Reintroduced Law Again Jeopardising Status of Some Churches in Hungary
09 January 2012 Silver Spring, Maryland, United States [Elizabeth Lechleitner/ANN; tedNEWS] The saga of securing official church status in Hungary continues, despite what religious liberty advocates called encouraging news late last year when the Constitutional Court struck down the country’s controversial Law of Churches. Prior to that ruling, more than 300 minority faiths among them…
Read MoreSacred Music in Secular Opera Theatre
08 January 2012 Tirana, Albania [Andreas Mazza; tedNEWS] The New Year’s Eve gala concert is the most important artistic and musical event in Albania. Television and radio stations broadcast this event all over the country. Ambassadors, politicians, artists, and important personalities always take part in the great event. Irida Dragoti-Mazza, an Adventist professional Mezzo-soprano, was…
Read MoreHow to Read the Bible
'How to Read the Bible for all It's Worth!' Featuring: Laurence Turner, Aulikki Nahkola, Cedric Vine and Jean-Claude Verrecchia Newbold College All-day Bible Conference Sunday, 24 March 2012 9:45 am to 5:30 pm
Read MoreGold Champs for 2012
05 January 2012 London, United Kingdom [Colin Stewart/BUC News; tedNEWS] Ten thousand tickets may have been oversold for synchronised swimming at the 2012 London Olympics but the 10,000+ members of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in the London area are gearing themselves up to synchronise their witnessing and community activities to coincide with the greatest sporting…
Read MoreGod’s Revelation in Albania
05 January 2012 Berat, Albania [Sean and Brenda Mays; tedNEWS] 'Those whom Christ commends in the judgment may have known little of theology, but they have cherished His principles. Through the influence of the divine Spirit they have been a blessing to those about them. Even among the heathen are those who have cherished the…
Read MorePrayer Initiatives Around the Globe
05 January 2012 United Kingdom [tedNEWS/BUC NEWS] As part of the General Conference Revival and Reformation initiative, the world church’s Executive Committee at the 2010 Annual Council held in Silver Spring, Maryland, United States, voted to make “Operation Global Rain” OGR’s 10 days of prayer an annual global event each January. What is OGR? Church…
Read MoreHungarian Court Strikes Down Controversial Religious Law
December 19, 2011 Silver Spring, Maryland, United States [Bettina Krause/IRLA/ANN; tedNEWS] A controversial Law of Churches, which was set to deregister all but 14 “historic” religions in Hungary, was struck down today by the country’s Constitutional Court.
Read MoreHappy Holiday Season
Dear Readers, Once a year we have a sense of moving forward, leaving something behind and getting into something new - it's the time of Christmas and New Year and it is here now.
Read MoreChurch Leaders Meet with Hungarian Ambassador on Looming Deregistration of Churches
13 December 2011, Silver Spring, Maryland, United States [Bettina Krause/PARL/ANN; tedNEWS] Religious liberty leaders of the Seventh-day Adventist Church this week met the Hungarian ambassador to the United States in an effort to help officials from that country better understand the potential effects of a looming deregistration of churches. The Law of Churches, set for…
Read MoreNobel Peace Prize Winners Inspired by ADRA
13 December 2011 Oslo, Norway [Geir Olav Lisle; tedNEWS] Nobel Peace Prize Winner Leymah Gbowee has provided ADRA Norway and ADRA Liberia with new perspectives on the loss of our people in Liberia back in 2003. Last Friday before the Nobel ceremony Leymah Gbowee and Liberian president Ellen Johnson Sirleaf set aside their time and…
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