TED Spring Meetings Pushes New Strategic focus on Mission and Teamworking
24 May 2021 | St Albans, UK [Victor Hulbert] With particular focus on Mission, Media, Bible and theological training, as well as reaching children, youth and millennials, the Trans-European Division Executive Committee voted two new directors and adjusted the scope of assignments for those so far voted to office for a further term.
Read MorePastor Herman Smit, former TED Communication director, dies age 87
2 May 2021 | St Albans [tedNEWS with Bert Smit] We are sad to announce the death of Pastor Herman Jan Smit on Saturday, 1 May 2021. As well as working in the Netherlands, Smit served as Communication director for what is now the Trans-European Division between 1980 – 1985 then moving on to become the…
Read MoreApril Diversity Lecture: Where shall we look for environmental leadership
19 April 2021 | Binfield, UK [Helen Pearson] As the world tries slowly to emerge from the pandemic, the Newbold Diversity lecture for April focused on an even more urgent and serious problem – climate change. Where should we now look for leadership on the challenges presented by our environment?
Read MoreMarch Diversity Lecture – Good News for Women Leaders and their Countries
11 March 2021 | Binfield, UK [Helen Pearson] The March Diversity Lecture at Newbold College brought good news for aspiring women leaders. Early in the pandemic, anecdotal media reports suggested that women-leaders were more successful than their male counterparts. These reports were the spur for further research by Newbold’s March Diversity Lecturer, Professor Uma Kambhampati,…
Read MoreCovid-19 and ‘the wilding of the church’ – what sort of leaders do we need?
11 February 2021 | Binfield, UK [Helen Pearson] ‘Re-imagining’ was a key word in Newbold’s first Diversity Lecture of 2021 on Tuesday, 9 February. After environmental disasters, God works in nature giving it an infinite capacity to bounce back. Similarly, God can work through leaders who model and encourage a re-imagining of the church in the…
Read MoreLeaders Vote to Postpone General Conference Session 2020 for a Second Time
Due to COVID-19, World Church quinquennial event now scheduled for 6-11 June 2022.
Read MoreYear-End Message from the TED President
Dear tedNEWS readers, We are ending this year worse off than we started. Many have experienced a loss of job, income, health, friends and loved ones. An invisible virus has reset our focus and rearranged our priorities to love people and live for God.
Read MoreTED Year-End Meetings Focus on Resilience in Time of Crisis
23 November 2020 | St. Albans, UK [John Surridge] Dr Gabor Mihalec is a Hungarian pastor, counsellor, author, and Family Ministries director. His presentation on 'Resilience in Time of Crisis' was the centrepiece of the Trans-European Division (TED) Year-End meetings, requested specifically to give church leaders coping mechanisms in these unprecedented COVID times. As with…
Read MoreTED Year-End Meetings – Virtually the Same
23 November 2020 | St Albans, UK [John Surridge] The Trans-European Division Year-End meetings are a highlight in the calendar for church leaders from the twenty-two European countries that make up its territory. For decades these meetings, usually located in very pleasant surroundings, have provided an opportunity for fellowship, spiritual uplift and refocusing on the…
Read MoreSophia Nicholls and her journey which led to receiving Outstanding Leadership Award
15 October 2020 I Watford, UK [Janice Lendor] In a recent video interview, Sophia Nicholls tells her story of why she and her husband Nigel, formed the Adventist Special Needs Association (ASNA). The interview was in response to receiving an award for Outstanding Leadership from the South England Conference. She was interviewed by Janice Lendor…
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