Books on beaches lead to baptisms
19 November 2019 | Herceg Novi, Montenegro [Saša Todoran] What can be more relaxing that sitting on a beach in a beautiful location, and with a good book. This is the reality for the many thousands who visit the Adriatic coast in Montenegro during the summer season. Adventist Literature Evangelists (LEs) are providing that book.
Read MoreDisabling disease no hinderance to baptism
2 October 2019 | Katerini, Greece [Yiannis Samaras] Becoming ill with a rare spinal-cord disease was not going to stop John getting baptised. Despite being restricted to a wheelchair, his father and another church friend carried him into the sea for the very special ceremony on Monday, 2 September 2019. Adding to the joy of the…
Read MoreHungarian members challenged, called and chosen at Mission camp meeting
19 September 2019 | Balaton, Hungary [Kis István] Hungarian Adventists feel blessed to own and operate a campsite on the shores of beutiful Lake Balaton, a holiday resort some 90 minutes south-west of the capital, Budapest. While often busy with camps for youth and children, a summer highlight is mission camp meeting, held this year,…
Read MoreEvangelism training emphasis continues at Newbold
For a second year running, Newbold College of Higher Education has hosted a summer Evangelism Symposium. With the largest groups this summer coming from Estonia and Norway, we share with you this report from the perspective of the Estonian pastors in attendance:
Read MoreMelting Iceland – A New Approach to Mission
30 August 2019 | Reykjavik, Iceland [Eric Louw] “As the planning began to take shape and focus on Iceland, I didn’t like the idea at all.” Eric Louw, VP of Communications for Generation Youth for Christ [GYC], shares a very personal report of his life-changing experience during a very different mission trip to the highly…
Read MoreGenerous Pathfinders support mission, share talent
8 August 2019, Ardingly, UK [Victor Hulbert] Trans-European Division (TED) Pathfinders raised £14,533.78 (15,341.70 Euros) for two mission projects in Albania and the Dominican Republic during their international camporee in Ardingly, England, 30 July – 6 August 2019.
Read MoreHalf of Polish baptisms generated from one, special campground
28 July 2019 | Zatonie, Poland [Victor Hulbert] They come for many reasons – but they principally come because of the dream of one man, Ryszard Jankowski. Thirty years ago, he was Youth and Pathfinder director for the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Poland. Desperate for a campground for youth and Pathfinders he was told about…
Read MoreMissionary book of the year launched in Poland
24 July 2019 | Zatonie, Poland [Victor Hulbert] Thirty-thousand copies of the 2019 Missionary Book of the year, Hope for today’s families, will soon be distributed across the population of Poland following a launch at the Polish Union Camp Meeting on Sabbath, 20 July.
Read MoreTen Days, Three Countries, Two Divisions: One Mission
28 June 2019 | St Albans, United Kingdom [Tor Tjeransen, Thomas Müller / tedNEWS] A group of 18 representatives from the Northern Asia-Pacific Division (NSD), the administrative region which includes China, North Korea, South Korea, Japan, Taiwan and Mongolia, had Norway as the first stop on a ten-day journey through some of the countries of…
Read MoreAdventist baptismal witness on Cyprus beach
16 May 2019 | Limassol, Cyprus [Marica Mirilov] Limassol has a glorious beach. Most people go there to sunbathe or swim, but for over 150 participants at a Day of Fellowship in Cyprus on Sabbath, 11 May, their visit was to witness the baptism of five new members.
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