“More to Explore” TED Pathfinder Camporee
19 August 2014 | Ommen, The Netherlands [Paul Tompkins, tedNEWS] The 11th Trans-European Division (TED) Pathfinder Camporee took place in Ommen, Netherlands from 29 July - 5 August 2014. These camps are long anticipated by Pathfinders from around the Division and nearly 2,200 participants from 18 countries met at the Gilwell Ada's Hoeve campsite under the theme…
Read MoreTen Best Bible Stories in the Netherlands
27 February 2014 | Meppel, The Netherlands [Rudy Dingjan and Judy Plaatjes, tedNEWS] Most people in the Netherlands know something about the Bible and have a favourite story they can recall from childhood. So in 2013, nine Christian denominations, including the local Seventh-day Adventist church, in Meppel, Netherlands decided to join hands and conduct a survey in…
Read MoreGod Renews People in The Netherlands
09 March 2013, Zwolle, the Netherlands [Jóhann E. Jóhannsson, tedNEWS] Despite the grey, foggy and rainy Sabbath morning in the Netherlands, the members of the Seventh-day Adventist Church did not let the weather stop them from travelling from all corners of the country to the city of Zwolle for a day of fellowship. Pastor Ted Wilson, the…
Read MoreAdventist Church in the Netherlands on Women’s Ordination
13 November 2012, St Albans, United Kingdom [Miroslav Pujic, tedNEWS] Two hundred delegates representing 56 Adventist Churches across the Netherlands spent considerable time discussing a motion on the ordination of women, which eventually passed with a large majority. The action that was taken seeks to involve the Union in the current study process led by…
Read MoreAdventist Church in the Netherlands on the Move
13 November 2012 Huis Ter Heide, the Netherlands [Wim Altink, tedNEWS] More than 200 delegates, representing 56 local Seventh-day Adventist Churches, met together for the Netherlands Union Conference (NUC) Session on three consecutive Sundays, ending 11 November 2012 at Congress Centre "De Breehoek" in Scherpenzeel, Netherlands. The theme of the Session was "An Involved Church.”…
Read MoreManaging Time
16 July 2012 The Netherlands [Wim Altink] Are we managing time or is time managing us? Are we in command of our schedule of activities or are the duties pushing and commanding us?
Read MoreFour Church Plants are being Organised into Local Adventist Churches in the Netherlands
29 February 2012 Huis ter Heide, the Netherlands [tedNEWS] This spring four church plants in the Netherlands Union Conference (NUC) are being organised into a recognised Seventh-day Adventist church. The Netherlands Union has from the beginning of this century heavily invested in the starting of new church plants. These projects, 23 in total that have started…
Read MoreStatement on Violence Against Homosexuals
18 May 2011 Utrech, the Netherlands [Wim Altink, tedNEWS] The Executive Committee of the Netherlands Union of Seventh-day Adventists, on 17 May 2011 unanimously pronounced itself against violence towards homosexuals, which goes in harmony with the Statement on Human Relations by General Conference of Seventh-day Adventist Church World Headquarters*. Violence against homosexual men and women…
Read MoreAngélique Hornis Receives a Royal Decoration
03 May 2011 Emmen, The Netherlands [Wim Altink, tedNEWS] On Friday 29 April 2011 Mrs. Angélique Hornis van der Horst received a Royal Decoration and thus became a member of the Order of Orange Nassau. She received a ribbon which was pinned up at the Grote Kerk in Emmen. Angélique is a member of the…
Read MoreGentle Voices Has Won the Finals
28 April 2011, Rotterdam, The Netherlands [Madelon Comvalius, tedNEWS] The Dutch gospel vocal group “Gentle Voices” from the Adventist churches Rotterdam North and Rotterdam South wins the finals of The Sing Off programme on SBS6 on Saturday 16 April 2011. In the past weeks, SBS6 has been broadcasting the music programme, The Sing-Off. The participating…
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