Focus on Revival and Reformation in the Baltic Union
10 February 2011 Riga, Latvia [Guntis Bukalders, tedNEWS] Dr. Pardon Mwansa, the Vice-President of General Conference (GC) of the Seventh-day Adventist Church visited the Baltic countries (Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania) on the 25th and 26th January 2011. The purpose of his visitation was to explain the new General Conference initiative in revival and reformation. The…
Read MoreRe-examining Session Format
10 February 2011 Silver Spring, Maryland, United States [Elizabeth Lechleitner, ANN] Just six months after the Seventh-day Adventist world church's largest business meeting, General Conference Session planners are already mapping out the global denomination's 2020 convention. Planning for the event typically begins 10 years beforehand, meaning the location for Session 2015 was announced in 2006…
Read MoreNot Left to Stand Alone
10 February 2011 Cairo, Egypt [BUC News, tedNEWS] Having successfully arranged the evacuation of non-essential ex-patriots among the Adventist staff based in Egypt during the current unrest, Field President Pastor Llew Edwards, along with his wife Karin, needed to consider their own position.
Read MoreAl Waad Channel Launched
2 February 2011 St Albans, United Kingdom [Miroslav Pujic, tedNEWS] The staff of Al Waad Media Center in Beirut, Lebanon watched intently as they stood together to witness the event that they had been looking forward to for over two years. The first of February 2011 was the day that marked the launching of Al…
Read MoreBibles for the Sudanese
2 February 2011 St Albans, United Kingdom [Miroslav Pujic, tedNEWS] Last week, the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Northern Sudan purchased some 6,000 Bibles from the Bible Society in Khartoum in different languages such as Arabic, English, Nuer and Dinka for the local people. The purchases of the Holy Bibles have encouraged efforts to share what…
Read MoreJesus Shared in Kosovo
2 February 2011 Pristina, Kosovo [Nikola Aslimovski, tedNEWS] Pastor John Velimir Bogdanovic Stevens, Sr. held a series of daily lectures at the Grand Hotel in downtown Pristina, Kosovo. The lectures were translated into Albanian and accompanied by wonderful video presentations. All lectures were recorded for the local TV channels, including the two cable providers IPKO…
Read MoreAdventists Safe in Egypt
31 January 2011 St Albans, United Kingdom [Miroslav Pujic, tedNEWS] The Egypt standoff intensifies as the unrest goes into the seventh day of anti-government protests. The Seventh-day Adventist Church has a number of denominational schools and congregations there. Pastor Llewellyn R. Edwards, President of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Egypt, shared with us what the…
Read MoreEuropean Financial Woes Reflected in Adventist Church Operations
28 January 2011 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States [Arin Gencer, ANN] With unemployed members and decreased tithes, the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Europe has been struggling to contend with the global financial crisis. Particularly in Greece, Spain and Portugal -- countries whose unemployment rates are among Europe's highest and where the financial crisis has been particularly dire --…
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