and screams from the students. The simulation was part of Celebration…
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