Untangling policies – Understanding risk and liability
13 June 2019 | Binfield, UK [Giles Barham] What better hymn for a day on Risk Management than ‘Blessed Assurance, Jesus is mine’. That was the apt hymn choice as Pastor Ian Sweeney, President of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in the UK and Ireland, led worship for a group of Adventist leaders, who came to understand…
Read MoreMessy church – It’s more than a programme
30 May 2019 | St Albans, UK [Victor Hulbert] Messy Church has become an established programme for many churches across the Trans-European Division (TED) – but during an International Messy Church Conference, 2 – 5 May, Adventist participants recognised that it was far more than just a programme.
Read MoreBecoming European: The Trans-European Division at 90
23 May 2019 | Binfield, United Kingdom [Victor Hulbert with Helen Pearson] There are three essentials for a good party: guests, a cake and a good speech. Leaders of the Trans-European Division found they had all three aplenty when they gathered for a ninety-year celebration on Saturday afternoon, 18 May.
Read MoreASI Europe responds to ‘Macedonian call’
22 May 2019 | Paris, France [Christiane Theiss] “Five years ago, I received a ‘Letter from Macedonia’”, Christiane Theiss, ASI Europe president states. “It offered IT services, webhosting, web design and software development. At first glance I thought that this was a marketing letter like many others I received in the past, but then something…
Read MoreThe Lord of the gift
13 May 2019 | St Albans, UK [Raafat Kamal] "Reflecting on God’s power to do the impossible, I love reading stories about missionaries who committed their lives to God’s service. During one of my readings, I came across this inspiring story," states Pastor Raafat Kamal, Trans-European Division president. This moving miracle story was originally part…
Read MoreEuropean Adventist theologians gather in Collonges, France
2 May 2018 | Collonges, France [Gabriel Monet] Who are the faithful men and women teaching our pastors the skills needed for 21st century ministry in Europe? If you visited the campus of the Adventist University of France, Collonges on the French, Swiss border, 24 – 28 April, you would have met fifty of them,…
Read MoreAdventist Cyclists share Christ during Giros Athinas event
23 April 2019 | Athens, Greece [tedNEWS with Adrian Fernandez] Despite starting near the rear of around 2,000 cyclists participating in a popular 15-km-around-Athens cycling event, a team of Adventist cyclists finished the ride near the front, and with the ability to share their faith.
Read MoreDeath, Life and Easter
18 April 2019 | St Albans, United Kingdom [Article & Photos: Victor Hulbert] With the spring flowers out, leaves already on the trees, the woods filling with bluebells, and, at least in the UK, the sun warming up nicely for the Easter weekend, it is not a good time to talk about death – yet,…
Read MoreNicosia church: Never too old – or too young for new witness techniques
17 April 2019 | Nicosia, Cyprus [tedNEWS] Social media is now such an integral part of our lives that Nicosia church members, aged 9 to almost 90, spent an entire weekend, 5 – 7 April, to learn both the theology and the practical skills of using social media for God.
Read MoreCompetencies and Proficiencies for Adventist Pastors and Elders
17 April 2019 | Zagreb, Croatia [Svjetlana Veble with Patrick Johnson/tedNEWS] The Trans-European Ministerial Association has been ‘on the road’, enhancing ministerial competencies for pastors and proficiencies for elders in the Balkans and Nordic regions.
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