Couples “Team up!” in the Netherlands
21 December 2017 | Huis ter Heide, the Netherlands [Madelon Comvalius with Karen Holford] How do you deal with showing love, communicating, working through your conflicts, and surviving all the different seasons in your relationship? On 9 December 2017, Karen and Bernie Holford came to the Netherlands Couples’ Day, entitled “Team up!”, and shared their…
Read MoreEuropean Facilitators trained in ‘Journey to wholeness’
23 November 2017 | Huis Ter Heide, the Netherlands [Netherlands Union Communication dept.] We are all hurting and broken. We are all looking for healing. “I dream of a church where anyone can go, with all his or her brokenness, to find that he or she is overwhelmed by love and support,” states Rudy Dingjan, Church…
Read MoreRob de Raad to lead Netherlands Union of Churches
10 May 2017 | Huis Ter Heide, the Netherlands [Nelske Verbaas / tedNEWS] The Netherlands Union Conference Session ended on a positive note on Sunday, 7 May, with laughter and the expression of gratitude towards the team that made the conference possible and towards the delegates who spent four days in session.
Read MoreSingle and refreshed
12 January 2017 | Utrecht, Netherlands [Madelon Comvalius / tedNEWS] More than eighty Dutch and Belgian singles of all ages gathered near the city of Utrecht on Sabbath, 10 December 2016 to be inspired and refreshed. The group included young students, single parents, widows and widowers, lifelong singles and divorcees. This was the second singles’…
Read MoreUnion of Churches status voted for Netherlands Union
11 October 2016 | Silver Springs, USA [Victor Hulbert] On Sunday, 9 October 2016 the Netherlands Union Conference (NUC) closed a 44-year-old anomaly by changing status from a Union of Conferences to a Union of churches. The recommendation, made to the Annual Council of the Seventh-day Adventist World Church came as a result of a…
Read MoreGhanaian European Camp Meeting witness impacts small Dutch town
22 August 2016 | Stadskanaal, Netherlands [Chigemezi N. Wogu] Ghanaian Seventh-day Adventist believers from across Europe descended on the small Dutch town of Stadskanaal on Wednesday, 17 August to encourage one another and share Jesus in the local community. They were among over 1,000 people attending the 22nd annual Ghanaian camp meeting themed ‘Living in…
Read MoreNetherlands Union welcomes burglars to church, but only during opening hours
19 August 2016 | Huis Ter Heide, the Netherlands [Nelske Verbaas] Pastor Wim Altink, President of the Netherlands Union posted a message of forgiveness on the Netherlands Union website after an overnight burglary at the Seventh-day Adventist Church headquarters in Huis Ter Heide was foiled by an effective alarm system and a rapid response by…
Read MoreNetherlands Extraordinary Union Session Meeting endorses Women in Ministry
10 June 2016 | St Albans [Victor Hulbert with Wim Altink] The role of women in ministry continues to be a heavily debated topic in many areas around the world, including in the Trans-European Division. The Netherlands Union is a case in point. Their Union Session voted in favour of a motion to ordain women…
Read MoreStudent minds challenged with thoughts on Social Justice
10 April 2016 | Ter Aer, The Netherlands [Tom de Bruin] Forty-five University students from across Europe gathered at a farmhouse in Ter Aar, the Netherlands, for a thought-provoking weekend congress entitled 'We Can't Look Away: The Church and Social Justice', 8-10 April, 2016.
Read MoreNetherlands leads with new Membership system for Trans-European Division
17 February 2016 | St Albans, UK [Audrey Andersson/tedNEWS] Always on the cutting edge, the Netherlands Union Conference (NUC) is the first in Europe to implement a new membership database that will increase accuracy, facilitate rapid membership transfers, and reduce the workload for church clerks and Executive Secretaries.
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