New health association formed in Norway
9 February 2017 | Oslo, Norway [Tor Tjeransen] With a significant number of Adventist members working in the health professions, the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Norway has organised a Health Association to better meet the needs of their communities.
Read MoreNorwegian members’ ADRA fundraising initiatives
10 November 2016 | Vik, Norway [Tor Tjeransen/tedNEWS] For Scandinavia ADRA annual appeal time comes in the autumn. Norwegian Adventists take to it with enthusiasm – from door-to-do collections by students at Tyrifjord Junior college to car boot and book sales. Whatever method they use, the aim is to raise funds to help those in…
Read MoreNorwegian Bible Society honours Adventist pastor
6 October 2016 | Kristiansand, Norway [Tor Tjeransen, Norwegian Union Communication Director] Pastor Per de Lange and his wife, Monica, were honoured by the Norwegian Bible Society when they received the Bible Prize 2016 during in inter-denominational meeting in the cathedral of Kristiansand, Norway at the end of September.
Read MoreNorwegian Junior College praised by local community students
5 July 2016 | Tyrifjord, Norway [Tor Tjeransen] The Norwegian Adventist Junior College, Tyrifjord videregående skole, received a massive thumbs-up from local community students during their 19 June graduation ceremony. A total of 55 students received their diplomas marking the end of thirteen years of schooling with many of them coming from the local community…
Read MoreProclaiming faith by art in Mjøndalen church, Norway
15 June 2016 | Mjøndalen, Norway [Tor Tjeransen] "A little bit up. Straight forward." With a steady hand Tor Magne Eilertsen manoeuvred a large fork lift in the main sanctuary of the Mjøndalen Seventh-day Adventist church, Norway. There were shouts from excited members of the decoration committee as large, wooden elements were mounted on the…
Read MoreSyrian refugees receive Bibles at Adventist church in Norway
4 January 2016 | Vadso, Norway [Tor Tjeransen] A group of Syrian refugees beamed as they received copies of the Bible in Arabic during morning worship at the Seventh-day Adventist church in Vadso, Norway, on Saturday, 19 December 2015. For them it was Christmas a few days early.
Read MoreFrom Norway with love
11 May 2015 Røyse, Norway [Gry Haugen/tedNEWS] ADRA (Adventist Relief Agency) Norway has been allocated NOK 5 million (about GBP 500,000.00) from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to erect 19 temporary school structures while renovating 19 schools in Nepal after the devastating earthquake that killed more than 7,675 people struck the country on Saturday 25…
Read MoreAdventists Play Important roles in Ukrainian/Russian Dialogue
24 September 2014 | Oslo, Norway [Tor Tjeransen, tedNEWS] From 9-11 September 2014, religious leaders from Russia and Ukraine gathered in Oslo for dialogue to agree on a common communiqué regarding the situation in eastern Ukraine. Given the different perspectives of the two delegations, that was not the most likely outcome. Adventist leaders played important roles in the…
Read MoreADRA Norway commended in Norwegian National Budget
22 October 2013 | Oslo, Norway [Tor Tjeransen & Gry Haugen/tedNEWS] Adventist Development and Relief Agency [ADRA] Norway is mentioned in positive terms in the Ministry’s detailed notes to the Government Budget. The Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs mentions ADRA Norway as an organisation with a high degree of goals achievement. ADRA Norway is listed among six…
Read MoreJan Paulsen Receives Order of Merit
06 June 2012 Røyse, Norway [Tor Tjeransen] All eyes were on the former world leader of the Seventh-day Adventist Church as Ambassador Knut Vollebaek fastened the navy blue silk ribbon with the cross of the Royal Norwegian Order of Merit around the neck of Pastor Jan Paulsen at a ceremony in Norway on June 2. “I have…
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